Chapter 1220 – 1220. Yggdrasil (8)
It took about half a day to get to the dungeon that Lucien told me about.
Naturally, she figured it would take half a day on foot, and of course she expected that if everyone went by horseback, it would only take 1 to 2 hours.
But…
“Hey… It will be night when it arrives.”
The standard for half a day that Lucien spoke of was the standard for when he was riding a horse.
The good news was that everyone traveled on horseback.
At that moment, Lucien, who was riding next to me, heard me muttering to myself, and he began to apologize.
“I’m sorry, I have a habit of using horseback riding as a standard when talking about the distance to a destination…”
“No, you don’t need to apologize. “It was my fault for being mistaken in the first place.”
I meant what I said.
In the first place, unlike other areas, the 5th floor had no concept of a paved road.
In addition, the elves on the 5th floor did not tend to go outside the city without special reasons.
Furthermore, although there were classes, commoners also lived somewhat wealthy lives, so it was a place where riding a horse was taken for granted if there were circumstances outside the city.
Actually, taking half a day to ride a horse wasn’t really a problem.
The real problem is…
“A group of monsters is encamped ahead.”
These were monsters we encountered along the way.
The elf in the lead reported to Lucien, and the report naturally came into my ears.
“Make sure no harm is caused to visitors.”
“I understand.”
The monster itself wasn’t a big problem.
The level of field monsters was weaker than the monsters encountered in the 4th floor boss dungeon.
It was at a level where I could overpower him with just a few snaps of my fingers.
Nevertheless, the reason I did not come forward was simple.
‘We’ve been so considerate, but if we step forward for no reason, it’ll just be awkward for both of us.’
This was because Lucien had asked me not to come forward.
I didn’t want to waste my energy in a situation where I didn’t know what would happen in the dungeon.
Actually, it wasn’t a big problem up to this point.
In the first place, the group of monsters encountered in the field were easily suppressed even by the elves brought by Lucien.
The problem was that I had to waste meaningless time every time I encountered a group of monsters.
‘It’s boring to just sit still like this.’
Before I came forward, I could see Lucien’s attention, but I didn’t want to just watch quietly.
When I was feeling so bored…
‘Oh, that would be nice.’
A good idea occurred to me.
I called the name of the guy who was following me while riding Pegasus.
“Hey, midsummer.”
As I called, a panicked voice came from behind along with a flinching feeling.
“Uh? Why… ?”
Without checking Midsummer’s expression, I gestured at the elf soldiers heading towards the group of monsters.
“Go and help.”
“What? I? Why?”
Midsummer shows me annoyance for the first time in a while.
I was a little annoyed by the bother, but at the same time, I could understand it.
Even if it’s not the middle of summer, you’ll be able to easily suppress a horde of monsters.
But I answered with a low voice.
“Don’t do it if you don’t want to.”
For your information, I meant it.
Even if I didn’t, I didn’t have any intention of saying anything.
But to my muttering, Midsummer…
“Ugh… Ha, I will… You can do it…”
He immediately got off his horse and started running towards the elf soldiers.
I smiled happily when I saw such a midsummer scene.
‘You listen well.’
In the past, there were often times when people would obey me quietly.
It’s like they found a weakness in me, or it’s time to watch sex videos of Min Hayeon and her younger sisters…
However, even though I quietly lowered my head at that time, I was unable to hide my emotions.
But now, as soon as he heard my words, he was running with all his heart as if he were a general who had received orders from the emperor.
Of course, you might be cursing like crazy while running like that…
‘Well, I guess I’ll just have to be satisfied with that for now.’
I watched Midreum fight with the elf, hoping to see Midreum give in to her heart in the future.
The battle that started like that ended in less than a minute.
However, even though the battle itself was boring, there was no dull reaction even after the battle was over.
“W-what!?”
“How did this happen!?”
The reason the elves were surprised was simple.
“Ha, so many items dropping at once…”
This was because a huge amount of items was released in a single battle.
For reference, only one item has been dropped during the battle so far.
In fact, the item was a healing herb commonly found around here.
In comparison, the items that have been released now…
“Oh my god! “The attack prediction orb comes from here?”
“Hey, look at this! This is the herb that removes the curse that Master Walter ordered us to find five years ago!”
“This is… !”
They were so rare that even just one of them turned out to be eye-rolling.
It wasn’t just the elves from Lux Solis who were surprised to see the items.
“This… A ring of decoding that deciphers this race’s language? This comes from here… ?”
Erdin was touching the ring, her eyes sparkling.
I looked at the astonished elves…
‘What do you think? This is the power of my lucky totem.’
I spread my shoulders wide as if I was being praised.
When I spread my shoulders wide and smiled like that…
“Oh my…”
Midsummer made a noise and threw it into my ear like a toss.
At first glance, it seemed like he was swearing at me, but his voice was so low that not all of it was heard.
But it was enough to make me feel bad, so I glared at Midsummer and asked back.
“What? What did you say?”
“Oh, no… Nothing…”
“… Be careful.”
“… Yes.”
Midsummer’s face turned bright red, and she turned her face away as if running away from my gaze.
It seemed like a desperate struggle to hide his anger at me.
I said, satisfied with such a midsummer scene.
“Hey, bring all the items.”
“… Yes.”
However, as I spent the middle of summer, I felt a little worried.
‘If it’s that good, I think they’ll say no…’
Even if I ate the item thanks to midsummer’s luck, there was no way to prove it.
So, I was worried that a fight over ownership of the item would break out…
“You can have it all if you want.”
Lucien readily agreed and handed over all of her items to me.
The reason I handed it over so willingly was not because I had no greed for the item.
