When the two appeared on the second floor, they found Kasel frozen on the spot when he seemed to be in his contemplation state.
But their confusion didn't last long, after following Kasel's gaze.
"!"
But when he looked around him, Gray noticed their environment's abnormality.
They were at the entrance of a large forest with bamboo-like trees but different from them, because of their strange white colors. But it wasn't the most impressive, the most impressive was the giant tree that shaded above the other trees. Its size was fifty times larger than other giant trees in the forest.
"Wow!!" Gray and Avery shouted in their disbelief following the mystical and fanciful sight. As they looked towards the scarlet sky to see the giant tree's exact size.
Kasel: "Sw less loud, please; otherwise you will alert other enemies."
"Ennemis?"
Following Avery's question, Kasel pointed his finger at a rock that was a hundred meters from them.
"OMG!" Gray thundered this word with erratic eyes, following his gaze that landed on a humanoid creature with scarlet red skin and sharper ears than those of ordinary elves.
A blood elf!
It was the only name that was constantly repeated in his head. But more importantly, why did they meet a blood elf rather than expected?
His eyes switched between the female blood elf who had vermilion eyes and Kasel who had the same eyes as his prey; unlike, it was rather Kasel who seemed to be the villain with his hostile eyes looking at the long white-haired blood elf's confused eyes.
*Gulps*
"... Say, are you sure this girl is an enemy?" Gray asked for confirmation following his eyes' crossings with those of this incredible creature who looked at them nonchalantly without moving on the rock.
The blood elf had a tight black warrior outfit that entwined her perfect curves, a strangely cute face like other elves and her facial traits were immaculate; coupled with her silhouette, at a glance, Gray can say that this girl had a goddess of beauty's blessing. And instead of having a bow as her main weapon, this blood elf had two Khopesh behind her back.
"What did I tell you instead? Don't let yourself be seduced by her appearance, otherwise, you will be the first to die in her hands." Kasel replied by taking his sword out of his sheath. "She's not a girl, but a monster!" he continued.
[Female blood elf: Lvl 26]
[HP: 260/260]
'Sigh, it's a chance that she is a blood elf who hasn't yet reached her full maturity. Otherwise, it will be really annoying.' He says himself by positioning himself in offensive mode. 'But... Why a blood elf is here?'
"Stopp!" Gray yelled at him while stopping in front of Kasel, spreading his arms.
"... Tsk, are you so eager to die?!" Kasel frowned when he saw Gray's suicidal act.
In addition to being frustrated to have been stopped by Gray, his greatest frustration was to see him so recklessly turn his back on an enemy.
But the mystery didn't last long, when the blood elf, who was inactive until now, displayed a mocking smile, following the golden occasion's sight.
She instantly disappeared on the stone thanks to her amazing speed.
-CLANG!!
But Kasel was sufficiently prepared for such surprises. The next moment, he instantly blocked the blood elf's vicious attack, who frowned her long thin eyebrows when she saw her sword not reach her target's heart!
!
Kasel curled his legs and applied his Herculean strength to push the blood elf back by making her stagger.
"Haku na maniya !!"
"Keep your gobbledygook for yourself and die in peace, fucking monster!" Following these words, he flexed directly to the blood elf with hostile eyes, devoid of mercy; leaving Gray in his understatement's state.
He made a vertical Slash with his sword that was imbued with a scarlet glow towards his target but his attack was blocked by the blood elf who placed her two swords above her head. But despite everything, her knees bent slightly due to Kasel's brute strength that hit her head-on.
"Hyaj!!" She shouted these words with a disgusted but at the same time frightened air.
But despite everything, she doesn't back down in front of him. Just like the other blood elves, her pride as a warrior prevents her from fleeing from any enemies. Once engaged in a battle, they will lead it to its end! It was one of the factors that made her race scary.
As for the other factor...
Seeing that she didn't have the slightest chance of defeating her enemy, her vermilion eyes immediately became garnet red!
*Caught!! *
[-5HP]
'Tsk, Tsk, although she is weak, she still acquired the blood power.' Kasel replied knowing exactly why he had spit blood following changes in the color of her opponent's eyes.
But despite everything, he kept his cool and gave a straight kick to the elf's waist, sending her to waltz away from him.
-15HP|
He didn't give time to the blood elf who now had a few broken left ribs to stabilize. He immediately shot toward her before she got up to the ground and ruthlessly aimed his sword at her heart.
"!"
But he froze momentarily on the spot, feeling his whole body stiffen as if he were under a rock of more than a ton; he was immobilized!
'This elf cannot have such power. Unless...!'
At the same time, two other blood elves came out into the forest! But they were all males.
