Manor Lord of the Elf World

Chapter 65 Acquaintance
It will probably take quite some time before Bean Dove arrives in Eindook.

Even though there is an information network among Pokémon, if it's not on the same route, and if Beandove gets lost, it might take a long time to arrive.

But for Raven, this was the only option left.

The Unova region is so vast that even Raven, a transmigrator, cannot determine his approximate location based on the surrounding terrain.

They cannot place all their hopes on DouDouGe.

Therefore, Raven decided to send Evan to search for human settlements in the surrounding area.

That afternoon, Evan packed plenty of food, bid farewell to everyone in the territory, and embarked on his mission.

Finding villages inhabited by humans was not difficult for Evan.

As a messenger with extensive experience in wilderness travel, Evan knew that many villages and towns were built near rivers.

After leaving the territory, Evan followed the river downstream.

Along the way, Evan would occasionally encounter magical beasts drinking water by the river.

Fortunately, his extensive experience in wilderness survival taught him how to avoid these dangers.

During the day, Evan cautiously continued along the river, using the rising and setting of the sun to determine his direction and avoid getting lost.

When night falls, Evan will seek out secluded caves or climb up tall trees to rest.

The sun rises and sets, and the food I carry in my bag dwindles every day...

After traveling day and night, Evan finally discovered traces of a human village on the fifteenth day after leaving the territory.

From afar, Evan saw several peasant women dressed in old clothes fetching water from the river.

He ran forward excitedly, waving vigorously at the group: "Hey!"

The peasant woman, who had just stood up after hearing the commotion, saw a creature that looked like a wild man running towards her.

The women gasped in alarm, some of them turning away in fear.

But when one of the women, who was about thirty years old, saw the "wild man's" face clearly, she froze on the spot.

The wooden basin she was using to wash clothes fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Evan?!" the woman exclaimed in disbelief.

"Huh? You know me?" Upon seeing the woman's appearance, Evan froze on the spot. He looked closely at her face, and a familiar name instantly flashed into his mind: "Martha!"

"Well, it's me!"

An unprecedented sense of joy filled Evan's heart. He rushed forward to check on Martha's condition: "You're not dead? No, no, no, how did you two survive?"

Martha, like them, was a commoner who was sent to accompany Prince Raven to his fiefdom.

Evan used to deliver letters to her in the royal city, and that's how they got to know each other.

Seeing that Evan was safe and sound, Martha felt relieved for her friend, but also had many questions she wanted to ask.

The two hit it off immediately, and led by Martha, they entered the village. After walking along a country road lined with flowers, they came to a campsite with many tents set up ahead.

Everyone in the camp was busy.

Among the crowd, Evan saw many familiar figures.

"Hey! Everyone, come and see who this is!" Martha shouted excitedly to the crowd.

Hearing the shouts, everyone turned around in unison, and when they saw the figure clearly, their faces also showed disbelief.

"You are... Evan?!"

"My God! Where did you come from?"

"Where is everyone else? Why are you the only one here?!"

A group of people quickly gathered around, surrounding Evan.

Evan grinned and then recounted in detail what happened after the blizzard that had separated them from the main force.

"...His Highness Raven led us to set up camp in a valley plain. We cut down trees together and built wooden houses together. Now we are settled. This time, I am here on His Highness Raven's orders to find nearby villages."

"Oh, by the way, what about you guys? How did you survive?" Evan asked quickly.

"Us?" The group exchanged glances.

Martha, standing in the crowd, smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Lord Geralt. He led us through the blizzard and found this village. The people here took us in and allowed us to stay." At that time, they had become separated from the main force, and just when everyone thought they were doomed, Lord Geralt appeared.

"Lord Geralt is alright too?!" Evan was pleasantly surprised.

“Yes!” Martha nodded.

Evan quickly looked around, but couldn't see the man: "Where is Lord Geralt?"

Martha hesitated for a moment before replying, "Lord Geralt is very worried about Prince Raven... He has been searching everywhere for Prince Raven and everyone else. Just yesterday, Lord Geralt left the camp to look for Prince Raven again, and he shouldn't be back for several days."

"Phew... It's good that you're alright, it's good that Lord Geralt is alright!" Evan breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "His Highness Raven would be very happy to know that Lord Geralt is still alive!"

"Yes!" The people around nodded in agreement.

Evan turned and looked around, and then realized that the camp was larger than he had imagined.

The image of the last blizzard flashed through his mind, and Evan couldn't help but ask:

How many people are left here?

Martha: "There are only 221 people left."

Her face looked rather pale, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

They had five or six hundred men when they set off from the capital.

And now, they are the only ones left alive...

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In a deep forest, a tall, strong, handsome man with long silver-white hair leaned against a tree, looking up at the sky above.

Beside the man, a Pokémon covered in hard armor and with a pair of huge, axe-like teeth on its face was grinding its teeth with a large rock.

"Creak, creak -"

The man's thoughts were interrupted by the piercing sound. He turned his head and looked over, then threw a whetstone at the double-axe dragon.

"Use this!"

The double-axe dragon caught the whetstone precisely, examined it for a while, and then, without any instruction, began to use it to grind its teeth.

Seeing this, Geralt withdrew his gaze and stared intently into the distance.

Three months have passed since he and Prince Raven were separated.

Based on Geralt's reconnaissance of the surrounding terrain during this period, it was simply impossible for the team to cross that blizzard given their condition at the time.

Therefore, Prince Raven and his group must have stayed somewhere just like them.

Geralt couldn't help but recall the scene from that time.

At that time, they encountered a group of terrifying monsters in a forest.

The monsters launched a fierce attack on them, but in order to protect Prince Raven, he ultimately chose to lure them away alone.

At that time, he was forced to the edge of a cliff, and Geralt had no choice but to draw his sword and fight them.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened to Geralt.

When the monsters saw his appearance, they didn't attack him as a group. Instead, they chose one by one to send out a member of their tribe to fight him.

He defeated several magical beasts with just himself and his sword. In the end, when he fought the leader of that tribe, his sword clashed with the opponent's sharp teeth.

His sword broke, and his opponent's teeth were also broken.

At that moment, just when Geralt thought he was doomed, the monsters chose not to attack again.

It seemed to be a mutual respect between the strong; they simply gazed at him intently, as if wanting to remember him forever.

One of the monsters he defeated even chose to leave its pack and follow him.

"..."

After resting, Geralt stood up, looked at the magical beast that had fought alongside him, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Let's go, it's time to find Prince Raven!"

(End of this chapter)