The Seven Monster Spirit
Chapter 19 - Accusations without Evidence
2 Months had passed since Neron performed the practice of sense technique, now his ability in using that Elf technique had increased, so that he could sense a living being as far as 1 km, even the Elf race itself was rarely able to use the sense technique to that extent, usually around 500 m or even below. Elvinia also praised Neron for his development.
Neron's ability to talk to the black Dragon within his body also developed, if it used to be that the child had to concentrate fully in order to meet and talk to the Dragon, now Neron could talk to the monster at any time without having to concentrate, even they could interact with each other through telepathy.
Now Neron knows many things from the monsters in his body, starting from his past, the sword left by Hazel and also the Power he must seek. The dream Neron had seen before was his memory of the human experiment that allowed the Dragon to reside within his body. And the Black Dragon also said that Neron must find 7 Monster souls in order to get perfect power, Now Neron has got 1 soul remaining 6 more that he must look for, and now Neron has 6 more, Neron also asked why he should do that, and the Black Dragon replied that the boy should do it and for the reason, the Dragon would tell him when all the souls had been gathered. For the Vrodast sword that Hazel had given her, the black dragon kept her in the dimensional room and did not let Neron wear it, for some reason Neron did not know.
Today the sun was shining brightly, but only a little bit of its light could pass through the slit of the leaves, the fog started to disappear as the day had already started to day.
Neron was sitting on a log in front of the hiding place as usual, today Elvinia was going to patrol eastward so Neron was alone with the white wolf.
The white wolf slept near Neron, the monster was exhausted from running around to train its wind magic Wind step, the ability to run as fast as the wind.
Neron began to activate the sense technique to examine the surroundings.
"There's something strange" Neron said after sensing an unusual large mana from the south.
The boy refocused his sense technique and realized something.
"You feel it?" ask Neron
['There are Monsters in the south and these Monsters are dangerous'] a heavy voice immediately sounded to Neron's brain ['If you get his Soul your power will increase, let alone this creature is dangerous if it is left in this forest'].
There are two ways to get a Monster soul, first invite them to join and the second take his soul when they are weak. The black dragon had also said "look for a powerful monster so that your strength will also increase", even though the two of them had interacted for quite a while, Neron still did not fully believe in the monster within his body.
"DUUMM"
A loud sound rang out making Neron startled, the boy then stopped his sense technique and immediately stood up from his seat.
['Hey boy, you want to go'] asked Artaros
"It doesn't hurt to check it out" Neron replied casually.
Neron started running and to make it faster he started jumping from branch to branch. Because Neron had lived here long enough, the boy became accustomed to the surrounding environment, especially Elvinia often invited Neron to hunt monsters as their food, so Neron had no trouble to go to the place where the sound came from.
Although it had been quite a while but the boy did not know where the elven village where Elnad and the others lived.
The white wolf chased after Neron quickly, although Neron was quite fast in his jump, but the wind wolf below him ran as fast as the wind and was able to chase the child, he said, either out of worry or what a white wolf always follows Neron wherever he goes.
After a while, the two of them reached the place where the sound came from and What Neron saw made him seem to be in disbelief, the forest scenery full of trees turned into a ruined land that was in the form of a circle 15 m in diameter, which was the shape of a circle, the wood on the edge of the arch of the earth was destroyed or broken, but strangely there were no monsters here even though this ruined land was like it had just happened.
"Wool....Woof...grrrrrr" The wolf beside Neron growled and Neron did not understand what the monster was trying to say.
['The monster has run away'] black Nagi said to Neron.
"That's it" Neron understood what happened.
['But it looks like there will be other problems'] continued Artaros
"Yes it seems you're right" a resigned tone came out of his mouth as he saw the many Elves who had surrounded them both from the top of the tree.
"Hey son of man, I used to give you a warning, but now you have destroyed some of our forest, so we the Leaf Guard will not spare you anymore" The statement came out from the mouth of the Elf that Neron had seen, he was the Elf called Elnad by Elvinia, The male elf with blonde hair with green eyes lit up and now there was no stupid smile on his face.
'It seems like he is now serious' Neron said inwardly.
"Groan!!" Rein, the male elf who had always been with Elnad made a gesture with his hand, and then shouted the command to the other elves when they had finished making arrows using create magic.
