Chapter 185 - Volume 2
Chapter 130 – Thou art my friend (1)
=========== Princess Gryphine POV ==========
“My lady, there are too many enemies, please move in a little deeper into the carriage.”
Knight Benninger pleaded sincerely outside the carriage, his voice a little urgent. Crossbow bolts from all directions struck onto the inner steel plates of the horse carriage, shaking and causing audible echoes within it. Princess Gryphine did not expect an assassination attempt within her own private lands.
“There’s no need, I’ll wait here for my knights to arrive. But the girl pursed her lips tightly and looked forward with her faint silver eyes.
“My lady—“
“Benninger.”
“Yes.”
[Once you try the sword on me, you will find how impressive I really am—] The youth laughed coldly in his heart as filthy thoughts washed over his mind.
============= Brendel’s POV ============
The Silver Elves stood quietly in opposition of Barre’s commanded men. No wind blew in the forest, and both the black and silver swallow-tailed flags stood limply where they were. The sun’s rays struck down harshly onto the forest, and showed off the Silver Elves’ lily emblems, while Barre’s men held onto the flags depicting direwolves as their symbol.
There was the occasional horse pants and suppressed sneezes, but other than it was an awkward silence.
Count Barre and the men beside him had dark expressions, in contrast of the taciturn Nalaethar as well as the commanding officer of the other Elven Knights who wore a full helmet and prevented any signs of his expressions from being seen.
Only Brendel sat peacefully and lazily on a tree trunk in between them. He knew Rauze was beside him, so he did not need to fear of any sudden attacks, and also believed that he would be fine even if a battle was to break out.
Count Barre and the others still did not know why the Silver Elves were willing to break their vow, and were unable to find a solution to this stalemate. On the other hand Brendel was reflecting on his mistakes and assumptions, and thought about the fact that the Silver Elves had appeared on the continent so quickly after the first Madara war.
[Is there going to be any major change in the future because of this incident?] He rubbed his forehead.
It did not seem that the situation was going to change any time soon, so Brendel jumped down and went over the Acolyte of Earth’s body in boredom. The remainder of the mana had already condensed into a highly pure Mana Crystal. It was a Level 65 Boss’s drop, and even had the properties of the Blood of Gods. It was one of the best crafting and alchemy materials, only one rank below the items from a dragon’s loot drop.
He suddenly looked over the the direction of Rauze, although it was just empty air he was looking at.
“Your expression is a little strange mister Brendel.”
“Is that right?”
“But Rauze already has a mate. I’m also not really interested in humans. But— If it’s mister Brendel, I don’t mind trying it once.”
Brendel coughed uncontrollably, choking his spit wrongly into his lungs when he heard the reply.
The two leaders looked over at him for a while, before Count Barre broke the silence:
“Let’s negotiate.”
Nalaethar nodded.