THE LAST HOBBIT'S

10 - Replying for Good

...'As they quarreled, a trained sparrow came with news.'...

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"I'm really upset with her," Sofia crossed her arms and puffed her cheeks. The red color was clearly visible on her beautiful white cheeks.

"Arslan, why is he coming with us?" Sofia half whispered. He even ducked down just to say his grievance to this short-bodied young man walking beside him.

Sofia continued, "I don't like her. Can't you just kick him out of our party? It's been pretty good with you, me, and An. The Nordic race... He's so obnoxious and even shameless,"

"Oh.." Arslan's response was flat. His facial expression was ordinary as he said, "He is indeed shameless and it reminds me of someone who also has similar traits."

Arslan looked up, he looked at Sofia before looking back to the front. He is still in the forest. An followed him behind, while Natur walked in front as if to be the leader in this entourage.

Sofia snorted, she was just about to curse at Arslan when Natur suddenly slid his arrow until a loud voice sounded. Sofia was startled and immediately snapped at the teenage boy.

"What are you doing?!" Sofia clucked, "If you want to make an attack. Then at least tell me first so I can prepare. Gee whiz... Good thing my heart's fine,"

"Be quiet" Nature pulled her bow back. His facial expression was serious and this made Arslan and Sofia tense up.

"What's wrong?" Arslan approached, he asked.

"Lili gestured that there was a herd of wolfs in front. I flicked my arrow first to surprise them. The herd will run away if it's shocked,"

"Is it possible that the wolf started calling his friends?" Sofia open the sound. He subconsciously held his breath and held onto his powerful bow.

Natur turned his head and looked at the red-haired elf. He snorted and then said, "You take it easy. As long as I am with you, there will be no danger approaching. I'm this... Very confident in my abilities."

"You..!" Sofia could feel there was an insinuating tone from the blond-haired teenager's speech before her. He had already met a lot of annoying people and Natur was the worst among them.

"That's it," Arslan looked at Sofia. He said, "You should not seek useless debate with Nature. And you alone, Natur. Please don't lure Sofia. You need to calm down, so we can get out of this place as soon as possible."

Arslan inwardly sighed, she was like a babysitter of two children who at all times never got along with each other. To be honest he wanted to chase these two people away, bringing An as an adventure friend was the best because the giant was quiet and not much of a whim.

It's just that somehow there are two people who are actually now coming with him. He has a very important mission in this situation.

Arslan and his friends are still very far from civilization. In addition, he also had to always forage to meet the energy in his body. The uniqueness that has a feeding schedule of 9 times makes Natur impressed, but lucky because the white-robed teenager really likes to hunt.

Arslan got a lot of help from Natur, hence in appreciating this blonde figure. On the other hand, Sofia herself was even more troublesome. But indeed this journey would be quite boring if there were no characters like that red-haired elf girl.

Sofia also did not actually stay silent. He went hunting and sometimes captured game animals from Natur. The competition because they both use the bow as a weapon is quite tense.

Arslan who previously let these two people fight now can not stand it anymore. He turned around and snapped, "Aren't you guys careful?!"

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Natur and Sofia jerked. They blinked several times because they saw Arslan's condition near a partridge. There was one arrow stuck in the right arm of the 1.3-meter-tall young man, and the other almost hit Arslan's leg.

"Geez, you... All right?" Sofia becomes uneasy as her arrow sticks in Arslan's arm. He was completely unaware of the short stinking young man, this friend of his.

"I hunted him down myself" Arslan unhesitatingly released Sofia's arrow and then healed her wound with magic. He continued, "If you want to hunt... Then find somewhere else. You two can really kill me if you act like this again,"

"This is all because of her fault," Nature spoke up and made Sofia flinch.

"How dare you say that," Sofia did not accept. "It's all because of you, you know!"

"You shot Arslan. Fortunately only his arm, if it hit his heart... Then you've become a murderer." Nature crosses hands. Her words annoyed Sofia.

"Well, as if your actions were right. You almost hollowed out his leg, what if Arslan couldn't walk? You're gonna get in big trouble."

"But it's just 'almost', right? Not really about it."

"You-you"

"You two are noisy," Arslan shook his head slowly. He raised the forest chicken he had hunted and muttered softly.

Arslan sighed, "I feel like I'm taking care of two kids. And if you think about it again... They are still kids,"

Sofia no longer spoke, but by the time Arslan had walked away... He also without warning stepped on the feet of Natur to make the teenage boy moan. Sofia laughed and then ran towards Arslan.

Naturally upset, he chased after Sofia to give a reply to the actions of the elf girl earlier. These two people ended up chasing each other and even hit or kicked each other.

