Rebirth in Another World as the Undead Queen

Chapter 31 : Human Raid

Human Raid"Since you are a paladin of the Church, miss, I believe you would not be in collusion with those people."

Lola spoke as such, though she did not possess any ability to discern lies. She had simply recognized Celia's identity through the perception of natural energy as an elven priestess.

Besides, with strength like hers, there was no need to deceive them.

However, after confirming Celia's identity, one question continued to puzzle Lola: how could a powerful paladin be easily captured and brought here by Vina?

Thus, Lola guessed the other party must have had some ulterior motive for coming here.

Yet before she could ask, Serea spoke up first.

"Um, may I ask a question?"

"Of course."

Lola agreed, and then Serea opened her mouth to ask.

"You keep mentioning 'those people, those people.' Exactly who are these 'those people' you're referring to?"

Upon hearing Serea's question, Lola saw no reason to hide anything and explained:

"Let me start from not long ago. About a week ago, a group of humans who called themselves adventurers—much like yourselves—came to the Corrupted Forest. They seemed to be searching for something, but almost got lost and trapped in the forest in the process. Fortunately, some of our kin, while on patrol, discovered their lost party and revealed themselves to guide them out. But unexpectedly..."

Here, the usually gentle and refined Lola also gritted her teeth, clearly suggesting those humans had done something unforgivable to their 'saviors.'

"But unexpectedly, those humans repaid kindness with enmity and captured many innocent members of our tribe. By the time our guard squads arrived, those humans had already escaped the forest with our people,"

Vina added.

"They captured your tribe members... No wonder you hate humans so much."

Having understood the situation, Serea asked again:

"Do you know the identities of those humans?"

"Yes, following the marks left by our kin, we tracked them down. They are—"

Halfway through her words, an elven guard suddenly rushed in anxiously.

"Qu—Queen, it's not good, those humans are here!"

She was panting, clearly having rushed back, and there was a wound on her arm, a sign that she had just been in a fierce fight.

Upon hearing the guard's report, Vina immediately stood up and rushed out.

"You, protect the queen!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" x3

Several elven guards answered in unison, but before Lola could stop her, Vina had already charged outside.

Seeing this, Lola wanted to give chase, but after considering that Serea and the others were still here, she spoke to the three guards:

"You protect them. I'll go assist Commander Vina."

"No, Your Majesty, it's too dangerous!"

The guards tried to stop Lola, but she was already out the door ahead of them. Helpless, they could only obey the queen's order and stay behind to protect the two humans.

Witnessing how tense the elves were, Serea and Celia exchanged a glance.

"Let's go have a look outside too."

"Mm."

Celia nodded in agreement. The two of them flipped their hands, breaking free from the vines that had restrained them, and prepared to walk out.

"Humans, it's very dangerous outside right now, so please stay here." descended from above, trapping Vina inside.

"Damn it!"

Vina struggled to break the net, but the iron wires woven in made it impossible to tear easily; this was obviously a net made specifically to capture them.

Now that she had been caught, perhaps at another time she could have used her ranged attacks to wear her opponent down, but now she was a warrior defending her home—and as a defender, she could not retreat.

Similar scenes were occurring all over the battlefield. It seemed the human warriors were well prepared for fighting the elves, and coupled with the surprise attack, the elven resistance lasted only a few short minutes.

Now, only a handful of guards remained, protecting the children of the tribe beside Lola, and the human warriors had them surrounded. The elves seemed doomed to defeat.

But just then, the belated Lola began chanting a spell.

(To be continued)

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