All Chapters of Chronicle of the Returned King: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30
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The Monster in the Valley
After the departure of Alex, Gremio and the heroes party, the remaining dwarven folk were left on the village square staring at the place where they disappeared from sight with puzzled expressions.Somehow, the atmosphere of the entire village was changed by what happened during the last few hours.But Alex took no notice to turn his head back. Instead, he kept on looking forward and walking. Soon, they arrived near the entrance of the valley. At first, nobody uttered any word, even they were still curious of why they would enter the valley."Let's go!" said Gremio as he walked toward the road at the east part of the valley.The others followed after him, eventhough Salieri and Rasheed still had no idea of what they were roaming about.As they reached the valley entrance, Alex said, "Alright, everyone, I will let Gremio to explain our ongoing mission."Everyone nodded their heads silently, even they didn't understand a thing that Alex was saying.Gremio didn't seem to expect get Alex
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Make a Plan
Salieri nodded in agreement and walked with Alex as the two heroes started running back to the palace.Alex and his companions were walking back through the woods when they heard footsteps coming closer. They hid behind the bushes, hoping they won't be seen.Soon, the source of the footsteps became clear: it belonged to a unicorn who was galloping through the field.When she passed the bushes, they saw she moved forward with her tail wagging, they could hear her purring. She was clearly happy and enjoying herself."Whoa! That' s a beautiful animal! What is she called?" whispered Salieri."She's named Freya. Her favorite color is red and she loves to roam around and eat anything," explained Gremio."Do unicorns eat plants?" asked Rasheed.Gremio thought for a few seconds, before replying, "Yes actually they do. So... Freya eats all kinds of vegetation. Freya seems to be quite intelligent, maybe even smarter than most horses or cows.""How can a Freya make a human sick? Is it the same w
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Elf's Forest
Finally the party agreed to begin their mission. Except Helene who needed to stay at the Shrine for administration matter, and Pandora who was nowhere to be seen.“We’re incomplete without Hel and Pan, so that means we have to work hard for their share as well,” motivated Alex to his companions. “Prepare yourselves well, we don’t know what’s lurking inside the forest.”“Yeah, you guys don’t know a thing, but I do. Please stop lumping me together with you guys,” responded Stella with air of fake arrogance. She was just trying to be funny, but Gremio took it the wrong way.“Typical of the elves, their ego is as high as their pointy ears,” retorted Gremio, resorting to body shaming behavior.“Hey, what did you say, you midget? Want to have a go, huh?” reacted Stella who lost her temper after hearing Gremio’s bigoted remark.Salieri went in between the two of them and attempted to diffuse the ticking time bomb.“Come on fellas, we’re here as a team, please stop in-fighting among us. Stell
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Captured
Ignoring Alex’s astonishment of finding the fact that her daughter was a princess, Stella’s mother threw him a question.“Pardon the late introduction, I am Stella’s mother, Martha,” said the mature elf. “It’s quite rare for humans to wander around the Elf Forest, mind to let me know what brings you here?”“My name is Alex, Ma’am. The reason why I am here is to find the flowers unique to this place. Perhaps you’ve heard about it,” explained Alex.“Well, if you agree to tell me the name, perhaps I can be of some help to you guys.”Alex’s eyes shone brightly to hear that offer. Witnessing the elf rangers’ hostility back then, he didn’t expect any cooperation from the local residents. Surely this brought his mood up to the roof.“That’s great, Ma’am! The flower we’re looking for is known as Randaelwiz flower!”Martha’s expression turned into that of disbelief and a hint of suspicion.“By Randaelwiz flower, you mean that Randaelwiz flower?” confirmed Martha. “Interesting fellow, aren’t yo
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Bargaining
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!!!”The rooster’s crow was the first sound that woke Alex that morning. He was quite surprised to find out that even in the depth of this lush forest, there was still a rooster around. What a bizarre forest, he thought.Alex sat and stretched out his hands while yawning widely. Then he rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked around. It was Stella beside him.IT WAS STELLA BESIDE HIM?!“Damn, what happened last night? Surely there was nothing going on, right?” asked Alex to himself in panic. He became more nervous when he realized his upper body was naked.“Rasheed saw nothing,”That statement caught Alex off guard. With his trademark straight expression, Rasheed attempted to calm Alex down, which ultimately made Alex more flustered than before.“Nothing? Uh, haha, what is nothing?” responded Alex awkwardly.“Urgh... five more minutes...” Stella squirmed, making Alex felt more inconvenient and quickly grabbed his shirt to cover his exposed chest.Just when the things start
