THE LAST HOBBIT'S

14 - Border Area

The trajectory of light shot very fast from the tip of Arslan's dagger. Natur widens his eyes as he watches how Arslan's magic makes the tip of Sofia's arrows burn.

"It's..." Nature becomes more tense. The burning arrow looked like a meteor rock to him. I don't know what Arslan was planning, but if it's quiet-then they'll be hit by this dart.

"Arslan-z!" The new nature will exclaim when it sees the arrow hit one of the rat-tailed crow bodies and make the bird explode. This incredible incident even made Natur surprised instead of playing.

"It's time to prove how fast you can fly, Natur. Let's go" Arslan opened his voice and made Natur stare at him.

"Arlan..."

"If you don't leave soon, then we'll perish in this place."

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Arslan's words immediately made Natur immediately grabbed the young man and returned to ride his bow. He tries to avoid Sofia's arrow and also the body explosion of the rat-tailed crow.

"Why didn't they try to escape?" Nature open sound. This was the first time he was in a situation that if he made one small mistake, then his life would be over.

"Cool..."

"What?" Arslan frowned. He seemed to hear Natur say something out of nowhere.

"It's so much fun..!" Nature exclaims. He smiled widely and accelerated his movements. Arslan certainly did not expect if in a tense situation, this teenager actually looks happy.

Nature laughs and cries out. This obstacle-filled situation triggered his adrenaline rush. His speed increased, he loved the challenge.

Arslan himself looked down. There was one goblin who was hit by an arrow and made the body of the creature explode. The other goblins who witnessed the condition of their comrades actually took a step back and ran into the cave.

"They do have average intelligence" Arslan muttered. She can see Sofia and An.

"That's right..!!" Sofia exclaims. He was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief as Arslan and Natur were fine, even the two comrades managed to escape safely.

An took down Sofia. The beautiful elf immediately approached Arslan and Natur who began to tread on the ground. He hugged his two friends and made them flinch.

"Thank God..! Mercifully. I'm glad you're okay,"

"You crying?" Nature raised her eyebrows. He blinked and did not expect that this elf would cry out to him at all.

Arslan blinked. His expression was calm and he patted Sofia on the arm. His voice was flat as he said, "Thank you because you and An weren't hurt."

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Sofia looked at the 1.3 meter tall young man in front of her and sobbed. He said, "Short smells are annoying. I should be thanking you for not getting hurt. Really, I'd be scared if anything bad happened to you... Hicks,"

"Yes, you're this.." Natur scratched his head and then said. "Look, there's no way something bad would happen to Arslan if he was with a great and cool guy like me."

Sofia puffed her cheeks. He wiped his tears and looked at Natur and said, "You are a bitch. Sorry I shed my precious tears on people like you,"

"Who told you to cry?" Natur casually said, "I am so great. Danger will go right away when I hear my name,"

"You..!"

Arslan turned around, he paid no attention to Sofia and Natur's quarrel. He currently saw several rat-tailed crows fall. The burning arrows will blow the body of the bird perfectly if it hits their back.

However, there are birds that only lose their wings and some only lose their heads. The birds were lying on the ground around which there were other arrows stuck.

"I... So pity them.." Sofia open the sound. He now stands beside Arslan and watches the rat-tailed crows.

"Hmph, why should you feel sorry? They're often making a fuss in the city and very dangerous." Nature crosses hands. He and Sofia seemed to have finished a fight.

I follow Arslan. Nature also turned around, she was not interested in watching the vultures for too long. There is still a mission he has to do.

Sofia took a slow breath and then caught up with her friends. They remained in the forest and are now on a journey now led by the Natur sparrows that have just come out of the bag of the teenager's cloak.

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Natur has a mission to find herbal plants that are the ingredients of making longevity pills. He had already obtained most of those ingredients and was confident that he would soon complete them all.

Arslan himself is only trying to repay the kindness of Natur because this teenager has helped him so much. He did not know what dangers were waiting for them at the location where the herbs that Natur was looking for were located, but if together like this... He felt they would be fine.

Sofia along the way is still very chatty. He praised Arslan because this young man knew how to convey a message using arrows, when it was clearly an elf race ability.

"How can you do that?" Sofia said, "Indeed the arrow belongs to Nature. But the message I received felt like you were the one who said it. That's perfect,"

"Message? What message?" Nature astonishment. He looked at Sofia in confusion with the words of this elf girl.

"See. She was stupid and knew nothing," Sofia mocked Natur and arrogantly said, "In my place... Elf races often use arrows to deliver messages. We can even communicate with others using only arrows,"

"Well, isn't that normal?" Nature exploded, "Everyone can also use arrows to send letters. Although completely ineffective. It is much better to use a message bird. Especially if it's an arrow, it could actually offend others."

"Not a letter like that, you know." Sofia explained, "This communication is not by writing a letter on paper and then tying it to an arrow and sending it to someone else. This communication is really just a dart that's being skipped, in the absence of a letter or anything."

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Nature looks at Sofia. He blinked, "How is that possible?"

"Of course it's possible" Sofia explained. "The angle at which an arrow strikes, its direction comes, and its depth at its end on the ground... This is information that can be interpreted as a message. You're from the Nordic nobility who might know,"

"Tsk, then how could Arslan know. And oh yeah, I'm the one who threw that arrow at you. Doesn't this mean I'm the great one for being able to deliver such a message?"

"Hmph, you're just following Arslan. So of course it wasn't you who made it,"

"Geez, that sucks..."

"..............." Arslan exhaled and continued walking with An. After going through many things, these two people returned to their hobbies that were mutually mocking and quarreling.

Arslan became convinced that soon these two men would start chasing each other and fighting again. But he did not have time to break them, he had to continue to focus on Natur's sparrows flying further and further ahead.

Nature actually needs one more herb, but the unexpected thing is that the sparrow has taken her and her friends out of the forest.

Arslan could see the vast green meadow and the sound of running water made him turn his head. The wind blows cool and makes the air feel more refreshing than when in the forest.

"We take a break first" Arslan opened his voice. He had been holding her since. This hunger began to torment his stomach.

Sofia ran towards the river, as well as Natur. They drank the clear river water to quench thirst and Natur was seen starting to look for fish so that later it could be burned.

Not far from where Arslan and his friends were, there was a train surrounded by dozens of horsemen. The cloth that became the curtain of the cover on both sides of the carriage was light purple with the emblem of two crossed swords.

If you look far ahead, you will see a large stone that marks the border of the region. The further, it will be seen the city gate with many houses of various sizes and colors.

This place was none other than the territory of the Elmora Kingdom. The place where Sofia lives and is also a boisterous location looking for their missing Princess.

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