Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 120

120.

Among the hundreds of fairies, one with luscious green hair stepped forward.

“Are you the leader of the humans?”

I didn’t flinch.

There was no point in cowering before an enemy who was clearly aiming their bows at us.

If the fairies had wanted to kill us, they wouldn’t have bothered with the alarm magic; they would have just barged in and riddled us with arrows.

“Are you the leader of the fairies?”

The fairy’s expression hardened.

Even with the distorted look, the fairy was devastatingly beautiful.

Just as no two people look exactly alike, all the fairies had their own unique features, but their common trait was their sculpted appearance.

Their beauty was as if God had personally carved and molded them. If only their personalities were as good, but alas, they were as fearsome and cold as they were mysterious.

“What’s going on? I don’t think we’ve done anything to earn the fairies’ animosity.”

As I smiled wryly, watching the bowstring still drawn taut, the green-haired fairy spoke.

“Humans are forbidden from entering the Forest of Darkness for the time being. It seems your destination is the Forest of Darkness, so turn back now.”

I shrugged at the unilateral demand.

“The Forest of Darkness isn’t the fairies’ forest, and we’re free to come and go as we please. It’s none of the fairies’ business, is it?”

“As humans increasingly expand their power and taint the Middle Realm with greed, the forces of darkness are reviving……”

“I already killed the seed of evil, though?”

I was strangely enjoying the conversation with the fairy.

Sculpted appearance, tall height, arrogant personality, beings who live forever, a race that loves nature.

They were showing me exactly the image of fairies that I had set [in my mind], which was strangely fascinating.

“Stop with the nonsense and listen to the fairy. Human……”

I turned my gaze to send my subordinates back to the barracks.

“Go inside. It looks like this is going to be a long conversation.”

“That’s dangerous, Your Highness!”

Kyle was the first to object, exuding an intense aura.

Koo-oooo-!

As the Sword Master deliberately unleashed his aura, it felt as if the entire world was trembling.

The green-haired fairy’s face hardened even more than before, and the fairies drawing their bowstrings trembled violently.

“Kyle, go inside.”

I said again, but Kyle remained unmoved. I sighed involuntarily.

The reason I was trying to talk to the fairy wasn’t just about the Forest of Darkness issue. I had a feeling that the fairies might know something about the Reinhardt family.

Moreover, the green-haired fairy was wearing epaulettes, the symbol of the fairy royalty. The golden epaulettes on her shoulders were decorations that only the fairy royalty could wear, so I recognized them easily.

“Hoo, fairies are said to love nature and cherish the spirits that are its essence more than anyone else. And……”

I summoned not only the four high-level spirits but also all the spirits I had a contract with at once.

Summoning even four high-level spirits at the same time was difficult, but summoning all contracted spirits at once was something even the spirit masters of the fairy race couldn’t do.

‘Only I can do this. It’s not a matter of ability, but of affinity.’

“Oh? Fairies?”

Ignis, as expected, started to act up as soon as he was summoned.

“That’s enough, go up there.”

I cut off Ignis’s words.

Shock was spreading across the faces of all the fairies.

They were surprised and trembled at the Sword Master’s aura, but they were even more shocked by my spiritism.

“If you’re a spirit master, shouldn’t you be able to talk to anyone regardless of race? You’re closer to nature than anyone else, after all.”

After seeing the fairies who still couldn’t hide their surprise, I turned my gaze back to Kyle.

“It’s okay. This fairy is royalty and seems to know what’s what. They won’t treat a friend of nature carelessly.”

The royal fairy raised a hand and opened her mouth with difficulty.

“Lower your bows.”

The fairies lowered their bows and retreated in unison.

“You are right. A high-level spirit master is a friend allowed by nature. You are qualified to talk to us.”

I smiled faintly.

The royal fairy was now expressionless.

“Then shall we hear why you’ve come? If it’s because of the seed of darkness, I’ll make it clear that I killed it.”

I ordered Kyle again.

“Go inside.”

Now Kyle nodded as if he couldn’t help it, and in response to that signal, the royal fairy also sent the other fairies away.

As the surroundings became quiet, I said to Sylph.

‘Block the sound from going out around us.’

-Yes.

Sylph circled around me and the royal fairy, creating a whirlwind.

The royal fairy didn’t seem to care much.

“We definitely stopped the revival of the evil forces. We have Goran’s corpse too. That means there’s no reason to stop us from going to the Forest of Darkness under the pretext of the seed of evil.”

The royal fairy shook her head.

Even though she was a fairy with almost no emotional changes, my words were shocking her one by one.

“We’re going to hunt the wyvern guarding the Reinhardt family’s sword. Not hunting it today, but looking around to prepare.”

“You’re a human who knows everything.”

I smiled bitterly at the fairy’s words.

‘I wrote it all, you know.’

I quickly stopped thinking so that even the spirits couldn’t hear.

“If that’s the only reason, I wish you would turn back. I don’t particularly want to be hostile to you. It’s not like we’ve invaded your territory.”

“Every place on the continent occupied by humans is dying and groaning. That alone makes humans worthy of judgment.”

“If you were going to say that, you should have tried earlier. The fairies have only lived in the Fairy Forest for hundreds of years, and even if that period is short in the fairies’ lives, it’s quite a long time in human history.”

“The Wyvern, the ruler of the ruins, is an existence that maintains balance in the Forest of Darkness. Hunting is not allowed.”

I frowned at the royal fairy’s words, which brought up an irrelevant topic.

“Balance?”

