Arena Chapter 83:

Chapter 83 Odin’s Ability (Part 1)

After thinking it through carefully, I spoke .

“First, our power should be concentrated here . ”

“You want to enlist the young ones here?”

“Yes, the way I see it, I think that the greatest danger will occur here . ”

It’s a simple argument .

Baron Bastian is more than busy going to war with Odin, and the Silver Clan isn’t much .

The problem area .

Here, this place where I am getting a bad feeling from, is where we have to strengthen our forces .

“The dark magician is increasing the troops so we should do the same here and increase our power . ”

“We are plenty as of yet . ”

“You mean yet?”

“…”

“Of course, I am not doubting your skills, Derrick . But how about thinking about it like this?”

“What else?”

Derrick showed interest in my words .

“They concentrated here and attacked and kept on failing . Today, they increased in number and ultimately failed again . ”

“They did . ”

“Then what will the dark magician think? Won’t the dark magician then think to attack from a different point?”

“There is no other spot . If not this cliff, the other way is much longer . ”

“That is the weak point . ”

“What?”

“They will keep hitting us here and focus our attention here, and cut through an unguarded weak spot . If it were me, that is what I would do . ”

I continued to explain .

“Since the attack has failed anyway, don’t you think it would be used at least as a diversion? No matter how long the other path is . ”

“Hmm!”

Derrick groaned out loud .

“Your words are right . I must return immediately to the village . ”

It sounds like he is going to deliver my opinions to the mothers .

“I will go with you . ”

“That would be good . ”

We quickly headed back to the village .

Because the 30-minute cool time had ended, I was able to use the Divine Protection of the Wind and was able to keep up with Derrick’s full speed .

As the level goes up, the duration goes up and the cool time decreases .

I momentarily regretted it, having raised my teleportation skill instead of using that karma for investing more in the Divine Protection of the Wind .

‘No, there will come a day where the teleportation comes in handy . ’

No matter, it’s a skill I raised for escaping danger .

As soon as we arrived at the village, Derrick and I headed for the mothers gathered under the Tree of Life .

The mothers were busy chatting away and their gazes gathered to us .

“Oh, honey!”

The eldest mother was extremely glad and ran towards us .

The woman ran towards her husband like an arrow and Derrick calmly answered by brushing her hair, nothing could be nicer to see .

Seeing this, I miss Min-jeong .

‘At the very least, they’ve been a couple for 200 years and their relationship is so good . ’

Then again, a man like Derrick, that amount of love seems normal . I fall for him sometimes… hmm hmm! I took some deep breaths to calm down and cleanse my mind .

“Why have you come back so soon?”

“I have something to tell you . ”

“Oh my, something just for me?”

“It would be good for everyone to hear it . ”

“Oh goodness, while everyone is listening…”

Whatever she is imagining, the eldest mother is blushing .

Whatever she is thinking, it’ll be less than that .

“The movements of the undead have become more and more suspicious . ”

The eldest mother’s facial expression changed to disappointment .

The other mothers that were anticipating a good show also had a stunned expression on their faces .

“As for the specifics, you can listen to Kim . ”

Now everyone was looking at me .

I once again delivered the talk I told Derrick . This time, I was able to give a more organized explanation than before .

“For now, the most important problem is the undead from the southwest?”

“Yes . ”

“For us, humans are scarier . Humans clearly tried to kidnap our children and, in an attempt to avoid being spotted, used sly means to achieve their goals .

“I understand . As a human myself, I am embarrassed for my kind . ”

“I do not say such things to hear those kinds of words from you . We cannot, even in the slightest, let go of the surveillance to the north . There was that time Elise almost got taken as well . ”

At that, I rolled the thoughts around my head once more .

I organized my thoughts and replied .

“About that, I have two things to say . ”

“You may speak . ”

“First, clearly the biggest and most dangerous problem the village is facing is due to the undead . But on that side, Derrick and many other heroic warriors are fighting there so we haven’t been afraid of it . ”

“… …”

“But you must have all been very shocked when Elise was nearly kidnapped . I understand . That lovable child, taken by shameless people, was nearly almost lost . “

From amongst the mothers came a sigh of lament and relief .

Thinking of that time must still sting . This is the mother elves’ strength and weakness .

“But because you have been influenced by that kind of psychological scar, I think perhaps the importance of matter has been incorrectly placed . ”

Everyone was surprised and I continued to speak .

“For just a few small time human kidnappers, invading is not a problem . Forbidding children from going off out of the village alone without adult permission, and even if there were a kidnapping, forming a chase team to get them back takes care of that . ”

“Ah… … !”

“But the undead are different . If the defense is broken and the Tree of Life is damaged, a disastrous situation, so bad I cannot even say aloud, will happen . So, what side is more important?”

The mothers instinctive love making them feel that every child is precious, because of it they couldn’t see the bigger problem .

