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The divine power emitted from Ethan’s hand permeated the charred corpse.
Then, a change occurred from the most extremity of the corpse.
The true form of the corpse, which had not been corroded by magical powers and remained intact, was revealed.
My hands and feet, which were black at first, turned white.
The purification that started from there gradually spread like a bright light.
Kalia muttered a little.
“Elf?”
The pointed ears of the elves, which were covered with magical power, were exposed.
Surprisingly, it was the elves who were in the passage leading out from the Dwarf’s underground workshop.
Kalia looked at Delhi in disbelief.
“How could an elf be here… … ?”
But only Delhi had a more terrifying face than Calia.
“The elf then?”
A hundred years ago, Deliman revealed a secret passage to the young elf and asked for an alliance.
It was a big decision.
Ferratem was on Mercury, so if this secret passage was discovered, the Dwarves would have to die.
Deliman slumped to the floor, sifting through the elf’s corpse.
“Uh, how is this elf here?”
The elf had a very contorted face at the time, apparently in a lot of pain.
“Considering that the purification started from the feet, it seems that the magic power has been eroded from there.”
Deliman looked up at Ethan in surprise.
“no way… Is this the proof you were going to reveal?”
“yes. Elpra, who died from being engulfed in magic in the secret passage, don’t you smell something?”
Deliman swallowed dry saliva.
‘It’s definitely true. Because there is no other being as vulnerable to magic as an elf.’
And an elf was found as a dead body in a secret passage that no one but the dwarves knew.
‘Someone knew the secret passage!’
A chill crept down Delhi’s spine.
But Deliman finally shook his head.
“no. This is not!”
He jumped up from his seat and shouted to Ethan.
“I still don’t know anything from this alone!”
The dwarves have been resenting the elves for a hundred years.
But now, what if that’s denied?
If it was revealed that the hatred stemmed from an absurd misunderstanding, he would not believe it no matter what evidence he put in front of him.
Ethan gently nodded.
“That’s right. In fact, this alone is not enough to understand the full story of everything. But if you think the other way around, the situation that the elves ignored the alliance request also becomes uncertain.”
“That, that… … !”
Deliman was speechless at the stabbing words.
In any case, in the secret passage only known to the dwarves, the elf was killed by magic.
It meant that a secret passage was exposed.
No one knew how the Imperial Army used it at the time.
Ethan was pointing out that fact.
Deliman was refuted by his words.
At that moment, Kalia knelt next to the purified elf’s corpse.
And quietly stretched out his hand.
“He was an elf I knew well. It hurts my heart to die alone in a place like this.”
Calia said bitterly as she stroked her colleague’s cheek.
A colleague who left on a mission but never returned.
Having confirmed that death for the first time in a hundred years, Calia had no choice but to remain silent.
“… … .”
Deliman, who was about to say more, shut his mouth.
This was not the time to open up the truth battlefield in front of the dead.
* * *
Kalia closed her eyes and paid tribute to the dead elf.
The body had disappeared.
The reason why the body remained undecomposed after a hundred years was because the body had been eroded by terrible magical powers.
Since it was purified with divine power, the corpse could not maintain its form.
The corpse slowly split into grains of light and exited the underground passage.
Kalia watched it quietly.
That was then.
“Is there any memorabilia here to prove that Iza was an elf?”
Ethan came up behind Calia and said,
Calia turned back.
In Ethan’s hand was the remains of a dead elf.
“You brought me here expecting this.”
Callia said sternly.
Ethan didn’t say anything.
But since she already knew what it meant, Calia didn’t care.
She chose one of Ethan’s belongings.
“This is it.”
It was a dagger.
Kalia looked at the dagger and pointed to the engraved part.
“This is the sword we receive at our coming-of-age ceremony. They have their names engraved on them, which means they are officially recognized as watchers of the forest.”
“Give it to me!”
Deliman jumped up quickly and grabbed the dagger.
The age of the dagger is quite old.
Moreover, the engraved name was not recently engraved.
First of all, the name.
“Jefino.”
Deliman groaned the name of the dead elf.
Callia nodded her head.
“yes. The elf’s name was Zephyr.”
Deliman stumbled in disbelief.
The bodies and artifacts were clearly identified with both eyes.
I couldn’t cry no more.
Deliman looked up at Ethan and murmured.
“What you said was true… … .”
He let out a sigh as deep as the years of resentment.
Then he looked at Calia and Ethan alternately and said,
“When I return to Peratem, I will tell you everything I have seen and heard. Then the decision is… Other youngsters will get off.”
Deliman stuttered and walked towards Ferratem.
“Just go back. The business is over.”
“no.”
However, at Ethan’s words, the Dwarf stood still.
“Shouldn’t we go ahead and dispose of the leftovers?”
Ethan nodded at the end of the secret passage.
* * *
twitch wiggle.
As we got closer to the end of the secret passage, strange things appeared.
There were things like pupas made of huge chunks of meat stuck here and there in the passage.
“What is this?!”
Deliman was astonished.
