With the addition of two locals, Thousand Leaf Grass and Purple Leaf, Valensa didn't have to lift a finger in the battles against the monsters along the way, yet things became much easier.
Strictly speaking, the monsters on Sword Island aren't actually that strong. The reason Tia and her companions had to fight so many tough battles before was mainly because these monsters were too crazy... If you couldn't kill them in one go, they would do everything in their power to bite you.
But the targeted poisons concocted by the ninjas are even more potent. No matter how ferocious the monsters on Sword Island are, as long as they are slashed by Chiba or Ziye with a short sword, they will completely lose their strength in less than half a minute, and no matter how fierce their eyes are, they will be unable to open their mouths to bite people again.
In this situation, the group traveled much faster than before, and quickly covered the less than 100 kilometers.
"...There are indeed traces of human habitation here."
When they were about four or five kilometers away from their target village, Ziye suddenly slowed down and pointed out some traces in the jungle to Valensa and the others.
There were plants that had clearly been harvested with sharp blades, tree roots with their trunks cut off, stones piled up to resemble road signs, and even a small patch of farmland enclosed by a wooden fence.
The group continued walking along the direction of the farmland and soon came across a wooden house. Next to the house was a chicken coop, and they could hear the chickens squawking loudly... The chickens seemed to be starving.
Hey, is anyone there?
Valensa politely knocked lightly on the cabin door, while handing Chiba a piece of bread, indicating that Chiba should feed the chickens in the coop and tell them to stop squawking.
The chickens in the coop were indeed starving; they quickly quieted down after being given food... but no one responded to the cabin.
"...I'm sorry to offend you."
Seeing this, Valensa used a bit of her Insight-type divine magic to look directly into the interior of the cabin.
"There's really no one inside... It seems a bit strange."
After observing for a moment, Valensa hesitated for a moment, but then decided to open the door and invite the others to go in and take a look.
The cabin is small, with only one bedroom and one kitchen. Even the toilet is a dry toilet built on the outskirts of the yard... The people here do live a very primitive life.
Judging from the beds, a family of four should be living in this wooden house, including at least one child.
The pots in the kitchen hadn't been washed, and the food inside had been stinking for at least several days, attracting many flies that were buzzing around.
There was a pile of black charcoal on the floor in the middle of the bedroom, which appeared to be the remains of a piece of furniture that had been completely burned. Based on the analysis of the furniture that was still in the cabin, it was likely a dining table.
In other words, a few days ago, the family in this wooden house was having a meal when they suddenly encountered some kind of accident, and everyone disappeared, even the dining table was burned.
Is it a monster attack?
No...it shouldn't be.
Valensa shook her head slightly.
Regardless of the type of monster, it's highly likely that attacking human dwellings is for food. The chickens in the coop in the yard couldn't possibly be unharmed, so it's probably not a monster attack, but some other accident.
It couldn't have been a case of thieves... Thieves wouldn't normally leave the chickens alone, and more importantly, there were no signs of the house being ransacked. Thieves would definitely search for valuables if they broke in.
Moreover, the dining table in the center of the room was burned to a crisp... What exactly happened?
Valensa couldn't think of anything right away, so after exchanging ideas with the others, they unanimously decided to continue forward and go check out that small village first.
However, the closer they got to the village, the more obvious some traces became... especially when they were about a kilometer inside the village, Valensa and her companions even found several bloodstains, human blood.
However, no injured people, no corpses, and no living people were found.
Keep going.
Finally, a small village consisting of only a dozen or so small wooden houses came into view, but it was a scene of devastation after being looted.
Broken weapons and tattered clothing were scattered throughout the village, and almost every cabin showed signs of being attacked by magic.
"...It seems we're a step too late; this village has been attacked."
Valensa stood at the entrance to the small village, her brow furrowed:
"Everyone be careful, the attackers might still be in the village... Also, look for any survivors."
Whether they were elite soldiers from the War Academy or ninjas from the Ninja Village, finding clues and survivors was a must in this situation, and everyone immediately sprang into action.
"A survivor has been found! The girl can still be saved!"
Soon, good news came from Harry's side.
