Another colleague shouted. He said that he saw several very large eyes behind the bushes and those eyes were focused on him.
"Are you guys sure you don't want to run?" Rii mocked the S-rank adventurers.
“Even if your strength is almost close to heroes, if you are in the territory of the giant wolf race. Your powers do not affect protecting yourself.” Cini told.
“Your safety depends on how fast you run…” Vail told them how to survive.
"It turns out my hunch was right." One of Lacot's colleagues ran without looking back.
One of the women in the group was shaking. She also saw eyes glancing at her.
“Aaaa!”
"Help! Help!"
Lacot and his colleagues who had not yet run, saw one of their female colleagues being dragged into the bushes and from there they saw blood and the sound of the woman's screams still there.
“Hey! —” Lucot looked at his comrades running one by one.
“Return me to where I was!” Lucot threatened Rii, Cini, and Vail by brandishing his sword.
“Impossible, the reason we brought you guys to this place, is none other than as food for the giant wolf race,” Rii told him the reason.
"Try to pay more attention to your surroundings." Cini pointed to Lucot's left.
"...." Lucot turned his head, and he saw thousands of human bones that were still faded red.
“These are the people we brought to this place, over the past five years. And you will join them if you don't survive…don't you think, Alpha?” Rii told Lucot. And asked for clarification from the head of the giant wolf race.
“No matter how fast you run, it will only train my pack to hunt prey.”
Lucot saw a giant wolf that was so scary. Bright red eyes, fangs pointed downwards. And a tail that can rival the length of fifteen horses.
On the other hand, all the kings were so annoyed. Because the number of deaths, has increased rapidly since they created a petition to hunt down Rii, Cini, and Vail.
“Why do so many people disappear and die every year?!” The Cluster King hit the table in annoyance.
"Population in my kingdom has also decreased drastically, not including those who disappeared and those who died." King Mand informed him about the crisis in his kingdom.
“My kingdom will also be the same, if this petition continues. Gradually we will be couped by stupid people." King Nollant, informed them of his unwillingness.
"It seems like what we did by opening the petition backfired." King Aries informed.
“Then, we all agree to end the petition to hunt down heroes in hiding. Because this is detrimental to all of us, and our combat power is indirectly on the verge of critical.” King Cortase. Want to agree by withdrawing the previous petition.
“So, does anyone have any objections?” King Mitlan saw all the kings present and none of them objected.
That same day, the union announced a new petition. With the reason to strengthen strength and foundation for a bright future.
In just two months. New petitions have arrived in Henblant land, Neric land, and Seabon land.
Mansa who heard this rushed to the Gerna kingdom, to discuss the new petition.
Seven days later.
"They have no end to deceiving people for gain." King Ligt was so annoyed with all the kings in the union.
“After announcing that, it took less than a month. The Union has gained an additional strength of ten million souls.” Mansa told the number of people who joined after the petition was created.
“What are they thinking? Even if it's just to contain the power if the numbers get out of control. "It's the same as going to experience an even worse crisis." King Ligt began not to understand the way all the kings thought together.
"But I--"
Knock. Knock. Knock.
King Ligt and Mansa saw the queen open the door by bringing a banquet for Mansa.
"Glad to see you are well, queen." Mansa stood up and paid his respects to Amira.
“Sir hero, please don't be so formal.” Queen Amira felt uncomfortable being treated honorably considering, that she was previously a village woman with one child.
"Is there a new problem?" Queen Amira wanted to make sure.
“The new problem is that all kings in the United, to create a new petition recruiting everyone on the condition that they want to become soldiers. With a reward of one thousand gold coins.” Mansa tells the queen.
“A thousand gold coins? It is very much!" Queen Amira was so surprised to hear the gift.
“The problem doesn't end there, Amira,” King Ligt said.
“Putting aside the amount of the gift, it can indeed bring prosperity to a hundred descendants. But the condition, is that they must return to life after the war against the ancestors is over." King Ligt told her where the problem lay.
“This petition is much worse than the previous petition.” King Ligt told back.
“On the bright side, they are no longer being hunted by everyone,” Mansa tells the queen.
