The Legend of Sun Knight - Unbeatable
The Legend of Sun Knight - Unbeatable
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2| U nb e a t a b l e | P r inc e R e v o lu t io n!
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4| U n b e a t a b l e | P r i n c e R e v o l u t i o n !
Contents
Prologue .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Afterword..............................................................................................................................................58
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PROLOGUE
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Neo Sun looked at his colleague of thirty years, Chasel Judgment. He was the person who
ought to know Neo best.
That was why he couldn’t really understand why Chasel had stopped him just as they were
about to leave the Holy Temple, after handing over the reins to the next generation of the
Twelve Holy Knights. After asking where he wanted to go, Chasel’s face had very clearly
become worried.
Worried? But all Neo wanted to do was go around adventuring! With his strength, what was
there to be worried about?
Seeing Neo’s slightly impatient expression, Chasel sighed and said, “At least promise me
that you will find a companion for your adventuring.”
“I don’t need a companion,” Neo answered confidently. I can deal with all kinds of danger,
and even if I can’t, having a companion would be useless as that person would even hinder
my escape. So why should I find one?
Chasel said tactfully, “Why don’t I go with you to the Adventurers’ Guild in the city to help
you search for a party?”
“There’s no need for that!” Neo rolled his eyes and snapped unhappily, “I don’t want to be
in a party, it’s annoying as hell! Okay, don’t say any more. I’m going adventuring now, and
will come back to see everyone when I have the time.”
“Wait, Neo…”
“Don’t say any more, I’m leaving.” Neo shot Chasel a glare out of the corner of his eye. With
absolute confidence, he said, “And you can’t stop me.”
The moment he heard that, Chasel was outraged. He was worried about him, yet this guy
still spoke to him in such a tone!
“Then leave! I hope that the God of Light will bless this journey of yours.”
On hearing Chasel’s icy voice, Neo glanced at his companion’s face. As expected, his
expression was extremely grim. It seemed that Chasel was a little angry, but his anger was
nothing to be afraid of. Also, Neo was leaving soon, so why should he care about what
Chasel thought?
“Bye bye!”
Chasel frowned slightly as he watched Neo’s fading figure. He still felt extremely uneasy. At
that moment, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw the
corner of a robe with many golden patterns sewn onto it. Besides the Pope, no one else in
the Church of the God of Light would wear such robes.
The Pope walked a few steps forward and stood next to Chasel in the doorway of the Holy
Temple. He looked out at the distant Neo, and said, “Why are you so worried? Even if Neo is
no longer favored by the God of Light, he is still inhumanly strong.”
“But Neo…”
Chasel sighed and said gloomily, “Can’t cook, can’t wash his own clothes and never mind
reading a map, he can’t even differentiate between directions. Also, he doesn’t even know
that ‘tree branches can be used to start a fire!’ It could be said that he doesn’t know
anything besides swordplay. In addition, he has never saved much money and doesn’t have
much cash with him. What’s worse is that he’s not even sure how much most things cost!
Still, he wants to go adventuring alone and live by himself… Can he really survive like that?”
The Pope looked at the steadily shrinking back of the holy knight in the distance, and
revealed the exact same expression of worry as Chasel. He shook his head and sighed as he
said, “You’re right, Chasel. You’ve been right for thirty years. Neo has indeed always been a
person that causes others to worry about him.”
Chasel sighed and thought about the new Sun Knight’s unique personality… Hopefully Lesus
can handle him.
“Teacher, Teacher!”
Suddenly hearing a voice behind him, Chasel turned around. He saw two people, one in
front of the other, jogging toward him. The movements of the person in front were very
graceful, even though he was jogging. Even his head of golden hair bounced rhythmically
like dancing musical notes. He looked… extremely annoying!
This extremely annoying-looking person was Neo’s successor, the recently promoted Sun
Knight, Grisia Sun.
Could the ability to raise such a child actually be a type of talent? Chasel really couldn’t
understand what kind of insanity had led Neo to raise his successor into the Sun Knight most
like the legends!
