In the world of Moe King, I became the ruler of ice.

"Now that you all know, why don't you release me now, especially you, woman!"

A clear, crisp voice echoed in everyone's ears, especially the last few words, which carried a hint of coldness.

However, such words spoken by someone with such a petite frame do not seem to have much of an intimidating power; instead, they make one feel rather cute.

"Wow, this tiny elf can actually talk?"

A surprised voice came from behind.

"Yeah, why does it seem even more arrogant than me!"

On the other side, Cabal chimed in.

The masked lady was quite exasperated by the people's reaction. Shouldn't your attention be focused on why there were elves here?

"Bang!"

With a loud crash, the tree shook violently again, and everyone's faces instantly turned pale, revealing expressions of terror.

Oh no, I'm probably going to die today along with this adorable little sprite.

Ai Ling instinctively hugged the little elf tightly in her arms and closed her eyes.

The little elf was rolling its eyes wildly, almost suffocating from being choked.

At the same time, it looked down at the ground and discovered that it was a group of C-rank fire ants causing trouble. With monsters this weak, was it really necessary to scare everyone like this?

Oh! So it's just a trio of noobs! That's alright then.

He was ready to act, but someone else acted faster than him.

The masked woman flashed into the air like a bird, then landed steadily.

The masked woman moved swiftly and decisively, covering the sword in her hand with raging flames, instantly transforming it into an incomparably powerful [Flame Sword]!

Then, without hesitation, she swung her sword at the fire ants.

In the blink of an eye, the surrounding fire ants were completely wiped out.

However, she was actually reluctant to use her abilities too much, since in her current special state, it was best to minimize the consumption of her abilities.

But faced with the crisis at hand, she could not stand idly by. After a struggle within herself, she finally made a decision.

Just then, the little elf noticed a woman wearing a mask on their side, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He never expected that she would come here too!

Since the masked woman was in the group, he didn't need to intervene further. He decided to remain a quiet observer and see what would happen next.

Maybe these people can take him back to the village.

"Wow, Miss Shizue is so amazing! We're saved again!"

Ai Ling breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the masked lady with a face full of surprise, praising her strength.

"Yes, we were so grateful to Miss Jingjiang for saving our lives again. Thank you so much!"

The others echoed this sentiment, their faces beaming with gratitude.

The other two also expressed their gratitude to Shizue, but Shizue, who was wearing a mask, could not see their expressions at that moment.

He was only stunned for a moment, without responding to them, before turning around to finish off the remaining fire ants that were still barely clinging to life.

The little elf witnessed everything from Ai Ling's arms and couldn't help but look at the three of them with a mocking expression. Tsk tsk tsk, it seems they've encountered quite a few troubles like this before.

They then found a place to rest for a while, placed the little elf on the ground, and the four of them formed a circle around him, their eyes fixed on him.

The little elf felt uncomfortable being stared at and couldn't help but complain.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a beautiful elf before!"

In fact, this little sprite is a miniature, chibi version of Gransta.

You see, he had been training goblins and frost wolves for several days and was getting bored, and he was also afraid of being caught by Rimuru. So he deliberately came outside to slack off.

I never expected to run into these three people, and a woman wearing a mask as well.

"He really is an elf, that's so strange."

One of them said, and even tried to reach out and touch it, but was slapped away hard by Gransta.

The person who was hit screamed in pain.

"That's fierce!"

Kabaru didn't expect this elf to be so fierce, not even letting him touch it, and looking disgusted.

"You'd better not touch me, or don't blame me for being impolite."

Gulansta glared at the group and spoke harshly.

Ai Ling was completely charmed and instinctively hugged the elf to her chest again.

"so cute."

Gransta initially wanted to resist, but after seeing that it was a cute girl, he figured he might as well hug her; he wouldn't lose out.

"Hey, how come you can touch me but you're mean to me?"

The captain, looking disheveled, said dejectedly.

"Hmph, no wonder the elves hate it because it's so ugly."

"You...you?"

The others silently turned their heads away, but their shrugging shoulders betrayed their expressions.

...

Goblin Village

"Have you still not found that guy, Gransta?"

Rimuru was sitting on Ranga's head, looking down at the goblins and frost wolves with a troubled expression.

"Lord Rimuru, we've searched the entire village, but we can't find him!"

Gobuta stepped forward, looking aggrieved as he spoke.

Actually, he really wanted to say that if Lord Granstas was deliberately trying to hide and slack off, they wouldn't be able to find him even if they searched the whole world!

But he didn't dare say it to Rimuru's face.

"Hmph! Gransta runs so fast!"

Rimuru was furious. He had just given Gransta, this guy who liked to slack off, a coaching job, but after only a few days of training and just when things were starting to look a little better, he dumped the job on Riguru.

He went off to fish by himself.

The thought of this made him furious, but since this guy usually liked to go out and hunt monsters, he gave them some orders.

"You guys work with the Frost Wolves to search the forest. You must find this cunning fellow."

Rimuru could already imagine that when he met Gransta, he would immediately assign him a whole host of tasks.

"Yes."

Gobuta immediately stood up straight and gave a standard military salute, something that Gransta had taught them during their training.

Rimuru gave them his orders and left, leaving behind a huge pile of materials for him, the "tool," to work on.

Meanwhile, the trio in the forest were huddled together discussing something.

"My God, we can't go any further! Something terrible has happened! Guess what I saw?"

"What did you see?"

The other three, oh wait, there was also an elf, who was looking at this person who had just returned from scouting the area with a strange expression.

He was sweating profusely and struggled to find the right words.

"Ah, I remember when we came here before, that place was just a dilapidated goblin village, but what did I just see?"

The other two looked puzzled. When they explored the Storm Dragon Cave earlier, they did find a goblin village in front of them, but what was so strange about that?

"What did you see! Tell me now!"