Binding System

Chapter 179 Neia, A Cute Elf

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Ace was shocked when he saw Neia and the two young men.

'What?! There are people in this place?!'

He did not mean to help Neia.

He only wanted to test his new skill.

He could not find a magical beast earlier, so he decided to use a tree as his target.

He did not expect his attack to hit these two young men after destroying several trees in front of him.

'How should I explain this?'

That was the question that appeared in his mind.

Like Ace, Neia was also startled.

They were in the forest, so she thought there was no one besides her and these two young men.

'A young man?'

At this moment, she misunderstood everything.

She thought Ace attacked these two young men because he wanted to her help or disliked what they were doing.

That was why she looked at him with a surprised expression.

'What a good young man!'

Ace suddenly looked like an angel in her eyes.

'Wait. I should thank him now.'

When Neia came to her senses, she walked closer to Ace. 

"Thank you for helping me." She said as she bowed her head slightly.

Ace said nothing because he still did not understand what was going on.

Yes, he did not know anything.

He had no idea what had happened to Neia earlier.

In other words, he helped Neia unintentionally.

This was the reason why he did not say anything because he did not want to embarrass himself.

[Several divine beings burst into waves of laughter.]

[God of Wind utters, he only wanted to use his new skill, but he suddenly became a knight in shining armor. This is amusing. It's so funny.]

[God of Mountain inquires, Is this the power of the chosen one?]

[God of Sea utters, does this mean he is the main character of this world?]

[Several divine beings laugh louder after hearing God of Sea's words.]

The corner of Ace's lips twitched.

'Damn these divine beings!'

He cursed venomously in his heart.

The red-haired man and the blue-haired man rose to their feet. "Who are you? Why did you attack us?"

Before Ace could say something, Neia pointed her right index finger at them and responded, "Serves you right! That is what you get from harassing me!"

Ace shifted his gaze from these two young men to Neia.

'I see. So, these two young men harassed her, huh?'

He finally knew what was going on.

"What do you mean by saying we are harassing you? We only want to give you pleasure. It's not a harassment!" the red-haired man denied Neia's words.

Ace was at a loss for words.

'Isn't that the same?

He did not expect the red-haired man to be so open like that.

The red-haired man retrieved his hammer from his space ring and uttered, "Young man, leave this place now. Don't interfere with our business. If you do that, I will forgive your previous actions."

"That's right." The blue-haired man added. "Otherwise, we will beat you to death later."

Even though they were threatening him, Ace could still act calmly. "I don't want to." 

The red-haired man and the blue-haired man exchanged a glance with each other before finally nodding their heads.

'Let's kill him first.'

They rushed toward Ace, trying to kill him.

Neia immediately took an arrow, ready to attack the red-haired man and the blue-haired man.

But before she could attack them, Ace had defeated them.

'So fast!'

She could not see his movements and attacks.

Ace used the Lightning Move skill, so it was normal if she could not see his movements and attacks.

The red-haired man and the blue-haired man even did not know what had just happened to them. 

They only felt like they got hit by something powerful like stones before finally falling unconscious.

Ace did not kill them on purpose because he wanted to let the young elf decide everything.

"They are unconscious." He spoke and paused for a second before he continued, "You can do whatever you want to them now."

Neia immediately walked closer to them. "Then I will cut off their tools so that they won't harass another woman."

Ace quivered.

'What?! She wants to cut off their tools?!'

She was a cute elf, so he was startled after hearing her words.

Neia smiled happily after doing bad things to these two young men. "Done. They can't harass a woman now."

[All divine beings feel sorry for these two young men.]

"Oh, right., young man. What is your name?" Neia wanted to know his name because he had saved her.

The corner of his lips twitched. "Young man?"

"That's right, young man." she uttered, "You are under twenty years old, right?"

"That's right." He gave an honest answer. "But aren't you also under twenty years old? So, in my opinion, calling me young man is inappropriate."

