123 – Lilu Arma
“Wow! That’s so fast!”
“Aren’t you an elf?”
“That’s true, but I think he’s faster than the elf!”
Leos, with the elf girl Lilu on his side, was running through the forest while riding a tree.
Leos is running from one tree to another as if performing acrobatics.
This was not only because he was a beastman, but also because his compatibility in the forest area was very good due to the influence of his mixed elf blood.
In fact, his entire body is full of strength right now.
“You have friends, right?”
“Okay, all you have to do is tell me a story there.”
“Yes!!”
There were so many trees in the forest, and Leos was confused about where he came from while chasing the traces.
So he climbed up the trees and moved around, looking for his companions.
And, the idea was perfectly correct.
“Mister! I can see smoke over there!”
“You have good eyesight, there are probably some colleagues over there.”
In fact, the remaining colleagues were preparing for camping, and Cheney said he would prepare a delicious meal.
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As I was trying to put out the fire, there was a high possibility that I was on the other side where I could only see smoke.
And when I actually landed, there I saw Chainy, who had finished preparing for camp and was absorbed in cooking, and Velia, who was reading a book.
“I’ve been there.”
“Ah, Leos! Welcome!! Meal soon…?”
Chaney raised his head at the sound of Leos’ voice and stopped mid-speech as he greeted him.
It was natural, because at the side of the returning Leos, a young blonde girl was laughing, waving her arms.
“Wow! That was incredible speed! It’s faster than Salamander, the drake raised by my friend!”
“…Isn’t that a bit over the top?”
A child laughing at something fun.
At first, I was confused as to why Leos had brought a child to a place like this, but I came to my senses when I heard Velia’s voice.
“Uh…You’re an elf?”
Cheyney looked closely at the girl at the sound of Velia’s voice and was soon able to see her elongated ears.
…Yes, it has long ears like Mr. Leibinia.
“Hello!!”
“Uh…That’s…”
“Hello?”
Perhaps noticing the attention focused on her, the elf girl waved her arms and greeted me energetically.
To the point that Cheyney and Velia stuttered to react.
After hearing the story of the elf girl, Lilu, Cheyney was convinced that his thoughts were correct.
The Arma clan, to which the girl, Lilu Arma, belongs, is a guardian clan that protects the World Tree.
If the Arma clan is living in this forest, there is a high possibility that this is the path to the World Tree.
“What is this? It’s delicious!!”
Chainy smiled as she looked at the elf girl, Lilu, who was devouring the food she had made.
What should I say, it was somewhat reminiscent of a small rabbit tearing cabbage leaves apart.
Thinking that her hypothesis was correct, Chaney naturally felt better.
Scramble
“Huh? What is it?”
“No, I thought I was eating well. Eat more.”
To Lilu, who was suddenly stroking her head and raising her questioning voice towards Chainy, Chainy gave her more to eat.
“Anyway, I think it would be a good idea to visit the elf… Arma clan’s colony.”
“I see…Listening to Lilu’s story, it doesn’t seem that far away.”
“Then I will prepare it in advance.”
Was I happy to have found a clue to the World Tree, Yggdrasil?
Velia hurried back to get ready, even humming her song.
Leos, I only unpacked my weapons for dinner, so all I had to do was pack them again.
Cheney felt happy that he had found a clue to defeat the Demon King and left to prepare.
Perhaps Lilu’s guard had completely relaxed, and she willingly stepped forward to guide the three of them to her colony.
Leos stands guard at the front, followed by Lilu and Velia, and Cheyney stands guard behind them.
Of course, Leelu said that this forest was safe and that it was okay, but they don’t know what could happen.
Shoot!
Like this case.
With life feeling short, Leos raised his arm and blocked the incoming attack.
…The direction of the arrow was clearly heading toward Velia.
An arrow that gives a great impact to Leos’ gauntlet and falls to the ground.
But that wasn’t the end.
A black shadow leaped towards Leos from the direction the arrow came from.
Chaeng!!
With a sharp metallic sound, what struck Leos’ gauntlet was a sharp dagger.
The blond-haired male elf holding the dagger was in a battle stance, glaring at Leos as if he were going to kill him.
“These guys…How dare they tell me where this place is…”
“Elf? Hey, wait a minute…”
“Let go of my daughter!!”
At those words, Leos realized that the elf in front of him was Lilu’s father.
When I looked behind her just in case, I saw Lilu looking like she was shouting something.
However, it seemed like Papa Lilu in front of her, who was looking back at her, couldn’t hear her.
“Calm down, we’re not trying to kidnap your daughter…”
“Do you think it’s easy to believe what the intruders say?!”
“Damn, then why don’t you ask your daughter!!”
Leos gets angry at the sight of not being able to listen to his words and gets into a fighting stance.
Now that things are like this, we have no choice but to subdue him first and then persuade him through Lilu’s words.
In response to the daggers coming at him quickly, Leos tried to pull out the dagger strapped to his leg, but quickly stopped.
Dagger swordsmanship is his specialty, but no matter how you look at it, his skills are superior. It’s a bad idea to attack with the same weapon.
