The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

So he looked around and also started searching for other survivors...

Suddenly, his ears twitched, and a subtle but very abrupt sound pierced his ears.

About ten feet away from Li Yin and the others, under the bodies lying on each other, in a pool of blood, a hand suddenly trembled slightly.

Anjian Hogan opened his eyes and woke up from the darkness.

He was not dead yet - a thought flashed through his mind, and he felt ecstatic.

But soon, the reckless and fragmented voices of the female dark elves coming from all around him were like the worst poison in the world, making him taste the desperate reality that was no different from death.

They had failed - in the absolute silence without any sound from any of his companions, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

The action to enable male dark elves to survive with dignity, flesh, freedom and equality in this dark world has failed once again.

But... it doesn't matter... The cold blood, which was unclear whether it was Angel's own or the blood of his deceased companions, slowly flowed down his forehead. Before the blood blurred his eyes, the male dark elf wizard closed his eyes on his own initiative.

Even if they die, it doesn't matter. There will be new companions to join their ranks; there will be new fighters to devote themselves to this endless struggle. As long as Nevvere's tyranny against male dark elves continues, actions like today's will never stop. Although their actions today have failed, it doesn't matter. As long as they continue to water it with blood, this tiny and weak seed will one day bloom into a gorgeous flower of freedom.

Before that - Angel Hogan bent his only arm that could still move and put it into his chest - let him, as a pioneer, provide some nutrients for this seed for the last time...

Suddenly, he felt lighter.

A female dark elf warrior noticed the unusual movement here, moved the piled corpses away, and found this survivor who still had a glimmer of hope.

She was about to call her companions, but suddenly froze.

Because, at the same time she discovered the survivor, the other party also discovered her.

The two men exchanged glances. Unexpectedly, there was no trace of anger or hatred on the face of this terrifying thug. His eyes were clear and peaceful, his bloodstained face was calm and peaceful, and he even had a faint smile.

"This is," Angel Hogan opened his lips slightly, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth. He coughed lightly and spoke softly, "...a gift for you, woman."

A burning sensation suddenly erupted from his chest. The male dark elf wizard should have felt angry when he saw the arrogant enemy in front of him whom he vowed to kill; he should have felt pain when his charred chest felt an unbearable burning sensation; he should have felt humiliated when he looked back on his humble life of oppression when he was dying... but he didn't, none of that happened. He only felt an unprecedented peace and tranquility, because all his anger, pain, humiliation, and hatred had curled up in the burning magic energy in his chest, waiting for the most violent and brilliant bloom.

Chapter 2: Blooming ()

"Fireball!" Du Feiya's sharp warning instantly pierced everyone's eardrums, "Three!"

At this moment, in the vision of her Eye of Mysticism, three extremely bright magic lights suddenly burst out from the chest of the male dark elf who was still alive. From the crimson color, concentrated energy form, and familiar fluctuations of the magic lights, Du Feiya quickly determined their instinctive appearance.

Those were three magic orbs that stored the power of fireball. Just now, as the wizard grabbed the three beads, all the magic attached to them had been activated!

Du Feiya's scream startled Li Yin, and when he turned his head to look at the subtle sound, the three tiny spots of fire shining from the chest of the male dark elf wizard made him completely frightened.

Fireball, one of the most destructive magics among the three-ring spells. The caster first summoned a spark the size of a grain of rice and launched it. This tiny spark seemed harmless and would disappear in the wind, but it would explode the moment it reached the target. The huge impact force generated by the violent explosion was enough to tear apart everything at the center, and the high temperature and flames that spread out would cover the surrounding area of ​​dozens of feet, turning all organic matter within the range into charred ash.

And at this moment, there are three such "Mars"!

What's more - Li Yin suddenly remembered something and was shocked - they were in a tavern, one of the largest taverns in Nevre. The hundreds and thousands of wine barrels piled up on the bar and in the warehouse made his scalp numb instantly!

