Divine Kingship

Chapter 590: A Suspected True Legend of the Elves, and a Third Party

Luca and his classmates conducted an analysis.

Due to previous personnel losses in the north, Luca recruited new members for his adventure party.

A half-elf mage.

The race of half-elves was primarily created through the union of human nobles and elven slave girls.

This half-elf was no exception.

This half-elf's mother was an elven noble, and his father was a human noble.

Therefore, this half-elf mage has a good understanding of the history and culture of elves and humans, even though her elf mother actually hates her child very much.

"This script belongs to the ancient Elven script. I don't know much about it. I can only recognize a small part of it. The rest will probably have to be analyzed by the adults and scholars of the Holy Land."

The half-elf mage stared intently at the parchment fragment in Luca's hand, observing it carefully for a while.

"Probably...probably some kind of 'god'...'ancient elf'...'pioneer'...'disappeared'...'descended'." The elven mage admitted that he couldn't recognize much more, and guessing would only reduce the reliability of his guesses.

"It feels like a very meaningful secret." Luca didn't mind not being able to translate too much information. This fragment looked quite mysterious, and if he handed it over to the Sanctuary, he would probably get a considerable reward.

Adventurers, including Luca, who started their adventures from the Sanctuary's forces, have a very positive impression of the Sanctuary.

Because they will perceive a significant difference when they are outside.

The experience of adventuring in a place without the influence of a sacred domain is completely different from that of adventuring in a place with the influence of a sacred domain.

In the adventurer industry, the Holy Land forces have a very clear definition of themselves: they are the assistants and guides of adventurers, as well as the developers and researchers of adventurer products.

Adventurers will clearly feel how fortunate they are to have the power of the Sanctuary Adventurers' Guild involved, so they are eager to continuously expand the influence of the Sanctuary Adventurers' Guild.

They harbor no hostility towards the Adventurers' Guild, and they are not stingy in handing over any unique and valuable adventure products to the Holy Domain's Adventurers' Guild.

The Holy Land forces will also assess the value and rarity of adventurers' items and then reward them accordingly.

Other factions may offer higher prices for these adventurers' items, but the reliability and good reputation of the Holy Domain faction ensure that adventurers will always choose to entrust high-value items to the Holy Domain Adventurers' Guild.

After all, if it were handed over to other forces, there might be issues like not receiving the final payment, being murdered or robbed, or being maliciously pressured to lower the price, but these things wouldn't happen with the Holy Domain forces.

The Holy Domain forces clearly intend to do business in the long term and will not tarnish their reputation over one or two items.

"The break is over." Luca stopped studying the mysterious things on the parchment.

They still have tasks to complete.

Luca drew the sword from his back, which gleamed with magical light.

The enemy has appeared.

"Die, you evil slave traders!" the elf roared.

Luca and his group were, of course, posing as slave traders.

Although the identity of a slave trader is highly hostile to the elves, it is still better than revealing that humans and elven rebels have secret connections.

As a human slave trader, he found himself surrounded by enemies throughout the elven forest.

Moreover, Luca and his fellow humans, who were relatively righteous, found it difficult to bring themselves to harm these elves who hated slave traders.

It is only natural to hate slave traders for taking away one's loved ones.

To complete their mission, they might be ruthless, but they will inevitably feel guilty about it.

Therefore, when the pressure is not too great, they will choose to release some water, at least to avoid causing permanent damage or killing the person.

The resolve required of adventurers is not as... expensive as that of spies behind enemy lines.

And tasks that truly require strict execution and a high level of awareness will not be assigned to adventurers.

Right now, it's just a matter of dealing with some weak but very hostile elves.

The elven arrows shot towards him, but Luca easily deflected them with his sword.

Luca discovered that he was indeed quite talented.

Most of the adventurers who started their adventures at the same time have stopped progressing at a certain stage, and some have even retired and changed careers.

But Luca is able to become a high-level professional, and he is not far from the highest level.

These seemingly sharp arrows were pitifully slow to Luca.

