◈ Episode 359: Chasers in the Shade (1)
Living all around overflows.
Is it really because of the elven commandos who can freely roam the outside?
It seems to stab the skin with a thin, sharp dagger.
‘I thought it would come someday.’
I hope it will come this far soon.
I heard it takes quite a while just to convene the council and deduce who to send out?
Rudger thought that he believed Belaluna’s words for nothing, but he couldn’t wash away the lingering doubts.
The place they followed after reading Bellaluna’s trail was not the capital.
Ledervelk, that’s right on to Royal Street.
That’s as far as it goes, but the question is, why are you targeting yourself?
“Do you have any business with me? I think I misunderstood a person, but I have never done anything worthy of being disrespected by an elf.”
I tried to talk to him, wondering if there would be room for a conversation, but there was no reply.
The eyes that can be seen through the cracks in the pressed green hood are full of refusal to speak with him.
It is not a professional consciousness of not talking to the enemy.
Rather, I had a strong intention of undermining this side.
‘Come to think of it, elves hate humans but look down on them.’
Elves are a race that were born with more than humans.
Lifespan, appearance, natural affinity, and even talent for magic and spiritism.
Their bodies are so light that even stepping on leaves leaves no trace.
Elves call humans short-lived or inferior.
That discriminatory thought must have intensified as the elven kingdom became a closed society.
“This is true.”
Whatever it was, Rudger couldn’t avoid this fight.
Finally, with a small sigh, Rudger took out his staff and held it.
As soon as he took out his staff with a crow decoration, arrows flew from the elf behind him.
Wedge!
It was a surprise attack aimed at blind spots, but Ludger had already noticed.
When he lightly tapped the ground with his staff, the magic was activated and the ground suddenly rose.
A series of arrows pierced the walls of the earth.
Normally, the rod should be broken, but the arrow was stuck in the wall up to the root and trembled.
It is faster than bullets and has much more power.
That must mean that the elves here right now are quite elite.
‘Even the arrows have energy.’
The arrow just didn’t fly.
Possibly borrowing wind magic or the power of the wind spirit, it possessed enormous rotational power without air resistance.
‘That’s how it’ll be harder to deal with than a gang with a gun.’
Most of the gangs can be subdued with one silence of fire, but those who openly shoot arrows are different.
‘Besides, there are guys who engage in close combat.’
Rudger tilted his head slightly back.
Right after that, a sharp sword swept across the spot.
quiet and fast
It was an attack that came in before he could even use his defense magic.
A tactic he could use because he knew that this was a magician.
These elves knew very well that magicians should never be given time to implement spells.
The attacking elven warrior held twin swords in both hands.
The elf crossed his arms and pressed Ludger with a flamboyant swing again.
Rudger tried to avoid it, but he raised his staff thinking that there would be no end if he avoided it.
The elf looked at him and laughed.
‘Do you dare to engage in close combat against a warrior for the sake of a wizard?’
Caang!
The two daggers collided with Ludger’s staff.
The elf tried to cut Ludger with his staff, but frowned at the resistance he felt at the tip of the sword.
Right after that, a sword stick was pulled out of Ludger’s staff.
Before the elf could judge what he saw, he instinctively threw himself back.
wickedness!
The hood on his head split in half.
Landing backwards, the elf saw the hood removed and touched his forehead with his hand.
The elf’s face turned red at the fact that his face would have been split vertically even if it was just a little bit late.
Those quivering eyes, how could a wizard acquire such a weapon? was asking
Rudger clicked his tongue in regret.
“I thought I would send one guy with this.”
It was like a surprise attack when the opponent was careless.
But that elf avoided his attacks with only his innate reflexes.
After all, it is a unique race from birth.
Perhaps feeling that Ludger’s attitude was a provocation towards him, the elf shouted with blood vessels in his neck.
“Come on all at once!”
Elves holding bows shot arrows at Ludger.
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Although it was obviously a bow, its rate of fire was comparable to that of a gun.
