NovelOnline Chapter 205: Even if its like a robbery, theres nothing I can do.
Chapter 205: Even if its like a robbery, theres nothing I can do.
“Zakar, Sylvian! What the heck… what the hell is this!”Elder Polaris, who was lying on the floor with the same posture as when he was dumped from the sack, shouted in despair.
Beside him were Sylvian and Zakar, who could not bear to raise their heads.
Critical gazes fell on Sylvian and Zakar.
Llewellyn asked incredulously.
“No, are you two really going to do that again? What on earth did that bastard say?”
“If we leave it to the Grand Elder, a war between humans and elves will break out before the Evil God… we absolutely need Elder Polaris’s opinion…”
Zakar avoided his gaze and spoke as if making excuses.
Arendt had already guessed that the Grand Elder would act that way, and he used that as an excuse to blackmail Zakar and Sylvian.
Laius clenched his fists as his stomach started to hurt for the first time in a long time.
Meanwhile, Elder Polaris, who had heard Zakar’s words, jumped up and stood up straight.
“What, what does that mean! A war between humans and elves!”
“Hello, Elder Polaris. Did we meet at the banquet?”
Arendt, standing in front of him, bowed his head in an awkward posture.
Elder Polaris asked in a bewildered manner.
“Lord Arendt?”
“Yes, this is Arendt. As you just heard, the Grand Elder has declared that he will completely cut off all contact with humans. So I need your opinion.”
It was completely different from the way he politely accepted and drank alcohol at the banquet.
Elder Polaris’s eyes trembled in confusion.
“No, no… Is that true? No, wait. Before that, are you really Lord Arendt?”
“Then, is there a fake Arendt as well?”
Arendt answered shamelessly.
Well, it might be a bit of a stretch to call him ‘real,’ but that wasn’t his concern.
Elder Polaris froze, mouth agape.
It seemed that he was quite shocked by the drastic change in the neat and docile apprentice knight.
While the elder was muttering, Arendt dragged Laius over and placed him next to the elder.
“Captain Laius, who is here as a representative of the Caerleon Holy Empire, will personally explain what is going on.”
“Arendt, please. Say something before you cause trouble. I beg you.”
Laius spoke with a face that looked as if he was going to die from pain, but of course he was ignored.
Arendt met Elder Polaris’ eyes and smiled.
“If you are an elder, I think you can guess the situation without me having to explain it to you.”
“…”
“For your information, I have heard about the various situations from Sir Zakar, so, it would be best not to pretend not to know.”
Although he clearly had a smiling face, the words that poured out were chilly.
Elder Polaris was so shocked that he just stared blankly at Arendt.
“…Did you leak information about the internal affairs of the elves?”
After a while, Elder Polaris asked Zakar.
His voice was shaking slightly.
Zakar bowed his head.
“I’m sorry, Father. I won’t make excuses.”
“Elder Polaris, the Grand Elder has said that he will give up the spirit stones. He has decided to cut off all contact with humans rather than fight against the Evil God.”
Laius had no choice but to speak up and Elder Polaris asked blankly.
“…Is he giving up the spirit stones?”
“He said he would compensate for what Jiklin did to the Empire with money. And he said the elves would personally find and punish the traitor. But I don’t think that’s possible.”
Now that it had come to this, there was no other way.
Laius suppressed his sigh and continued to speak.
“Jiklin is already part of the core of the evil cult. To punish her, we must deal with the entire evil cult. However, the Grand Elder seemed to want to ignore that fact.”
“…”
Elder Polaris opened his mouth.
Looking at his gaze wandering through the air, it seemed like he had no idea what to say.
After a long silence.
Eventually, a raw, unfiltered voice escaped from the Elder’s mouth.
“Is that guy out of his mind…”
“Elder, do you not agree with the Grand Elder’s opinion?”
Llewellyn, who felt something strange, asked.
Then Elder Polaris flew into a fit of rage.
“It’s not a matter of agreeing or not! Putting everything else aside, giving up the spirit stones is absurd. How dare he hand them over…!”
Richt let out a sigh.
“It seems that this was a problem that was not discussed with the elders.”
“It must have been something the Grand Elder said impulsively. Anyway, Elder Polaris. What are you going to do? The situation has come to this.”
Arendt shrugged and looked at Elder Polaris.
“Realistically, finding Jiklin is impossible with just the power of the elves. In the meantime, she will continue to run rampant in the empire, and the damage will only increase.”
“…”
“In the end, this is what the Grand Elder wants. He wants to leave all the troublesome and dangerous work to the humans, and enjoy sightseeing in the cozy elven kingdom.”
As the words poured out one by one, the soul gradually left Elder Polaris’s eyes.
Arendt put the final nail in the coffin.
“If I didn’t know, the story would be different, but it’s so obvious what the Grand Elder is up to. It’s almost strange that anyone wouldn’t see it. Can the other Elves take responsibility for this outcome?”
“…”
Elder Polaris stared blankly into space.
His mouth opened and closed several times.
It was a gesture that showed that he wanted to say more, but his voice was not coming out.
After a while, he finally let out a deep sigh and slumped his shoulders.
It meant that he gave up.
“…What are you curious about?”