He subconsciously raised his feet and wanted to run, but then he realized that he couldn't outrun the explosion. His mind turned, and before the next thought came to him, suddenly, a dazzling red light came over him, and the scorching heat corroded his body.

It's over - this was his last thought...

The imagined pain of burning hair and skin did not come. Li Yin guessed that it was because the temperature of the explosion was too high, which burned his nerves before the pain was transmitted to his brain. After the burning crimson was the extreme blackness, Li Yin guessed that his visual cells had also died under the high temperature.

He was probably, no, definitely going to die. So, where should people go after they die? Naturally, this thought came to his mind. It is said that after death, the souls of those who believe in gods will go to the kingdom of the gods they believe in. However, Lahya does not believe in gods. He is a non-believer, and such a destination does not exist. So, what is the next stop waiting for him?

Hell, Abyss, Heaven, Feywild…? The names of many planes and their imagined appearances flashed through his mind one by one.

But... when Li Yin racked his brains to present a brief information of another world in his mind, he couldn't help but murmured - this waiting time is a bit too long? Why is he still thinking? Considering the explosive speed and destructive power of the fireball, is this death process too long?

Not only that, he suddenly felt that the high temperature had completely faded away, and there was even a hint of coolness around him. At the same time, he suddenly felt a thin light penetrating the haziness of his eyelids through his tightly closed eyes.

"Are you okay?" A clear and pleasant voice came into my ears.

He opened his eyes subconsciously.

A pair of violet eyes instantly came into view. The eyes, which were already very full, became even larger because of the extreme closeness. Coupled with the dangerous information conveyed by the owner of these eyes before, Li Yin was instantly startled, his hair stood on end, and he suddenly stepped back.

"You..." He shuddered, put his hands on his chest, and shouted, "What do you want to do?"

How come this female dark elf is like a leech that can follow me even after death?

"Me?" the female dark elf asked back. She withdrew her hand, and her bright eyes first looked at the palm of her hand, and then looked at Li Yin who was fleeing quickly. Her originally elegant and graceful face now showed a layer of confusion and doubt that was extremely inconsistent with her previous demeanor.

At the same time, he felt a sense of relaxation on his shoulder, and Li Yin suddenly realized that the hand that the female dark elf had just retracted should have been placed on his shoulder.

"I..." The princess of the Dinitya family paused again, and looked at him with a pair of bright eyes. She looked a little pitiful, as if she was a little hurt and aggrieved. "I just wanted to see if you were hurt."

"You?" Li Yin looked at her puzzled expression, as if he was in a fog. He pointed at Du Feiya in disbelief, then pointed at himself, "Are you worried about me? Am I hurt?"

The female dark elf nodded seriously, her light bangs on her forehead and her long hair on her temples trembling slightly.

Li Yin became more and more surprised and puzzled.

The scene where the female dark elf chuckled and said "at least keep a complete piece of it" was still vivid in his mind. He really couldn't connect her with the female dark elf in front of him who looked harmless and even caring for others.

But... he decided to find out another more important thing first. He twisted his head and looked around. The heavily guarded warriors, the scattered tables, chairs, cups and plates, the blood flowing all over the floor, the bodies piled up on each other, everything had disappeared.

As far as the eye can see, it is a straight and narrow street, with rectangular paving stones lined up in neat rows, tall walls on both sides of the road, and iron street lamps emitting constant magical cold light erected at intervals...

He was no longer in the Hall of Night's Edge. Regardless of whether it had been destroyed by the explosion of the three fireballs, it should not be like this. Now, he was in a completely new place.

Is this... the world after death, or is it——

"You saved me?" He looked in disbelief at the female dark elf in front of him, whose face still contained a hint of worry.

The princess of the Denitya family nodded and said, "I used the instant activation of the Anywhere Door to transfer you and me out of the Night's Edge Hall. It happened suddenly, and I don't know if it would be too late to do so, but that was the only way I could think of."

"But it seems," her bright violet eyes carefully examined Li Yin's face, and then the rest of his body, and a sincere smile suddenly appeared on her gorgeous white cheeks, "we finally caught up."

