(Wester lands- Metropolis of Relanter)

(The Silver Jack’s Inn)

Elisa waited patiently because the sound of Claire’s footsteps obtained quieter and quieter.

The previous saintess had instantly collapsed on the mattress just some minutes in the past and started to cough up blood.

Her frail physique trembled as she let loose a collection of violent coughs that shook her already skinny body.

Claire upon seeing Elisa’s present state was beside herself with fear. Elisa comforted the involved paladin and defined that she wanted some herbs to recuperate.

She wrote down an inventory of herbs on a bit of parchment paper after which despatched Claire out to purchase them earlier than the shop closed.

Elisa hated having to lie about her well being, however it was the one option to get her devoted guardian knight to depart the room.

The apothecary was round a fifteen-minute stroll away from their inn which meant that she had roughly half an hour to cope with the issues at hand.

The previous saintess waited for a couple of extra minutes till she was positive that Claire had left the inn after which stopped coughing.

Elisa sat up on the mattress and directed her gaze in direction of the cloaked determine hiding within the rafters.

Her eyes briefly flashed purple and her often truthful pores and skin shifted to a lightweight brown color.

“What are you doing right here?” Elisa coldly questioned. The mysterious determine dropped to the ground and pulled again her hood to disclose the face of a darkish elf.

“Princess… I…. arghh,” the voice was abruptly reduce off as a shadowy tendril erupted from Elisa’s fingertips and wrapped round her neck.

The darkish elf struggled to breathe as Elisa’s lips gently curved upwards to type a candy smile.

She walked in direction of the darkish elf with sluggish purposeful steps.

A heavy chill descended on the room because the shadows beneath the previous saintess’ ft wriggled and squirmed as in the event that they had been alive.

Elisa stared on the darkish elf for a second earlier than leaning in nearer and whispering in her ear,

“Did I not clarify that by no means are you to strategy me with out my sign?”

“I’ve spent years infiltrating human society and one slip up will lead to my demise and the tip of any hope for the revival of our race.”

“Did you overlook that there’s a holy knight continuously monitoring my actions? What would have occurred if she noticed you?”

“I am going to let you know what would have occurred… you’d have died. You could suppose I’m merciless, however I are not looking for extra blood of my individuals to spill.”

Elisa withdrew her corrupted magic and the darkish elf collapsed on the bottom whereas clutching at her throat.

This is able to be a lesson that she would always remember.

Elisa had no use for subordinates incapable of following her orders.

Nobody knew higher than the princess of the darkish elf tribe concerning the present stability of energy on the continent.

Mother and father could attempt to frighten their youngsters at bedtime with tales of the monstrous international races that roamed the outer areas.

In these tales humanity would wish to band collectively behind a mighty hero to push again the forces of darkness.

Foolish tales after all.

Humanity now not wanted a hero to crush the remaining forces of the international races.

Honestly… the energy of the international races was insignificant, they had been a mere shadow in comparison with their former glory.

The darkish elves had been as soon as the mightiest mages able to destroying whole armies with one spell however now…

Their historic magic had been stolen and so they had been pressured to ship their princess undercover to rescue their captured individuals.

Their solely hope now was the prophecy that the princess of the darkish elf tribe would convey concerning the finish of humanity.

However may the soothsayer be trusted?

Was her skill as nice as she claimed?

It was silly to imagine that the long run was set in stone as evidenced by the truth that Elisa had been exiled quite than be allowed to stay within the capitol.

The previous saintess pushed these damaging ideas to the again of her thoughts.

If she allowed the truth of the scenario to set in, then she wouldn’t have the braveness to proceed on her path.

She wanted a distraction. Elisa turned her consideration again to the kneeling darkish elf who had lastly managed to catch her breath.

“Inform me your identify and your function,” Elisa whispered hoarsely.

“Princess, my identify is Rhakul Caldoh and I convey you horrible information!” the darkish elf replied rapidly.

“The lord of this metropolis has not too long ago purchased a batch of slaves from the service provider guild. Apparently, these slaves had been captured from certainly one of our villages within the outer areas.”

“Lord Cain is a beast! I… I managed to interrogate one of many knights who labored for him up to now and he confessed that not one of the lord’s slaves lasted for greater than a 12 months.”

“The issues he would do to them…”

Rhakul’s physique trembled with rage and helplessness as she spoke. If the knowledge she obtained was right, then a lot of the prisoners had been going to be killed.

The remaining darkish elves had been going to be saved as pleasure slaves to be humiliated and abused for the remainder of their quick lives.

Lord Cain was a person recognized for his sadistic interest of torture.

Those that fell into his fingers had been higher off committing suicide than staying alive to endure the torments that he may inflict.

Elisa tightened her fingers right into a fist as she listened to Rhakul’s story.

There wasn’t a lot time to save lots of the captured darkish elves however most of her subordinates had been nonetheless within the capitol.

The one logical determination can be to desert these elves however…

A white-hot rage bubbled in Elisa’s chest as a darkish reminiscence from her previous resurfaced in her thoughts.

No. By no means once more.

She was by no means once more going to only watch as her individuals had been tied up in chains and dragged away to a lifetime of despair.

“What number of darkish elves are at present within the metropolis?” Elisa questioned with a steely glint in her eyes.

“4 but when we wait for 2 days then I can get three extra to affix us,” Rhakul hesitantly replied.

Solely seven individuals at greatest.

Infiltrating the governor’s mansion can be suicide with solely these numbers.

Elisa tapped her fingers impatiently towards the aspect of her leg as she gave the matter some extra thought.

She wanted to decide now since each second that she wasted was one other second that her individuals had been at risk.

Claire’s lovely face flashed throughout her thoughts and Elisa abruptly realised that she had forgotten one essential piece of data.

She was now not alone!

A high-ranking priestess and a tier two paladin had been each essential figures within the church.

Though Elisa was now not the saintess…

She was nonetheless the long run head of a department and that was a place that wielded an honest quantity of authority.

Wait… that was it!

“Rhakul, have you learnt the Varion Church’s coverage on slaves?” Elisa softly chuckled as her crimson eyes darkened.

“No, my princess however based on our data a number of higher rank members of the church personal slaves,” Rhakul replied with an indignant expression.

Elisa stretched out her palm and a beam of holy mild emerged.

This mild was comfortable and heat, however a thread of darkish magic was blended in with the holy power.

“In fact, there are hypocrites within the church, however I’m not speaking about them. I am speaking concerning the Varion Church’s official stance,” Elisa defined calmly.

“Slavery and imprisonment go instantly towards the teachings of the Lord of Gentle, so it has been declared as unlawful on the continent and condemned by the church.”

Rhakul slowly nodded her head as she listened to Elisa’s phrases, however she couldn’t perceive the place the princess was going with this.

“Now what do you suppose would occur if an official envoy from the church visited the governor’s mansion and ‘accidently’ found that he saved slaves?” Elisa spoke with a twisted smile.

“And never simply common slaves… darkish elves. Maybe he can be condemned as a traitor and suspected of collaborating with the international races.”