And, even if you can somehow win, in a situation where your dagger skills are limited, it is impossible to control your strength, so if you make a mistake, you may be killed.
You can’t kill your child’s father.
But if we ask for Cheyney’s help, the problem is that this place is a forest.
Chainy can use various types of magic, but he mainly fights with fire magic.
So, it is difficult for Cheney to fight with sincerity in a forest like this.
Eventually, Leos gave up on drawing his dagger and took a stance with his fist clenched.
Now that it’s like this, he can be subdued with fighting skills.
The elf holding the dagger, Lilu’s father, raised his guard at Leos’ strange momentum and held the dagger tightly.
Rival Arma, Rilu’s father and warrior chief of the Arma clan.
Within his clan, he was skilled in close combat, especially wielding a dagger.
He was very happy that his daughter had great potential.
He has excellent physical ability and good eyesight, so he can clearly spot targets from far away.
His daughter, Lilu, shows exceptional abilities not only in archery but also in stone throwing.
Rival tried to teach Leelu the dagger skills he had worked hard to practice, but Leelu’s reaction was sour.
“Hey, daggers aren’t cool. I don’t want to learn them…”
Although she reluctantly learned the basics after her father’s persuasion, Lilu did not seem to like her swordsmanship very much.
It was quite a sad event for her father, but it was still nice to see his cute daughter showing interest and talent in archery.
Then one day, Lilu went out to play outside the village with her friends.
Well, there are no fierce demons or beasts living in this forest, so for Reval, it was just like his daughter went out to play as usual.
However, her friends, except Lilu, ran away and begged for help.
“Mister! Lilu!! Lilu…!”
“What’s going on?!”
“Lilu was captured by a fierce wolf beast!!”
There was no need for further conversation.
Rival took his bow and dagger and ran out of his village.
I have lived in this forest for a long time.
Of course, because Libal knew the geography of the forest, he was able to find the wolf beast the children had mentioned.
Indeed, although he was wearing a steel helmet in the shape of a wolf’s face, the brown fur on the exposed parts showed that he was a beastman.
Behind them, people who appeared to be human women were following, and Lilu was being held next to them.
It felt like she could hear Lilu’s voice calling to her as she cried.
… Actually, something like that has never happened, but isn’t that what it means to be a father who is hungry for his daughter’s affection?
First, she fired an arrow at the woman right next to Lilu.
Her darting arrow seemed like it would pierce the woman, but her beastman’s arm stopped the arrow in her middle.
…As expected, that prisoner is the most problematic.
Rival rushed in to deal with the prisoner first.
Although the beastman had a weapon, he raised his bare hand, wearing a gauntlet, and took a fighting stance.
This is a good decision.
In a forest with so many trees, if you use a large weapon such as a long weapon, it can be dangerous because it gets caught in the trees.
Therefore, it is easier to move when fighting with a dagger or bare-handed fighting.
Rival rushed towards him with a dagger.
…And tens of minutes later.
“Ugh!!”
Rival’s joints were broken by the beastman, and he was suppressed and fell to the ground.
Due to the opponent’s extraordinary fighting skills, attacks were allowed from the beginning as if they were being played.
I was able to understand and follow to a certain extent, but the big thing was that I allowed a few attacks in the beginning.
In the end, Rival was overcome and had no choice but to shed tears.
“Ugh… I couldn’t save my daughter and was attacked by ruthless people… Such a shame as a warrior…!!”
“…Tell us to calm down? We had no intention of doing anything to your daughter.”
When Rival, who had regained some composure at Leos’s words, raised his head, his cute daughter, Lilu, came running along with the human women.
“Daddy!!”
“Lilu! Are you okay?!”
“Dad!! It’s a misunderstanding!! These people are customers!!”
“…What?”
Rival looked blank at Lilu’s words.
The human woman who had initially fired the arrow at Rival opened her mouth with a bitter smile.
“Let me explain.”
After listening to the woman, Velia’s explanation, Rival naturally felt his face become hot.
He attacked without even checking the situation properly.
Well, that may have been the case for his father, but it was not appropriate behavior for a warrior commander.
“That…That was really rude of me…!”
He apologized for shooting the arrow, and Rival expressed his gratitude to Velia, who accepted it with a smile.
He then turned his head to find the wolf beast that fought him, wanting to apologize.
And the sight that caught his eye was…
“Man! That’s amazing!! How did you do that?!”
“That’s it?”
“That…The punch that shattered the tree when I was fighting with my dad!!”
“Ah…That’s right…?”
The daughter is very excited, clinging to the wolf beast and chattering away.
And his daughter’s words reached his ears.
“It’s so cool!! Can I call you Master? I really want to learn it!!”
“Uh…Huh??”
There was a wolf beastman who was very embarrassed, but that appearance did not catch Rival’s eyes.
The words her daughter said rang in his ears.
‘It’s so cool!! Can I call you Master? I really want to learn it!!’
‘Hey, daggers aren’t cool. ‘I don’t want to learn…’
Eventually, Leos, who noticed Reval, saw him and was about to speak out.
“This nooooom!!”
Ribal rushed at Leos with his eyes closed.