Unlike the girl who had a silky and delicate body, and who measured about 180cm, the two males were bare torsos, showing off their muscles; but what caught Kasel's attention was their strange sizes, which measured about 240cm! The one had halberd as weapons, and the last who has a long white beard had...a magic stick with him!
But instead of directly attacking Kasel and his small group, the two elves rather approached the girl and checked her condition.
"Yurik, Anga Sapinign kiou?" The halberd elf asked while wiping the dark blue blood on her lips with a tree leaf while the other rose the guard.
The latter had his palm towards Kasel since his appearance. He was therefore solely responsible for his current state.
'It's bad! We can't be more unlucky than that!' Kasel murmured for himself when he saw the strange stick held by the blood elf that prevented him from moving.
But his eyes soon wavered, when he saw the information about his enemies.
[Shaman blood elf: Lvl 56]
[HP: 560/560]
...
But the most surprising wasn't the status of this Shaman elf, but the other blood elf.
[King Blood Elf: Lvl 60]
[HP: 600/600]
Seeing their information, Kasel instantly understood that not to mention defeating these two there, they weren't even going to be able to escape them!
-Fuck! Wasn't the king supposed to be in front of the giant tree?! And why is the shaman also with him?! Sigh, what bad luck to have come across the two most powerful blood elves of all the others.'
"Oribandi nhaje yurtah." The king addressed the Shaman who instantly nodded his head.
"Fixa!" He said, pointing his white stick with a beast's skull above to Kasel.
At the same time, scarlet threads wrapped themselves around his body immobilizing him fully. As a result, Kasel could feel immobilization fade's spell. But even if he had regained his body's control, he could not break the scarlet ropes that affixed him.
"... Si-Sir Fallen, is that part of your plan?"
Hearing Avery's nervous voice, Kasel turned his head towards them and realized that his two teammates were in the same condition as his. They were also tied up by the shaman.
"For now, do nothing that can annoy them. Our survival is our top priority." Kasel ordered them in a calm and impassive tone.
He immediately sent back all his weapons and the objects he had on him, in his inventory; except his mask.
Seeing his actions, Gray and Avery were the same. But the Shaman and the King didn't even frown in the face of this mystery. Instead, they conversed with each other after mastering the invaders.
This period allowed Kasel to clarify his thoughts a little. But countless questions remained unanswered in his head.
'I still don't understand how it's that the king finds himself so far from his royal residence with the shaman!? But the biggest mystery that bothered Kasel the most was their strange actions.
Blood elves are ruthless monsters. They kill their prey as soon as the opportunity arises. Then they drink its blood and offer its corps to their deities. But currently, these blood elves haven't killed them, but rather they are trying to make them their prisoners.
Then, Kasel saw the king tenderly caress the girl's head while speaking with her in incomprehensible language for him and his teammates.
But seeing the king's behavior in front of this girl, Kasel was intrigued by the girl's identity; but despite everything, he didn't interrupt their conversations, in any case, he couldn't break the language barrier that existed between them.
The girl who was constantly nodding suddenly went to Kasel, who was tied to the ground like a potato bag, with hostile eyes and strangely pink cheeks.
"At lakaih wugni!" She said, grabbing Kasel by his collars while lifting his head.
"Tsk, this girl is an idiot. You know very well that I can't understand one...!" His words were stuck in his throat when he was mysteriously kissed by the girl!
"WTF! What are you doing, Fallen?!!" Gray shouted these words in an appalling tone.
He didn't seem to have noticed that the person who was forced into this kiss was Kasel and not the girl.
But Kasel didn't care about his protests.
His surprise was only short-lived. After that, he returned the girl's kiss without the slightest hesitation while enjoying the softness of her blood-red lips which looked like peaches.
But it didn't last long when the girl pushed him away from her with disgust.
"Now that we can exchange, I'm listening to you, why did you capture us? How is it that the esteemed king and the Shaman of your clan came in person to welcome us?!" Kasel immediately asked, frowning after the girl broke her kiss with him.
She didn't respond instantly to Kasel's question, she remained silent for a while dealing with the information she had just received.
Then, she looked at Kasel with her hostile eyes as a cruel smile stood on her lips. "You...to have angered...the all-powerful god IBILIS. The all-powerful god IBILIS... orders us...to capture you for...sacrifice of... Blood."
Hearing these words from her, most of the mysteries that concerned Kasel were solved. But conversely, he now had a more serious problem than before; how to escape into these blood elves' hands before being a sacrificial victim?
The book didn't contain this kind of information. As a result, even if he knew where the sea snake's eggs were, he had based himself on his theory in thinking that threatening the sea snake with her eggs would work on her. But this unexpected problems succession, when they haven't even reached the dungeon's third level, namely, the spiritual tree; gave him more headaches than before.