“My father asked me to hand over everything except the requested items.”
This was because this was also part of the command.
I nodded and answered.
“If you need anything, please let me know.”
“Thank you at least for your words.”
The reason why Lucien and the other elves did not show material greed was simple.
‘Are you sure you’ll come out again? That’s the look on his face.’
Anyway, I seemed to think this was the first and last time.
When I look at Lucien and the elves…
“Haha, don’t regret it later.”
I began to look forward to the impression that would change later.
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With the dungeon just around the corner, I encountered another group of monsters.
But this time the elves did not participate in the battle.
Only in midsummer did he go out and exterminate the monsters.
And as soon as it was eradicated…
“What is this…?” .”
Lucien showed an expression of astonishment that she had never shown before.
She wasn’t the only one surprised.
“It’s coming again… ?”
“It’s not an illusion, right? If the author catches it…”
“Ma, I think that’s right. If that person catches you…”
She looked at Midsummer with an astonished expression and whispered quietly.
“It seems like when the author participates in battle, one item always drops for each monster.’
“It seems like only rare items come out…”
While everyone was confused, Erdin approached Midreum and began to ask questions carefully.
“Excuse me… What kind of ability did you use?”
For the first time, Erdin approached Midreum with a friendly expression.
“Or he has a blessing-related item… “Can you please let me know?”
Midsummer saw the astonishment of the elves and Erdin’s gentle expression…
“Haha… Well, there’s nothing I can’t tell you…”
For the first time in a while, she felt better and started laughing.
And midsummer’s laughter…
‘… It’s a little annoying.’
It made me feel bad.
To relieve my upset feeling, I answered instead of Midsummer.
“It’s luck. Even though this guy doesn’t know how to do anything, his luck is amazing.”
“Mr. Lee…”
Midsummer’s face turned bright red again at my answer, but in the end she turned her head away again without showing her resistance.
But Midsummer was not the only one who felt uncomfortable after hearing my answer.
“… If you don’t want to tell me, just say you don’t want to tell me.”
Erdin was staring at me with an unpleasant expression.
In fact, it was closer to glaring, but because he was so young, it didn’t feel like he was glaring.
But apart from that, I shrugged my shoulders, feeling aggrieved.
“Really. That guy was lucky, and the item was…”
“… That’s it.”
Erdin turned her body and went to her own words, as if she didn’t need to listen to me anymore.
I looked around with a puzzled expression…
“No matter how much you don’t want to tell me…”
“There’s no need to say that…”
The surrounding elves showed similar reactions and looked as if they were reluctant to see me.
“… Why is everyone like that?”
“I know…”
Not only me, but the party members around me, and even Midsummer looked puzzled.
With that puzzled look on his face, Lucien began scolding the surrounding elves.
“What kind of rudeness is this to guests?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Everyone, get ready to leave again.”
“Yes.”
The soldiers and servants who heard Lucien’s scolding bowed to me and apologized, then quickly began to clean up the surroundings.
Lucien left the soldiers and servants behind and came to me and formally apologized.
“I would like to apologize on your behalf. “I’m sorry.”
“Are you okay. However… Why is everyone doing that?”
The Luxsolis elves originally did not like us humans.
However, they were the ones who managed their facial expressions like professionals while assisting us under the orders of the lord.
But that look earlier…
‘Was that really that hard to believe?’
What should I say, it wasn’t a feeling of hatred toward humans.
It was an atmosphere where they genuinely didn’t believe anything I said.
Lucien sighed and answered with a bitter expression.
“Do you know what we elves hate the most?”
“Uh… “Are you really human?”
It was so well known that elves loathed humans that I had said it without even realizing it.
After hearing my answer, Lucien smiled bitterly and shook her head.
“Elves are exclusive because they rarely meet other races, but… “I would like to tell you that there are elves who think favorably toward humans like me.”
“Haha… Then what do you dislike?”
“What elves hate is… It is an element of luck.”
“… “You hate luck?”
I couldn’t understand it at all.
Why do we hate luck?
“Among elves, there are many who believed in luck and died young, so they all have a habit of hating luck.”
“If you believe in luck, you’ll die young?”
It was a story that made me uncomfortable just listening to it.
For reference, the elves living in Yggdrasil were also subject to a strange curse called chastity magic.
I thought it wouldn’t be surprising if there was a curse related to luck.
We swallowed our saliva and listened to Lucien’s words…
“Yes. There is a famous saying that an elf who believes in luck will live to 200 years.”
“…”
I sighed with a helpless expression.
Dying at the age of 200 is called premature death?
Lucien’s story continued after that.
To sum up what Lucien said…
‘For us, it feels like we were addicted to gambling or stocks and committed suicide or starved to death at the age of 30.’
For elves who live long lives, the element of luck is dangerous and addictive.
Of course, those of us who heard that story could not sympathize.
Lucien, who had been preaching about the dangers of luck for a while…
“Oh, I’m sorry. “I’ve been talking for a long time without realizing it.”
“Haha… Are you okay? Rather, it was good to know about elves.”
“Thank you for your understanding. Let’s leave quickly.”
So we set off towards the dungeon again.
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Originally, I planned to enter the dungeon right away upon arrival.
However, because the movement took longer than expected, the sun was already setting when we arrived.
So we decided to set up a tent in front of the dungeon and go in the next morning.
Since I had nothing to do while setting up the tent, I started searching the surroundings.
It was to eliminate any possible risk factors.
But what I actually discovered was not a risk factor.
‘Uh? That…’
As soon as…
“Excuse me… If you don’t mind, please answer the question I asked earlier.”
“Oh, that…”
It was a scene where Erdin and Midsummer were secretly meeting alone.
