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nChapter 77: Emperor’s Conspiracy 2

nAs soon as the news of Reina’s kidnap was heard, Luke headed straight for the Castle.

nHe looked around the castle and her room, but he wasn’t able to find any clue.

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nHis frustrated heart spoke out to Sebastian who was at his feet.

n“Master, this is the work of the dark elves.”

n“Dark Elf? Why do you think so?”

n“The air in the room has the scent of sleeping essence, used by dark elves.”

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nLuke too knew that the sleeping essence was used by the Dark elves.

nThe sleep essence was their own powerful secret, it was enough to take down a Sword Master in one shot, however, after an hour, the trace of it being used disappears completely.

nSo, no would know that they had infiltrated.

nAfter hearing those words, Sebastian spoke again with a snort,

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n“Huh, dark elves sure are excellent, but they can’t fool a great thief like me.”

nSebastian was an olfactory demon, a cat demon, and an expert in making drugs, he could defeat the dark elves in that matter.

n“Then, I know where they went.”

n“Umm, the scent is going to the north. They have gone in the North direction.”

nFrom then, Luke began to chase after the dark elves along with Sebastian.

n“I didn’t know why they had kidnapped her.”

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nBut if they hurt even a finger on her, he was sure that he would kill them all.

nAnd on the fourth day of his pursuit, he was able to find them on a riverside.

n“Why are you taking her back to the Volga Republic? What is the meaning of this? Everyone knows that there is no place for the royals to return there, why?”

n“Kill him!”

nThe dark elves, three of them, excluding the one holding Reina, attacked Luke.

nThe two spread out, and one of them pulled out a dagger and attacked him from the front.

n“Shield!”

nA blue shield had appeared in front of Luke and bounced the attack by the dark elves.

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nKang!

nAnother attack with a dagger had come and it was blocked by a sword in the right hand.

n“He is a Rune Knight! Be careful!”

nHyrun was the captain of the dark elves.

nHe saw Luke used magic and sword at the same time and hurriedly warned his subordinates.

n“Be careful in a sense, but can you even stop my attack?”

nThis time Luke didn’t even wait to attack the dark elves.

nKang! Kang! Puong!

nThe fight between the three dark elves and Luke carried out a while.

nThe dark elves attacked Luke in various ways, very quickly.

nThey tried to poison, to confuse, and used dagger with poisons. They didn’t work, and later pulled out a bow that was on the back.

nHowever, no assault worked on Luke.

nIt was because Luke had a battle against the dark elves in the past, he knew about their patterns, how they try to penetrate the defense and to use their attack patterns as well.

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nAt that moment, the cold eyes of the dark elves began to show emotions.

n‘What is he? How does he know of our attacks from one to ten!?’

nThe original dark elves were involved in invasion, assassination, and kidnapping.

nBut that didn’t mean that their attacks were weak.

nAlthough they preferred stealth and taking the opponent by surprise in face-to-face combat, they could handle an Expert very well.

nIn particular, these dark elves were specially chosen.

nThey would have been able to deal with the advanced Experts all alone, but their plans didn’t work well today.

n“Hide in the forest!”

nHyrun, who was holding onto Reina, ordered the others.

nThe others immediately scattered and hid into the forest.

n“Huh, it’s not like I didn’t assume that you’d hide in the forest!”

nLuke had a very good plan. The cat demon, Sebastian was excellent in stealth and transformation along with being great in theft.

n“Over there.”

nLuke threw Dark Blitz in the direction Sebastian showed.

nThe surprised Dark Elf relocated to avoid the attack from Luke.

nBut, no matter where they were hiding, magic attacks constantly followed them.

n“Huhuhu, so any of you thinking about fighting once again?”

nHyrun looked very surprised at the question from Luke who had Sebastian next to him.

n“Are you a warlock?”

n“Why would you be curious about it?”

n“Depending on your answer, we chose to either fight or cooperate.”

nIf there was a wizard with a demon next to him, it was 99% likely to be a warlock.

nBut there was that 1% chance, and they had to check.

n“Why? If I am a warlock then I’m on the same side as the Dark Elves?”

nLuke laughed with that statement.

nIn the past, when he was heading to the Golem legions, warlocks and the dark elves were all gathered for him.

nHowever, not all warlocks and Dark Elves had come.

nMany of the warlocks went hostile and some impersonated Saymon, and most of the dark elves divided themselves into 12 tribes.

n“Erenes, was it? There was an old elf who asked me the same question in the past, and it wasn’t a funny situation.”

nStartle.

nThe dark elves were startled at the name that came out of Luke’s mouth.

n“Did, did you just say Erenes?”

nAsked by Hyrun.

n“Yes. He was a proclaimed high Elf. You know him?”

n“Yes, of course. If you know Erenes, then you aren’t our enemy.”

nSaid Hyrun and put Reina on the floor.

n“We can’t fight the one who knows him. I’ll go back right now, but will find you later.”

nWith that, four dark elves disappeared into the darkness.

nLuke could have chased them if he wanted to, but he chose not to.

nHis purpose was to rescue Reina safely and also not to kill the dark elves.

nHe approached Reina and untied the ropes.

n“Princess, are you okay?”

n“Luke, lord…”

nReina’s eyes moved in tears as she had been released.

n“You are fine now. I can assure you that.”

n“Huh…! thank you, thank you so much, young Lord.”

nLuke hugged her gently, and she did the same.

nHe looked at the north, the direction the dark elves had disappeared into.

n‘Erenes, are you still alive?’

nAlthough he wasn’t sure before, the elf was a colleague and advisor in the past, who offered little help.

nLuke thought that he had been dead, but it didn’t seem to look like it.

n‘If he sees me revived as a descendant of Rakan, would he laugh at me?’

nIf he still the cheerful person he was in the past, he might end up rolling on the ground with laughter while having tears in his eyes.

nNo, he could probably try to kill Luke.

nHe would have been very disappointed with Luke, who had died very easily in the past without putting up a good fight.

nWith a bitter smile, Luke stared at the northern sky.

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