"That means the three of them are going home." Queen Amira was very happy to hear that news, the competition to hunt down Rii, Cini, and Vail had been withdrawn.
"Hmm... I hope they come back, they haven't been back here for a long time." King Ligt expects the three of them to return.
"Then, king and queen...I will take my leave." Mansa stood up from the bench.
“Thank you for telling mister hero.” King Ligt was very happy to discuss this with Mansa.
Amira asked Mansa to wait for her to finish packing the dinner for Mansa to bring. King Ligt was a little embarrassed by his wife's generous behavior.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
“Rii, not the door. The sound disturbs my sleep.” Cini, who was still asleep, asked Rii to open it.
"Vail, open the door, I'm still sleepy," Rii ordered Vail who was still lying on the floor.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Hey? --"
"Yes, What's up?" Vail opened the door and saw Nema bringing a bowl of warm soup.
“I brought soup for—”
“Thank you very much, Nema!” Cini and Rii woke up when Nema said to bring soup. And Rii took it from Nema's hand, Cini slightly pushed Vail out of the door and locked the door.
"Hey! This isn't funny, you guys even locked the door so I can't get in?!” Vail was so upset.
"I think our friendship is very meaningful." Vail pretended to be sad.
“….” With her weary gaze, Nema looked at Vail like a child.
“What can I do... Vail, there's still more at home. You can eat there.” Nema told. And invited him.
“Nema, you are like—”
"Thank you for the invitation Nema, let's go to your house. Just leave Vail there.” Cini opened the door so hard that Vail, who was in front of the door, was hit by the door.
“But Vail…”
"There's no need to think about it, he's already big. Come later when you're hungry." Rii took Nema to Sela's residence.
Arriving at Nema's house, Cini saw Sela having breakfast and greeted her without feeling guilty. Meanwhile, Sela choked on her food because she saw Rii, Cini, and Vail coming to her residence.
“Morning, Sela.” Cini greeted her.
"Morning your EYES! Why you come to my house?" Sela was so annoyed with Cini.
“Nema invited us to eat together,” Rii informed and joined in eating.
“I can't believe my sister invited you here.” Sela suspects that perhaps Nema was forced by them.
“And also, didn't Nema give you soup? Is that still not enough?” Sela was so annoyed.
"That's enough, sister, no need to bring it up. The village is prosperous again thanks to them, the elders have also given them a place to stay while they are here," Nema told and reminded Sela.
“Ahem….” Cini cleared his throat confidently.
"Okay, but please remember...after eating you leave," Sela told him and became increasingly annoyed with Cini.
Nema headed to the kitchen to get a bowl to pour the soup that would be served to the three of them.
“Please enjoy, Vail.” Nema gave bowls of soup to Vail, then Cini, and Rii.
"Thank You."
They enjoyed the soup given by Nema.
“Because you just came last night, I wanted to tell you. The village is going to have a party," Nema said.
"Party?" Cini talks with his mouth full of food.
"Swallow the food in your mouth first." Sela was annoyed with Cini, who was talking with the mouths full of food.
"Is there anything important?" Rii was so curious and curious.
“This is a day of awakening for our village, the elders agreed to hold a harvest feast as a sign of remembering the past,” Nema said.
"What happened?" Vail was amazed.
"Are you either forgetful or just pretending!"
Because she was upset, Sela punched Cini, causing him to fall off his chair.
"Why me?!"
Sela pushed Cini to the ground and locked him legs. Nema said that it was thanks to them that they helped a village that had almost no hope of survival.
“Rii, are you still hungry?” Nema offers food.
"I'm still very hungry, can I have more?" Rii wanted to make sure.
"Of course, the soup is in the kitchen, you can warm it up first," Nema said.
"Okay, I'll heat up." Rii got up from his seat and headed for the kitchen.
Nema still saw her sister beating Cini and saw Rii already in the kitchen. She asked Vail to come out with her.
Nema took him to a bazaar or small market. Even though it is called a village, this place is like a city.
"Thanks to your help, we can all trade with the outside world," Nema said.
