"This… is your main water source?" Luminis voiced out, standing just at the edge of the river.
"Yes, this is it." Garion replied, some of the other elves standing behind him.
Luminis turned his gaze back at the river, he noticed it was flowing down a cliff which was most likely a waterfall, but that wasn't the biggest shock he received.
It was the fact that the water was unbearably dirty with a horrible stench, it felt like he was looking directly at the sewage.
A nervous smile showed on his face before he turned to Garion and asked,
"You guys still drink from this?"
"Y-Yes…"
"Quick question… are you all insane?" Luminis tried insulting them, a confused expression on his face.
The elves were left stunned, unable to reply,
"Can't you see the river is already filled with bacteria, how do you even drink this without having stomach aches or some…"
{Actually…}
"Not now, April!" Luminis snapped back at his system, before slowly rising to his feet, an exasperated sigh leaving his mouth with his fingers pitching the middle of his nose.
"Honestly, couldn't you have at least tried to find another source, like buying water from other kingdoms or something?" Luminis asked.
"We… did think about that, but as elves, it's hard to get along with other races, so we barely have 5 gold coins for a gallon of water". Garion replied.
"You can't afford it?" Uttered Luminis in his head,
"Yes… unfortunately, but we do boil the water before consuming, shouldn't that count for something?"
"It would if the freaking river wasn't growing fungus…" Luminis desperately tried to maintain his composure. 'Aril, how much is 5 gold coins?'.
{Request confirmed.
Money in this world works in various ways, bigger kingdoms with more financial stability tend to use money, while smaller foundations rely on trading.
The use of gold, bronze and silver was only recently known to people from smaller fractions.
10 bronze coins = 1 silver
10 silver = 1 gold coin }.
'For real? No wonder they couldn't afford it… it doesn't exactly sound cheap… why are they even selling water to begin with'.
{The water isn't what is being sold, rather the access to the water source as many nobles may own the land}.
'Well, that sucks.'
"Traveler?" Garion called out, the worry clearly written on his face.
"One week." Luminis replied.
"Uhn?" Garion let out a sound that matched their perplexed expression on his face.
Luminis veered around, his gaze now fixed on every elf looking at him, and with a determined expression on his face he voiced out,
"Just give me one week, I'll show you exactly what a miracle looks like."
"Just … a week?" One of the female elves voiced too.
"Yes, a week, and I'll transform this village into one of the best looking village in this whole forest, you doubt?" Luminis grinded.
"In other words…" Elixa chimed in, an excited smile on her face as she pointed at him, "You're going to be the perfect leader".
"And you'd be right!" Luminis responded, pointing back at Elixa.
Suddenly…
"Chief! We have a problem!!!"
All eyes immediately turned to the left where they could see one of their males, running towards them.
"Derca?" Garion muttered under his breath.
"Darca." The blue haired elf also called out, her and the rest running towards him while totally forgetting about Luminis.
"What's wrong, why are you breathing so fast?" The female elf asked, trying to calm him down as she could cleaner see he was out of breath.
"There's… no time…" Darca managed to let out a few words, but he was still breathing heavily.
"You need to calm down first." Garion added, but instead got a different response.
Darca gripped Garion's arm and pulled him close before speaking with everything that he had,
"The demons are here, and they are going to take another one of our people… we have to get out of here… and now!!!I couldn't do a thing…nothing… not a thing!".
"Eh? Demons?" Luminis uttered out loud as he listened in on their conversation.
"Oh? You speak as if you haven't heard of them before." Elixa spoke, moving closer to him.
"Well… I wouldn't say I haven't.. I just … don't care enough to pay attention." He replied, his gaze titled to the side with a nervous look.
"Hehe~, quite cute, in any case, the demons aren't people we want to mess with, I've had my fair share of combat with them… lower demons are easy pickings, but demons kings and higher, is something even i struggle to beat." Elixa explained.
"Did you once beat a dragon king?" Asked Luminis.
"Oh of course, I was at my prime then, right now, most of my divinity has been lost since I've been asleep for so long, I never planned on living any way."
"You planned on dying?".
"Oh yes, the world was boring and so were the people who lived in it, my only best friend an ice dragon, named Rexra betrayed me, so you see, my hatred for the world was just." Elixa responded, each word added with her beautiful charm.
"Must be nice." Luminis gave a half hearted response, focusing his gaze back on the elves to eavesdrop on their discussion.
"Aren't you going to ask why I suddenly dropped my wish to die?"
"Why?"
"Easy."
Elixa moved closer to Luminis, her tits pressing on his chest and her face so close both of them could practically feel each other's breath.
She then proceeded to grab his hand and place it around her neck, while her leg found its path under Luminis's crouch.
"I simply found someone worth living for." She replied, looking Luminis directly in the eyes, "Can you hear it? The sound of my heartbeat?".
Luminis didn't say a word, and he also wasn't willing to complain, the soft feels of Elixa's boobs pressing on his chest was good enough as it is.
But unbeknownst to him, Elixa wasn't kidding around.
"See what I mean… just looking at you… makes me feel .. funny." Elixa purred, moving her lips closer to his, her heated breath on Luminis's face.
"The naked girl with the scythe is still there, she's going to get killed, it's my fault!!!" Darca yelled, followed by the loud sobs he let out.
Luminis immediately turned his gaze towards Darca.
"My grim reaper?".