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The Nest
“Human, do you also speak to your king like that?”Olivia opened the conversation as the trio began their journey to the nest of Giant Azure Crow’s nest.“Uh, yeah? Is there anything wrong with that?” replied our Hero with a genuine curious look whilst at the same time keeping his fast step. He must know that their destination was still quite far.“Without any respect nor high regard?” followed Olivia. “Humans are such brutes, true as the rumor says.”“Well, I prefer to call myself straightforward, or direct to the point,” uttered Alex. “And for your record, not all humans speak like that to their king, so I suggest you quit with your stereotyping, Ollie.”“Don’t give me such a weird nickname, human!” retaliated Olivia who actually found that nickname quite cute and lovely. But of course, she couldn’t let him know about that.“And stop calling me ‘human’, I have a name and it’s Alex,” countered Alex apathetically, increasing his pace to secretly give the elf duo some time to reminisce
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Great Azure Crow
CAW! CAW! CAW!Although the baby crow just hatched a while ago, he was so energetic, relentlessly pursuing the figure of mother he saw in Stella. Alex laughed uncontrollably to see Stella who ran about like a headless chicken, trying to evade the affection that the crow chick wanted to give.“Hey, why are you running away? I thought you and Mephisto were on good terms before?” asked Alex in the middle of his laughter.“Bahahaha! You should see your face now! Gosh, I wish I had a mirror now to show you!”“Hero, stop your childish act and do something about this creature!” scolded Stella sternly, while not stopping her pace at all.“I gave him some of our supplies, because I thought he would be starving. You know, just a moment ago he was born, right? But it wasn’t enough for him, he keeps asking for more!” claimed Stella while still keeping her distance away from the crow. “At this rate, we would be out of foods before we leave this place. Do you have any idea how far away are we from
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Return
The Elf King sat pompously on his grandiose throne as one of his trusty guards whispered something in his ears.“Your Majesty, there’s someone who wants to see you.”At first, the king didn’t want to meet whomever his guard meant, but it seemed like this person has something important to say, or show. With a long and heavy sigh, the Elf King then ordered his guards to open the doors and let the man in.As the doors swung to their side, he saw Alex step into the room with confidence and brought something that seemed familiar in his right hand. Behind him is Stella, the banished female elf. The light from chandeliers above the room reflected on the silver bow the young man brought in. Alex kneeled as he put the Elvenian silver bow down in front of the Elf King’s throne.“What brings you here, thief?!” the old king spoke in a disinterested manner as he lifted his leg to the throne. He stared at Alex with a scorned look in his eyes at first, but now he glanced at Stella in the same way. “
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Mission Accomplished
Alex and his group walked further from the Elf Kingdom’s grand and majestic gate. They were not planning to return home, but for another quest. Realizing that the situation was safe now, Alex signed the others to gather around behind a bush and discussed what to do after this. They formed a circle and the conversation started as Alex laid out the map.“We have the Randaelwiz flower now,” he said in an optimistic tone, showing the pocket to his non-human friends. “now we’re heading to that valley where the dwarf ring was dropped. Germio, do you remember where is it?”The dwarf looked more enthusiastic than ever, he responded quickly and pointed at a valley on the map, “yes, yes! It was on this valley, just outside the Dwarf Village”“Great! It takes less than one day to get there,” Alex estimated their next journey. “We should arrive there before night.”Stella chuckled after hearing Alex’s answer. “We? Are we all going there?”The human raised his eyebrow and looked at the elf, “yes,
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Sinister Ring
“Are we there yet?” complained Stella as her frail legs kept climbing the valley up. “Sigh, my feet hurt.”After succesfully seized the ring that Gremio dropped long time ago, the group started to make their way up. But it seemed the hunt really took its toll on them.“All those footwork must leave you exhausted, m’lady!” concluded Salieri. “Let me check your thighs, it must be swollen by now!”Without even waiting for Stella’s approval, Salieri sneakily creeped closer to Stella, giving no chance for the elf to react.“EWWW! GROSS! GET AWAY!” shrieked Stella when Salieri touched her appetizing white legs. The bard ignored Stella’s scream, but a thwack from Stella’s bow was enough to send him a warning.“Ouchie, I just want to help, that’s all,” gruntled Salieri while rubbing his head.“Nobody asked!” cut Stella short. “That counted as sexual harassment, you know!”Rasheed shook his head to see their antics. He saw that scene numerous times but still he just couldn’t get accustomed to
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