“It was thanks to you guys alone, we only did what we could,” Vail informed.
“So, what do you want to say, Nema?”
“Is it okay to get straight to the point?” Nema wanted to make sure, she stopped in her tracks.
“I think that's much better.” Vail doesn't mind.
"Then, we'll discuss it there." Nema pointed to a small garden. And they sat on the grass.
"Does Rii...have a girlfriend?" Nema immediately asked.
“…..” Vail remained silent knowing that Nema only wanted to use himself, as a provider of information.
“Vail?” Nema was so confused by Vail that he suddenly became silent.
"Sorry I was lost in thought, but can you give me a reason?" Vail asked again.
"Every time I see him, for some reason. I feel happy and comfortable with him. He also very strong, I was amazed when he beat me, just by slinging my legs." Nema tells the reason.
"Apart from the last statement, you seem to love Rii," Vail informed.
"But why ask me to come out with you instead of accompanying Rii in the kitchen?" Vail was so curious.
“Impossible-impossible! I dare not do it.” Nema refused with her face slightly red.
“Then close your eyes and imagine that I am Rii. Then say how you feel, so that you can boldly say it.” Vail asked Nema to close her eyes.
"I'll do." Nema accepted it, she closed the eyes.
Rii, who was eating, was asked by Vail to switch places. Rii didn't mind, even though he asked what meant. “I don't know what happened and why Nema closed her eyes, but Vail asked me to ask Nema to open her eyes,” Rii said inside his mind, when he had switched places with Vail. "You can open your eyes now, Nema." Rii, who didn't know, just followed what Vail said. Nema opened her eyes, she was amazed that Vail could turn into Rii to help her. “Love huh? Haven't heard that in a long time.” Vail, who was at home, immediately lay down on the bed. "To think he approached you just to get information about your friend." Etina just appeared and sat at the window of the house. “I didn't expect that earth elf had a hobby of eavesdropping,” Vail mocked Etina. “How rude of you to say that hero of Vail.” Etina walked over to Vail. And looked at him so pityingly. “Don't look at me like a master looks at pet.” Vail felt uncomfortable with the way Etina glanced at him. "Do you know? Looks li
Vail's statement shocked all the Elves, and they were grateful that Sela's group failed to kill Vail and his two friends. After learning that, the Elf Elder was shocked again. According to Cini, Rii is also a former prince from that kingdom too. Etina asked the three of them to meet a dragon on a mountain. “…..” Alpha and the pack walk by and see Rii, Cini, and Vail. “Long time no see again, Alpha.” Cini greeted them. “Hmm…? You don't usually get wounds like this." Rii was so surprised to see Alpha's heartbreaking condition. “No need for pleasantries, why you come?” Alpha didn't want to talk to humans for long. “We want to ally with the giant wolf race, to fight against the ancestors,” Vail informed. “The ancestor only fought against the human race, nothing to do with us giant wolf race,” Alpha said. doesn't care about the outside world. "Okay, if you're not interested, we want to go to the dragon on the mountain to ally—" “Wait… we wolf race accept it.” Alpha interrupted Ci
Amira asked her husband, to tell where her child was. She also saw her husband's expression, which was reluctant to tell. "King Ligt, I want to know where my son." Amira took off the crown on her head. “….” King Ligt was surprised to see his wife taking off the crown on her head. And sat on the floor asking to be told. “I'll tell you, but put the crown back on—” “Not until the king tells him.” Amira interrupted her husband's words. “They, especially Vail, don't want you to know this, but to see your actions. I had no choice.” King Ligt felt so guilty because his wife had humbled herself so much. “They are in the territory of the giant wolf race, precisely in the forest of death. Or what we call the Ruga valley, there are also dragons there—" “Amira?!” Amira fainted when heard her husband's words about their whereabouts, especially their children. One day later, Rema returned from academics because he received news that Queen Amira had fallen ill. "Amira..." King Ligt held his
