For a moment, Ortó's arms weakened. I quickly get down on the ground and roll away from the scene.
"Haaack!"
The moment I get up, a fireball comes flying at me from Orto. He almost ducks it. Behind me, I hear what sounds like a scream, but I don't have time to worry.
......As I thought, the wards have been broken.
The attack just now felt very hot. This means that my warding is not working. But when I look down, I see that Ortó's left hand has turned black, like it has been scorched. Immediately I looked at my feet and saw a ball-sized, crystal-like sphere lying on the ground.
"You are just a human race, once you break the boundary. It is well worth the sacrifice of my left hand!"
With a wry smile on his face, he began to wreathe his remaining right arm in flames. Oh come on, you're going to fire magic at me with a bunch of elves behind me? You are a real piece of shit ...... and there is no one behind me!
"Hmph!"
While I was looking behind me for a moment, flames gushed from his right arm. A long pillar of fire came toward me, like a dragon attacking. I picked up my sword and faced the flames.
"Master Linos!
A woman's screeching voice rings out. It is Sidi's voice.
Sidhi's voice.
...... Killed it!
Ortó was sure of his victory. He had broken the barrier of the man that no matter how hard he tried, he could not break, and he had taken his life. His heart was filled with satisfaction.
He could not forgive. The Elves, the most superior of all races, should never have been defeated by such a lowly creature as man.
This man Rinos had been an object of not only dislike but hatred from the very beginning. First of all, the wards that were set up in the transition zone at the foot of the mountain. No matter how I tried to take out the staff of Latgis that was kept inside, I could not break the ward. Even with all the knowledge and brains of the elves, the boundary was unbreakable. ....... It was unbelievable that such a thing could happen.
The king ordered that such a terrible person be led to the village. I did not understand. He would not allow a filthy race of people into his village. ....... It was unforgivable to allow a tribe of men into the village, even if they were accompanied by Princess Janice.
But then, the queen, Wartoky, knows better. She ordered us to send a man secretly to exterminate them. No one is to be allowed to defile the elf village.
But when I actually met them... I found that this tribe had skills beyond my expectations. No matter how much I tried to appraise them, I could get no further information than that their skill was indicated as "warding level 2". Even the person with the best appraisal skill among the elves could obtain only that much information. Even those who can normally see into the past of the subject.
...... needed immediate action. If nothing is done, there is a possibility that the elven village will be overrun. A repeat of Haze's attack hundreds of years ago was to be avoided at all costs.
Ortow gathered the most skilled warders in the family and ordered them to contain the man's ability. Fourteen warders were gathered. They put up many layers of wards to block the man's ability, but no matter how many wards they put up, they could still sense his magic. That means that the man's ability could not be contained.
...... they could not hide their impatience. It would not be good if things continued as they were. At that moment, a dark plan came into my mind.
......I would frame this man and bury him with the power of all the elves.
At the same time Ortó had an idea to sacrifice one of his own people. It was Leila.
She is a courtesan in the service of the queen and is trusted by her master for her steady work. But on the other hand, she had a personality that changed the way she dealt with people. She opened her heart to those whom she liked, but she was thoroughly cold to those whom she did not. Ortó was the latter, and even pretended not to hear his boss when he spoke to him.
While Ortó kept his black desires inside, he never forgot to make sure that they would never be discovered. He was polite to the men of the tribe and entertained them excessively. Thanks to this, he was able to gain their trust. With this in mind, he immediately put his plan into action.
Taking time out from his work, he went outside the castle to look for tulalas, and when he found a reasonably sized one, he quickly cut it off and returned. He then summoned Leila and stabbed her in the side with the horn.
......I was brilliant. She died without a scream, leaving her corpse on the floor of the castle. He quickly left and went back to his work.
Soon after, Leila's body was found and, as expected, all hell broke loose in the castle. Ortó immediately went to the queen and reported that this was caused by the entry of a tribe of people into the castle.
Everything had gone according to plan. Everything had gone perfectly. All that remained was for the king to order the men to be defeated. But an unexpected hindrance came in the way.
He did not expect that a dwarf with the appearance of a child would see through it all. On the contrary, he had revealed himself to be the culprit, and had even been clever enough to tell the truth himself.
Ortó's mind was filled with anger that his perfect plan had been foiled, anger that he had been discovered by a dwarf, and hatred for the man who had denied the history of the elves. ....... These negative emotions were mixed up.
The only thing left to do now is to kill them. ......
With this in mind, he sent his best men against the man, but the man managed to duck the attack with a brilliant move. What's more, even the assassins he had shot at the ceiling were eliminated.
At this point, I didn't care what he did. He did not want to do it, but he had to use his back hand.
Ortó watched the man's movements, looking for an opportunity. It came soon. He quickly took the man's back, took away his freedom, took out a magic sucking stone from his pocket, and threw it at the man.
It was a big gamble. Half of an elf's body is made of magic. Because of the connection between magic and the body, part of the body is the embodiment of magic. The act of grasping a magic sucking stone with bare hands is almost suicidal for an elf, as a large amount of magic is sucked out of him. I myself had to lose my left hand, but the man's ward was shattered. It was well worth it.
With all his strength Ortó casts a fire spell on the man. His compatriots in the room are evacuating. From this position there was no danger of hitting the king. This time it worked.
"Ah!"
The man should have been charred. But the man raised his sword to the top and swung it down quickly. At that moment, the fire magic aimed at the man breaks in half in front of him. What in the world is happening ......? Just as he thought of this, a shock hit him in the face.
"Gah!"
His knees buckle and he begins to shake. I looked into his eyes frantically, and there he was, the man of the tribe standing there.
"Kisa...... gak!"
Just as he was about to speak, he received another shock to the face. He heard the sound of something shattering. I found myself falling to my knees.
"Ggghhh ...... ggghhhh!"
He desperately tries to get up, thrusting the sword in his right hand against the floor. The man stares at me with his fist held horizontally. Oh, so he hit me with that fist. How dare a human being hit me in the face? ....... No, a human touched me. What a filthy thing .......
...... will cut you into pieces.
I was about to ready my sword when the man in front of me opened his mouth.
"You stupid son of a b*tc*!
His voice was so thick that Ortó's body sagged and he was unable to move. .......