"I may look like this, but I'm twenty-nine years old." she was already used to this because this was not the first time someone had thought she was under twenty years old.

"What?!" Ace said in surprise.

He did not analyze her using his system earlier because he was previously shocked by what was happening.

"I'm not lying to you. I'm indeed twenty-nine years old. I'm an elf, so you can't compare me with your race." She said as she pointed her index finger at her ears.

After checking her status with his system, he finally knew she was telling the truth. 

"Ehm!" he cleared his throat. "I'm sorry for doubting you. My name is Ace."

"I'm Neia." She thought he did not know her name. "What are you doing in this forest?"

"I'm looking for my friend." He responded.

'I'm not lying because I'm also looking for Lieutenant Valeria.'

He added in his mind.

"Looking for a friend?" she believed his words immediately. 

"Yes." He nodded his head. "Something unexpected happened to us, so we got separated. I want to find her first before returning to our city."

"From which city do you come from?" she asked curiously.

"Nightshire City." He gave an honest answer.

"Nightshire city?" she did not know anything about Nightshire City because she had never heard of it before.

At this moment, Ace realized it was an excellent opportunity to get information about this forest. "By the way, what is the name of this forest? And where are we?"

"The name of this forest is Arnlisle Forest." She gave an honest answer. 

"Then what city is closest to this forest?" he threw another question at her.

"Aquarin city. It's the capital city of Ocaven kingdom." She knew about this because she was from Aquarin City. 

Ace was shocked.

Of course, he knew the Ocaven kingdom because Scarlett had told him about all three kingdoms in the Luvrela region.

'Ocaven kingdom is in the west part of Luvrela region, while Nightshire city is in the east. Does that mean I'm very far from Nightshire city?'

He did not expect the black hole to teleport him to the Ocaven kingdom.

As Ace was lost in thought, Neia noticed the Phoenix sword in his right hand.

'Phoenix sword? Isn't this a leader's sword?'

She did not pay attention to his sword earlier, so she did not know he was holding a Phoenix sword.

'Why is leader's sword in his hand? Does he have relationship with leader? Does that mean he knows where our leader is now?'

Countless questions appeared in her mind.

There were a few gangs in Aquarin City. One of these gangs was the Phoenix gang. 

Neia was a member of the Phoenix gang, so she knew about the Phoenix sword because it was her leader's sword.

Her leader did not return to their gang since she left last year. This was the reason why she was shocked when she saw the Phoenix sword in Ace's right hand.

"Ace, where did you get this sword?" she asked curiously.

Instead of answering her question immediately, he asked, "Why do you want to know about this sword?"

"This sword is similar to my friend's sword." She did not tell the truth immediately. "That's why I'm curious about it."

"I got this sword from a skeleton." He gave an honest answer.

"What?! A skeleton?" she said in surprise.

"Yes." He nodded his head. "When I was trapped in Death Valley, I saw many skeletons. One of the skeletons held this sword. My sword was broken at that time, so I took this sword from that skeleton."

"I see." She uttered.

'Skeleton? Death Valley? Does that mean our leader went to Death Valley last year?'

There were so many things that she wanted to know.

However, she did not ask more questions because she believed Ace would get annoyed if she kept throwing questions at him.

They began talking again.

After talking for about fifteen minutes, she wanted to return to her gang to tell the vice leader about this. "If you have found your friend and want to go home, just go to Aquarin city. There is a teleportation gate in that city." 

"Thank you for the information." Ace uttered.

"Bye-bye. Let's meet again when you are in Aquarin city." She waved goodbye before leaving.

Ace began looking for Lieutenant Valeria. 

Time went by quickly, and without realizing it, it was already 05:30 pm. Since it was almost night, he looked for shelter.

Unlike yesterday, he did not find an abandoned house this time, but he found a cave.

After ordering his clones to check the cave, Ace made a bonfire.

'Should I call Scarlett now?'

After thinking for several seconds, he retrieved the communication token out of his space ring.

'I hope she is not busy now.'