Vail didn't mind, he also asked Rii and Cini to save the man Ryzen said because he had protected Rema as best he could. “Brother…” In a vague vision, Rema saw Vail approaching her. “…..” Rema gathered strength in her hands to grab Vail. “Everything is fine, there is no need to worry. Now go to sleep, we'll take care of the rest." Vail took Rema's hand. “…..” Before closing her eyes, Rema saw a very large dragon and several giant creatures walking above the two of them. "How despicable the human race is, they always hurt each other rather than unite to fight the ancestors." Alpha is so disappointed with humans who dominate the outside world. "Let us clean up the rest." “…..” Vail saw two giant wolves eating the bodies of dead bandits. “I want none of them alive,” Vail informed. “….” Alpha saw the hatred within Vail. He immediately walked towards the edge of the forest where the bandits were. Rema opened her eyes again and found herself being carried by Vail's arms around her s
Rii and Cini teleported and were inside the cake shop. They were grateful that everyone's eyes were still diverted to the quarrel. "What happened?" Cini and Rii approached Rema. "When my older brother and I were ordering a cake, suddenly the man came and grabbed old brother with force and hit his until him fell to the ground," Rema tells Cini and Rii. “The woman who was crying was trying to intervene, I also wanted to intervene. But old brother asked the two of us not to get involved." “The woman who crying is our little sister, and also your brother Vail's sister,” Rii informed. “The man who hit Vail was her husband, and the hero's former partner,” Cini said. Rema was surprised, it was a statement he had just heard. When Erick wanted to hit Vail again, Mansa managed to block his hand. “Erick, this is too much.” Mansa tries to get his friend to think again. “Sir hero, this person does not need to be shown mercy. Not only did he leave Cindy and Una, but now he wants to leave Cl
Runia said, that the masked person only helped Lina in return for not being present at Lina's wedding to Leon. “He didn't tell me why either, but he knows Lina and all of us so well,” Runia informed. "The mask you wear is similar to the mask you wear, Prince Vail." Runia again told him the mask the person was wearing. “What Vail is that you from the future?” Cini just concluded all the possibilities. "I agree with Miss Runia..." Queen Amira agreed that the masked person knew them. "Did that person tell you anything?" Vail was so curious. “Mother would bring up the past, just when Mother returned home after seeing Mr. Nhiel and made fun of him. The person wearing the same mask as you knocked on the door.” "At first I thought it was you, but I immediately knew it wasn't you because his voice and way of speaking were so formal." "I've met him twice," Everyone was surprised to hear this, the same thing happened to Runia, who had met this figure twice. "You met twice?" King Ligt w
Erick was very happy to hear his daughter confession, but he didn't show joy on his face.“Maybe this is the punishment…” Erick said it with a voice that was so sad."Punishment?" Livia didn't understand what her father meant.At night, at her father's request. Livia looked after the mother, while her father would rest in another room.Livia was still awake and holding her mother's hand.“…”Knock. Knock. Knock.Livia thought it was her father, she opened the door and what she saw was not her father."Has your mother been given medicine?"“There is no one drug that makes it better,” Livia said that she was also confused about how the masked person got in."But who are you? Why do you come to our house at night, do you want to steal?” Liva didn't dare to spread her arms to protect her mother."There's no need to be afraid, Miss Livia, I'm not a bad person. Or rather, no longer has any intention to be evil.”"Can I come in?"“Please, but remember. My fourth uncle is a strong man, he can
Lina's two daughters pleaded with Vail to revoke the sentence. They did not want their mother to be used as a sacrifice during the war.“Sorry…” Vail couldn't withdraw his sentence.Rere and Nem begged Vail, Rii, Cini...no one helped.“Vail, Mother wants you to withdraw the punishment. I don't want you —"“Mother, our hearts are broken when we find out that our summoner as well as the woman we saved from illegal trafficking are dead…both of them.” Vail let out his pent-up feelings.“They are both women who taught us about this world, people who taught us how to read in this world. A woman who means a lot to us.”“From the start, we only agreed to protect the two of them. Not a care in the world, even though the hero was disappointed in us at that time.” Cini tells the real truth.“Then…then why did you let me live? You helped me and gave me the meaning of what life is. What it is to be a woman…Vail.”Runia covered her mouth with both hands and was saddened to hear her son's wife's conf