The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 734

Episode 734 You have to trust me. (1)

With Giselle’s skills, it wouldn’t be difficult to enter the forest. He had learned numerous techniques, and he even had the willpower to be with the world.
Saaaaaaa… …
First, Giselle cast a magic spell on herself to hide her presence and lighten her body. She also added a transparency spell.
However, this wasn’t enough to completely fool the spirits. The spirits were beings who saw essence, not appearance.
So she had to completely assimilate her own existence into the world.
Giselle had a technique that could do that.
Grasp!
Giselle’s body instantly turned into black darkness and disappeared. It was the Shadow Knights’ technique.
This technique, which she had learned from her mother’s records and Belinda, was a technique that was more excellent than anything else when it came to infiltration.
Grasp! Grasp! Grasp!
The space distorted several times, and a darkness without a trace spread. In the end, even the distortion of space disappeared.
Most of the spirits wandering around the forest didn’t even know Giselle had passed by. Only a few spirits felt something strange and looked around, but they couldn’t find anything.
The spirits standing guard were mostly low-level spirits. The spirits above the intermediate level consumed a lot of energy and could not be summoned for a long time.
The elves thought that the low-level spirits were enough for the guard. They could catch even superhuman opponents by using the natural energy that filled this forest.
Thanks to the elves’ pride, Giselle was able to easily penetrate the outer boundary area.
“Phuhu…….”
Giselle let out a deep breath after arriving at a place she thought was safe. His face was unusually red.
The guard here was so tight that even the best Giselle would be nervous.
“Wow. I would have been caught if I had made even the slightest mistake.”
The spirits’ energy was so spread out that she couldn’t even dare to breathe.
If she hadn’t used the Shadow Knights’ techniques, it would have been difficult to sneak in even with all her might.
Giselle slowly looked around. The thick forest was densely packed with large trees, and sunlight barely penetrated between the branches.
The ground was covered with moist moss and fallen leaves. Unknown birds were making low cries.
Looking at it like this, it was no different from an ordinary forest. However, Giselle continued to feel something strange.
“There’s no special energy nearby…”
It felt as if invisible eyes were constantly observing her.
“No way…” They
had already broken through the elf outpost and the spirits’ border area. It was certain that there were no elves or spirits hiding around.
But.. … .
Ta-da-da!
They heard someone running from afar. It wasn’t just one or two.
The footsteps were light, as if they were coming on the wind. The only ones who could move like this in the forest were elves.
And they could feel the spirits’ energy rushing in faster than them.
Pfft!
Giselle’s figure turned dark again and dispersed. Soon, several elves appeared where Giselle had been.
“Hmm.. That’s strange. There definitely seems to be something different…”
The elf male in the lead suddenly waved his hand. Then the ground shook slightly and the dirt piled up into small lumps.
Looking at the piled up dirt, the elf asked,
“Gnome, tell me what happened here. Who was there?”
“Nothing happened, and there was nothing.”
“…….”
The elf frowned and thought for a moment.
Gnome, a low-level spirit of the earth, can remember what happened around them.
Spirits who did not contract with a spirit master do not have long memories, but even considering that, it was strange. It had not been long since they had come here after feeling uneasy.
Eventually, the elf shook his head and said,
“There seems to be something strange. It may be related to the problem in the northern forest, so I will search a little more.”
The elves looked around a little more and then moved on.
Giselle, who had been watching from a hidden position, frowned.
‘… … How did you not know?’
She had not been discovered by anyone. She knew about the existence of spirits, so she left no trace.
Giselle could briefly interfere with the laws of the world through the power of her will. Using that ability, he constantly twisted and deceived the perception of his surroundings.
Even so, the elves sensed that something was wrong somewhere in the forest.
That meant… … .
‘Does this mean that there is something that recognizes me right now?’
There was no other explanation. There was something in this forest that he didn’t know about.
‘But it seems like they haven’t figured me out yet.’
He didn’t know how the elves sensed the abnormality, but judging from their reactions, he didn’t seem certain.
In any case, since the risk of being discovered had increased, he had to move faster. Even if he used the power of will, he could only hide his existence for a moment.
Even with Astion’s body, his limitations were even clearer.
However, thanks to the elves’ appearance, he had learned something new.
‘You said there was no problem… … There was a problem, right?’
It seemed like something was wrong in the northern forest. The elves’ complexions were not so good.
He didn’t know what the problem was, but it might be an opportunity for Giselle and her party. Giselle decided to check there first.
Understand!
Giselle’s body turned dark again. He moved even more carefully.
His magic power was drained faster, but there was nothing he could do. He didn’t know how the elves were tracking him.
Paaaaah… …
He used the power of will every now and then to completely erase his traces. However, the more he did this, the paler Giselle’s complexion became.
Even using the power of will for a short time put a considerable strain on his body. However, he couldn’t not use it at all in this situation, so he had no choice but to endure it.
‘Hmm… … Should I retreat and come back?’
As she moved cautiously, her speed was slower than she had expected. It was impossible to look around this enormous forest at this speed.
In the end, Giselle, who had been worrying, decided to check only one thing and retreat.
‘It seems like something is going on in the northern forest, so I should just check that and go.’
She can come and borrow Seongseok next time. If there is a problem in the forest, that could be the starting point for negotiations.
Figure it out!
Giselle, who had been moving irregularly, decided on a direction and moved quickly.
She saw several residences where elves were staying along the way. She was curious about how they were doing, but she avoided them by keeping as much distance as possible.
She also took short, secret breaks. When she moved again, she used her willpower to erase her traces.
