The girl began to back away, in the darkness she saw only a figure and a familiar voice, but who could the figure be if not one of the surviving robbers?
Auel wanted to scream, attracting the attention of Keirin and the remaining girls, the first would try to hide, and the second would be able to deal with this robber.
But her mouth did not utter a word; she silently watched as a figure approached her in the darkness.
Thoughts flashed through her head, one after another, the girl did not notice, but her body kept trembling, remembering what she went through in this camp.
Was she trying to hide her pain by trying to help other girls? Yes, and she hated herself for this, it became easier for her when she watched the pain of other girls who were still having difficulty coming to their senses.
Auel recognized the familiar body movements of the stranger, but could not remember which of the robbers he was, his slow steps echoed in the girl's ears; she wanted to try to run away, but her legs froze after a few steps.
Her hands began to get colder and her breathing became more labored, not noticing the tears running down her cheeks.
The girl instinctively lowered her head and when the steps came next to her, she fell to her knees, clasping herself with her hands.
The thought appeared in her head, what if everything that happened before was just a dream?
The appearance of a half-elf with a light elf and the release of her and her sisters from captivity was only her dream.
Freezing from the realization that everything that happened was just a dream made her tremble more and more, she no longer paid attention to the fact that the stranger froze above her.
- What did they do to you Auel? - The shocked voice of a stranger was heard.
The girl did not listen to what the stranger said, he was immersed in her thoughts and fears that when she wakes up she will again find herself in the camp and she will have to serve the robbers who will only be happy to see her tears.
The stranger knelt down, it was clear that his hands were shaking, trying to touch the girl who had stopped paying attention to the world around her.
- Tell me where the robbers are, I will deal with them and we will leave this camp and return to your father. - The stranger addressed her in a quiet voice; pain was felt in his voice, seeing the state the girl was in.
Through her thoughts, she heard that the robber was talking about her father, she wanted to scream at him and rush, but her hands did not rise; she saw how her tears fell to the ground.
So it was all just an illusion of a dream and now it's time to wake up? If this is a dream, then at least in a dream she will fight back what she will have to endure after waking up, with trembling hands and through tears the girl reached out to the stranger, her hunched back and hair hid her gaze directed at the stranger.
The robber stopped watching as the girl reached out to him with her hands, not understanding what she was up to, he extended his hands to her, expecting that she recognized him.
Instead of the hug he expected, the girl tried to grab him by the neck and throw him down. Due to the fact that the girl had less weight and did not fully understand the situation, she only caused herself wounds on the armor.
Auel did not feel pain from her wounds; she had one goal: to get to the robber's throat and kill him and then wake up from a dream that had become a nightmare.
Her blows against the stranger's armor became increasingly stronger; she tried to beat with her hands and feet, and the sounds of impacts on metal began to spread throughout the camp.
The girls, who for the first time in a long time felt calm, slept without paying attention to what was happening in the camp; they were accustomed to the various noises that could be heard in the camp.
A light elf who was sleeping in one of the tents heard through her sleep the sounds of hitting metal; even in a weakened state, she was a dangerous magician, the dream she was having passed as quickly as she got up from the strange bed.
Trying to walk with quick steps, leaning on her sword, the light elf came out of the tent and found two figures at a distance from her tent; one, as she saw, was a male figure who was trying to defend herself from the attacks of the second.
As she prepared to call upon the spells, she heard the figures trying to address Auel. Keirin doubted that the robber would allow his slave to behave like this, but first it was necessary to protect the girl.
Having called on magic and tied the two figures, she began to approach them with slow steps, a strange pain still made itself felt, leaning on the sword, Keirin approached them. Looking at the girl who was trying to reach the stranger even under the influence of a spell, Keirin understood that the girl was out of her mind.
Turning her gaze to the frozen figure, the light elf examined the stranger's armor, unlike the clothes of the robbers who had holes in them and did not have a complete set, in front of her lay a stranger in full armor and there was not a single hole in it.
The helmet that covered the face was slightly raised and the wounds that the figure received from the lost girl were visible.
Trying to contain the pain, the light elf lowered her hand and, picking up the helmet with her fingers, began to remove it.
The figure tried to resist, turning its head from side to side, the light elf was not in the mood to take off her helmet when the stranger resisted, hitting the helmet with his blade, forcing the figure to freeze.
As the girl knew over time, when she lived in the kingdom of the light elves, helmets protected from a direct blow, preserving life, but if the blow was strong in the side, then the blow could cause the warrior to lose consciousness even in the heat of battle.
- Let's see who you are, you are too well dressed for a simple robber. - Keirin turned in a quiet voice to the unconscious figure.
Taking off his helmet, a light elf with his eyes closed appeared before her gaze; his long hair and unshaven face surprised Keirin.
Light elves did not like unshaven hair, which spoiled their appearance; the same elf rejected this dislike.
She did not decide whether he was an enemy or not, because of his behavior and the wounds on his neck that Auel inflicted on him.
If this light elf had been a robber, he would not have tried to calm the girl down, but would have killed her.
Turning her gaze to the girl who continued to cry and did not pay attention to her only worsened Keirin's mood.
For a long time she tried to reach the girl, but she did not pay attention to her voice. Realizing that she would have to drag the light elf alone, Keirin remembered the tormentors who were convenient in this case.
Swearing at Trey and her bad luck, the girl dragged the light elf by the hand. The sounds echoed throughout the camp, but the girls, accustomed to various noises, continued to sleep.
Once in the tent and having tied the light elf and making sure that her mouth was covered with a bandage, she returned to the girl.
Auel was still sitting on the ground with her head down, and next to her lay the helmet that Keirin managed to remove from the stranger.
Having dropped down next to the girl and raising her face with her hand, Auel did not resist her last strength; she gave up the attack of the stranger and now she did not even have the strength to resist.
- Look into my eyes Auel, I don't know who this light elf is, but you can help me figure it out now. Therefore, if you don't want me to kill him myself, stop shedding tears and become stronger. - Keirin addressed Aueli's tear-stained eyes in a stern voice.
She didn't want to behave like that with the girl, but otherwise she would have to wait a long time for Auel to come to his senses.
The light elf saw how there were different emotions in the girl's eyes and the girl was lost in them. But gradually the girl began to come to her senses, she began to recognize Keirin and then, turning her gaze to the side, she saw a helmet lying on the ground next to her.
- This means this is not a dream, but in reality. - Auel said in a shocked voice, realizing what really surrounded her.
Making sure that the girl began to come to her senses, Keirin, resting her hand on the sword, began to raise her to her feet.
- Like the stranger who is now tied up and cannot harm you, I suggest you look at him; he does not look like a robber. - Keirin turned to the girl in a thoughtful voice as she headed into the tent.
She heard the girl continue to sniffle, but new sounds appeared that were a sign that the girl had risen from the ground and followed her.
Entering the tent, Keirin was convinced that the stranger had not yet come to his senses when she touched his neck with her cold blade, followed by steps that belonged to Auel.
When the light elf heard from the sounds that the girl had entered the tent, she was waiting for the sound of something falling to the ground.
Not understanding what could have fallen, Keirin turned to the source of the noise and saw Auel, who was again on the ground and looking with disbelieving eyes at the bound man.