After all, in order to raise such a child, he had to make an example of himself. As long as it
was a situation in which Grisia was present, he had to be especially elegant. In the end, he
unconsciously became remarkably elegant… Was this what they called “when one harms
others, one harms oneself”?
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Chasel was not very sure what to say about this. Then again, over the past thirty years, Neo
often did things that harmed everybody, including himself.
While Chasel was musing, Grisia and his vice-captain had jogged up to him and were saluting
him respectfully.
Chasel returned the salute while chiding, “Your teacher has already left. From now onward,
you have to depend upon yourself. Even if you run into difficulties, you can no longer rely on
your teacher. Understood?”
Grisia was silent for a moment. He then smiled brilliantly and said in a sincere tone, “Former
Knight-Captain Judgment, today, we can see just how much the God of Light blesses the
people as he bathes us in sunlight. My teacher has begun his adventure in the most perfect
manner, but I wonder if because of a beautiful mistake of the God of Light, my teacher has
forgotten something very minor. This thing may be unimportant, but as my teacher has
always taught me, we must not ignore doing a good deed, no matter how insignificant it is,
as we must also never do a bad deed even when the consequences are trivial. Although this
thing may be unimportant, not having it may cause severe difficulties…”
Chasel turned around expressionlessly and looked at the current vice-captain of the Sun
Knight Platoon, Adair. The latter immediately understood and began explaining
automatically, “Knight-Captain Sun– No! The former Knight-Captain Sun has forgotten to
take his luggage.”
“… After him.”
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DARK ELF —
ALDRIZZT
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Neo sprinted all the way out of the city. Being a holy knight, which was the class with the
greatest endurance, he did not need to stop to rest at all, so he ran late into the night. He
was already quite a distance away from the city and had entered the forest a long time ago,
but he continued sprinting, stopping only when he saw a lake.
He had stopped running not because he was tired, but because the reflection of moonlight
off the clear surface of the lake stirred his interest in taking a bath.
After taking off his sweat-soaked clothes and throwing them on the ground, he jumped into
the lake eagerly. Although it was a summer night, the water in the forest lake was cool. It
was a little cold when he first entered the water, but it felt extremely comfortable after a
while.
Neo swam in the lake for quite some time before leisurely leaning against the bank of the
lake and admiring the starry summer night sky. He then felt a little hungry, so he decided to
head ashore. He was just about to search for clean clothes to wear when he noticed the
very empty shore…
He looked left and right but did not see his luggage. Neo finally remembered that all he took
with him when he left was a packet of dried rations he had taken from the kitchens. He did
not bring anything else along, so of course he would not have any luggage.
In a situation where he had no clean clothes to change into, he had no choice but to pick up
the clothes he had tossed aside. The clothes reeked of sweat, and because he had carelessly
dumped them on the ground, they were now covered in dirt as well.
I have to wear this stuff again? Neo made an expression of complete disgust. But no matter
how disgusting and smelly the clothes were, wearing them was better than running around
naked.
With one foot already on the bank, he had just decided to climb ashore and wear his clothes
when he heard some sounds nearby. There was the rustling of tree leaves, the clash of
metal on metal, and even the shouting of people. Combining the various sounds together, it
seems like… a fight is taking place?
Neo raised an eyebrow and put his dirty clothes down. Instead, he picked up his sword and
slid back into the water.
Perhaps some people are here to ”give” me clothes. Even if their clothes are too smelly to
wear, at least they will have some “luggage,” right?
Thinking about this put Neo in a good mood, so he took things easy as he watched the
developing situation.
The sound of rustling leaves was growing louder and louder. A second later, a human
dashed out from between the trees in the thicket… Wait, that’s not a “human.”
The person actually had a head of pure white hair, a color which was very different from the
ashy white hair of an old man. The person’s long hair was as white as snow and it looked
natural, unlike the graying hair of an aging person.