Li Yin looked at her in surprise.

Reason told him that he should not trust a dark elf, let alone a dark elf with a smile on his face, and especially not a dark elf who would take the initiative to "save the dying and the wounded".

Chapter 1 Friends ()

But his intuition told him that there was no need to question this matter at all - because the dark elf in front of him, a noble woman of respected status and powerful strength, had no need to lie to a slave.

And - he suddenly recalled the hand that the female dark elf had placed on his shoulder just now, as if in the overwhelming dazzling red light and scorching heat wave, there was indeed a hand placed heavily on his shoulder - if this made sense, she connected herself to her through that action, allowing him to be transferred with her through the "anywhere door" cast by her.

'Anywhere Door' is a powerful fourth-ring spell that can transfer the caster and the target she touches over a long distance. However, usually, it takes a certain amount of time to chant the spell to cast this magic, and Du Feiya just said that she cast it instantly - instant casting is a very advanced super magic technique that allows the caster to complete a spell that originally takes a certain amount of time to prepare and cast in an instant, but the cost is a huge consumption of mental power - completing an instant super magic spell usually requires a mental consumption of four rings higher than the original ring of the spell.

Could it be that... a thought suddenly flashed through Li Yin's mind - could this mysterious and unpredictable female dark elf in front of him already be a powerful wizard who could cast eight-ring spells? This thought shocked him. Then, a relatively easy-to-accept thought emerged in his mind: Maybe, she just used the help of a magic item.

However, no matter which of the above situations the truth is, these are not the key points. The key point is——

"Why?" he asked.

Why would a dark elf take the initiative to help himself, especially at a critical moment of life and death?

She had just said that she herself didn't know if she "had enough time to do that". Then, in that situation, shouldn't normal dark elves, or even humans, seize every second and every breath to escape? Why didn't she forget to take me along at that moment?

"What?" Faced with his question, the dark elf princess seemed a little caught off guard.

"Why did you save me?" Li Yin repeated again.

An expression of surprise immediately appeared on Du Feiya's snow-white face, as if Li Yin had asked an inexplicable question.

After a long while, she finally responded with a serious and anxious look on her face: "Because if you don't do that, you will die."

As soon as she finished speaking, the two of them stared at each other in the middle of the street.

There seems to be nothing wrong with what he said. But why does Li Yin feel that it is not the answer he expected at all?

"Oh," at this moment, Du Feiya suddenly understood something and spoke again. She stretched out her right hand and lightly tapped the tip of her nose with her index finger. Her pretty face showed a slightly embarrassed look, "I, I understand!"

She tilted her violet eyes slightly and looked at Li Yin. Her clear voice was soft and gentle, even trembling a little, and seemed to be full of apology: "Please, please forgive me."

Her cheeks flushed as she spoke shyly, then paused, as if looking for the right words: "Li, Li Yin... Your Excellency."

"Li Yin...Sir!" Li Yin widened his eyes.

Since he came to this underground world, this was the first time he heard someone, no, an elf call him that. Before that, most of the names he got were "dog", "bastard", "slave", "servant" and so on.

Now, a dark elf stood before him, humbly and politely addressing him as "Your Excellency"?

Li Yin rubbed his eyes, he suspected that he was under an illusion.

It is an illusion that combines both sound and visual effects.

However, Du Feiya seemed to have misunderstood and took his astonishment as a sign of displeasure. Her already cautious expression became even more cautious and anxious.

"I, I know that my previous actions may have frightened you."

"But please believe me, that was all we had to do."

"I have to act like that in order to convince them that my 'demand' to you is reasonable and legitimate. This way they won't laugh at me or even reject my request."

"In fact, I assure you," she said with a gentle look, "I have absolutely no ill will towards you."

"I did that for only one reason, which was to save you."

"Save me?" Li Yin was stunned. "Do you mean to keep a piece of me intact?"

"No, no." The princess of the Dinitya family opened her eyes wide and shook her head repeatedly like a rattle.

