Chapter 964 What Was Left Behind
An hour later, Renatta and Izmir returned, their eyes were red and wet, presumably from crying a lot. Izmir is still crying while Renatta has already recovered she is still not totally fine, but she is stable enough to explain what happened to us.
We soon found out that both the King and Queen had died in a horrific way. The two couldn't bear to look at the bodies of their parents so they left despite them being vandalized like a local artwork. In the end, even Avos and Mila couldn't help but cry as well. At the end of the day, we have no other rights from the situation as we are practically outsiders. We can only observe as they mourn the dead.
Due to the situation, we returned to the mansion. We are hoping that King Arthur didn't find Renatta's mansion since it was one of the isolated places in the entire kingdom. Thankfully, we are indeed right as the mansion was indeed intact and everyone was currently safe even the spirits.
The situation of the Elven Kingdom was in total disaster. Due to the deaths of almost everyone inside the kingdom, the only thing we can do is call for backup. We also wanted to check on the surface village if they got culled as well though we hope they aren't part of the purge.
We let Renatta and the elves rest for the time being. The only ones who will return to the surface will be me and Pandora. The rest will have to either help the ones who will remain and to also defend the place while we go back up again. I even left Lina and Tina as well to ensure the situation was much safer.
"You think the surface village is fine from the attack?" I asked Pandora as we made our way back to the portal.
"Not too sure but I hope they do. There is a high chance that they are safe from his attack but we can just wait and see for ourselves."
Avos and Mila gave us access to the portal to freely use it anytime before we left so we don't need to use the same trick Renatta did to allow us inside. We easily returned to the village the moment we entered the teleport station. We were totally hoping for the village to be safe even if their treatment of us was not good.
But our hopes were crushed when we saw the desolate place. I can also smell the distinct bloody smell as well which means even this place was not safe from the wrath of King Arthur who proclaimed himself as the war god.
On our way out, we soon saw my Father, Atlas, and Almira digging nearby. When we got closer, I just realized why they were digging. They are currently digging graves. Lots of graves. Not too far from them is a pile of mummified bodies that are wrapped in some black material of some sort.
"Hey everyone, we have returned to check up on the situation here but seeing you guys digging graves, I assume something happened?" I asked although I already could guess what happened.
"Yeah. The f*cking bastard has returned and he didn't just returned but also slaughtered a whole village in a matter of minutes right under our noses," Almira is totally pissed and I can see why she was pissed. Seeing the Clarent behind her back means she fought against King Arthur.
"So that guy have come here when he left, that means we are too late..." Pandora shakes her head.
"Did something happen?" Father asked after listening a bit.
"He also came into the Elven Kingdom and slaughtered the elves there while we were busy defending the kingdom after the owner of the weapon of wrath appeared to invade. After we defeated them, we soon met up with King Arthur again before leaving us with his so-called "gift". Everyone remained there for the time being after seeing the disturbing sceneries in the end," I explained.
"...I see. So what brings you two here? We are still busy burying the slaughtered villagers. If Atlas didn't have a useful ability called [Body Manipulation], we would be having a hard time reconstructing the dead bodies of the elves to their proper selves before they died. Still, it wasn't enough to deal with most bodies so we ended up wrapping them all up with the black leather that I don't use much."
"I was just doing what I can do. After all, I felt useless that even in my power and stature, I can't even fight properly that guy," Atlas lamented. It seems he crossed swords with the War God himself this time around.
"It's not your fault big guy. That f*cker was just too strong for everyone to handle right now and even if you are on equal terms, there is no way you can fight back against him without suffering too much problems."
"Don't worry Atlas. That guy was just on another level of beast. There's nothing we can do about it. Anyways, about your question as to why we are here with Pandora, our task was to check the surface village and see if there's anyone around but seeing the state and why you guys are digging mass graves, we can already surmise what happened, and since we also reported what happened back in the elven kingdom, we can now return with ease," I answered.
"Are you guys going back now?" Almira asked.
"Yeah. With both of our objectives in this place fulfilled, that only means we are going back again with the others as we will be leaving soon."
"I see. Then be sure to tell whoever was there with you to tell that the village was also wiped out as well. With the return of King Arthur, it would be only a matter of time before that guy would start to become a problem again."
"Alright. Please say my regards to everyone back in the mansion alright?"
"You got it," Almira nodded.
We returned to the portal. Pandora smiled at me and tapped my shoulder. "We can still win this, Manato. The death of every elf will be remembered and they will not be for naught. Make that your motivation, Manato. And remember, you are not alone in this world. We are also here to give support."
"Heh, thanks for the pep talk, Pandora. That helped out. Alright, lets get moving and hear their answers. We will be departing soon."
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