Ruvera And Prince Elves

Chapter 42. Victim 3

A man ran in the middle of a dark forest. His hunting breath was also decapitated. He stopped at a large tree to take a breath.

His face was already battered, his eyes narrowed one puffy, as well as the dried blood on his right, his nose broken and bleeding, with lips torn.

His fists are cracked. Also the knuckles turn blue and bleed. He has lost a lot of energy. The figure he was fighting against, was not an ordinary creature.

He heard footsteps approaching, he peeked at the black shadow figure walking towards him, without a second thought he came out and smashed his body at that figure.

The figure slammed into the tree trunk. The man took the opportunity to escape.

"Hhh hah hh" panting. He tried to keep his feet running. Sometimes he looked back, looking at the figure.

The figure was still there, standing slowly. He was back chasing himself. He must definitely hide.

The man's eyes tried to watch out, he knew this place, he was near the southern border of Illusory Light. He took out his last weapon.

Firing it in the air, the explosion with light illuminated the forest for a moment like fireworks.

Hope help comes quickly, he thought. When a hard object hits his head. He's tumbling.

Holding his leaking head. Ringisan came out of his mouth. He saw his shoes approaching him right in front of his eyes. Slowly he lifted his head. He could see a terrible smile from behind the hood.

DRUAKS!

The figure kicked hard, its head slammed to the side and hit the ground.

The black figure approached and grabbed his neck, until his legs were raised, no longer treading the ground.

"Hegh! Am .. hhhh .. phun, hegh!"

The chuck makes it hard for the man to breathe. It thrashed, instead of escaping, the figure clutched tightly at the man's neck.

The man hit the arm of the figure that was strangling him. He can't breathe. His eyes widened, his temple veins poking out with a bluish face.

"Where did your courage go this morning when you challenged us?" Say the figure of Filden. He opened the headscarf to reveal himself. The man's eyes widened and flushed. 

"I'm kind, I'll help you, you'll have to thank me"

JLB!

Hands with long nails, back through someone's back. He pulled the hand that was holding the heart and burned it first.

The footsteps stopped his brutal actions, he felt that some people were approaching his place.

"Is there someone there? Hey, if you hear try to make a sound?" Said the border guard man with lights.

Filden clucked, he covered his head with a hood, and jumped into the lush trees, leaving behind a corpse he had not had time to burn.

"Hey kalia— Here! RIGHT HERE!" The officer saw a figure face down on the ground.

"Are you well—" he shook the body, then he fell silent as he looked at the man's chest that was cupped up.

BRACKET!

"WOW!"

The light he was carrying fell and went out. He retreated and fell backwards, his feet tripping over the roots of the tree.

"What's wrong?"

Some people came running around approaching the man with a surprised pias face.

"It, that … "

he pointed to the body he found. Some of his friends approached what he was pointing at.

"What ka—" One caretaker questioned the corpse, his friend patted him on the shoulder and shook his head.

"Already dead" his eyes widened as his friend exposed his broad back. 

One officer crouched down, and touched the neck of the corpse. "New, still warm, we're late to save him"

***

His heart was gone, but this was different, his body was not burned.

"He's Gior, the Eastern border guard" Gerald, the head of the southern border guard. Standing next to Dylan, who was examining Gior's body.

"The team saw a rescue shot in the sky, then went into the forest and found it" Gerald explained.

"Does this have anything to do with intruders breaking into the Northern border?" Gerald's hand is crossed.

"I'm still investigating, just, how to take out his opponent, the same" Dylan told him.

"You hear the rumors? The victim was previously killed for talking about the intruder"

"And I heard from my subordinates that this afternoon Gior did the same thing, even challenging the intruder" Gerald explained.

Dylan had already heard the news from Regulas during the trip.

Intruders like to finish off in a way, directly taking the heart of his opponent. And only one clan likes to do that. Hyena Clan.

Many Hyena Clans lived in the Illusory Light.

"From me, where your men found him" Dylan took his equipment following Gerald's appointee.

"Here" the officer pointed out the place. Dylan looked around. His hand drew a sigil and flew upwards.

A bright light illuminated the forest. Dylan saw there was ash, he crouched grabbing goggles, and poured white powder over the ashes, looking at it from his goggles.

The heart!

In his head spinning a lot of prejudice, the killer did not have time to burn his body because of the arrival of border officers. He burned his heart first.

***

Dylan sat on the balcony of her room, Agrabella observed her husband and approached. "I heard that intruder is the Hyena clan?" He pulled a finger and two cups of tea were in Agrabella's hand. He sat next to his husband.

"Drink, to calm the mind" she gave one to her husband, one to herself.

"Tough day?" Ask Dylan to his wife. "Not so, just a potion for Ruve drained my energy" Agrabella sipped her tea.

"A week in a row, three bodies have been found without a heart, do you think the killer is the same person?" Out also the question that always rotates in his head.

"Maybe, because the motive is the same? Talk about the intruder." Agrabella could be worried about Dylan.

"For the second and third victims, similarly, the first victim I still don't know"

"Maybe you should investigate this in secret, the intruder may have a problem with self-emotion, he's too sensitive"

"Try to delve deeper into the bar where they're talking about the intruder" Dylan felt enlightened. Smile expands. "Still honey" he kissed his wife.

***

Elves waited for Ruve, her hand holding onto Ruve's ice-cold hand. Elves channeled her energy for Ruve to keep her warm. Agrabella had drunk the concoction of the perennial crystal mixture this afternoon on Ruve.

Ruve's sweat was as big as corn, Elves wiped her forehead. Ruve's eyes opened. He sat down, looking at Elves.

"Ruve you're aware?" Screaming elves. Ruve only smiled, Ruve cupped Elves' face.

"I'll call Agrabella Gen" he took off Ruve's ice-cold hand, but Ruve was unwilling to let go.

"Here" said Ruve. He patted his bed. Not understanding what Ruve wanted.

"Sit here" Ruve patted again beside her bed. Her eyes are glazed. Want to not want Elves to obey him.

Elves sat next to him. On the side of the bed. "Here" Ruve shifted her body so that Elves could sit in the middle.

Elves climbed onto the bed and sat down where Ruve asked. Ruve smiled widely. He held Elves' arm. And leaned his head against Elves' shoulder.

It feels so cold. Elves felt her body being hugged by a chunk of ice.

The woman stood on the bed, "Ruve?" Eyes were bulging, it was evidently the shock of Elves. 

Tbc.