It was a response that could not have been more perfect. Giselle definitely thought so.
Choaaaahhhh!
Until the giant wind spirit blocked her path.
“…This.”
Giselle bit her lips and wrapped her body in magic. At the same time, a strong storm spread out around the wind spirit.
Kwaaaaahhh!
The storm swept away everything around her. The densely packed trees around her were torn to pieces and blown away.
It was an uncharacteristically violent attack for a spirit. Jiselle quickly realized the reason.
‘I still haven’t figured out my exact location.’
Even so, the fact that she had boldly attacked meant that she was certain that Jiselle was around here.
In the end, Jiselle had no choice but to reveal herself after blocking the attack.
Ta-da-da-da!
Dozens of elves swarmed in an instant and surrounded Jiselle. The elves raised their bows and aimed at Jiselle.
Various spirits were floating around them as well.
A cold-looking elf male appeared in the midst of the tense atmosphere. He was the elf who had been following Jiselle’s trail from the beginning.
“There you are.”
Jiselle slowly raised both hands in response to the elf’s words.
“I am absolutely not a suspicious person. You have to trust me.”
“…Why don’t you take off your mask and say something like that?”
“There is a reason for that. I am also very embarrassed.”
“Who are you? Why did you sneak into the forest?”
“I got lost while walking.”
“…….”
The elf twitched his lips. Who in the world would believe such a thing?
It seemed that the other party did not know the seriousness of the situation.
“We warned the humans. Do not invade the forest without permission. It was our right, promised by the leaders of all humans since the beginning.”
“So I think there is a slight misunderstanding…….”
“In the past, I might have just given them a warning and sent them away. At least if they were caught in the border area.”
The elf’s eyes began to glow with murder. No matter how I looked at it, the rumor that they were a peace-loving race seemed a bit false.
The elf extended his hand and spoke in a cold voice.
“I don’t know what your intentions are, but you came at a bad time. I’m sorry, but I have to take your life here.”
Paaaaah!
As soon as the elf finished speaking, arrows were fired at Giselle. The spirits also charged at Giselle with fierce aura.
“Hmm. This is a bit embarrassing.”
I thought I wouldn’t get caught, but I did. If they knew this, the comrades outside would start a fuss.
But what could they do? Since they were caught, they had no choice but to dodge.
Paaang!
Jiselle’s body disappeared in an instant, and all the arrows ended up stuck in the ground.
Dodging the arrows wasn’t the end. The spirits who sensed Jiselle’s presence began to react in earnest.
Kwaaaaah!
A sharp gust of wind slammed into his back. It was the spirit of the wind. Jisel narrowly avoided the blade-like wind that cut through the air by lowering his body.
Kurururung!
Then, the ground shook and tore through the floor. A sharp rock pillar rose from the ground and aimed for Jisel’s feet, but Jisel slid out.
Swish!
Water droplets formed in the air and turned into sharp ice picks and poured down. Jisel’s body momentarily blurred and slipped through the ice.
Swish!
Red flames suddenly exploded before Jisel’s eyes. Strong heat brushed his cheek, but Jisel quickly hid himself in the shadows of the forest. When
the spirits and elves tried to chase him, the elf who seemed to be the leader shouted urgently.
“Stop! Don’t chase me!”
He was quite angry right now. The forest had been invaded by an unidentified person.
But apart from his anger, cold sweat ran down his back.
‘That’s definitely on par with a superhuman!’
Even if they were superhumans, they could still catch and kill someone once they entered the forest. The problem was the sacrifices the elves would make in the process.
In particular, the innocent elves who didn’t know anything would die without even thinking about fighting.
That’s why he stopped chasing them for the time being. In order to reduce the sacrifices, he had to report to the elders.
Thanks to that, Giselle was able to escape easily. He couldn’t hide his confusion as he ran away.
“Oh, how on earth did you know? This is ridiculous.”
It seemed like Giselle couldn’t sense her own location exactly. She only seemed to have a rough idea that someone had entered the forest.
That alone was a great thing. Doesn’t that mean she knew for sure that there was an intruder?
She needed detailed information about this part. That way, she could move without being detected.
“Tsk, I really have to retreat and find a way.”
Giselle continued to move with regret. Even in the midst of all this, he deliberately moved along a different path from the one he had come from in order to familiarize himself with the terrain a little .
Paaaaah!
As he turned into darkness and exited the forest, Giselle continued to look around.
Armed elves were moving busily here and there. They were probably moving to find him
. On the other hand, there were also elves that didn’t show any particular movement. Those elves were probably those who had nothing to do with combat.
After looking around a little, Giselle started to speed up a little more. No, she was going to do that.
If only she hadn’t found an elf alone in a secluded place.
‘Huh?’
She had seen quite a few elves alone while moving around the forest.
Singing, gathering fruit from trees, talking to small animals, or quietly meditating by a clear stream.
So it wasn’t all that strange for an elf to be alone in the forest. Nevertheless, Giselle couldn’t take her eyes off the elf’s back.
‘What’s going on?’
Something felt off. Giselle didn’t take her intuition lightly.
So she kept watching the elf from afar, hiding.
The elf was constantly moving, as if practicing, while floating spirits around him. Every time
the spirits moved, a strong energy spread out. Even Giselle, who didn’t know much about spirit magic, thought it was amazing.
The elf, who had been practicing spirit magic for a while, suddenly stopped moving. Before she knew it, all the spirits had disappeared.
The elf slowly turned around. Only then could Giselle see the elf’s face.
Giselle muttered without realizing it.
“……Erenes.”
She was here.