Rudger shot the grappling gun with his left hand and soared upwards.
Ludger’s body floated all the way to the roof.
As if they hadn’t expected such a tool to exist, the elves were immediately taken aback.
However, they seem to have a lot of experience in combat, so they immediately followed Ludger, stepping on the outer wall of the building and jumping towards the roof.
It was so fast that I couldn’t feel the sound even when I stepped on the window frame of the building’s outer wall, the brass pipe, or the outside stairs.
And the moment the elves reached the air and tried to swing their swords.
they saw
Ludger’s body covered in shadows.
Shuaak!
Ludger’s body, covered in shadows, condensed into a small dot and disappeared into thin air.
“Uh, where are you?”
“Where is that short-lived species!”
The elves who floated in the air were taken aback.
The opponent disappeared out of thin air.
It was something that could not be said to be hidden. Elves who can read the air currents can find hidden opponents at once.
Right after that, huge magical powers began to stir beneath their feet.
… … !!!
The elves who looked down became contemplative.
Ludger, who had risen from the shadows of the dark alley, was aiming his spell at this direction.
[Rumbling flames]
Fuhuaaak!
Hot flames were sprayed strongly into the air.
It swallowed the elves floating in the air at once.
Even for those agile elves, there would be no way to escape in the air without a foothold.
“hmm.”
Rudger narrowed his eyes as he looked at the landscape beyond the completely extinguished flames.
The elves who were directly hit by the magic were fine.
No, it wasn’t completely fine. As if he had not been able to cover up the damage of the flames, the robes were scorched from the fire.
The condition was not very good, probably because of the shock caused by the heat.
However, it was quite surprising that there were no fatalities.
‘It’s because of the spirits.’
Spirits made of water and wind were guarding the elves.
It was the spirit’s power that stopped Ludgar’s magic a while ago.
“okay. You guys don’t fight alone either.”
The faces of the elves crumpled as if they heard Ludgar’s murmur.
Against a mere short-lived species, even a spirit should be brought out, but I had this skepticism.
Whether they did or not, Rudger moved on to find his next target.
Those who floated up in the air were all melee fighters with swords in their hands.
Those still shooting the bows remained on the ground.
The eyes behind the crow’s mask quickly scanned the elf holding the bow.
The elves holding the bows quickly retreated back as if they felt a sense of danger.
“Put your distance!”
“Keep it in check!”
The archers did not forget to shoot their bows as they retreated back.
However, Ludger, wearing [Ater Nocturnus], did not dare to dodge the arrow.
The black shadow wrapped around the body swung its large arm several times, and the arrows imbued with the energy of nature shattered powerlessly.
Ludgar’s body shot forward and caught up with the elf who was running away in an instant.
“Muh, what!”
The elf was quite surprised that the humans followed his footsteps.
However, the embarrassment was short-lived, and soon the arrow of check was fired.
The arrow bounced helplessly by the shadows.
The elf gritted his teeth and summoned the spirit.
A translucent bird appeared.
The elf shouted at the spirit.
“Friend! Defeat the enemy!”
The elf shouted that, but the spirit remained silent.
“Friend!”
I shouted again, but the spirit couldn’t move.
The elf was about to ask why, but he shut his mouth after seeing the spirit’s reaction.
‘The spirit is afraid of it?’
does this make sense? Spirits, beings of nature, are afraid of humans and nothing else?
However, there was nothing else I could think of other than the reaction the spirit was showing.
Pooh!
At that moment, the blade of the black shadow pierced the spirit’s body and immediately reverse summoned it.
The elf’s complexion turned pale at the sight of Ludgar approaching him.
“Uh, how could a spirit do something like a mere human… … .”
“To summon a spirit against me, you must have summoned at least an intermediate level.”
Ludgar grabbed the frozen elf by the neck and lifted it up.
“This, this short-lived species!”
Fellow elves nearby shot arrows at Ludger.
However, [Ater Nocturnus] moved on its own and hit all the arrows.