He found a young girl under a rice bin in a wooden hut. Although she was very weak, she was not seriously injured and was on the verge of death from fright and hunger.
The girl must have been hiding alone under the rice jar for several days.
Valensa rushed over and first used her divine magic to heal the girl and restore her strength. She then gave her some food, gently soothed her emotions, and finally tried to ask her for information.
"...It's elves! Those damned elves attacked us! They killed all the women in the village and took all the men away!"
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P.S.: The next chapter has been banned for over 1000 words. The full version is available in the group. I'm posting it in the comments section first (it might get deleted).
Chapter 63 The Shameless Elf!
Elf?
Killing women to steal men?
Valensa and Tia exchanged bewildered glances, wondering if the surviving girl had been traumatized and gone insane.
Although elves are now rarely seen, legends about them have never been lacking, and they are almost a standard feature of the romantic encounters of protagonists in adventure stories.
This is a humanoid intelligent life form that is entirely female. Each individual possesses magical talent and reproduces asexually by relying on the fruit of the mother tree. The natural lifespan of even the youngest is over 500 years.
In both historical records and various legends, elves can be considered lawful good. They often help humans who encounter danger in the wilderness and were among the first creatures to ally with humans when monsters dominated the continent in ancient times. How could they attack human villages and kill and kidnap people?
"It really is an elf... cough! cough cough cough... uh."
Seeing the incredulous expressions on Valensa and the others' faces, the surviving girl panicked. Her agitated emotions triggered her still-healing internal injuries, causing her to vomit a mouthful of blood and turn pale again.
"Okay, okay...we believe you. Don't rush, eat something first and then we can talk slowly."
Seeing this, Valensa quickly treated the surviving girl again and comforted her.
Paladins do indeed have a reliable image in the minds of ordinary people.
With Valensa's reassurance, the surviving girl quickly calmed down.
This time, she didn't rush to say anything. Instead, she calmly ate two pieces of bread, a chicken leg, and drank half a pot of milk before slowly beginning to speak again, guided by Valensa:
"That was four days... or maybe five days ago? I can't quite remember. Because I was hungry, tired, and scared, I fainted twice in the hiding place, so I can't be sure of the exact time."
In short, the incident started at noon, when everyone was preparing lunch. I was peeling potatoes in the yard while chatting with my younger brother.
Suddenly, two women came from the north side of the village... They were very beautiful and had great figures. They were only wearing strapless shorts and capes, which immediately attracted the attention of many men in the village. Even my 11-year-old brother stared at them.
I didn't think too much about it, but I was a little curious about who those two women were... Although some merchants would occasionally come to the village to do business with the blacksmith uncle, those two women didn't seem like merchants at all.
So I looked curiously towards the blacksmith's house, and sure enough, the blacksmith seemed to know the two very beautiful women, and quickly went to greet them..."
"Wait a minute."
Seeing that the surviving girl seemed tired after speaking so much, Valensa quickly brought her another pot of water and handed it to her, asking:
"Who is that blacksmith uncle you mentioned who often does business with merchants? Was he exiled from the ninja village? Is his name Sanmi-ha?"
Gudong Gudong Gudong...
The girl drank several large gulps of water, then thought for a moment before saying:
"I don't really know what the blacksmith uncle's name is. We've always called him Uncle Blacksmith, while the adults call him Mr. Blacksmith... But I do remember that Uncle Blacksmith did say that he used to make weapons for ninjas."
"Then is he...?"
Seeing this, Ziye chimed in, asking the girl when the blacksmith uncle had come to the village, as well as some of his physical characteristics and some of his usual actions.
"Yes, it must be Brother Sanweiye, it all matches up."
After asking a few questions, Zi Ye made a firm judgment, nodded slightly to Valensa, and then stepped aside again.
Valensa continued to press for details about what had happened to the small village:
"And then? Your village blacksmith got into a fight with two outsider women? Those two women were elves? But you've probably never seen elves before, right? How do you know they were elves?"
"Well, at first I really didn't know what elves were. I thought the two women were just pretty, indecently dressed foreign humans."
