The Death Knight Became an Escort Knight for the Saintess

26. Village of the Elves

26.

The Great Forest of Giant Trees is a forest made up of deciduous trees, unlike the Levaim Forest. It was similar to the deciduous trees of the eastern mountains of the central continent.

Practically, except for their surreal size, the way they obtain nutrients from sunlight and rain and bear fruit and leaves is no different from other normal-sized trees, suggesting that the giant trees have a common ancestor with the deciduous trees of the Eastern Mountains. There were also some botanists who speculated that it might be.

However, one feature – its surreal size – sets it apart from all other deciduous forests. As the most representative example, we could cite the creatures that live there. If the eastern mountain range functions as a nest for various creatures such as play, concave eye, jack bird, and Asian black bear, on the contrary, it was difficult to find traces of such creatures in . .

This is a fact that raises considerable doubts. Even at first glance, it makes me wonder if the giant trees don’t provide various riches to other creatures. The large fruit they produce provides food for more creatures, and a large tree will be considered suitable for more mountain birds to build their nests.

In fact, Zerphied was also one of those who were puzzled because it was difficult to see such creatures in a similar environment, even though he encountered many creatures such as play and concave eyes in the eastern mountains. The past tense is because the question has just been resolved.

Zer Pied left behind the female elf’s screams, which roughly sounded like “Careful!”, And kicked a pine cone the size of her own head from the sky. The reason she kicked with her feet instead of her hands was simple. Because he now had two women in his hands.

However, the attitudes of the two women were running at both extremes. The long platinum-haired woman who hugged his left arm was trembling violently and closed her eyes tightly, but that was all. I was letting it all out with a runny nose.

The two women had virtually nothing in common, except that both were shaking their bodies.

Zerpied crushed the pine cones with his feet, thinking that if the basic functions of plants were at this level, it would be almost an accident for other creatures. Falling pine cones was no different from a falling rock accident. I also understand why it is difficult to find traces of animals here. His thoughts were scattered the next moment at the sound of a female elf crying.

“Go to Jihehe and see it…… !”

“Uh, uh… You want to go home, Miss Renemier?”

“My haha… Maraejanaaaaa… Now up oh oh let’s go oh oh oh… !!”

“Uh… However, the driver said no to going up the tree because Miss Renemie was in danger of escaping.”

“I won’t travel… ! I’m not traveling, so… !”

“Um… Even if you say you won’t run away…. Because I’m not in control….”

Esilia looked up at Zerpied with a puzzled expression. However, the Death Knight stubbornly shook her head. Ecilia said to René Mie in a tone that said she was very sorry.

“That… The driver says no….”

Then Renemie began to cry again under the guise of words. The saintess next to her was patiently giving her words of comfort. Seeing that, Zerfied suppressed the urge to let out a sigh.

And at the bottom of that urge was a very alluring urge to just leave Renemie behind. The reason he doesn’t do that is because Renemie was the only one to guide him to the elves’ village. At first, she intended to use one or two of her companions as her guides, but after a while they all seemed to be struggling with the trauma.

After all, it was inevitable that she would have her alone as her guide.

At the start, Renemie was a well-spoken speaker, but two accidents with falling pine cones, almost getting buried in a pile of fallen leaves more than twice the height of Zerpied, and a branch of about 10 cubits – almost a log After a near-underwhelming experience of showing off her supposedly thinness, her language skills were completely lost.

What she was saying right now—though it was hard to think of it like that in the Death Knight—was at a level that made me doubt whether it was play or the linguistic system of an ogre, so what her saintess was doing was similar to interpreting. Inwardly, he expressed considerable admiration for Lady. In the end, the Death Knight could not suppress her urge and let out a sigh.

“Okay, let’s move up the tree.”

“Ms. Renemie! The driver said you can move up the tree!”

Saint Celia clapped her hands once and burst into laughter as she spoke to Rene Mie. What she said this time was at a level that even the Death Knight could understand.

“Seriously…… ??”

Zerfied didn’t affirm, but made several leaps into a nearby maple tree. Again, the contradiction between the attitudes of the two women became apparent. Stepping on a branch of a maple tree, Zerpied said to Renemie.

“I came to the top of the tree as I wished. Now it would be better to guide them straight.”

Smelling the scent of the maple trees, Renee Mier let out a sigh of relief.

“Oh, I will live for a while. Hey, can’t you just listen to one more request? If you let go of my hand….”

Conversely, Rene Mie, who felt that her hand holding her neck was getting stronger, had to pray to the Death Knight in a hurry.

“No, no! Think about it! Anyway, outsiders are basically prohibited from entering?! In the meantime, what would I do if I was in this state? Rather than letting you into our tribal village, we might use you as a substitute for a living quiver. Besides, do you know how to find a tree path? You can’t! So, going downstairs and going through the things you just did?”

Zerpied couldn’t resist the urge to let out a second sigh. I don’t like her, but what she says makes sense. Renee Mier, who felt the steady touch of the branch, had to say as she begged once more at Des Nate’s sharp gaze. This time, the emotion of fright was added to her tone.

“Don’t run away!”

She didn’t say, ‘How can I run away from a ruthless guy like you!’ It was for very reasonable reasons that she might be grabbed by the scruff of her neck again. Instead, she gestured a few steps ahead of them. Zer Pied sighed and took her lady in her arms. To run after her elf, it was because the side was stable.

She held her right hand on the inside of her calf and her left hand on her back. Her brother, Escelia, who was suddenly embraced by her escort knight, pursed her lips and her eyes several times before finally burying her head into her breastplate. She thought that the saintess was glad that her face was not visible to the escort knights.