The elder realized that since the Grand Elder had foolishly revealed all his inner feelings, someone had to clean it up.
Because they must prevent the relationship between the Empire and the Elves from ending.
“Great.”
Arendt nodded with satisfaction.
“I heard from Sir Zakar. He said that you received some goods from a dwarven merchant outside a long time ago. First of all, I’m curious about what it was.”
“…You are truly blunt, Lord Arendt.”
Elder Polaris muttered in disbelief.
But soon he gave the answer obediently.
“It was a long time ago. The dwarves probably didn’t know anything. They brought it to me, saying it was an item belonging to an ancient god called the God of Darkness.”
“Didn’t the dwarves know that the God of Darkness was the Evil God?”
“The elven elders remember the stories they heard from their parents and siblings, but it would be natural for dwarves not to know, since their lifespans are similar to those of humans.”
Elder Polaris nodded in resignation.
“It’s not a well-known fact even among the elves, but most of the older elders know.”
“Then only the elders know about the Evil God?”
“That was the case until now, but not anymore.”
In their pursuit of Jiklin, they had no choice but to reveal the presence of the Evil God to the warriors as well.
Arendt was slightly impressed.
“Did you tell the other elves? They all seem peaceful after all.”
“Those kids… phew, they don’t really know the gravity of the situation. They don’t realize how weak they are, and how powerful the Evil God is. I thought that was better than being scared.”
“Of course. They’ll die without knowing anything.”
Elder Polaris closed his mouth again at the pointed answer.
Laius let out a short sigh and, now quite accustomed, grabbed Arendt by the back of his neck and dragged him back.
“Please continue talking about that thing.”
“Yes? Yes, that’s… so.”
Elder Polaris, who had been looking dazed, nodded his head bewilderedly.
“It was a book set with a jewel. Beneath the jewel was engraved a short prayer in an ancient language. May the God of Darkness watch over you… wait.”
Elder Polaris, who had been speaking, blinked in puzzlement as he realized something was strange.
“Why are you all like this?”
Everyone in the reception room froze, their eyes wide open with shock.
Llewellyn, who came to his senses first, rushed to Elder Polaris.
“…A book? A book? The book of the God of Darkness? There was a jewel on it?”
Elder Polaris nodded in confusion as his shoulder was suddenly grabbed.
“Yes, yes! That’s right, but is there a problem?”
“Hah…”
Llewellyn let him go with a sigh of relief.
Arthur muttered, his mind blank.
“Was it like this?”
Even Arendt, who rarely got agitated, seemed momentarily speechless.
Arendt, who suddenly came to his senses, asked.
“Didn’t you say that book was discovered in the Caerleon Empire?”
“It definitely was. The dwarven merchants said they found it by chance in the Holy Empire.”
“Hey…”
He said it was strange.
Somehow, no matter how much he searched for it, it just wouldn’t appear.
It was moved to the elven kingdom early on.
Then it was no wonder that the great dragon couldn’t find it.
Laius asked urgently.
“Where is that book? Did you destroy it by any chance?”
“It should be in the Grand Elder’s treasury. I presented it to him right after I got it. In fact, I tried to destroy it, but it didn’t tear or burn.”
Elder Polaris gave his answer, his eyes looking puzzled.
Llewellyn, who was completely exhausted, collapsed on the sofa.
“Haaah… all my efforts so far…”
“We’re still not sure if that’s what we’re looking for.”
“It seems like a very high probability, though.”
Arthur grumbled at Richt’s words of comfort to Llewellyn.
Smack.
Eventually, Arthur calmed down only after being hit in the back of the head by Richt.
Arendt stepped forward again and asked:
“What’s the content?”
“I couldn’t read it. The surface had an ancient prayer written on it, as I mentioned earlier, but the text was written in a script I had never seen before.”
This made it almost certain.
Even in the Empire’s magic stone mine, a large number of books with indecipherable characters were discovered.
Count Stadler said it was written in ‘Dragon’s language’.
‘If the book that Elder Polaris found was also written in verb language…’
There was a very high possibility that it was the book that Lexion had asked him to find and present before his eyes.
Arendt thought for a moment and then calmly blurted out.
“I have one more goal.”
“What do you mean?”
“We’ll take back that book too. Even if it seems like we’re robbing you, there’s nothing we can do. Just think of it as retribution.”
“What, what? Didn’t you hear what I said? I said that the Grand Elder has it?”
Elder Polaris was terrified.
But his voice was no longer audible to the group’s ears.
Arendt opened his eyes and spoke in a very wicked manner.
“So? Is there a problem?”
“…”
“You did something shameless, so you have to pay for it.”
Arendt, who silenced Elder Polaris with just one sentence, changed the subject.
“I’ll check out the book later. There are more pressing issues right now.”
“The spy problem hasn’t been resolved yet.”
Llewellyn nodded, frowning.
Now, in this place was Elder Polaris, the prime suspect.
But looking at his current state, it didn’t seem like he could be accused of being a spy right away.
Arthur clicked his tongue.
“Is it back to square one?”
“No, this is just the beginning.”
A pretendedly cheerful voice simply denied his words.
It was Arendt.
He looked back at his colleagues and smiled playfully.
“It’s annoying to go looking for them ourselves, so let’s have them come to us.”