章節 4: Meeting the Elves.

<Silver's Pov>

In an instant I was surrounded by hooded figures, there bows aimed at various parts of my body, I didn't need to be an experienced warrior to know that they could kill me before I could even move. One of the hooded figures moved closer to me, shouting" Shemlen, dismount the Halla now before the beast dies under your filth."

The language that the hooded figure was using was not the common tongue nor was it Human in origin, for some reason however I was still able to comprehend it, responding in the same strange tongue I uttered" The beast let me ride it after I defeated the Wolves hunting it, I do not see what gives you the right to decide for the beast when it has made its mind up. Before you make demands of me, why not show me your face or at least introduce yourself? You can refer to me as Silver if you wish, not 'Human'."

I had no idea where the confidence in my voice had come from, as I contemplated it, I remembered that 2 years ago I had a sudden feeling of wanting to conquer the forest, I had thought I had given up on this domineering attitude however it had manifested itself here as well. I quickly realised that we were indeed speaking in Elven, the hooded figure paused for a second before they got closer to me, as they approached they said" Thank you for saving the Halla, our tribe has recently lost most of ours. I apologise for my hostility however Humans appearing in our lands barely brings good luck to our tribe."

I nodded my head and dismounted the 'Halla', the stag instantly brushed up against me, I simply laughed and began stroking the side of the beast's mane, turning to the Elf I asked" Is it possible to meet the elder of your clan? I have been living in this forest for the last two years and was wandering if me and the tribe could collaborate in removing the wolves that plague us both?"

" I will take you to Elder Zathrian, my name is Marvin by the way, if you try to harm the Elder in anyway I will be forced to kill you. Me and my brothers will keep our bows at the ready for the slightest change in your body language, is that understood?"

I froze, I felt an unnaturally chill freeze my heart, turning to the Elf, pulled my sword out, with unnatural speed that clearly Wasn't my own, my sword was pushed up against the Elf's neck. As I leaned into the Elf, my blade slowly cut a little into his skin, as quickly as it came, the coldness vanished and I very hesitantly put my sword back, still looking at the Elf, I smiled and said" It maybe in your best interests not to threaten me, I'm weak at the moment however my strength will drastically increase when I have finished with my dealings with your tribe. It will be in your best interests to be quite and take me to the Elder, a lone wolf is just as aggressive and deadly as one in a pack."

*Hidden mission complete: Embrace the Attitude of the Noble Wolf. Reward: Sword Mastery raised to D, Demon's treachery skill learnt, Skill raised to rank E. {Demon's Treachery} is a sword skill that deals 20% more damage to those of the same race as the user, Deals 200% extra damage if the target is attacked from behind with this skill. Uses a small amount of stamina.*

I stopped walking as the voice rang out in my head, I smiled and thought, 'It seems that the system wants me to fully embrace the domineering nature of mine, if that is the case, that is what I will do however I must respect those who are worthy of it. Allies are just as important as enemies after all. Seeing that I had stopped, Marvin turned around with a suspicious look on his face, I smiled at him and walked with a quicker pace to catch up.

Walking into the Dalish camp, the first thing I noticed was a lack of clear fortifications, unlike the castle I had grown up in there was next to nothing to defend the Elves here. They had some basic wooden barriers but that was all, guarding the barriers were tow elves, they were clearly surprised top see a human walking into the camp, even more so when the Halla began nuzzling me with its face again. I gently caressed the Halla's face as it was lead away from me by the Elven herder, it was taken to a large pen that surrounded a small hole filled with water, it contained many feeding trough although, there was only my Halla in the pen.

I was pulled away from the pen by Marvin, I shook his arm off of my shoulder and followed him towards a large tent in the centre of the camp, Marvin gestured towards the tent and I entered, sitting on a simple chair was a bold elf, he had a simple tattoo on his forehead and one that stretched form one side of his face to the other. As I sat down opposite the Elf, he grunted and said" Shemlin, what brings you to our humble Dalish Tribe? We have no money for you to take and we are under siege from both Wolves and Werewolves at every turn."

I smiled at the elder and said" I have come to see if you want to get rid of the Wolves and werewolves together."