Chapter 480 Food Problem
At first, the elf kingdom only needed to guard their border and let the Krugguar Emperor pass through. However, they never thought the monster overlord would change its path and pass through their territory to enter Tristall Woodland.
In this case, the elves will have no choice but to fight the Krugguar Emperor directly. The elf race is very territorial and will never accept an outsider easily. Except for Roundel city, the other areas are forbidden from outsiders.
Moreover, the elf race will never abandon any of their citizens like the other kingdom in case they are getting attacked or in war. The elf race has a very low fertility rate. Every elf is important to them.
They will never give up on their citizens or comrades without fighting. This trait may be their weakness but also their strength for them. This is also why they become one of the strongest races in Firuman.
The old ones are even ready to sacrifice their lives for the younger ones. Most old elves didn’t afraid and were prepared to fight against the Krugguar Emperor’s monster army. They know they couldn’t just live peacefully forever and are ready to fight against any threat.
The other kingdom decided not to interrupt the battle between the Krugguar Emperor and the Elf race. They want to know if the elf is still as strong as the rumor or if they are getting weaker as time passes.
While this happens, time passes and the dark sky turns bright from the sun on the horizon. Since Twilbo Wood is covered with thick mist, the sun cannot enter deep into Craghost Town until it reaches high in the sky.
By the time the sunlight reaches the Craghost town, Angus and everyone has already woken up to do their daily morning routine. Only the two little girls are still sleeping peacefully.
Early in the morning, Darren returns and immediately makes a strong barrier near Mira and Anna to prevent his master energy explosion when she wakes up.
Seeing he could leave this matter to Darren, Angus and Aunt Extalia decide to interrogate the shadow spy. The shadow spy is in a horrible situation from the torture of the Royal Guards.
To prevent the spy from killing himself, the royal guards decide to take out all his teeth, leaving him with nothing but bleeding gum and mouth. They also roughly pour alcohol and medical potion to prevent him from dying of bleeding.
Looking at the silent spy in front of them, Angus knows this will be quite a long session to make the spy talk.
“Tch… I prefer to research my cute bunny than handle this. Can’t we just leave it to the Royal Guards?” complained Angus.
The Duchess didn’t reply and silently glared at Angus. Currently, they are in the basement of the hotel with various enchantments on each wall.
“Roy, thinking of betraying us.” replied Aunt Extalia.
They didn’t need to worry about the spy hearing their conversation since Angus created a small barrier around them before talking. This vigilance has been a habit for Angus since he returned from the Endless Battlefield.
Since this is a magical world where everything is possible, he needs to minimize the probability that others will hear about their plan. After a few hours of ‘talk’ session, they end the pitiful spy’s life and burn his corpse to ash.
They didn’t get much from the spy despite Angus’ torture since the spy didn’t know much about his task detail or any inside information. This is a common thing for the spy. They are only tasked to do something without knowing its purpose.
This way, the spy will not be able to divulge any information in case they get caught and tortured. After finishing the spy interrogation, they return upstairs and find the others are still having their breakfast.
‘It seems Darren managed to prevent any leakage explosion unlike before.’ thought Angus as he sat beside Jayna.
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As he eats beside Jayna and tries to prevent his food from getting stolen by the little gluttony, Angus notices the nearby hotel employee is troubled.
‘Hmm… Judging by their conversation, it seems their food reserve is empty. Well, we have this little gluttony which has a bottomless stomach.’ thought Angus while looking at Anna, who kept stuffing food into her mouth.
Then, Angus remembers that Craghost Town will not get any supplies until the mist in the Twilbo Woods gets thinner. He didn’t know when the mist was thinning, but he knew with their current consumption, their food reserve would be gone soon.
‘It seems we need to hunt our food to prevent starvation. Well, there is still time before the entrance examiner arrives.’ thought Angus.
“Anna, let’s hunt some beast.” said Angus, stopping the little gluttony from eating more.
“Ahh… Anna still not done eating.” said Anna while getting lifted in one hand by Angus.
“You could eat on the way.” replied Angus.
“Angus, where are you going?” asked Aunt Extalia while following them.
“The town and hotel also will not get any supplies from the outside before the mist thins out. So, We need to hunt for our food. With this little gluttony consumption rate, our food reserves will not last for a long time.” explained Angus.
After a while, they find themself outside the town searching for food. Since they didn’t have anyone capable of processing monster meat above the first grade, they could only hunt beasts and first-grade monsters.
Same as last time, a few groups also followed them inside the misty forest. They didn’t dare to attack openly inside the town because of the Nirvas. But, it is another story when Angus’ group is outside Craghost Town.
Some of them even immediately ambush them when they step outside the town. Unfortunately, they become Aunt Extalia’s target practice in the blink of an eye. Angus also creates some rune traps along the way for their stalker.
During this time, he gets advice and help from Darren when he lays the trap rune. Unlike last time, Darren keeps staying with them. Since Mira is busy playing around with Anna, he decides to help and teach Angus about rune.
Angus didn’t expect Darren to be not only knowledgeable about rune but also master at it. The old vampire could even lay a complete rune just by pointing at the ground.