Arslan himself cleaned the previously slaughtered forest chicken. There are river saplings in this place and the location around it is strategic enough to rest.

An himself helped Arslan, he had previously cooked water to boil for Arslan's wild chicken. This made it easier for him and Arslan to pluck the chicken feathers.

"You know, An..." Arslan opened his voice, "I thought about hanging them in this place and then leaving. To be honest, this trip would have been better if it was only with you,"

An did not say anything and only focused on plucking one by one the chicken feathers in front of him. Arslan shook his head slowly and then taught An how to clean this animal properly.

"Arlan..! Arslan..! Lili found..!"

Arslan's forehead shriveled, he asked. "What did your sparrow find?"

"Flower of Laba Lili. Now I know where the plant is,"

Natur looks happy and even smiles widely. Arslan looked at him and said, "Thank God if so. Then are you going there now?"

"Mn, you can continue your journey. I'll go and get the plant first. I'll see you guys soon, for sure,"

"Wait," Sofia stopped Natur from walking away. He said, "How can you go to that place alone? Arslan, we have to accompany him."

"What?"

"Even though this kid is annoying, he still helped us. I don't want to owe him anything, so let's help him get that plant."

Sofia's words have a point. Nature has been helping Arslan all along, so it would be best to repay him with similar kindness. Arslan nodded slowly, he was just going to talk when Natur suddenly opened his voice.

The blonde-haired teen with blue eyes crossed her arms and looked at Sofia. Natur said, "I don't mind if someone like Arslan accompanies me. But I'll refuse if you come along too."

No matter Sofia's reaction, Natur continued. "You're a chatty, weak girl, and it'll only be troublesome. So you better wait here alone, okay?"

"You're very upsetting..!" Sofia hit Natur's arm, "There's no courtesy at all when I'm older than you. Anyway I should come too. We've come this far together, so whatever's ahead... We have to face it together."

"Oh..!" Natur whimpers as Sofia embraces her neck, flanks it and then begins to walk vigorously.

Arslan watched the two men and exhaled. He stared at the chicken meat he hadn't even had time to cook, "How is this...?"

"An, get everything done." Arslan said, "We'll cook it later."

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Arslan and his friends follow a flying sparrow. The little animal took them eastward, towards a valley with dead trees and grass.

Sofia gulped, "Ti-tall as hell. Are we going down there? The place is so steep,"

The location where Arslan and his friends were located right now was a valley with steep rock hills. They are still at the top and do have to go down if they want to follow the Natur sparrows.

"You better be here, I'll be down." Nature opens her voice before suddenly jumping. Arslan and Sofia were surprised by it.

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"Nature..!" Arslan. His heart was beating fast and very unruly, especially when he estimated the depth of the valley below which was most likely more than 30 meters with many rock hills.

"Nature..!" Sofia also exclaimed, her facial expression pale. He patted Arslan on the shoulder and said, "What if he dies? He just jumped and it surprised me. Arslan,"

"Arlan..." An touched Arslan's shoulder with his index finger and then started pointing it down.

Arslan and Sofia follow the direction of An's index finger. They saw Natur who apparently could fly using his bow. The blonde-haired teen was even in a standing position, where the bow was at his feet. Natur looked very expert, as if he was already used to flying.

"So she can fly?!" Sofia was completely shocked. His mouth was wide open because he had just learned this great ability of Nature. "Ukh, now I know why he's so annoying."

"Sofia, you stay here and take care of An."

"What?" Sofia flinched, "Arslan. Where are you going? Are you going down there? Hey-hey..!"

"You stay here and get your bow ready" Arslan began to descend. His feet rested between the rocks of the cliff and tried to take a better walking position.

"A-Arslan, watch out.." Sofia was very worried. If you look ahead, then down there is a valley. But if Arslan becomes the object, then the young man seems to be descending into a deep abyss.

"Arlan..! Hurry back..!"

Arslan could hear Sofia's call. He took a breath and refocused himself on every footing. Arslan looks no trouble, even with his body... He could lightly jump and hold firmly on the rocks.

The depth of this valley did not scare Arslan at all. Precisely the longer he moved, the more agile his leg movements to go down. Sofia does not know what to say with the ability of this one Arslan.

Natur himself does not know what his friends are currently doing. He focused on following his sparrows that started flying down and into a cave. Nature has absolutely no prejudice and follows the little bird. The animal named Lili is very adept at searching for traces, Natur can entrust any search to this little friend.

The sparrows belonging to the teenage boy continued to fly more and more into the interior of the cave. The bird passed through some slightly dizzying passageways, but he actually managed to bring Natur to the place where the Lilies Spider Flower was located.

"Lil..."

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