"So, are we really going to capture some elves to be slaves?" During the battle, Luca still had the leisure to ask the staff of the Sanctuary forces.

"His Majesty Rand has given instructions that some elves will voluntarily be captured and enslaved before leaving the Elven Forest," the staff member replied.

"We can also capture some elves, but we must take them all, including their families and all their possessions. Lord Rand doesn't want any families to be torn apart," the staff member continued.

Luca nodded to indicate that he understood.

In the human world, humans generally harbor hatred towards elves.

This is because elves often capture humans to serve them as slaves, and there have been wars between elves and humans in the past.

However, within the Holy Land, especially among the humans in the resort, elves and similar creatures are relatively commonplace.

Those who are even more astute can glean some insight into Rand's plans for the elven forest from His Majesty Rand's policies toward the elves.

Rand doesn't want the elves to be too hostile towards humans, which means...?
……

Rand has been paying attention to the affairs of the Elf Forest, but he is currently more busy with the affairs of the kingdom.

After establishing the kingdom, Rand has been busy with national affairs.

Governing a conquered country is extremely difficult.

In short, just when it seems like the work is done, a lot of other things always pop up.

In Rand parlance, they're practically like cockroaches!

It may seem like the problem has been solved, but solving one problem actually means there's a lot of work to be done behind the scenes.

The desk may not appear to have piles of documents, but in reality, there's a constant stream of work behind the scenes.

These tasks have indeed left Rand somewhat exhausted. It's not that she can't handle them, but they're really tiring.

So Rand decided to go out for a walk to clear his head.

I'll give myself a day to relax, and leave the work to Mrs. Ellie.

Rand then came to participate in the interrogation.

The elven nobles who had previously assassinated Lysa were interrogated.

As for the assassins who tried to kill Rand, Rand didn't care at all. His subordinates would handle it, and they would take revenge or hold grudges.

The beautiful elven noble was bound in a prison by cold metal chains.

This elven noblewoman is quite pretty, but not as pretty as Wind Chime, nor as pretty as Vanilla, let alone comparable to Lysa.

In fact, if we ignore Ryza's strange personality, there may not be a woman in this world more beautiful than Ryza.

Rand doesn't compare who is prettier or who is slightly less so.

But Lysa is really beautiful.

So at least for Rand, the bound and seemingly pitiful elven noblewoman in front of him didn't evoke any novelty.

"Did she say anything?" Rand asked the interrogator beside him.

“He’s very stubborn and hasn’t said anything,” the interrogator replied.

"Okay, I'll take over now." Rand indicated that he could leave; it was time for him to show off his skills.

After the interrogator left, the room became quiet.

Rand took the whip from Lysa's hand. Thanks to Lysa's strange quirks, Rand was very skilled at wielding the whip, precise, and able to control the force.

He's practically a professional whip-wielding master.

Rand gripped the whip in his hand and swung it at the air. The end of the whip, having broken the sound barrier, emitted a soft sonic boom in the quiet room.

"Speak! Otherwise, you'll be subjected to severe torture," Rand sneered.

In reality, such threats are useless. The only way to get information out of such stubborn elves is through psychological tactics.

Ordinary torture methods like slow slicing wouldn't be very effective, and whips are even less useful.

But Rand wanted to try a normal whipping threat; he had basically only ever used the whip on Lysa, but the whip was a reward for Lysa.

So this is the only time we can use it.

Lysa, standing to the side, looked at the bound elven nobleman with jealous eyes.

The elven nobles glared at Rand and Lysa with hatred.

She bit her lip and remained silent.

Rand did not lash her with the whip.

Instead, it let out a cacophony of laughter and dragged several seemingly young elves out of the prison.

These young elves were dressed in rags and were dirty, but they didn't seem to be injured.

“If you don’t tell me, I’m going to…” Rand pinched the cheek of a young elf and then chuckled.

The elven nobleman looked desperate and cursed, "Beast."

Rand's smile widened.

As an evil messenger of the gods, he has never done anything evil since he came into this world.