The surviving girl first nodded, then shook her head:
"At first, the blacksmith uncle didn't get into a conflict with them, but was talking to them. However, after a few words, the blacksmith uncle became very surprised. He kept exclaiming, 'What happened?' and 'How did you become like this?'"
The two women were quite strange. They were very excited when they saw the blacksmith, like wild animals that had been starving for days finally seeing food. And then... well.
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The first to realize something was wrong were Yuuki's mother and sister. They tried to rescue Yuuki, but were violently pushed away by the two sluts... Yuuki's mother even hit her head and fainted.
Yuuki's sister got angry and took a fire poker from the kitchen to hit the two sluts and drive them away... Unexpectedly, the two sluts pulled out their weapons and killed Yuuki's sister!
This finally brought the villagers to their senses, including those foolish men who were infatuated with beautiful women.
Everyone took out their hunting weapons and ganged up on the two shameless bitches. At the cost of several people being injured, they finally drove them away.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the blacksmith, who had regained some strength, told everyone to leave the village and hide, preferably to find a boat to go out to sea or to seek help from the ninja village to the west.
The blacksmith told us that the two shameless women were not human, but elves who were originally his friends, but had now become very dangerous for some reason.
The blacksmith also said that the two we drove away were only the weakest among the elves. Their tribe has nearly a hundred members, including top-tier experts, and the villagers absolutely cannot resist them.
The blacksmith was the most knowledgeable person in our village. He often told the children all sorts of stories about the outside world, and he would also use his works to exchange for useful daily necessities with visiting merchants, which he would then distribute to everyone in the village free of charge... Everyone trusted him.
So, despite the disbelief, we believed the blacksmith and packed our things to flee the village.
Unfortunately, it wasn't in time... Those two bitches returned quickly, bringing with them more than a dozen other bitches who were just as vicious and shameless as they were, and some even knew magic.
The villagers were no match for them. Most of the women who resisted were killed on the spot, while the men had their arms and legs broken or were tied up with vines and forced to have sex with them...
They...they were simply no match for me! Not only the strong men in the village, but even Grandpa Hwarang, who's over 70, and my 11-year-old brother, were all...
Those poor men, having been violated by the elf prostitutes all night, were all unconscious with pain on their faces, and two of them had even stopped breathing.
The elves didn't leave until the morning of the next day... They gathered up all the corpses of the dead in the village and burned them with magic, while the living... mostly strong men, were all taken away by them.
I narrowly escaped their clutches by hiding in time... I passed out after they left.
I woke up once more, but I was so tired and hungry that I couldn't move the rice jar above my hiding place, and soon I passed out again... I thought I was going to die.
"right."
After finally finishing recounting the ordeal of the small village, the surviving girl belatedly asked:
"Sister Paladin, are you here to save us? Please... Although my mother has been killed by those elf bitches, my father and brother were only captured by them and might still be alive. Please, you must save them! Waaah!"
In the end, the girl broke down in tears again, as if grasping at the last straw, and buried her face in Valensa's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.
Valensa sighed softly and patted the girl's back to comfort her:
"Don't worry, we came here to see your blacksmith uncle... We're friends with him, we would never leave someone to die... Do you know where those elves live?"
"do not know."
The surviving girl shook her head blankly:
"I've never seen an elf before, or even heard of one... They're so shameless and wicked! How can such evil creatures exist in the world... Waaah!"
The girl started crying again.
Valensa could only patiently offer further comfort and continue to inquire about any useful information.
The girl didn't know anything about the elves, but it's not hard to tell from her story that the blacksmith, also known as Sanweiye, knew a lot about the elves who attacked the village and must have had contact with them before.
So Valensa stopped asking the girl about the elves and instead kept asking about Sanmi-yori's daily life in the village and where she lived.
In order to rescue her father and brother, who might still be alive, the girl tried very hard to recall everything and told them all the clues she could think of.
With the clues provided by the girl and some deductions, Valensa and her companions found the cabin where Sanmiha lived and the blacksmith's workshop about 700 meters away from the village without much effort.
There wasn't anything of value found in the cabin... no important clues like a diary were found, because who keeps a diary all the time?
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