“The reason orcs don’t run rampant easily is thanks to the wyvern. Without the wyvern, the orcs, who have even given birth to a king, will take over the Forest of Darkness, and with their tremendous reproductive power, they will soon invade our sacred forest.”

I chuckled in vain.

“You really don’t know anything? We killed the orc king too. The knight who could have cut you down in an instant just now [Kyle, the Sword Master].”

The royal fairy was no longer surprised.

* * *

The royal fairy left without revealing her name. I didn’t particularly tell him my identity either. He didn’t even ask.

To the fairies, there was no big difference between humans and orcs.

A race that they wouldn’t approach first and provoke, but a race that they could kill as soon as they saw them if they had the chance.

In the eyes of the fairies, both the orc and human races were beings that only harmed nature.

However, she just finished her business and went back.

‘She must have been conscious of me and Kyle.’

A Sword Master and a high-level spirit master were by no means easy opponents.

“Your Highness.”

As I entered the barracks, everyone rushed out.

“Ah, the fairies have gone back.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

I smiled faintly at Kyle’s words.

“No. The fairies just said what they had to say and went back. They seemed worried that the orcs would run wild, but I cleared up the misunderstanding.”

“That’s a relief.”

I turned my waist with a grunt. There was a cracking sound and I felt refreshed.

“I feel like I’m getting a lot of experience thanks to the Forest of Darkness. I’ve met fairies twice now.”

“Have you met fairies before?”

“Ah, Kyle doesn’t know. I stopped by the West Forest once to save you, and I met them then. They were fighting orcs at the time, and we received help from the fairies.”

“The fairies, you say?”

“Actually, they just killed them indiscriminately, but there were a lot more orcs. Fortunately, we were safe.”

I wanted to end the story here.

“Let’s rest early. We need to start scouting in earnest tomorrow.”

Kyle bowed his head.

The others also greeted me.

I went into my barracks.

It was a form with a small barracks inside a large barracks.

I immediately lay down on the field bed.

“Silpilen.”

“Yes.”

Silpilen answered verbally.

“Have you ever contracted with fairies?”

“I haven’t. Climb probably has. Ah, Elraim might have too.”

I turned my head to the two spirits.

They were all huddled together in my small barracks, having transformed into smaller forms.

“Climb, have you ever contracted?”

“Just once.”

It was Climb’s stiff tone, but I didn’t feel any awkwardness and asked.

“What was it like?”

“Just an ordinary fairy. A fairy who loves the earth and everything that grows from it.”

“I see.”

I turned my gaze to Elraim.

“I contracted with a royal fairy. He was also an ordinary fairy. He occasionally fought, but most of the opponents weren’t strong enough for me to use much power. The contract was unfortunately broken on the battlefield……”

A broken contract meant the death of the fairy.

I nodded.

“Today, I’m thinking of sleeping with you all summoned. The longer you stay in the Middle Realm, the more power you can exert like in the Spirit Realm, right?”

When I asked again to confirm, Elraim nodded.

“That’s right. Whether it’s a spirit or a demon, when a being that isn’t from the Middle Realm crosses over to the Middle Realm, their power is halved. But the longer you stay in the Middle Realm, the more of your original power you can exert.”

Elraim was always kind.

“Spirits are especially more so. The Middle Realm is the place most influenced by the Spirit Realm. All the elements of nature are elements of spirits.”

“Okay. Don’t go too far and get some rest.”

I used a mix of honorifics and casual speech to Elraim.

She was like a cozy mother and also like a friendly older sister.

It was difficult to distinguish Elraim’s gender by her appearance. It felt even more so because of a certain sacred aura that was hard to approach.

But her tone was softer than the other spirits, which made me think of my mother or older sister.

‘I don’t have a mother or older sister in the Calpheon Empire either, though.’

I had many younger brothers and sisters, but I had never felt any family affection for them.

Rather, only a cruel fate awaited me, where I had to fight fiercely with them for a single seat.

I closed my eyes.

Even though the spirits were summoned, I didn’t forget the Breath of Wind technique.

* * *

I was following Hamilton with Kyle. Behind us, Riorden and David were backing us up.

As we entered the Forest of Darkness, we moved with a full formation.

We didn’t know when or where a monster would pop out.

Hamilton said.

“Your Highness, if we go a little further, we’ll reach the first ambush candidate.”

The Forest of Darkness is a mysterious place. Within the vast forest, there were mountain ranges and waterfalls. Or, as we can see now, there were canyons here and there.

On the map, the Forest of Darkness was as wide as the West Forest.

As we went up along the canyon, we could see dead trees here and there below the towering cliff.

Hamilton pointed his finger up.

“If we hide up there and have the archers wait, and lure the wyvern here, it will be a very good hunting ground.”

At Hamilton’s words, I looked around.

The top of the cliff was very high, but it seemed like we could climb it. Although they were dead trees, there were quite a few trees, so it seemed like we could hide.

The bottom of the cliff was a world of rocks, so to speak.

“The wyvern has to come down to attack the creatures on the ground anyway. This place is wide enough for the wyvern to come down and attack, and the cliff is strong enough for the wyvern to crash into with its body, so it can be said to be a good ambush.”

At Hamilton’s explanation, I asked for the opinions of others.

“What do you think?”

“It looks good.”

“Okay. We’ve looked at this place, so let’s go to the next candidate.”

Hamilton nodded.

“The next candidate is near the Falls of Death.”

It seems like someone put honey there. Every time I come, I see him going there.

‘The Sword of Destruction is somewhere in the dungeon near the Falls of Death, so there’s something better than honey there.’

I smiled faintly and followed Hamilton.