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I am not a short-eared Elf! : Chapter 3
🕑 Added 2024-11-25 03:44:03 +0000 UTCDeep within the Eternal Forests, the home of the myriad species of the Fae including the elves, five humanoid figures burst out into the clearing.
Their forms were covered in black cloaks which had three circles placed in a triangular formation with one large circle in the middle. Except for one, all other figures had their faces covered with blank white masks with the same symbol as their cloaks. The one without the mask started sniffing the air as he removed his hood, revealing it to be a human-like face with the exception of feline ears atop his head.
"….They are not here"
"Yes, my lord. But judging from the fire, they must have left recently. We can still catch up to them"
"We cannot allow Alaric Frostwind and Princess Lirelle to reach the capital and inform the king about the ambush. If the king learns about this incident, all of our plans will fall through"
"Rest assured, Lord. We will eliminate them just like we did with the rest of their entourage"
"See that you do. If not, you four will be the ones taking her place"
The four figures shuddered in terror at the beastman's threat and disappeared into the forest after him in a blur of black energy.
It was only a few minutes later that some of the surrounding bushes of the abandoned camp blurred and disappeared, revealing a panting elf girl who fell into the arms of an anxious male elf and an intrigued human watching them both.
"I need to get the Princess back to the capital."
"I don't know what you just said, but I am assuming you either want to move from here or have a specific destination in mind. Either way, I will follow you since I need information."
"…..Aetheria, give me strength, I can't handle this anymore."
The male elf looked at the human with irritation, knowing that the language barrier between them was starting to cause problems for their continued survival. But he was helpless as he had no way of solving this issue without consulting with the Spirits and this was no place to perform a Spirit Communion, especially when the Cult of the Void was after them.
Alaric Frostwind picked up Princess Lirelle Moonshade and started running north, hoping that his speed would allow him to lose the man behind him in the forest. Unfortunately, Alaric did not know that the human was just as fast, if not faster, than himself.
As a human born on Earth, a proper planet that had a gravity that was much higher compared to this world, Aurora, which was but one moon among four that orbited the Gas giant, Aetheria, the man following them had a body that was used to moving in higher gravity which was further augmented with artificial components. This allowed the human to keep up with Alaric, who was using spirit arts to move forward at tremendous speeds.
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I realized that the Elf was trying to get away from me when he started running at speeds that would be hard for an un-augmented person to follow even with the strange weightlessness I was feeling. But I had no choice but to follow him despite his clear dislike for me.
I need intel, and he is the best shot I have at finding any kind of civilization. Not to mention the fact that the IAS has picked up on the fact that this Elf is using the same kind of anomalous energy that I detected from the crystal within that mutant bear's heart. The same went for the female Elf that hid us from their pursuers with some kind of optical illusion.
Given everything that I have seen, I am very much inclined to claim that this is a fantasy world. But I need concrete proof before I decide anything. I do not like working with assumptions.
So far, I have seen Elves and what appear to be Beastmen if the animal ears on one of the pursuers were anything to go by. But I can't conclude anything based on this fact alone since there is a possibility that these creatures are either the result of mutation or genetic engineering.
Another strange thing that I have noticed is that I feel much lighter in this world. If I had to guess, I would say the gravity of this world is much lower than Earth, which also explains the reason why I was able to move as fast as I am right now.
Thankfully, the way the male Elf is shouting at me is helping the IAS in decoding his language very quickly. I should be able to understand and speak his language soon enough.
I just need to hold on until then. Once I can understand him, I will pull out all the information I can from him.
One way or another.