“If kidnapped, we can rescue the child back…”

“I have never thought of that . ”

“Shameless humans just putting a hand on our children was unbearably scary to think about . ”

“A pursuit team, that is a good idea . ”

“It’ll be taken care of to leave the children up to the women?”

The mothers started to stir and talk .

A little while later, the eldest mother spoke .

“Those were very good points . We will leave it to the women and organize a separate pursuit team . ”

I commented .

“If a child under a women protector goes missing, immediately notifying the pursuit team system would be good to have . ”

“Yes, of course! That is a good idea . ”

And with those two pieces of advice, the children’s safety was recovered . Those that were guarding the north can be placed to the southwest with the undead .

The whole things went by without a hitch .

The mothers made their decisions and gathered everyone in the village, and notified them of these decisions .

“It is a good idea . ”

“It’s Kim’s idea . ”

“Kim is a genius . Figures . ”

“So, I just take care of my siblings then?”

Everyone nodded and agreed that it was a good plan . My reputation ended up getting even better because of this .

The young men, especially, seem particularly pleased .

All this while, the southwest area had been guarded by the more adult men, and now they have the chance to join that .

Everyone wanted the chance to fight bravely for their village .

Thus, the southwest border was strengthened and blocking the undead became a lot easier .

Derrick enlisted the young elf men to a fighting unit patrol . In case by way of a different path, to detect undead infiltrating that way .

Because of the near palpable danger .

The elf children for the most part, did as they were told and played within the confines of the village .

Actually, now, the children lost interest of things beyond the village anymore . They were crazy about playing tag .

Every day, I put two flames of life into the small Tree of Life .

Then I went to fight the undead along the cliffside . In the afternoon I trained in games of tag and late at night before I went to bed, I practiced the violin .

I got rid of the violin’s sound with Sylph’s help and practiced quietly, unknown to anyone .

It was because I felt that if the elves showed an interest in the violin, it’ll become bothersome for me . They may all want to try their hand at it . It seemed pretty obvious they would .

I ended up spending nearing a month doing this . A monotonous, but devoted, practice every single day .

“Humans-!”

A big noise came from the village .

That noise was delivered all the way to the cliffside where we were fighting the undead, and Derrick and I sprinted back to the village .

The atmosphere in the village was chaotic .

Of course, the male elves who have returned from patrol, the women too, were armed .

The children must all have been inside their homes, not a single one could be seen .

The group that appeared in the village was three humans, and what looked to be 10 emaciated elves .

Two older women, three males, and the others were five younger elves . All must have suffered, all their faces looked grim .

All three humans were armed but not wielding them .

And amongst them, was a very familiar face .

“Odin?”

At my familiarity, Odin looked towards me, surprised .

“Mr . Hyun-ho Kim?”

The elves looked at us and chattered .

“Do they know each other?”

“Kim seems to know him . ”

“He’s good with Kim?”

“If he’s close to Kim, I guess he’s not an enemy . ”

“Let’s see for now . ”

The elves’ strong hostility loosened up a lot .

Haha, it was because I have gathered such good faith here .

Odin looked around at the elves, and then said to me .

“It looks like they trust you . ”

“Yes, they do . But these elves that have come with you…”

Odin nodded his head .

“They were slaves . This is the number I was able to get by using all the funds I had available for it . ”

Then, the mothers appeared . Next to the eldest mother stood Derrick, like a body guard .

The eldest mother asked me .

“Kim, do you know each other . ”

“Yes, he is my friend . He is trust-worthy, do not worry . ”

Odin walked forward and greeted the eldest mother .

“I am count Odin from Ulpenberg/Wolfenbourg . ”

“What has brought you here? And those elves you have come with…”

The 10 elves saw the eldest mother and their faces froze up . I can only imagine what lives they must have had .

“I heard that my friend Kim Hyun-ho had made friends with the elves and has been living amongst you . ”

“If you are Kim’s friend, I suppose you are not an enemy . ”

“Yes . The elves that have come with me were living as slaves and I have rescued them . ”

“Is what he is saying true?”

At the eldest mother’s question, the elves nodded .

“That human bought us . ”

“He said he would take us to the brown mountain in the east . ”

“He is a wonderful human . ”

The older three women elves each had a say .

The eldest mother nodded .

“I cannot imagine how much you have all suffered . This place is safe, stay with us from now on . ”

“Thank you . ”

“Thank you very much . ”

The elves that Odin brought, their eyes lit up .

Spending time with elves, I could feel how much they love nature .

Living as a human’s slave, I wonder how much they have suffered .

They probably didn’t task them with heavy labor but just being far removed from nature, humans could not know how miserable that is for them .

“We are very grateful for what you have done . But I am not sure what kind of benefit that deed was to you . ”

At the eldest mother’s words, Odin replied .

“First, it was as a present to my dear friend Kim Hyun-ho who loves the elves, and secondly, I want to discuss the possibility of a treaty with you . ”