Episode 21
EPISODE.11
Tadak Tak-.
Russell, who climbed the pirate ship’s wall on a rope, climbed lightly to the corner of the deck.
He used the darkness of the shadow to hide himself.
“Happiness, Happiness!”
“Fury!”
Maybe it was because the dwarves made of flames were running amok.
None of the pirates notice the existence of such Russell.
Thanks to this, Russell was able to hide inside the pirate ship without difficulty.
It continued down that road.
‘There must be a facility somewhere below decks where the slaves were kept…’
As expected.
Tak Tak.
After going down about two floors below the deck while hiding the presence of people, structures in the form of prisons appear.
A prison spread out on both sides and a long passage in the middle.
Of course, the prisons here are now empty… but
‘I can feel the presence of people inside.’
As evidence of that, a groan, presumably human, could be heard intermittently from farther down the aisle.
A little bit of footsteps mixed in there. and-.
…beok beok beok.
– Even the sound of talking about it.
‘Are they pirates assigned to protect and manage the slaves?’
just as expected.
After walking along the long passage between the prisons for some time, two pirates in the distance leaned against the bars and giggled.
It looked like they were having a conversation.
“Ah, if I sell it this time, it’s completely profitable.”
“I don’t know, but it’s sure to fall to us as well, right?”
Perhaps because they had come down two floors, they hadn’t noticed the commotion on the deck yet.
“Well, the product to be sold this time is…”
That moment.
Pajik-!
Arrows of lightning cut through the air at lightning speed.
Lightning Bolt.
A thunderbolt shot through the chest of the two of them.
Hold on!
An intense electric shock that paralyzed the whole body followed.
“ugh-!”
“OMG-!!”
The moment the two pirates were about to scream in agony.
“Silence.”
Russell’s magic of silence covered the area.
It used the wind to block the sound.
—-!!
The screams of the two pirates desperately disappear into a silent clamor.
Then, the bodies of the two pirates collapsed on the spot.
thump thump.
As if they couldn’t overcome the pain of electric shock, they were all biting into crab bubbles and flipping out their eyeballs.
Those who were imprisoned in prison secretly raise their heads at the sudden appearance of Russell.
Soon, he recognized the Flare Rose, the rose of flame engraved on Russell’s clothes, and was delighted.
“Eup!”
He was gagged, so he couldn’t say anything properly, but it wasn’t hard to understand what he meant.
So Russell raised his index finger.
He quietly placed it on his lips and made a gesture to wait.
‘It’s not a problem to break the prison and release it right now…’
The prison wasn’t the only one here.
As long as the passage and the prison were connected, there was also the possibility that there were more people trapped inside.
What if those who freed them in such a situation and then ran out onto the deck?
‘I can’t protect you then.’
It would be better to take out all the pirates who might be inside, and then bring them out sequentially, starting with the innermost ones.
Thinking so, Russell reassured the people in the prison with his eyes.
“If you wait for a while, I will bring you out in turn, starting with those inside.”
After conveying his intention, he moved toward a deeper place in the prison.
Jerk-jerk-.
“What?”
“you…!?”
just as expected.
The moment a few more pirates pop out from the inside and our eyes meet.
Fire!
Russell’s body accelerated.
Haste and Wizard Body.
Just by activating the two magics, it was very easy to reach the speed comparable to that of a knight.
At the same time as the new model turned gray, Russell’s fists were pressed into the pit of the stomach and temple respectively.
Knock buck!
“ぅ-!”
“Keuk…!”
fluff fluff.
Stunning in a completely different way from using Lightning Bolt.
After breaking through the pirates, Russell reached the end of the prison after defeating ten more pirates.
‘There were more people watching than I thought.’
This is because the prison is not a structure that ends on one floor, but a wide structure that goes down again.
As the size of the prison was large, the number of people held in it was by no means small.
At first, the confinement conditions were quite loose.
‘It was only because it was the beginning.’
Trying to sell that many people into slavery?
‘Those who look like garbage.’
Muttering a curse inwardly, Russell reached out his hand.
I grabbed the bars of the prison.
The moment you try to pull out the entire iron gate of the prison using strength magic.
“uh?”
Russell, who inadvertently peered into the prison, stopped involuntarily.
Contrary to the ferocious eyes that glared with hostility, mana was strangely friendly to nature.
In addition to that, even the pointy raised ears.
“Elf?”
Several elves were glaring at Russell from inside the prison.
.
.
“What are you thinking this time? human.”
When the ropes and gags were released, the elves growled and let out voices full of hostility.
“A dirty human touches my body. It’s unpleasant.”
No, then how the hell do you release the rope and gag without even touching it?
With a deep sigh, Russell patted his chest.
He pointed to Flare Rose and said.
“I am a wizard belonging to the Tower of Flames.”
It hurt my conscience a little, but it wasn’t completely wrong in the current situation.
“I didn’t know that elves existed, but they came to rescue those who were captured as slaves.”
The fame of the Tower of Flames is not limited to the Kingdom of Endymion.
The value of the name is enough to resonate throughout the continent.
Perhaps, among the elves, there might be someone who recognizes it.
That was what I was thinking, and whether or not it was.
The elves responded as if they couldn’t believe Russell’s words.
“joy. How can you trust human words?”
“It’s something you don’t know. He may have other plans.”
Maybe it was because of the mental shock of being captured as a slave, but looking at it like this, they didn’t seem to be a gentle race like the ones in the story.
“Um…”
The elves growled as if they would not move even one step from here.
Russell felt his head throb for some reason.
‘How on earth am I going to convince these vigilant elves?’
As I pondered over that fact, someone among the elves slowly stood up.
“There is no need to be so hostile. I think you can trust that person.”
