My Triling System

Chapter 7: Chapter Seven: Consider it done

Few minutes after, Kevin finally got to the mountain where the three elves had said they were going. He had been searching around for them but he could only see their bags and luggages that were safely kept at the foot of the mountain.

“They can’t climb the mountain to hunt beasts, can they?” Kevin thought but then, he suddenly had a light bulb.

He had completely forgotten that he has a special skill that could make him see the auras of people. Kevin activated his Elven Spiritual eyes and as he look around, he could see colours of yellow everywhere in the forest so he quickly concluded that they were beasts’ Aura. It was when he was looking more deeper into the forest that he spotted three green auras moving around.

He ran towards the aura and saw that it was the three elves he had met previously. They were running after a beast but its speed was far greater than theirs, so they weren’t able to catch up with it.

‘ If I’m to appear in front of them, they won’t recognize me since I’m different now. I’m an elf and not a human anymore. They can’t kill an elf of their race. And if it gets to the point of killing me, I’ll try and escape or attack with this knife.’ Kevin thought before proceeding towards the elves. He hid the knife inside his cloth and approached the elves.

The three elves had gotten tired and had stopped to rest for a bit, but then, Kevin had appeared in front of them.

“Who the hell are you?” One of the elves had said as he tried to catch his breath.

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“I need your help guys. I lost my way in the city, can you please take me to the mage academy?” Kevin asked politely, his hands in the pocket of his trouser.

The elves looked at Kevin up and down and then rolled their eyes in anger.

“Are you insane? Why would you ask us to take you to the academy when there are other elves in the city that could lead you to the way.”

Kevin moved a step further, he needs to act like he was sincere about himself lost on his way to the academy. He needs to do something so they would be convinced to lead him to the way.

“Please help me guys, I really need to go to that academy.”

‘ It seems like they don’t recognize me as the human they once chased. This is a relief, I hope my plan works.’

The three elves stared at each other as if they were transmitting some secret message within themselves. They moved closer to each other as they started whispering some things to themselves.

“Why don’t we steal his gemstone?” One of them suggested.

“I think that will be better than us running around, chasing after beasts or chasing some unknown humans. After stealing this, we would add it to the one gem that we have with us and then steal one more gemstone from another elf.”

“Then we’ll finally be able to leave for the academy.”

They all planned to steal Kevin’s gemstone. Since they have been hunting, they managed to kill only one horned chameleon and they have only one emerald gemstone with them. Stealing two more gemstones would grant the three of them the opportunity to go to the mage academy.

They took out their knives as they started making their way towards Kevin. Kevin could see that they were planning to rob him.

“Hey guys, you don’t have to do it the hard way. I could help you out.” Kevin tried to stop the elves but they wouldn’t budge.

“We don’t need your help just put down the emerald gemstone that you have with you. Quick now!”

Kevin was forced to bring out the emerald gemstone that he had with him but he made sure he keep two of the gemstone with him. “I’ll give you guys three gemstones if you take me to the mage academy.” Kevin said as he presented the three gemstones to the three elves.

Like a flash of light, the three elves had gotten near Kevin and they hurriedly took the three emerald gemstones from him.

“Brothers, it is three emerald gemstones.” One of the elves exclaimed.

The other two elves could also see that it truly was three emerald gemstones. They turned to look at Kevin in amusement. It was a wonder how someone like him was able to get such a rare gemstone as this. It must be that his parents were rich or perhaps he was strong enough to hunt the horned chameleon which seemed impossible for the three elves. Above all, the elves were glad they met someone like him. It was a lucky day for them.

“Consider your request done, stranger.” The eldest of the elves said.

“What do you mean?”

“I said, we’ll take you to the mage academy.”