The Adventure Of Eric (The Rescue of the Elf Princess)
4. The Fairy State Border Guard
The commander of the army crossed the border forest of the Witch's land, heading towards the land of the Elves. He had never gone through that forest path. Just relying on feeling to do the orders given by Gilang. Men who sacrifice, so that there are those who can save themselves and provide information.
For a few hours he crossed the dark forest and was already very exhausted. When he was almost in despair, he saw a bright light behind the trees.
His physical strength had already reached the limit. His eyes blurred before knowing what bright light was just ahead. He lost against the circumstances. The commander's body floated down from the galloping horse.
The servant girl he had originally held tightly, fell down as well. However, his leg was stuck in the saddle footing. Make it dragged away in the forest land full of moss and dry grass.
The group of people sitting in front of the bonfire, were surprised to see a horse speeding by while dragging someone. They chase and try to stop him with some chanting.
The horse stopped tens of meters away from where the people were gathered. They were scrambling to see what happened.
"An Elf girl!" call the person who arrived first. He immediately covered the body of the poor girl with a cloth covering her shoulders.
They helped remove the Elf woman's clothes from the saddle hooks of the horses.
"The clothes are good. I think she's a noblewoman!" said one.
"Whoever is she, wouldn't it be strange for an Elven girl to be carried away by a horse from the land of witches?" ask the others. He can feel that strange.
"Aren't we asked to increase the guard, because the Orcs have defeated the Witches at the border of the Land of No Man!" Someone reminded me of the news.
"Is it possible that he ran away from the Orcs?" guess one of the.
The five men looked at each other. Then realize the danger that threatens.
"You! Take this girl to the village to be treated. Then report this incident to the border guard commander. Ask for additional guards. We may have to face the Orcs who are recklessly chasing this girl!" the leader among them.
"Good!" said the guard who was told. A twinkling light glittered, flying towards the Elf girl. Covering his entire body to make it float in the air.
"I'm leaving!" he said and quickly passed from there.
The remaining four guards, no longer relaxed. Instead, they were alert and checked the area around where they were sitting before.
"I found someone!" shouted one of the guards of the fairy nation. His hand gave off a small light, to illuminate the face of the person he found.
"An Elf man!" when a friend arrived.
"Maybe he saved himself with the girl" his friend continued.
"Look! His body is full of wounds!" they say.
"He's still alive. We have to save him!" said the first man found it.
"good. You're the one who took him to the village to be treated. Then inform the commander of this discovery. And quickly return!" message from their leader.
"Good!"
The designated man immediately performed the task. He should leave quickly and return as soon as possible. The border guard with the Witch Country is three people. It would be very dangerous if there were true Orcs chasing all the way to their country.
"Now we have to increase alertness! Let's check if there might be another Elf who fell victim and ran here!" his orders.
Two of his friends nodded and followed his leader's steps towards the border area with the Witch country.
In the small village of Elves close to the border, the guard commander was shocked to get a report of an Elf woman being carried away on a horse to their forest.
"Have you brought it to the doctor?" tanyakanya.
"The commander!" the border guard replied immediately.
"Take me there and explain along the way, whatever you know!" he said, taking a long step, out of his wooden house.
"We can't judge anything, other than that the clothes are of good material" the officer replied honestly.
"Do you think he's an Elf noble who went to the land of the Witches?" ask commander.
"How's he?" ask the commander to the doctor.
"He was treated harshly. And in shock!" The healer showed the elf girl's face and arms that were bluish-red from the blow.
"Commander, the head of the team asked for additional guards at the border. Worrying that the Orcs who lost the girl will chase all the way to our country!" officer says.
The commander turned around and looked at the officer for a moment. Then he came out of the doctor's room and ordered some people to go and follow the officer to the border.
Five new guards, departing with the first officer. They rushed away, worried that things were already precarious at the border.
Not too long ago, the six men met the second officer who was also carrying the wounded Elf man.
"There again?" askthem. Worry is clearly visible.
"Could it be that the Elves fled to our borders, while being chased by Orcs?" guess them.
"Can be. After the border fell, anyone who entered there would definitely be blocked by the Orcs. They wanted to sever the Witch Country's liaison path from the other country!" the other word.
"Already! You, immediately bring the man and report.After that, hurry back. Maybe we'll still find another victim!" said the first guard.
"I'm leaving!" the guard who was carrying the Elf man, continued on his way to the village.
"What!" Their army commander was shocked. He had just returned from the healer residence that was taking care of the Elf woman he had just brought.
"Yes, Commander. I've taken him to the healer's house!" reply guards.
"Come there!" The commander stood up again and walked towards the healer's house.
He saw the man faint in front of him. The physician was concocting medicine, while his attendant was cleaning up the wounds all over the Elf man's body.
"He fought until his body gave up!" The commander noticed the real imprinted wounds on the Elf man's body in front of him.
"This is a jagged sword! It's a spiked mace!" The staff continued to check carefully. Even against the small wounds he found, he could identify the type of weapon used to injure him.
"And his clothes, show him a soldier!" The commander made a conclusion.
"Help ...." The handsome man with bright and glowing face was thinking hard.
"Save her. If you are aware, dig up the information and the information should be reported to me immediately!" the message before leaving the healer's house.
"Commander, I must return as soon as possible. The team leader said he was worried there was another danger there" he said.
"Wait!" prevent commander. "Follow me!" He walked back to his residence. The border guard followed from behind. Although he didn't know what his commander was thinking, he couldn't possibly argue.
"You got another assignment. Report this to the leader of the troops in the city. They should get a report immediately. It was possible that they were an important party that the Orcs intercepted!"
The border guard was shocked. He didn't think he was there. What if the two findings were part of an important group of Elves?
"Good!" sisi fast. The commander of the force gave a road letter as a sign that the guard was carrying out his orders.
"I'm leaving!" the guard said after receiving his road letter. He came out of the commander's house and had prepared a nice horse as a vehicle to get to the city.
The commander could not sit quietly after receiving the two wounded Elves.
"Do you think it's possible for a soldier to go alone, escort a woman?" the commander asked a middle-aged man who continued to follow him everywhere.
The man shook his head. "He should have brought a small army. Especially since before reaching the land of the Witch Nation, they would definitely have to pass through the Mastery Fool's Land!" The old man gave an opinion.
"And from a small army protecting the company, only one girl and that soldier ran to our country. Then where's the entourage?"
The commander's eyes stared intently at the middle-aged man next to him. He already had an approximate answer in his head. However, he himself was afraid if the conjecture was true.
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