Calia asked out of pure curiosity.
“Did you not know?”
“Of course! If I had known, would I have left it like this?”
Deliman was furious.
“This secret passage has never been used before. However, I checked it a while ago… … .”
“lately? When exactly?”
When Ethan asked, Deliman hesitated.
“That, that… Was it 20 years ago? Or 30 years ago?”
“It’s been a while.”
At Calia’s response, Ethan smirked.
Since they are a long-lived race, the concept of ‘not long ago’ was similar to that of humans.
“The flame that drives away darkness.”
Ethan used third-level holy magic to set fire to his hand.
And he chased out the strange beings that followed the wall.
hey hey!
Deliman was fed up with the presence of the variant dying with a grotesque scream.
“I’ve seen it before, but what about that shadow that follows us?”
“It is a heterogeneous existence. Life created by magical powers lost their form.”
“Have you lost your shape?”
When Calia asked, Ethan continued to answer.
“Existences created by original magic are unstable. However, if left unattended in a space like this, it loses its form and becomes a heterogeneous existence whose original existence cannot be estimated.”
“Hey. Being a priest, he has quite a bit of knowledge about that.”
At the words that Deliman uttered with meaningless exclamation, Ethan was heartbroken.
Then Calia countered Deliman’s words.
“You have to know your enemies well to know how to deal with them. Heir of the oath, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, what. It is similar.”
At that moment, Deliman frowned and squeezed his nose.
“Ouch! What the hell is this smell?”
It smelled like a rotting animal carcass.
Ethan also frowned.
“If you looked at it 20 or 30 years ago, it is natural that you would not have noticed it. Beings born with unstable magical powers have become heterogeneous beings, and they must have been hiding here. Then it would have gradually expanded its territory and encroached on the secret passage. We have now arrived.”
“Have you arrived?”
At that time, the dark secret passage brightened a little.
Ethan had grown the size of the sacred fire on the palm of my hand.
“The misunderstanding between the two races seems to have been cleared up, so I’m going to show you who the real enemies of each other are.”
Ethan swung the sacred fire in his palm.
Then the holy embers scattered from their hands ran down the secret passage, burning the wicked.
Paah!
Soon, the interior of the secret passage became as bright as broad daylight.
Because it was a sacred flame that burned only darkness, there was not a single scorch mark left in the passage.
However, the only one who suffered damage was revealed.
oh oh oh oh!
A being lurking in the darkness cried out.
* * *
It looked like a huge shadow was alive and wriggling.
The strange being that filled the cramped aisle screamed as it touched the sacred flame.
Kee eh!
The heterogeneous existence glided towards Ethan’s side.
“Ahhh!”
Deliman was startled and fell to the floor.
“A spark of brilliance.”
Ethan used 5th grade holy magic.
When the flames of divine power that were burning in flames were spread wide like a shield and the palms were stretched out in front of them, the strange existence stopped running.
It looked like he was hesitating like a beast afraid of fire.
The heterogeneous existence stood still in the spot, as if aiming for Ethan’s gap.
Meanwhile, Ethan looked towards Delhi Bay.
“Where does the secret passage lead to?”
“Oh, it’s connected to the mountain range that borders here and Dawnlight Forest.”
“ah. So what would have happened if we hadn’t dealt with this?”
At those words, Deliman and Kalia’s eyes changed.
At first glance, the existence of this type was fiercely rejecting the divine power.
However, the Dwarves and Elves had no one who could control the divine power.
‘What if these were released?’
Deliman’s spine shuddered.
Calia answered instead.
“It must have been a huge blow to the living beings in the area. Including us elves and dwarves.”
This made it clear who the pneumothorax was.
Ethan chuckled.
“I take care of this one myself. So, when we each go back to the village, we have to tell them, right?”
Since you’ve fed me this far, shouldn’t I have to pay for the hard work?
As soon as those words were finished, Ethan blew a new type toward the existence of the heterogeneous type.
* * *
The heterogeneous existence that filled the narrow passageway revealed it and roared.
It was hideous to see only his mouth hanging in the black shadow, revealing his teeth.
A vicious gluttony to devour living things was revealed.
However, the presence of this type did not easily attack Ethan and the others.
It was because of the spark of brilliance that Ethan had unfolded.
Whoops!
The flame made with holy magic served as a shield.
The heterogeneous existence was tense like a beast that saw fire.
Since it is a being derived from magical power, it is instinctive to know that you should not approach the divine power.
However, the creature I saw in a long time was too coveted for a heterogeneous existence.
The existence of the giant anomaly is because it has been locked up in this place for decades and has not been able to eat anything.
Ethan laughed and said.
“Are you coveting my life even though you know it’s dangerous?”
Ethan gradually decreased the size of the flame spread out with his shield.
Then, he grabbed the flame that was floating on the palm of his hand and extinguished it.
“Then go ahead.”
What stood in your way is gone.
Ethan’s eyes lit up.
The heterogeneous existence rushed to Ethan as if he had been waiting.