I Picked Up the Abandoned Hero

75. Following the Wreck

“Why are they gathered in front of the tomb?”

Arsel observed the situation while hiding in the bushes.

A large number of elves, ranging from hundreds to thousands, were all gathered in one place.

When Arcel and Stella left the tomb, there were hardly any elves around, so it was really strange to see so many elves suddenly gathered together.

Why are they gathered here?

“It wasn’t like that even when we left for the last time.”

“Then wouldn’t it mean that someone drew the attention of the demons to that tomb? Or he called the demons to that grave.”

“Who on earth would do something like that? You can’t do it unless it costs your life. “There would be no one to do it in the first place.”

“No way is that girl…”

“Oh, now that I think about it, the surrounding area is quiet. “It was a little noisy when we came out.”

Stella looked around and pricked up her ears.

In fact, until now, a girl using a holy sword was engaged in combat with the elves, and most of the elves’ attention was directed to the girl.

But that doesn’t seem to be the case now.

The surroundings were as quiet as death, and only the distraught elves were gathered in front of the tomb, baring their fangs, dripping with blood and saliva.

If the girl had stayed, she would have continued to draw the attention of the elves and helped them.

It is a bit disappointing.

“Could it have happened?”

“That can’t be possible. If those demons are normal, there’s no way they could defeat the owner of the holy sword when they’re worse than a monster like that.”

“…I also agree with Alfred’s opinion. Moreover, there were colleagues, not just one person.”

“Then it looks like they have withdrawn…”

After Stella listened to the two people’s opinions, she definitely didn’t think that the girl would have been harmed.

Those elves are simply numerous and quick, but honestly, they are not difficult to deal with.

However, since this is the land of elves, there are a lot of them and there is a risk of not knowing when and where they will appear.

“But why are the ears gathered there?”

Besides, the biggest question is that.

Even if the girl withdrew due to other matters, that would not be the reason why the elves gathered at the tomb.

It is clear that there is another reason for gathering like that.

“I don’t know, because he didn’t do that until we came.”

Arcel shook his head.

“Anyway, we have to go in there, right?”

Alfred smiled sinisterly and looked like he was plotting something.

Arsel and Stella began to become very worried.

“What are you trying to do?”

“You’re not planning on causing a strange accident, right?”

“That can’t be possible! I’m just trying to help as best I can. Or maybe if you guys had found out what your grandmother told you from the beginning, you wouldn’t have had to do this?”

“Ugh… You speak well.”

I couldn’t bear to refute Alfred’s words.

In the end, it is true that I returned from the tomb that I entered relatively easily at first without much benefit.

“And don’t worry we will be safe. “I would like to throw that little bastard as bait, but it’s a waste of bait to throw now.”

“What?! “Who is this bait right now?”

Pow!

“What is that again?!”

At that time, an explosion sounded and a light appeared in the sky.

“…Firecrackers?”

I knew right away that it was the light of a firecracker.

The fireworks exploded in the opposite direction of the three people.

But it is questionable why fireworks suddenly exploded there.

“Wait a minute, it’s not over yet.”

Alfred stood on tiptoe and watched the elves’ movements closely.

Boom! Pow!

Firecrackers exploding endlessly, reminiscent of a festival.

Arsel and Stella had no idea what Alfred was thinking.

It wasn’t a bad way to lure unintelligent monsters, but the opponent was an elf.

Even if I had the minimum level of intelligence to be defined as a human, there was no way I would be tempted by something like that.

“…The elves are moving!”

“That’s right, I knew it would be like that. “It’s a dragon that summons monsters that have run away from home, but it also works on demons.”

However, the situation soon changed as the elves gathered in front of the tomb began to move as a group.

Not all the elves moved, but more than half of the elves moved, and the number decreased significantly compared to before.

Furthermore, the firecrackers move further and further away from the tomb, and the elves also continue to follow them.

“Who is luring the elves?”

“I gave a bunch of firecrackers to some skeletons. And he said that if you want to live while setting off fireworks, do your best to run away.”

Alfred was able to summon a small number of skeletons even when he was young.

It seems that he gave firecrackers to the skeleton he first summoned and told him to lure the elves.

For some reason, I didn’t see him before.

“You’re just being lured by something like that?”

“I guess that’s how stupid you ears are.”

“Hey, this demon again!”

Of course, any ordinary person would know that this is simply to attract attention.

However, given the status of the elves, it was inevitable that they would be easily lured.

“Stella, stop. Alfred, stop it too. “Now that their attention is caught, we must move too.”

“Well said, then let’s run quickly, you idiot. “My skeletons don’t have legs that specialize in running away like your ears, so they’ll be caught soon.”

“It’s not about running away, but about quickly chasing down those who trespass into the forest!”

Anyway, take advantage of that opportunity and run toward the grave.

There were still a large number of elves remaining, but unlike before, they were at a level where they could break through head on.

Stella, while angry at Alfred, scores an arrow in protest, and Arcel takes out the holy sword and rushes toward the barrier surrounding the tomb once again.

“Look here, you ears! “Go and ask!”

Also, as usual, Alfred summons a skeleton and throws it at the elves, and the elves gather towards the skeleton like animals that have seen their prey.

“…Forest, grow again here.”

Stella takes advantage of the gap and shoots an arrow at the ground.

Dozens of tree roots grew from the ground where Stella’s arrow hit, tightly binding her elves.

Although they bicker and fight, they actually work together surprisingly well at times like this.

“I cut down the barrier! “Come in!”

Thankfully, there were no elves heading to Arcel.