"You..." She paused, "Are they nice to you?"

"They?" Li Yin was even more confused.

"I mean Princess Cassia and the other dark elves around her. How do they treat you? Are you living well with them?" Du Feiya asked with concern.

This question was really strange. Li Yin smacked his lips and replied as a matter of course: "Not bad."

It’s better than being cut into pieces, he added silently in his heart.

Du Feiya's pupils trembled violently, as if she had suffered a great shock.

"How could it be?" She looked flustered. "I know my compatriots very well...their attitude towards you must be very bad..."

Her voice gradually became lower and her eyes drooped slightly. She no longer looked at Li Yin, as if she was lost in thought.

"...Under their oppression, shouldn't you have suffered a lot? How could it be..." She raised her head and looked at him again. Her clear and bright violet eyes reflected a variety of emotions, concern, worry, reluctance, suspicion...

"But," gradually, suspicion took over and filled those beautiful eyes, and Du Feiya turned to deny herself, "You won't lie to me, right?"

She looked at Li Yin uncomfortably for a moment, her bright eyes filled with unshakable trust: "So, I really made a mistake?"

What is going on? Li Yin was confused. Why did this female dark elf look at him like this? What did "you won't lie to me" mean? Didn't this female dark elf want to slice him up for research just now? Why did she turn around and risk her life to save him, and now she was looking at him with such a strange look, as if the two of them were not a noble and cruel dark elf and a humble and weak human slave, but close friends who had been separated for many years.

Wait a minute - Li Yinhuo took a half step back and looked in disbelief at the princess of the Dinitya family in front of him. She was like two completely different people.

Best friend?

He scratched his head, looking at the other person's confused and embarrassed face, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind that even he himself found unbelievable:

Charm...successful?

This was not an illusion - everything before his eyes was not an illusion, he was not under an illusion. It was Du Feiya, the princess of the second family, the daughter of the chief wizard of Nevre, a powerful wizard - who was under his charm!

If you think about it this way, everything seems to make sense.

No wonder she looked at me meaningfully from a distance before. It was not because she discovered my charm, but because she was charmed by me and regarded me as her "friend".

In fact, she didn't even know that she was a spellcaster - she didn't even realize that she had cast a charm on her, so how could she know her own background?

No wonder she had always been sure that she was the "son of a witch" but never produced the most direct and fatal evidence - the fact that she had cast a charm on her, because this fact did not exist in her cognition! At this moment, the confusion that had been bothering Li Yin was finally resolved.

But, in this case——

"You mean, you actually want to help me?" Li Yin asked suddenly.

Du Feiya nodded repeatedly. Her fair and tender face, which had been about to wrinkle into a ball, suddenly relaxed, and revealed a hint of joy that she was finally understood.

"But, if that's the case, why did you falsely accuse me of being the son of a witch?" he asked in astonishment.

If it weren't for Cassia's "great understanding of justice", he would have almost been killed by this "kind-hearted" elf princess.

"Then..." Du Feiya blushed and lowered her head slightly, feeling embarrassed to look at him for a moment, "That's just an excuse."

"I just wanted to help you get out of their control. But, to go up to them and tell them to 'transfer' you to me -" After she finished speaking, she immediately corrected her eagerly and politely, "Please forgive me for using such words. I know you are not an object and cannot be 'transferred' casually like that. But in the eyes of most of us dark elves, this is the fact."

Li Yin nodded to show his understanding.

So Du Feiya continued, "I need an excuse to make them no longer need you, or even hate you and reject you. Then I can make a move and 'buy' you from them."

"Hag son is just an excuse. It just occurred to me when I saw your two different colored eyes."

"By the way," she raised her face, her bright eyes were filled with a deep glimmer, very charming, she stared at Li Yin quietly, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, two faint blushes appeared on both sides of her bright smile, "Your eyes... are really beautiful."

After she said this, she looked deeply into Li Yin's eyes twice, as if she was still unsatisfied, and then she quickly lowered her head, looking very shy.