Chapter 12: Stunned Stupid

The sun is high up in the sky. A good three kilometres away from the foot of Amber Mountain is the settlement of the Hyon Clan. They are one of the few earth clans who stayed in the Amber Forest. Most of the people of this clan work for the temple by gathering and planting medicinal herbs that are used by the alchemists for making various potions.

Because most lands are used to grow herbs. They are one of the clans who are still living in tree houses. The trees in this part of the forest are tall with very slender trunks. Totally not that suitable for building treehouses. Falling from these houses is very normal here. However, it is not fatal or harmful to this Hyon Clan since Earth is their best friend.

Their ideal proximity to the temple made it easier for them to find work in the temple.

Because of the good business that they are doing, most of them are living a good life.

On regular days, they will be seen gathering herbs around the forest, watering the herbs that they grow and happily chatting about their everyday life that is almost the same for one another.

However, now they are currently standing stiffly on the grassless trail just outside their settlement.

They don their best cloth dress. The males wore loose sleeveless dresses that is made of flowy garments. They used a different coloured cloth as a belt to fit the dress on their waist. Emphasizing the wideness of their shoulders and the firmness of their abdominals. Their bulging biceps and well-defined triceps which were trained by moving logs and digging earth are on full display. Giving a pleasant treat for a certain someone. But that is for later.

And no this is just a coincidence. The moon elves are still clueless about whatever is coming towards them.

On the other hand, the bearers put on their most cherished pearl anklet and necklaces. Some bearers with longer hair braided their hair and adorned it with beautiful wildflowers that they picked in the forest. So soft looking. So effeminate. Guess whose eyes will turn white because of envy later?

Fortunately, he is not a mean mitch (a male b*tch) or else...

Their houses are also well dressed up. They made simple wooden pots and transplanted various good-looking wildflowers and plants from the surrounding. They then hang it beside the stairs. Some boxes are even hung in between the trees with its end tied to the trunk of both trees.

It was sloppy considering that they did it just yesterday. However, if you would look at it from a panoramic view, this looks amazing. Like the fabled hanging gardens on earth.

Let's just wish that these plants would thrive and not die.

A young-looking male moon elf suddenly kneeled and placed his ears against the soil. Seemingly listening to the vibrations on the earth.

"What are you doing there, Jiro?! Stand up! You're dirtying your clothes! That's expensive!", said the middle-aged bearer, the young moon elf's mother. Jiro is one of the youngest generations of the moon elves and because of this, almost the entire clan members spoiled him. Though not to the point of being rotten, the young man still acts childish sometimes. Despite this, his earth power's strength is considerable. The integration of his plate and his earth power is quite good for someone young like him.

"I can't hear anything from the earth. Is it true that the lord will come here today?"

"Hey old Aryn," said Gea, the mother of Jiro. "Does your little bearer say any news from the temple?"

"Who's old?!" Aryn yelled. If Luis was here, he will recognize this middle-aged bearer's visual. From the petite body structure and innocent bunny-like face. It is looks like his little servant.

"My good child has a name it's Olyn, you old thing! You are asking to be buried huh?!" Well except for the mouth that is.

Olyn wouldn't even say anything to him. How would he know? He would think that his dear child is maltreated there to the point of muteness if it weren't for the stupid eyes he would make when the newborn lord was mentioned. He would just bite his lips and in the end say, "I am a loyal servant of the moon elf lord. I would never say anything unless my lord says so."

The distressed parent could only bite his curiosity back. The moon elves at this moment have no concept of brainwashing. So Aryn cannot explain this phenomenon.

But of course, it is not that serious, Olyn is in the state that modern earthlings called fanboying.

Rumours have wings, or so they said. They heard a rumour from the folks that delivered the herbs yesterday that the sentinels and the priests are preparing frantically for something. These folks did not know much, they only heard words like 'trip', 'new lord' and 'tomorrow'.

The moon elves are not idiots. They weave these words together and immediately inform the clan leader about this. And since they are the nearest Amber Mountain, they didn't waste time and prepared for the coming of the moon elf lord in any case.

Hylolas, the clan leader was quick to pacify the excitement. In all honesty, he is concerned about the attitude of the new moon elf lord. Various stories of their bloodbath are circulating since time immemorial. What if the new lord is the same as the lord in these tales?

"Listen, if ever the lord comes today. Don't overstep. Answer the moon elf lord if he asks something. We cannot afford to offend the moon elf lord. So make sure that you are careful with your word. Don't act stupidly in front of the..." The words of the clan leader were cut by the sudden gusts of the wind. And slowly, groups of huge birds descended from the sky. It was the Oriole Squad. The most powerful group of aerial combatants among the sentinels.

However, this powerful display of strength is not the most eye-catching. Instead, it was the juvenile moon elf with weird-looking clothes, who was floating freely in the air without the help of the wind.

The clothes of this beautiful bearer are weirdly cut into two.

The top garment has a round hole in the top just below the collar and two excess garments that cover both of the upper arms. Coupled with the white and precious cloth, it fits so snuggly and beautifully in the upper torso of the young moon elf.

The bottom garment looks peculiar as it is not the usual wide skirt that most of them wear but instead, the cloth forms two long tubes that enclose the pair of long legs. These tubes are then mysteriously merged around the crotch and the backside. They cannot see the extent of the lower garment as the upper part of it is hidden by the upper garment. Just like the top it is in the colour of the purest white.

"Hi, everyone! Are you waiting for me?" said the attractive young moon elf in a very pleasant voice.

Bizarre clothes and a visually perfect face. This combination is fatal to these moon elves who have never experienced or seen anything like it. The Hyon Clan is stunned beyond words.

"The gods... Have descended!" someone uttered stupidly. It is Hylolas the clan leader who just said to be careful of the words when talking to the moon elf lord a while ago.