In the next second, he immediately noticed an even more prominent feature. The person’s
skin was a color that was nearly black!
White hair and black skin, only one race in the world has those features.
Dark elves.
The person appeared to have seen Neo, but he obviously did not have enough time to pay
attention to a human in a lake. He immediately turned around and walked backward while
firing off several magic spells.
The magic spells looked like huge blades, but they were half transparent. As each spell shot
past a tree, a slash mark immediately appeared on the tree trunks and the trees split into
half where they had been slashed, like they were cut by a real blade.
Is that Wind Blade? That didn’t seem quite right, since Wind Blade was transparent and
colorless, but the wind blades before him were slightly black in color.
Is it a dark elemental attack that imitates Wind Blade? Then I shall call it Dark Blade! Neo
raised an eyebrow. Although he was a knight, he was not unfamiliar with the magic spell,
Wind Blade… His student Grisia often used this magic spell as a fan, and the person he
fanned with this spell was, with 80-90% probability, Neo himself.
Of course, the power used for fanning purposes was much weaker, so weak it could not
even cut a strand of hair.
After firing the spells, the dark elf did not relax. He constantly shifted his feet lightly, and
every time he moved a step, a small arrow would pierce the ground where he had been
standing.
Hmm… This dark elf knows how to use powerful magic spells, so he should be a mage, but
his physical skills are not bad at all! At that moment, as Neo was leaning on the bank of the
lake, relishing the show, an arrow happened to fly straight toward him. He caught it easily
and opened his hand to take a closer look. The arrow was small but well-made. It was only
as long as his palm, but the workmanship was extremely good — the arrowhead was very
sharp and the fletching had been specially crafted.
“Be careful, the arrow is poisoned!” The dark elf suddenly turned around to shout.
Neo felt that this was a little weird because dark elves were not a kindhearted race. In truth,
they were a notorious race. All dark elves, from grown adults to young children, and from
men to women, were without exception, evil and despicable.
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But it turned out that the dark elf hadn’t lied. At that moment, Neo discovered that even
though he had only touched the arrow shaft, his finger was already beginning to turn purple.
He praised silently, What amazing toxicity! After that, he cast some holy light and expelled
the poison. Although he had lost the favor of the God of Light, something as minor as
removing poison was no problem at all.
“The antidote!”
The dark elf suddenly ran toward him and threw a small bottle to Neo. He then spun around
again to face the unknown enemies in the thicket.
Neo glanced at him and saw that an arrow had pierced the dark elf’s arm. Also, the dark elf
had no time to pull out the arrow, as he had to retreat a few steps in order to dodge the
volley of arrows that came next.
Suddenly — possibly because they had used up all their arrows, or because they saw that
the dark elf had been shot — the hidden enemies in the bushes walked out… What? They’re
also dark elves!
There are about four… no, five of them? Three were holding extremely small crossbows and
the other two wielded rapiers, which suggested they belonged to warrior-related
professions.
“Seems like my adventure is not bad at all! Right at its beginning I've met dark elves, which
are extremely rare creatures. I have never heard of anyone else seeing dark elves for the
past hundred years, yet the moment I meet them, I meet a large group!” Neo watched with
great delight. He felt a little hungry, so he grabbed the bag of dried rations and started
nibbling on them.
However, it seemed that the unusual dark elf no longer had any hope of escaping death. Not
only was he poisoned, he was also alone. In addition, he was a mage with a frail body.
No matter how I think about it, he’s dead for sure! Moreover, he looks like he’s completely
taking a one-sided beating and merely trying to delay his time of death.
The two warriors raised their rapiers and stepped out of the bushes. Although they still
assumed a vigilant stance, they were smiling as if their plan had already succeeded and they
were going to easily catch the mage in the next second…
The two dark elves took one step together, but a second later, those “two” had become
“many pieces.”
Oh? Neo squinted and looked carefully at the flesh and blood flying everywhere. The cuts
were very clean, he hadn't seen what kind of attack it was, and the flesh and blood flew
really high and far… Was it Dark Blade?