The elves holding the bow gritted their teeth and summoned the spirits, but when the summoned spirits saw Ludgar, they were all terrified and could not do anything.
Ludgar smiled at those elves.
Although he was wearing a mask, it was obvious that he was smiling because the light in his round eyes curved like a crescent moon.
“Get out of the way!”
At that time, with a faint cry, Ludger’s body shook once.
When I lowered my head, wondering what was going on, I saw a strong tree root piercing through the solid ground and grabbing my ankle.
“Are you a Druid?”
Elves command spirits from birth and additionally handle swords or bows.
However, sometimes there are elves who are exceptionally good at dealing with the powers of nature and magic.
A mage and priest in elven society.
Druids are people who use indigenous spells, magic, and mystical powers.
The druid stretched out its arms towards Ludger.
The roots of the tree that had been strangling Ludger’s ankle climbed up his calf and strangled his whole body.
“Short-lived! Let go of your compatriots right now!”
The druid urged Ludgar to let go of the elf who was still gripping the leash.
Or are you thinking of killing me?
It was funny. He said he came with the intention of killing this guy in the first place, even if he didn’t make him a hostage.
“okay. let go.”
Rudger said so, gathering mana into the hand holding the elf’s leash and strengthening his physical abilities.
When I applied strength to the enhanced grip, the elf’s neck jumped! With a sound, it bent sideways powerlessly.
Ludger let go of the corpse elf.
Then he turned to the druid and asked.
“I put it as ordered. So, who is the short-lived species now?”
“it… … ! die!”
As the druid raised his magic power, the roots of the tree tightened Ludgar’s body.
A power that can even crush steel.
But Rudgar could only yawn.
As long as [Ater Nocturnus] was protecting him, there was nothing he could do about him with just those tree roots.
When Rudger applied his strength, the roots of the tree were helplessly cut off.
The druid gritted his teeth and unleashed a new spell.
A huge flower bloomed behind her back, and then scattered green powder in all directions.
As soon as the powder touched her, her strength was sucked out of her body.
Conversely, the elves that the powder touched seemed more energetic than before.
The druid sneered at the staggering Ludgar once.
“With a body like that, nothing… … .”
Taang!
The druid’s forehead snapped back.
The elves around them stared at the fallen elves with bewildered faces.
“You talk too much. Didn’t you expect something like this?”
Ludgar, holding a black revolver in his hand, laughed at the druid while he was hiding.
It’s funny that a wizard uses a sword, but who would have imagined that he would pull out a gun and shoot.
When the druid who spread the magic died, the huge flower that bloomed quickly withered.
The green powder fluttering in the air also disappeared.
“Aaaaaaa!”
“die!”
At that time, the elf swordsmen who had finished recovering on the roof fell towards Ludger.
Rudgar said without looking at the elven swordsmen.
“Come out soon.”
Who are you talking to?
The elven swordsmen questioned it, but didn’t pay much attention.
First of all, I was thinking of cutting off the limbs of this short-lived species.
But even before they could swing their swords, something huge flew in and attacked them much faster.
It was slow to judge by looking at what was flying.
So was the speed.
The huge man flew faster than sound and passed them by.
A strong gust of wind blew through the alleyway, and the light-bodied elves were swept away by it.
Ludger might have fallen if Ather Nocturnus hadn’t pinned his arms to the ground.
“It makes a lot of noise once it appears.”
Rudger looked back.
There was a huge beast man with flowing gray hair.
It looks like he hasn’t completely lost the weight he’s gained yet, so his overall body is still round.
However, who can really laugh at him over his movements just a moment ago and the momentum he exudes now?
“Pantos.”
When Ludger called his name, Pantos turned to Ludger with an expressionless face.
Inside his eyes, which had been stricken with boredom until now, was the ferocity of a warrior ahead of a long-awaited battle.
“Clean up everything except for the one in charge.”
At those words, Pantos laughed, showing his teeth.
It’s like he’s been waiting for that word.