"Wait a minute" Neron's words did not reach the Guard Leaf, a magic arrow flew towards him but Neron immediately dodged all of the attacks.
"Listen to me-" the spear attack almost pierced his body, but the boy dodged the 4 Elves who were using the Spear Weapon to him.
['Fight, what a hard one'] Artaros said casually.
"It's not as easy as you say" said Neron, while avoiding the Elves' attack, let alone he had promised Elvinia not to attack anyone in the woods.
Elnad observed the fight of the Leaf Guard from the top of the tree, although his nature was sometimes ridiculous but as a captain, his decision would have an impact on his subordinates.
"Leaf Guard.....Stop attacking!!! we bring the human child to the village, let the elder decide what punishment he deserves" Elnad's voice echoed, causing the Elves to change their way of fighting.
The rope is thrown at Neron and the boy easily avoids them all, but Neron forgets something, The white wolf was caught making Neron have to give himself up because it could have been these Elves killing the poor monster.
Now Neron's body is also entangled in the same rope as the wolf. The Elves then bring the other two races to their village.
A wooden house that looked bigger than the others, with wooden walls that looked solid, was probably the home of the Elf leader in this village, which was what Neron thought.
Elnad went in first to tell Neron about the Elf elder, The numerous Guard Leafs had not entered all of the only two people who bound Neron, and for the white wolf they kept him outside.
Now there were 6 people in the room, Elnad and Rein standing behind the old Elf with long white hair and a triangular white beard, the two Leaf Guards that bound the boy with two spearheads were pointing towards Neron. The air felt heavy and none of them spoke.
"Hey son of man....Welcome to the Elf village, I am the Elder here, introduce my name Aeron folword" said Aeron politely.
Seeing Elder Aeron introduce himself politely, Neron also re-introduced himself back.
"Greetings Elder Elf, My name is Neron I come from a village outside the forest" Neron gave a polite greeting.
"I heard you made trouble by making our forest hollow, is that right?" aeron asked with a sharp look.
"That's not true, I got there with some trees that were destroyed" Neron told the Elder Elf
"Don't lie you're a human child, if you weren't the culprit then who else?, there wasn't anyone there when we arrived, not even a single Monster" cried Rein who quickly blamed Neron. The old elf gestured for Rein to stop.
"Look right?, what are they saying. Now, what should we do to you?" The Elf Elder was trying to corner the human child in front of him.
['They won't believe what you say, Their hatred of humans blinds their eyes'] Artaros said using telepathy.
'Yes you're right, no one supported me in this room' Neron's telepathic reply was sent to Artaros.
"GRANDFATHER"
Elvinia violently slammed the door to enter the meeting room.
"What are you doing princess?" ask Aeron
The Elf girl who entered the room made everyone in it surprised.
"I won't let you hurt this child" Elvinia said as she pointed at Neron.
"Don't look like Elvinia, you want to antagonize your own race for the sake of the human child who has ravaged our forest".Aeron's statement is not a warning but a threat.
"But there is no evidence that Neron did it" Elvinia denied to the Elder Elf.
"Are you going to look for evidence to save the boy?" Elnad who had been silent from now on started to make his voice.
"if it can save Neron and the little wolf, I will"
"How do you look for it?, it's not clear, that only the child was at the scene" Rein asked.
Aeron sighed.
"If you're really going to find the culprit, I'll give you 3 days and the human child will be held in captivity. If you cross that time limit, don't expect you to meet again with the human child in front of you" Aeron made up his mind and inwardly said 'you're as stubborn as your father'.
Elvinia growled in annoyance, but she had no power here, so all she could do now was agree to the old man's terms by finding the real culprit to save Neron.
"Alright, I will definitely find her" The Elf girl's words were full of confidence.
"Sorry Neron, this brother of yours cannot save his sister" Elvinia left those last words before leaving the room.
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2 Days ago, at night in Eastia Forest. The view is dark even though there are some plants that produce light and moonlight in the sky, the objects here are still not clearly visible.
On top of the tree, two people saw a gate open in front of them.
"May I do it?" one of the people sitting casually asked that with a smile.
"Don't joke, it's none of our business, let's go" The other person responded coldly, and took the person sitting next to him away.
"Ahhhh..... Boring"
In the dark night the words were left in the wind, And from the open gate came out a great monster.