Arsel held the holy sword tightly and cut through the barrier, calling Stella and Alfred.

“Safe!”

“We have to open the door quickly! Otherwise, those things will come in too!”

Cow!

A barrier that closes as soon as Stella and Alfred enter.

When Arcel pulled out the holy sword that had been stuck in the ground, the barrier closed.

As soon as they realized that they were taking advantage of the moment they were away, other elves gathered around them, but the barrier was barely closed in time and they were safe.

Hundreds of elves are blocked by a barrier, glaring inside with irrational eyes.

Those eyes were closer to appetite than life.

“Phew… I’m glad the barrier closed quickly.”

Stella wiped her cold sweat and sighed.

I don’t even want to imagine what would have happened if there had been no barrier.

Even if Alfred is okay, it will never be good for him or Arcel.

Although I felt sorry and pitiful for my compatriots who had been turned into monsters, I was thankful that they had survived, at least for now.

“But you still feel safe, right? “In some cases, it might be better to deal with those ogres.”

“Ugh… You’re not even allowing me to feel relieved for a moment?”

It’s just as Alfred said.

Inside this tomb, the high elf with the terrible appearance you saw back then will be waiting.

The high elf was spewing out a toothy shadow that could devour anything. To be honest, not only Stella but also Arcel wanted to run away screaming.

“No, I don’t think I’ll run into that elf in here.”

“What do you mean by that?”

But Arcel says that will not happen.

“Look here, the entrance to the tomb is broken.”

“What?!”

Stella was shocked when she heard that the entrance was broken and ran over.

“Who the hell did this?! “What an important historical treasure this tomb is…!”

Indeed, the entrance to the tomb was smashed.

Of course, Stella trembled with both her hands and looked like she was going to run wild at any moment.

As elves place great importance on tradition and history, the fact that someone damaged the tomb like this may have triggered a seizure.

“Calm down little guy, that’s not important right now.”

“How can I calm this down?! It must be a strange corpse thing that makes you wonder if it’s an elder or a high elf! Still, it seemed like reason existed, so how could you do something like this…!”

Stella seemed to be breathing fire from her mouth.

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“From what I’ve seen, it doesn’t seem like it was the high elf’s doing.”

“Then who did it?!”

At first, I thought the high elf I saw at that time had forcefully broken down the door and came out, but now that I see it, Arcel says that wasn’t the case either.

“This can’t be…Blood?”

Stella followed Arcel into the tomb and saw blood stains on the floor.

“Hmm, not human blood. This is the blood of a devil. “I think it may have been sprinkled with the blood of the demon out there?”

Alfred looked into it and found that it was not human blood, but elf blood, and that it was one of the elves that had turned into a monster outside.

Seeing as the blood hasn’t completely hardened yet, it doesn’t seem to be that old.

“But this door was opened with elf blood. “If you had sprinkled elf blood, there wouldn’t have been a need to break down the door…”

Stella opened this door by dropping a drop of blood that she had kept aside in her vial.

But this isn’t just a drop, it makes me wonder if I’ve poured a whole bucket full of it.

“It probably wasn’t opened, the magic is designed to only react to certain types of blood, even among demons. “Why do some ears lack intelligence?”

“There is no such tribe! It’s called lack of roots! According to what you said, this is probably only for the blood of the Root tribe. “I didn’t know because I’ve only opened it once before.”

“Do you think it’s true that I lack intelligence?”

“Shut your mouth!”

“I don’t have enough patience, geez.”

That’s all I opened after taking a quick look today.

This is a door that was not opened even when the race was on the verge of extinction, so of course there is a lack of information.

“Ha… I told you both to leave it at that.”

Arsel calmed down Stella, who was growling more fiercely than the elves outside.

Anyway, looking at the situation, it is clear that someone broke into the tomb.

Furthermore, there is no way they would break in even if such a crazy elf is inside, so the high elf must have left the tomb and gone outside somewhere.

‘Could it be that girl?’

What immediately came to mind was the girl who used the holy sword.

However, considering the situation and experience, it seemed that the girl was in charge of exterminating the elves, so there would be no reason for her to take the risk of entering that tomb.

‘Maybe something happened to you?’

Strangely, I felt strangely nervous.

Despite the fact that he had clearly never met him in person and was someone he should feel bad about, Arcel expressed puzzlement at his unknown feelings.

Maybe it was because she strangely didn’t look like anyone else.

Or maybe it was because it seemed like they had a conversation together after running into each other somewhere.

I’ve never had anything like that before, but it feels like something like that has happened.

“What’s wrong? Did you find anything strange? Or are you just too lazy to take care of that little guy? Should she just throw it out there as food for the kids?”

“What on earth does that mean to people?”

“You see me as a nerd who can’t control his anger and cowardly shoots arrows in the back? So it’s okay, right?”

“It’s okay, Alfred. “I’m starting to get used to you getting along well with Stella.”

“…That’s a strangely unpleasant thing to say.”

Alfred said with a strange expression.

For now, let’s focus on more important things.

You have entered this tomb again with difficulty, and this time you must find what you really want.

“First, let’s go to the room her grandmother used, because she stayed here before her grandmother left. Maybe I can find something to go with in her grandmother’s room.”

Alfred took the lead by lighting up the tomb with magic.

Although it was smaller than usual, Arcel still followed Alfred in with faith.

Somehow, the inside of the tomb seemed more gloomy than before.

Elves suddenly gathered in front of the tomb.

The girl with the holy sword who disappeared in an instant.

The entrance to the tomb is shattered.

I was certain that these three factors were not all coincidental.