THE LAST HOBBIT'S

17 - Elmora Royal Palace

...'They were heading to where a weapon forger was and on the other hand, the Elmora Kingdom was being threatened with danger.'...

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Elmora Royal Palace,

A palace that has its own charm. Hidden behind a waterfall hill and pine forest with golden sunlight that makes it look like a precious treasure.

The palace stands on a rock that is part of the waterfall hill. It is above the lake with a bridge that is the main link for guests of honor who come to visit.

King Henry Nelius Sulla II was the ruler of the Kingdom of Elmora, which now succeeded King Henry before. He is a man with long white hair and bright blue eyes.

King Henry Nelius Sulla II had a long beard and mustache similar in color to his hair. At the age of 52, he had 5 children from two wives.

From his first wife, King Henry Nelius Sulla II had two sons, one of whom was a representative of a group of witch knights, and another is a child who is very adventurous himself until rarely come home.

Meanwhile, the king's second wife was the mother of Sofia Bellwings and two other young children. Not from the same mother, Sofia never admits that she has two older sisters. He is not very familiar with his two younger siblings despite having the same mother.

Among her children, Sofia is the most difficult to manage. Even today, King Henry Nelius Sulla II still thinks of his daughter as the magic knight match begins.

"That's three days left before the opening, but why hasn't there been any news until now about the boy?!" King Henry Nelius Sulla II snapped at the head of his soldier Raegon Lugner.

"What have you and your soldiers done, Raegon?" King Henry Nelius Sulla II exhaled and tried to refrain from making a loud noise.

"Sofia's princess will definitely not miss the magic knight's match, Your Majesty. I'm sure if Princess Sofia has returned to this kingdom and participated in the registration of the magic knight,"

"I hope your words are correct" King Henry Nelius Sulla II said, "You must immediately bring the girl before the opening of the magic knight contest. He's been playing too much outside. It's time for me to teach him a hard lesson,"

"Son understood, Your Majesty." Raegon Lugner bowed as a salute and then resigned. He walked out of the palace hall, his black robe waving as he stepped.

"Team two, follow me to Misella City," Raegon Lugner gave the order upon arriving outside the palace. He was a male figure of the human race who managed to become the head warrior in a kingdom that was more dominated by the elf race.

Raegon Lugner is a man with brown hair, sturdy body, and sharp eyes. Behind his loyalty to the Elmora Kingdom all this time, he had a very big ambition.

Raegon Lugner intended to seize the Kingdom of Elmora as the first stepping stone in the conquest of the Elfenrasse region.

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Sofia Bellwings, daughter of King Henry Nelius Sulla II is currently looking for Arslan and his friends. He had no idea of the dangers that were targeting his kingdom, let alone the evil intentions of Raegon Lugner. All Sofia knows is that she must not be seen by the palace soldiers, because if that happens... Then he will no longer be able to meet Arslan, Natur, and An.

"Where are they?" Sofia circulated a glance. Earlier he picked up a hooded black robe in one of the shops. Almost anyone saw him, but thank God he hasn't been caught and hopefully never will.

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Sofia flinched, she saw a white-robed juvenile figure standing in front of a building. The sparrows that sometimes flew over the subject before returning to the young man's shoulder made Sofia rush over. Moreover, he was familiar with the big man who was standing next to the teenager.

Natur himself was kicking a small pebble when he sensed someone walking towards him. He looked over and could immediately recognize the woman who was approaching him.

"Where have you been?" Natur asked as Sofia was in front of him.

"I told you to wait for me at the little shop with the blue flag, why come here?" Sofia says. "So you guys aren't there, I'm so dizzy from having to go around looking for you guys."

The red-haired girl gasped as she began to realize something. He said, "Do you and Arslan want to sign up for the magic knight's match?"

"Where is it possible" Nature shook her head slowly. He said, "I really want to... But just to test my skills. I have absolutely no intention of becoming a magic knight who only guards the palace. In addition to that... I don't want to sign up alone because it's not exciting,"

"God... I can accompany you. We can do it together. By the way, where's Arslan?" right after Sofia asked, the young man she was looking for was seen walking out of a building.

"Lunar Orchis?" Sofia reads the inscription on the nameplate of the building where Arslan came out. He approached the man and opened his voice.

Sofia said, "Did you just go buy some potions inside? Lunar Orchis it's not just any place that can be visited by young people."

"Have you come?" Arslan opened his voice, he did not answer Sofia's question at all.

While breathing slowly, Arslan said again. "Because everyone's gathered here, let's go."

"Mn? Where to?" Sofia raised her eyebrows, while Natur was also curious.

"The sword-forging residence, a man named Trian Shimmer Brown." Arslan replied without a tone. His words were ordinary, but Natur and Sofia looked shocked as if they had not expected to hear the name mentioned.

Nature opens her voice, "I actually know enough about Mr. Trian Shimmer Brown. His name was famous as an extraordinary weapon forger. But what do you want to see him for?"

Sofia agreed with Natur, she was of course curious about what Arslan would do. Sofia said, "Master Trian that is the most difficult weapon forger to find. He's even an incredibly annoying guy and I don't like it,"

"Do you know where he lives?" Arslan asked.

"Well, I know and it just so happens that he lives in a corner of this town. I suggest that you better not go to that place and look for it. You're not gonna get anything,"

"Take me there,"

"Arslan, aren't you listening to me?" Sofia is stunned as Arslan walks ahead of her. An and Natur's sparrows follow behind.

"Asians..!" Sofia called the young man, but Arslan did not turn his head at all.

Nature crossed her arms and sighed, "That's it. Let's follow him,"

"Tsk, when warned." Sofia has to follow Arslan. He walked beside the 1.3-meter-tall young man and then led the way to where the Weapon Forging Trian Shimmer Brown was located.

Sofia and her friends walk into a small alley, lucky that the big An is fit enough to pass through that alley. After successfully exiting, they had to walk again through a rocky road and down a ladder until they reached the river ripening.

The journey did not take long. The Trian Shimmer Brown residence is close to the river and is a wooden house in front of which is full of iron pieces and tools for for forging.

When he arrived, Arslan and his friends heard the sound of iron being struck from inside the building in front of them. Natur then open his voice and call the name of the owner of the place.

The problem is, only twice call-something was thrown and almost about Nature if Arslan did not move, jumping to reach the object.

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The look on Natur and Sofia's faces instantly turned pale. The thing in Arslan's hand was a small knife that was even smaller than Arslan's dagger, but the blade was very sharp. Someone would really die if his neck was pierced by this thing.

"I don't accept guests, so get out of here."

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