The Birth of a True Hero
Episode 38 The missing princess

Switching to elf territory.

The atmosphere there was chaotic as the princess and some children from the elf kingdom disappeared. The atmosphere became boisterous and chaotic. Witnesses said that a few days ago they saw some human hunters entering the forest of the elves.

As they suspected that it was man who was the mastermind behind the disappearance of some children from the elves. The elf king understood very well that if they were to deploy troops to search for the lost elves and cross the borders of the elves and humans, it would pose a danger of war.

The elf king immediately sent an elf named Luinic to the empire to inform him of the incident. The elf king asked the emperor to return the 6 elves within 5 days, otherwise they would deploy troops to human territory and would do anything to get the elves back.

The elf king or warbeast leader is a race that loves peace. They are not at war with men not because they are afraid but because they are really avoiding bloodshed. However since humans had already surpassed the limit, the fury of both the elf and warbeast tribes had already reached its peak.

Within 3 days, the envoy reached the imperial palace. After reading the contents of the message of the elf king, the emperor immediately sent a reply so that the elf king and the elves were patiently waiting for the return of their children.

"O you messenger, I have received this message. Then go home and deliver my message to your King to be willing to wait for the return of their children because I will exert all means to save them"

Hearing that Luinic looked rather furious.

"What are you doing now?" Lunic asked which surprised the emperor.

"What do you mean, messenger?" Ask the emperor again.

Then with a furious face mixed with sadness Luinic told about his beloved sister.

"My sister, being the victim of your nobility's cruelty" Luinic said holding back his anger.

After a brief pause, he continued his story.

"My brother died 10 years ago, maybe you think it's a long time ago but for me it feels like it was just yesterday. My sister was kidnapped and sold as a slave to your nobility. When I came to save him he was lifeless and scarred by the cruelty of your people"

Hearing that the emperor became sad and felt very guilty even though at that time he had not ascended the throne as emperor.

Then without a second thought, the emperor lowered his head and apologized to the elf.

But looking at what the emperor did, the elf looked annoyed instead.

"I don't need your apology emperor"

"Then is there anything you want from me" asked the emperor.

"If you do feel guilty, please stop slavery throughout your kingdom, when on the way here, my heart is sliced to see the elves and the enslaved demi-humans"

"If I wasn't a messenger, I would have saved them. But I know saving one or two of them won't change anything. But if you are a noble emperor who has power can definitely save them all"

"Please those who are noble" said Luinic, kneeling and weeping before the emperor.

"Please lift your head, messenger sir. I understand how you feel. But I'm grateful that this meeting was only between you and me. Because if the other nobles heard about this, they would definitely do everything they could to depose me"

"What do you mean, your majesty?" ask Luinic

After taking a deep breath, the emperor continued his words.

"That love of yours was my dream from childhood. Eliminating slavery and establishing harmonious relationships between races is my dream. But be patient in a moment. Because a young man will soon realize that dream"

Hearing that, Luinic's originally sad face turned into a face full of happiness.

"Is what you're saying really noble, who do you mean?" ask Luinic.

"I can't say it yet, but soon enough, that person will definitely come to your place"

Hearing that, Luinic was very happy and gave permission to tell the emperor who would save the lost elves.

But even though he was already the emperor, if he issued the prohibition of slavery and freed all slaves, there would be chaos and chaos because almost all the nobles had human slaves and other races. It will be very much about them. When the emperor thought about throwing away his silly dream, he met with Rui and when he knew who Rui's identity was, his once-dissipated hope was now back.

In the imperial palace, there were only 4 Wizard knights and troops left to keep the emperor safe. The Wizard knights and other combat troops were guarding the border from monsters and demons.

Without a second thought, the emperor immediately ordered the remaining Wizard knights to lead an army to search for the missing elves.

The Emperor also informed Rui of the matter. After Rui received a message from the emperor, Rui immediately asked the academy's head for permission to join the search for the elves.

"Hmmm you're going to be looking for the missing elf's children" Professor Rufus asked.

"Please don't speak so politely here professor, however now I'm just a student here. Yes, as I told you, I'll go look for the missing elves" replied Rui.

"Yes forgive me. Well before that, I will pass on a message from the knight wizard yesterday to you Rui".

"Say" Rui replied briefly.

"Your squad has been inaugurated and you've become its chairman. As you have been told that you have the same or higher authority as the knight wizard and are free to enter the academy without my permission"

"Good then, so I chose the three of them to be my first members" I said as I pointed towards Karin, Ririna and Risiya.

"Alright, so what's the name of your squad" asked professor Rufus.

Hearing that, Rui thought about what a good name for her group was. After thinking for a moment an idea came to his mind.

"Then, the name of this squad is the Silver Dragon Squad"

Hearing that name, Karin and the others looked quite fond of it.

Rui immediately rushed away to join the search for the elf.So Karin, Ririna and Risiya helped after getting permission from the professor.

After coming out of the academy, Rui teleported before the emperor. Of course it made the emperor very surprised to spill the drink he was holding.

"Huaaaaaa gosh, what a surprise, who do I think"

" What are you here, hero sir" asked the king who made Rui a little embarrassed.

"Stop that, just call Rui. I request that your conqueror squad be present right now"

Without asking anything, the emperor immediately summoned them by ringing the palace bell 7 times.

Then came 8 men, 3 men and 5 women in all black clothes and carrying full weapons.

"The name of this army is Shadow Squad, they become palace servants by day and become the most vicious assassins by night. Even two of them were King-level mages and were stronger than the Arc Mages"

"Hooh, so this is a conquering army that is highly secretive to the empire, so are you willing to take all orders from me?" ask Rui.

Then they all knelt down.

"Whatever your orders the hero is chosen"

Then Rui immediately informed them of their duties.

"I'm sure you've found out about the matter of the kidnapped elves. Most likely they were in his captor's headquarters but there was a possibility in the slave market and were in the noble's residence. The kidnappers did not seem to be random people because they managed to enter the elf territory and kidnapped the elf king's daughter. Save the victims and destroy the kidnappers" Rui's orders are unequivocal.

Then they simultaneously answered "Prepared" and they split up and immediately did a search.