Chapter 9: The Dilemma

() Oh my God, at least a hundred elves came, and Alice stuck out her tongue and said

Last night, it was fire, ice and snow, and it was strange to Monfik if you didn't attract these elves over

We had no ill intentions, and Sophia shouted to the elves who appeared in the trees around them with her bow and arrow, "Let's live in peace and negotiate a solution."

However, what answered her was a few large-scale wind blades, but the target of the wind blade's attack was not the eight companions who were surrounded in the middle, but the two air shields that protected them on the periphery, only to see the qi elements canceling each other, and the air shields were completely neutralized by the wind blades, and instantly dissipated invisibly

By this time, the companions had been unsuspectingly exposed to the elves' bows and arrows

Please don't do this, we are not enemies, and realizing what might happen next, Sophia hurriedly shouted to the other party

But the other party had no intention of communicating with her at all, and only heard a voice from the bushes: "Shoot arrows and kill them all without leaving a trace."

The companions could clearly hear the elven archers pulling their bowstrings tighter, and they were about to let go of them in the next second......

Meditation Hall of the Papal Basilica on Holy Papal Island

Praise to His Majesty the Honourable and Holy Pope

Meritgar, you're back, the mission is complete

I'm sorry, His Majesty the Pope, although I saw with my own eyes that Princess Sophia and her party were taken to the Restorationist camp by Olkid Duszker's gang, but she didn't seem willing to stay there to carry out the Restoration, and escaped from the Restorationist camp overnight......

Wait, what are you talking about, the Pope interrupted Meritgar's report, and you said that Princess Sophia didn't want to return to the kingdom

Yes, the spies we sent to the Avenger camp reported that the old fellow Duszk refused to agree, and that Sufia would not agree, and then I personally investigated the matter

The Pope said to himself: As a princess of a dead country, after her relatives were killed and the country was forcibly occupied, she didn't want to return to the country to take revenge, Saint-Angel, it seems that your brainwashing work is really good, but you always fight against me, even the Holy Maiden of Radiance will not end well

After the Pope finished speaking, Meritgar cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, if Princess Sophia does not participate in the restoration movement, then I am afraid that the secret funding we have provided to those who have returned to the country for so many years will be wasted."

Merit Garr recognizes who you are, and those are not things you should consider

Please forgive your sins

By the way, Meritgar, you said that you didn't complete the mission, what the hell is going on

After leaving the Avenger camp, Princess Sophia and her party headed deep into the Elven Forest, and since I was not sure that I would track them down without alarming the Elves, I returned early

What the hell is she going to do in the Elven Forest

It's not clear yet, but I'm worried...... Meritgar was about to speak, but he stopped

The masked man waved his hand dissatisfiedly: Don't talk about what you're worried about

The forest elves hate that someone will break into their forest, and that's what I'm worried about, if that princess is killed by the elves......

After saying this, Meritgar looked at the Pope, and saw that he did not reflect at all, and the silver mask did not even move, and Merit Gaar knew that she did not have to continue the discussion on this issue

My Majesty also inquired about one thing

Please speak

Twelve years ago, William Mano, who left the Holy See without permission and called himself a 'freelance knight', had a bloody battle with Lilith in the valley of Benolania in the southeastern part of the Rocal Empire with his students a dozen days earlier, and it was said that both sides were seriously wounded

I've known this for a long time

Hearing the Pope say this, Meritgar stopped talking, since the Pope already knew, it meant that he had already had a countermeasure, and there was no need for him to talk more

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, if you have no other commands, then Melitgar will take his leave

Wait a minute, now that you're back, there's a new mission to be assigned to you

Melitgar raised her head and waited for the Pope's order

That Julian Rousseau, whom I had sent to the Fayle Empire a few days ago to carry out Project Seven

Plan Seven: Hearing the Pope's words, Merit Gaar was a little surprised, he was too young and too weak, and was it reliable to give him such an important task

Paladin, are you questioning my decision, and the pope's voice was disgruntled

So Meritgar also stopped talking, and listened carefully to the orders given to him by the Pope

Meritgar, your task is to monitor him from behind his back, and you have to do two things: first, if he is not strong enough to complete the task alone, you will secretly help him to complete it, but do not let him know that someone is helping him, and second, if you find that his mind is shaken, immediately clear him out, and then you will complete the task

I know that Merit Gar said respectfully

Okay, you step down, I'm going to meditate

Elven Forest

Nearly a hundred elven archers pulled their bowstrings tighter, and they were making preparations for the last moment before launching......

Stop, seeing that the elven archers were about to launch their arrows, Alice drew a dagger and put it around the neck of an elven archer they had captured

Anyone who dares to move, give me a retreat, or I will kill this elf with a single sword, Alice shouted to the elves around her

Sure enough, none of the elven archers dared to release their arrows, and in the case of a companion being taken hostage, all the elves had to throw a mouse, but the companions clearly saw great anger on the elves' faces

Alice, are you crazy, we can't hurt them, seeing Alice's actions, Sophia was shocked, and she hurriedly shouted to Alice

Princess, don't you see that these elves are going to kill us, Alice argued, and if we were merciful at this time, we would have to be shot as hedgehogs

Joika shook her head and sighed helplessly: It seems that the conflict between us and the elves is getting deeper and deeper

Shameless human beings, one of the elves hiding in the bushes, shouted in a tone full of anger, and actually used such despicable means to control our compatriots, is this the sincerity you should have?

Negotiation hum Alice replied-for-tat, "Why did you want to shoot me without saying anything when we were going to negotiate just now?"

The other party was silent for a long time and then asked, "What kind of human do you want?"

We just want to go to the Underground Kingdom, and before that, we hope that your people can lead the way for us, Alice's eyes flashed with a cold light, we promise that none of you elves will be harmed until we all enter the Underground Kingdom safely, but if we can't guarantee our own safety, then we can't guarantee the safety of the elves in our hands

You...... You are threatening us

Whatever you think of the nonsense, I don't want to say more about what to do later, you should all know Alice pressed the dagger to the elf's neck even tighter

At this time, Sophia and Joyka were speechless, although Alice's current behavior was despicable and scoundrel, but perhaps this was the only way to get out of the current predicament

Suddenly, a blue ball of light exploded in the sky above the scene, crackling and blue flashes filled every corner within a radius of more than a hundred meters in the woods, and those elven archers had to be forced to close their eyes under the strong light to temporarily avoid the damage of the bright light

After the glare ended, everyone felt that the ions in the surrounding gas elements were quite active, and the blue arc of lightning flowed in all directions, forming an invisible hemispherical shield in the air, enveloping the companions and the elven patrols they had captured

It was a wide range of air-based thunder and lightning magic, 'Thunder Burst, Lightning Light' and 'Lightning Field', who cast them, Cassius recognized these two spells at a glance, he was looking around for the caster, apparently these two spells were not cast by the elves hiding in the trees, because the elves were also looking around for the caster

It seems that a third party has joined in this dangerous situation

There, one of the elves pointed to the sky

All the humans and elves raised their heads, and saw a mountain eagle hovering in the sky, wrapped in a blue electric lone

Why was the eagle so strange, Alice asked

No, it wasn't your average eagle, Cassius replied, according to the record on the Warcraft Illustrated Book, it should be a thunderbird