The Demon King's Paladin Part 2. All Out War.

Chapter 387. Pushing Forward Until You Can't

                                                                       Harris Quinton's Point Of View

Finally, I got him! Completely! I don't know how he survived being hit by my arrows, but this time, my Shockwave Of Nature spell hit him dead on! That pain he's feeling right now, it's a just punishment for harming the Ancestor's Trees! How dare he cause that explosion by sending his spell into my arrow! Because of his foolishness, Alfheim has lost 5 of our Ancestors! I'd wager he doesn't even know that our Ancestors have placed their minds and bodies inside these trees! Why did my men stop me from attacking him immediately after we caught him hopping and throwing himself from branch to branch like a common monkey!? The disrespect, the carelessness... It was more than rage inducing! My subordinates begged me to calm myself... Said that they would handle it so I wouldn't need to get my hands dirty... Told me to stay back and calm myself... He cut them all down anyways... Donald begged me to allow him to fight instead of working as a team... And he was the last to fall... I heard him... Scared out of his wits before that bastard said something smart and cut him down regardless.

" Haah... Haah..."

My rage is boiling... No... I need to calm myself, too much emotion is weakness in a battle. I can't afford that with this thing. He's quick, he's able to negate my damage somehow, and he can fire off spells that can match my Spell Arrows. He's dangerous. I thought at first, I'd bring him in alive for His Majesty to do as he liked to him, but now... He's too dangerous. Men are treated with respect in war, wild animals get put down. And I am dealing with an animal here. I need to find his body. Confirm my kill. I need to find him. I can't see him, the explosion that blasted us both back, I avoided most of it, my arrow made a small hole in the blast, I was able to just jump away, that kept me intact. I quickly jumped to a branch to hid amongst my Ancestor's leaves. Truly, I can't thank them enough for everything they've done for our nation, and for everything they continue to do. After that, it was a simple use of a basic spell. My Shockwave Of Nature spell is quite handy, I can make a spell meant to deal fatal internal damage transform into any kind of shape a person could find in nature. Since we're in Ascension Forest, it only makes sense to make a woodland critter like a squirrel. When I knew I had him, I saw him... His idiotic face angered me, and I couldn't help making a comment, maybe we're not so different after all? Regardless, I was able to hurt him, this time there's no way he can get back up.

/ thump./

I landed back on the ground; I need to find where my spell sent him flying. Once I arrived at the epicenter for my spell. I could see the trail his body left; he broke a branch of one of my Ancestors trying to jump away from the blast... What a fool. Granted, I suppose I'm a fool as well... The blood red sap that's pouring out of the now broken branch just causes me to grow angrier... But it reminds me of why I'm the perfect candidate for this. Us Elves... Tracking is in our blood, the forests and jungles belong to us, it's how we've lived since the time of the First Elves. Tracking an unconscious or injured person is easy. I continue along the trail, bushes, plants and leaves have all been crushed by something and it happened quick. But I haven't found the body or an impression on the ground of a body lying there... Where did this animal go? It doesn't truly matter... As a High Elf, as one of the 10 Great Elves, I know I can capture a pathetic Human.

" Have to keep going further..."

I mumbled the decision that I've come to. I need to go further into the Forest. I hope I don't disturb my Ancestors during their Ascension. Further and further in, I began to notice that the trail was beginning to get less clear. Did he regain control of his body with a decrease in the momentum from my spell? How did he do something like that? His insides should be close to mincemeat already? How tough is this foolish animal? To think he's able to adjust in mid-air from that blast... It doesn't make sense. So many have gone down for good with that spell... To just recover before even landing... It shouldn't be possible. I need to find him faster.