Chapter 276

A black sun rose over the sky which was colored in twilight .

Humans and fairies fought desperately on the blood-reddened earth .

“Kill them!”

“The descendants of Abaron, dry away from the seeds of humans!”

“How dare the slaves act!”

“Stop them! Don’t ever take a step back, for the glory of mankind!”

As cries of anger and pain rose from both sides, the battle reached its end, the grey mist was hovering over the horizon .

The ones who were barely alive and those who managed not to die walked out from the mist . The blood-stained earth and the twilight sky began to turn gray .

It was time for everything to erode with silence, light, and death .

A silver giant broke through the gray mist .

The giant which had light in one hand and darkness in the other clasped both its hands .

Kwarrrng!

Along with a terrifying growl, a brilliantly colored rainbow stretched from the giant’s hand, and the gray mist began to retreat .

‘A dream?’

Erwin woke up to the shout of a morning hen .

Waking up she realized that she was in a strange place .

‘Village? I must have fallen in the field…’

Erwin recalled seeing a human knight when she lost her consciousness .

‘Was I saved by him?’

Knock, knock .

At the sudden knock, Erwin looked at her clothes .

Her wounds were all healed, and she was lying down in a small but comfortable bed . She wasn’t sure who the visitor was but knew that he wouldn’t harm her .

“Please come in . ”

When the permission to enter fell, the door opened with an elderly knight coming in headfirst .

The unrefined beard and old armor which made him look like a mercenary of history .

It was evident from the mana waves that he was the same man who had come to her when she lost her consciousness .

“Is your body alright?” Asked the elderly knight .

“Yes, all thanks to you . ”

When Erwin thanked him politely, the knight smiled .

“I am Erwin Lesa . And you must be…?” Asked Erwin .

“My name? you can just call me Rick . And you don’t have to feel grateful to me . It is natural to help someone in need . ”

Erwin smiled a little at Rick’s words .

When she had first come across Luke, she remembered him saying something very similar to that .

Anyway, she was just glad to have met a nice person .

There were quite a number of humans who didn’t consider Elves to be of the same social statue and tried to make them into slaves of selling them off .

“But, Erwin was it? It is a name that I seemed to have heard a lot about…”

Erwin took Rick’s reaction normally .

More than a 100 years ago, she had developed the technique to artificially produce the magic stones .

The production of artificial magic stones brought about a revolution in the world of magic, and she had turned into a famous figure in the continent’s magic world .

The elder fairies weren’t very fond of her .

Because of that achievement, many people had heard the name of Erwin’s even though she wasn’t a wizard .

However, it wasn’t because of the production of the artificial magic stone that Rick had known her .

“Yeah, it is very similar to the elf who saved me . His name was…”

“Was it Erenes?” Asked Erwin .

When Erwin asked if it was Erenes .

Rick bumped his clenched fists and nodded .

“Right . It was Erenes . Around 20 years ago, he saved me and gave me some very precious medicine . Is he your father, Erwin?”

“No . he was my teacher . ”

“Really? Huhu, this is a strange coincidence . I was saved by the teacher and I saved his disciple . ”

Erwin’s eyes were red .

Rick’s words about it being a coincidence weren’t true . Erenes had the eyes which could look into the future .

‘Teacher, I am alive because of your arrangement . ’

Erwin wiped the tears away from her eyes .

Rick noticed her emotional outburst and kept silent, so he looked at the window .

A guy cleaning the chimney on the opposite roof was staring at them .

Camouflaged as a cleaner, but it seemed like the man was a dark elf .

Probably the same gang of creatures he saw yesterday .

Honestly, Rick had a fairly bad relationship with the fairies . It was because he had helped a few men destroy their families .

However, it was a fairy who had saved his life .

He had tried to forget everything he did that for the past 20 years, but the pain and grudge in his heart hadn’t disappeared .

So, if possible he never wanted to go back to Volga Republic, so, when he saw a fairy from the Volga in there, he was very grateful .

‘Still far from weeping . ’

Rick shook the thoughts from his head and asked Erwin .

“Miss . Erwin, did you commit any sins against the fairies of the Republic?”

“No, it is they who want to sin, and are after me . They…”

“Let’s talk more about this on our way . I think that it would be better for us to get out of this inn . Before anymore annoying men come in…”

“… understood . ” Erwin responded .

Rick covered the window with the curtain .

In the meantime, Erwin along with Rick escaped from the back door of the Inn .

Soon after they left the village, they diligently ran towards the southeastern side of the Holy Arthenia Empire .

“I am very sorry that you have been involved in such a situation because of me . ”

“It is okay . I am helping the disciple of his . ”

Rick shook his hands saying that he didn’t mind while staring at Erwin and asked .

“But we can’t keep running away . And is there anyone who can help you?”

“There is someone to whom I need to tell something and it is more important than asking for help . Probably in Bless by now…”

“Bless? Well, it is nice that my destination is there too . ” Answered Rick .

“To Bless?”

“Exactly . They heard from men that his son earned a huge title from the last civil war . ”

Rick boasted but soon spoke with a mixture of loneliness and doubt .

“You know, a son who can’t be alive is getting…” Said Rick .

‘He can’t be alive? What the hell is the story behind it?’

She was curious, but Erwin wasn’t able to speak to Rick who had a long face .