Even she couldn’t fathom how much her blushing was going to be. The experience of being embraced by a member of the opposite sex for the first time in her life was not something a saintess of innocence could handle.

The Death Knight, who lowered her head slightly and saw her lady, felt a bit of surprise. He was about to tell her to prepare for the wind as she will be running after the elves soon. When Renemie signaled that she would move soon, Zerpied whispered to Ecilia.

“Esilia, stick close to me.”

Escelia shook her head up and down. Because it was true even if I didn’t say it. It was inconceivable that her teeth would show her flushed face to the escort knight. Soon after, the escort knight started moving.

At a movement that was stronger than expected, Esilia swallowed her breath. Like her yesterday, she wasn’t as rough as when she took her harness and her leap, but she still wasn’t comfortable enough to say she was comfortable. Feeling that rough feeling, Esilia unknowingly hugged the escort knight by the nape of her neck.

The escort knight flinched at the lady’s arm that was suddenly wrapped around her. It was natural for him to flinch. It was the first time he had come into contact with Ecilia up close like this. That’s why she’s so direct. She has had contact with her a few times, but the first time she did it was on her own initiative, and it was more of a simple touch on her part. The second time was just holding her hand.

There have been times when he has wrapped her shoulders to protect her. Of course, there was a more urgent situation called combat to be aware of it, and when the situation was over, she was checking for her safety, so she didn’t have time to be mindful of such contact.

But the most important thing is, even considering all these cases, there was no case where she was being held directly. Sensing an indescribable feeling, the Death Knight leaped from the tip of the branch, crossed the maple tree, and landed on a zelkova tree.

The reason he was able to get out of the indescribable feeling was that Rene Mie violently shook her hand from the other side of the leaves that covered two-thirds of her body. Rene Mie was talking with his lips pursed.

‘This way! This way!’

Seeing the shape of his mouth, Zer Pied nodded and accelerated in that direction. Seeing him follow, Renemie disappeared into the knothole of the zelkova tree. The next moment he was surprised. It made sense why she said she wouldn’t find her way through the woods. At first glance, the hole that seemed to be blocked by darkness was open on both sides.

As we passed through the hole and went to the other side, a two-pronged tree branch road appeared, cleverly hidden like a single tree branch, and then a space that seemed impassable due to large leaves. After going through several layers of leaves, the Death Knight shed her exclamations. The saintess, who turned her head at the sudden exclamation of the escort knight, had to follow him.

The twilight that is coming to an end hangs over the gigantic curtain of the Great Forest. At the last light untainted by darkness, the space seems to be distorted into freshness. The last light that defied the darkness was the brightest light because it was left alone. The great forest did not dare to overcome the weight, and the twilight enjoyed the end as it melted down on the bark and leaves.

They were at the top of a birch tree. It was a birch tree, nearly 400 cubits tall. Although it was a great forest with many giant trees, the other trees seemed to be young compared to those trees. The Death Knight and the saintess did not even move there, watching the twilight seeping into the great forest.

While waiting for them at the top of the birch tree, Renee Mier pondered over how to talk to them as they kept their footsteps in silence. She was not bold enough to speak frankly to the man who had just given her the scruff of her neck. After thinking for a while, the elf cleared her throat, and she came to an agreement with herself.

Zerpied turned his head at the sound of clearing his throat coming from the side. Ecilia was still mesmerized at the end of the twilight. The person who was the most burdensome to talk with responded, so Renemie had to cry and express that she should move by gesturing to eat mustard. Encouragingly, Zerfied nodded.

He didn’t wonder why he communicated through gestures and not words. It wasn’t too strange to him that an elf with a play or ogre language system would do that.

As the escort knights rushed her, the saintess muttered in rapture without feeling the wind snatching her hair.

“It’s beautiful… ….”

It was a happy event for Renemie. Because now I can have a conversation like a conversation.

“Isn’t it? Isn’t it beautiful?”

“Yes? Ah yes. Really… Incredible…. Living… Will I be able to see something like this… I had no idea.”

Renemy smiled. Because it sounded like he was about to die.

“Right, you can see things like this because you’re alive.”

“Yes?”

“Because I am alive, I can see things like this. Heck, what is it you me me… Just like you rescued him from a kid in armor and healed him.”

The saintess, who rolled her eyes a few times, burst into laughter at the way the elf spoke of her escort knight as if it were nonsense. Renee Mi also smiled at her innocent smile and continued her words.

“You know… You’re a priest, aren’t you?”

“Yes? Yes, right?”

“When I was healing my comrades earlier, I thought I was pretty good at it… How many people can you heal?”

“Uh… It depends on the severity of the injury, right? The more severe it is, the more limited the number is. It also depends on the type of wound.”

“Huh? Type of wound? Uh, then… If… Can you heal sick people?”

At Rene Mie’s words, Ecilia tilted her head.

“Illness? Rather than simple trauma, the cause of the disease is diverse, so we have to look at it, but it is possible. But why are you asking that?”

“That…… Ah, everything has come.”

At Renee Mie’s words, the Death Knight stopped her sprint. A huge birch tree was in front of them. It was taller than the birch tree they had just stood on. Even at a cursory glance, it seems to be 500 cubits. It was as if she was claiming to be the representative of the Great Forest of Giant Trees.

It was time for the gentle darkness to reach out, but the birch tree seemed to have absorbed the twilight light from before, and the bark of the tree shone with white light.

But it wasn’t the ridiculous height or the brilliant white light that caught their eyes. On the branches, several buildings built like huts leaned against the trees. The buildings scattered all over the birch tree were enough to evoke a concept.

It was a village of elves.