Unlike the other elves who usually have blonde hair and golden eyes, she has silver hair and strong silver irises.
It was an elf with the appearance of a human who would have been around 16 or 17 years old.
“I can feel the scent of spirits from that person.”
The other elves were surprised by her words and asked back.
“Is that really it? Io?”
“The fragrance of spirits in humans.”
Judging by the attitude of the other elves, it seemed that they were not ordinary elves.
‘But the appearance is different from the high elves in the legend…’
Within a few elves, they looked at Russell cautiously and nodded.
“Really.”
I muttered, unable to hide my surprise.
“For a human to have such a strong scent of spirits…”
“The spirits do not dwell in an evil heart. I will believe you human.”
Were the elves such a quick-tempered race?
‘I’ve heard that they’re a pretty stubborn race.’
Russell looked back at them with a bewildered expression, and in that gaze was a silver-haired elf.
Io met his eyes and smiled.
* * *
After rescuing the elves from the deepest prison.
Russell followed that path and tore open the prison doors one by one.
Clap bang bang!
With a loud sound, the entire iron door was torn open and the gags and restraints were released, and those who were imprisoned shed tears and greeted them.
“thank you. Thank you very much.”
“At least as slaves in a distant country…”
Russell warned them.
“You need to calm down and calmly follow me. Whatever may happen, never go ahead.”
However, that does not mean that everyone has heeded his warnings.
“Now you are free! I am free!”
“Ahaha, I was released. I’m free!”
As soon as they were free, some who did not listen to the advice rushed toward the deck at high speed.
“It could be dangerous to run like that!”
I shouted quickly, but it was already too late.
“It will be useless. benefactor.”
Io approached Russell and shook his head quietly.
“He was very excited about the idea of being free. Even if I did, I wouldn’t have listened to you properly.”
It was that elf called Io.
Behind her, other elves follow in a row.
well done
“But…”
Russell asked, biting his lip, tearing open the door to the other barracks.
“Why were the elves captured?”
Since ancient times, elven slaves have been known to be worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
Because of that, there were even hunters who specialized in hunting only elves.
However, hunting elves was not always easy.
‘A race that doesn’t come out of the forest very often and has been blessed with mana and spirits since birth.’
It is an undeniable fact that unlike a peaceful culture, it has a fairly high fighting power.
“If I wanted to, I could have torn open the bars and escaped.”
At Russell’s question, Io shook his head with a gloomy expression.
“I couldn’t help it. I couldn’t even hear the voices of the spirits because all my mana was gone.”
“If the mana is dissipated…”
“Yes. It must have been some strange drug. Thanks to that, my mana still hasn’t returned.”
An answer that makes sense why the elves were captured without even resisting.
“By the way, may I also ask you a question?”
“…?”
Io, who was staring at him, parted his lips.
“Is the benefactor also a mixed blood of a dragon?”
“What do you mean by silver people?”
“I am a half-blood of a green dragon. Of course, mixed blood was a long time ago, so it’s at the level of dropping a few drops of water into a lake… I haven’t even awakened to blood yet.”
As she spoke, she ran her fingers lightly through her eyes and her silvery hair.
Somehow, it’s an unusual appearance for an elf.
It seems that he mistakenly thought that he was of the same kind after seeing his scarlet eyes, which are rare on the continent.
‘It’s a mixed blood of dragons.’
Elves are a race with lifespans several times that of humans.
If that’s enough to say that they’re a long time ago.
‘Even if I can’t, it must have been thousands of years ago.’
Maybe it was more than that, I didn’t know.
“My red eyes are family history, but I am not a half-breed of dragons.”
“is that so?”
Io tilted his head at Russell’s reply.
Soon, he muttered something to himself that he didn’t know.
“hmm. But there is definitely something familiar and friendly about it besides the spirit…”
He hoped that he would lead the elves and people like that and save those who were imprisoned behind bars.
Chunk.
said Russell when the prison cell downstairs was nearing its end.
“But what did that mean?”
“If so, what are you talking about? benefactor.”
“You mean that the scent of spirits comes from me.”
“Ah, that’s…”
The moment Io was about to say something.
“Ugh!”
The elves frowned and stopped in place.
“The smell of blood…”
Io was the same.
Right after that, he glared at the stairs leading upstairs to the prison.
“Benefactor. There is a very thick smell of blood on the stairs.”
“You mean the smell of blood?”
I don’t know if it’s the smell of fire, but it’s the smell of blood.
Russell frowned.
‘But it’s hard to just ignore it.’
Elves’ senses were far more delicate and sensitive than humans’.
You may have felt something that you couldn’t detect.
‘Something happened on the stairs.’
Russell took a deep breath.
“Once I go upstairs and check it out, I will signal once it is safe. Come up then.”
In preparation for an unexpected situation, he slowly climbed the stairs, preparing for battle.
creak creak -.
The old stairs keep screaming and jumping.
The moment Russell went upstairs.
“A rat bastard. You are finally up.”
A hoarse voice rang out.
Far away from the first floor aisle.
Wearing a flamberg, a sword with a wave-shaped blade, over his shoulder, Jang Han glared at Russell with a glare of life and shuddered.
“Seeing the commotion on the deck, they said that rats must have entered the slave prison. As expected, my older brother was right.”
Unlike other pirates, he wears armor all over his body.
Although slightly modified and modified, it was clearly a kind of full plate mail worn by knights.
“Why is the knight here…?”
With a question, he saw things hanging behind him.
A few pirates under him who seem to have followed him, and…
a corpse and flesh that seem to have just been slaughtered, with blood flowing out of them.
Some pirates that Russell stunned and descended on. And others.
‘That’s…!!’
It belonged to those who went upstairs first without heeding the warning.
!!!
dragon-swallowed wizard
