Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival [WN] - Chapter 159.1
Upheaval
“Dark Elf?”
The Dark Elf girl looked shocked at my words and grabbed her hood. But then she realized that it was useless now, and glared at me stubbornly as she pointed the tip of her knife at me.
“How, how could you…”
“That man is still alive.”
“–kuh!”
The Dark Elf girl gasped at my words.
The man I had shoved an arrow into his face was still alive. I suppose the arrow the girl shot was coated with poison just like the man’s blade, but the fact that he was still alive meant that the poison itself was not an instant-kill type.
If that man’s life force had disappeared when I saw it with my own eyes, I would not have been willing to show mercy to this girl. But if they were going to the trouble of using a poison other than the instant-kill type, I figured they had a purpose other than our lives.
What was their purpose? Who among us was their aim?
“However, if you don’t speak up, you’ll die before that man does.”
“Kuh.”
From the way she looked before, this should work better on her. But if she still refused to speak…
“…”
“…”
Blood spilled from her dark skin as I lightly pushed the knife against her throat.
I never look away to make her realize that I was serious. I didn’t even move the tip of the knife. Just when I was about to push further…
“…wait…”
An arrow wet with blood fell on the rough terrain, and that man who had been stabbed in the face with an arrow stood up.
” Father!”
The Dark Elf girl yelled involuntarily. The man who held one bleeding eye with his hand turned his face to me with a glare at the girl who screamed as if he was revealing his true identity.
But the face he revealed was not Dark Elf, but Cruzian. Was she a stepdaughter? Or were there more mixed bloods around than expected? It was even more difficult to identify the faction, but that was something I would have to ask him about.
“Guh!”
The girl’s chest was pushed down, and I stepped on her hard, making her a hostage to the man, while at the same time making the man, who was still too weak to stand on his own feet due to the poison.
[Mature Man] [Race: Cruzian Male] [Rank 3].
[Magic Power: 134/165] [Strength: 212/350]
[Total Combat Power: 586 (Status: Poison – Strength: 207)]
[Girl] [Race: Dark Elf Female] [Rank 2]
[Magic: 155/185] [Strength: 152/210]
[Total Combat Power: 308 (With Physical Enhancements: 344)]
Despite the rank barrier, I could tell that both of them had trained quite hard. Aside from the daughter, the father who crossed blades with me should be able to understand this situation.
In this world, a defect could be cured with [Cure] if one took the time to do so. But this man would know what would happen if he fought me with his unaccustomed one eye and the poison in it.
“Wait…please. We are not after your lives in the least.”
“Father…kuh!”
I stomped the girl further as she tried to raise herself up, as her father fell to his knees again, probably due to the poison.
“Then why were you spying on us?”
The man quietly answered, without hesitation.
“I can’t give you the details. But our role is to protect a certain person. We have no intention of hostility.”
“…”
The man and I looked at each other. I admit that they were spying on us, but unless they were attacked, they had no intention of being hostile themselves.
The daughter glared at me, gritting her teeth at me who hurt her father, but I looked into the man’s eyes and moved my foot away from the girl.
“Nah…”
Because of my action, the girl’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“Go.”
“…Sorry.”
At my words, the girl rushed to her father, and the man who stood up leaning on his daughter’s shoulder bowed to me.
“…This place will be engulfed in war. If you are thinking of leaving here, I suggest you hurry.”
“I’ll be sure to remember that.”
With those last words, the two disappeared toward the rocky ground, and I picked up the arrow, which was made of a material I didn’t see frequently.
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