Now I can finally indulge in being a demon.

Although he certainly wouldn't actually do anything to the elves, Rand treated elves and humans equally, and these elves were also regarded as his subjects.

However, this did not stop Rand from using them to threaten the elven noblewoman in front of him.

This elven noblewoman didn't know what kind of person Rand was, or what his attitude towards elves was.

"So you've decided to speak up?" Rand continued to threaten, "Otherwise, I might..."

Rand shielded the elf children behind him.

Their acting is so bad that they'll be exposed if the elven noblewoman sees them again.

The elven noblewoman closed her eyes in despair: "I will speak."

Those two simple words seemed to have taken all her energy.

Rand moved closer, looking directly into the eyes of the elven noblewoman: "Why are you so sure that Lysa is a traitor among the elves? Is it because there really is a traitor among the elves, right?"

The elven noblewoman swallowed hard. "You already know, so why are you asking me?"

Rand chuckled softly.

Rand was actually very concerned about the situation in the Elf Forest.

It all started because of Lysa. Lysa helped Rand so much, and Rand also wanted to repay Lysa.

Rand wanted to accomplish what Lysa wished for, such as causing some changes in the Elf Forest.

Rand always believed in the principle of reciprocity.

But it seems that Ryza has never needed any help.

Later, Rand discovered the potential of the elven population and began to have ideas about the elven forest based on his own conscience.

Rand asked Lysa about her opinion, but Lysa said she didn't care and even encouraged the situation.

Now, Lysa tells Rand that there is some valuable knowledge and treasures that Rand can use in the Elf Forest.

Rand has been studying the situation in the Elf Forest.

Recently, some illogical things have happened in the Elf Forest.

The Elf Forest suddenly launched an internal purge, even ignoring Nidhogg's team that had already gone out.

Judging from Nidhogg's later performance, Nidhogg's power was considerable and it was something that had to be taken seriously.

The royal court of the Elven Forest could not have been unaware of these things, but they still decided to carry out this purge, which was bound to offend Nidhogg.

Rand naturally made some guesses.

For example, in the Elf Forest, is there really a group of traitors who have already appeared?

The current turmoil in the Elf Forest is not a war between two factions, nor between the Elf Royal Court and the rebel guerrillas, but rather a third faction interfering in the conflict.

That's why this elven noblewoman hated her so much and rashly judged Lysa to be a traitor to the elves.

"There's a third faction among the elves?" Rand looked at Lysa.

Lysa squinted: "I've been away from the Elf Forest for a long time, and there are some changes that I'm not very clear about, but if I had to guess..."

“What?” Rand asked.

Lysa snapped her fingers in a gesture that Rand often used.

The air suddenly became quiet.

"I suspect that some people have presumptuously discovered some self-righteous history."

These words went directly into Rand's mind, and obviously the elven noblewoman beside him could not hear them.

Rand blinked.

"So, do I need to make some choices?"

“No need, just do as you wish, conquer them,” Lysa replied without hesitation.

Rand couldn't fully understand Lysa's trust in him.

However, Rand's trust in Lysa was also unwavering.

Since Lysa said so, Rand would not hesitate or doubt anything and would continue to stick to his initial decision.

The silence in the air vanished.

Rand had no interest in Lysa's magical ability to communicate.

Take a look at this elven noblewoman being interrogated.

"Okay, now you can report to the labor reform department. You'll be free after your labor reform period." Rand easily crushed the chains binding the elven noblewoman.

It was as if these metal chains were nothing more than crisp cookies to Rand.

The elven noblewoman still harbored hatred for Rand and Lysa.

But she didn't dare to do anything reckless.

She discovered that Rand and Lysa's strength far exceeded her expectations.

However, her revenge will not stop, nor will her desire to save the Elf Forest be abandoned.

She believed that Rand would eventually regret setting her free.

Rand basically knew what the elf was thinking, but he didn't care. He'd just have to serve 10 years of labor reform first.

(End of this chapter)