Just now, when the archers had stopped shooting and the group walked out from the
bushes, the mage had already been kneeling on the ground dejectedly due to the poisoned
arrow. That was why the two warriors had lowered their guards, causing themselves to be
cut into pieces in an instant… Perhaps, they died before they even realized that they had
been attacked.
The remaining three archers were clearly extremely alarmed by this scene and had all frozen
in shock.
The mage raised his head and said something in the dark elf language.
Although Neo couldn’t understand a word, he could guess the rough meaning from the
mage’s expression… It shouldn’t be much different from “you guys are dead.”
Right after that, the three archers were split at the waist and fell into six pieces. The cuts
were also extremely clean. Those cuts were probably caused by Dark Blade.
Magic was not Neo’s forte, so he really couldn’t figure out how the mage had done this. Still,
he felt awfully curious.
Tsk tsk! Neo couldn’t help but think, What a pity, if only Grisia were here! He could definitely
explain what’s going on to me… In addition, he would probably learn how to do it! But, come
to think of it, maybe letting Grisia learn such powerful magic isn’t such a good thing after all.
If my student becomes strong, he will not be so easy to bully when Teacher returns to the
Holy Temple.
The dark elf turned around and looked at Neo. Neo immediately applauded generously and
praised, “What incredible power! I’ve never heard of a mage dispatching an entire squad
singlehandedly before. Your strength is not bad!”
On hearing this, the dark elf peered at the human in the lake cautiously, and asked
tentatively, “Will you please return the antidote to me?”
At least he’s polite. Neo tossed the bottle of antidote back casually. The moment the dark
elf caught the bottle, he hurriedly swallowed the antidote. He then pulled the small arrow
from his body and threw it on the ground.
Afterward, he looked toward Neo. Although the dark elf did not seem as wary as before, he
did not appear trusting either. With a little hesitation, he said, “You… I am a dark elf.”
“That’s right! You’re really dark.” Neo said lazily, “Anyway, do you have any spare clothes?
Could you lend me some clean ones?”
“…”
The dark elf stared at the human in the lake. A second later, he fainted.
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The next time he opened his eyes, Aldrizzt was absolutely sure he was going to be in a
prison or someplace similar. After all, he was a dark elf, and there was a human beside him
when he finally couldn’t endure anymore and had fainted.
Humans had always treated dark elves as an evil race. If they saw a dark elf, they would
definitely not have let him go easily, and would have tried to kill him immediately.
The most tragic thing was how the humans were right. Dark elves were indeed an extremely
evil race, and no one understood this fact better than Aldrizzt.
Why can’t I be like all the other dark elves, and take evil for granted? If I were like that,
wouldn’t things be a lot easier? Aldrizzt thought, a little depressed.
But he knew that if it were that easy to be evil, he would not have become a traitor and a
fugitive from his own people. They had left him no choice but to escape from the
underground world onto the surface. Still, he could not shake off his dark elf pursuers.
Am I really going to be hunted all my life, never understood by people of other races? Am I
going to live out the rest of my days as a lonely fugitive?
“The clothes are rather clean, but you are too skinny, so they are a bit tight.”
Aldrizzt froze for a moment, then suddenly lifted his head up and saw that he was
surrounded by forest… He also saw one human, and this human was wearing one of the few
intact clothes he had left.
The human sat down and casually threw a bag of something to Aldrizzt. The latter opened it
and realized that the bag was filled with dried rations.
“Please return the clothes to me… I don’t have many left.” Aldrizzt’s train of thought was a
mess, as he couldn’t understand what this human was trying to accomplish. However, he
still understood what the most important thing was.
He was not so petty that he was unwilling to part with some clothes, but he had many more
days ahead of him. Although mages have always had high earning potential, so he did not
lack the ability to earn money, and could become a hunter or a mercenary, he was a dark elf.
No matter what he did, the moment he was seen by any human, he could not escape the
fate of being hunted to death.
The human raised his eyebrows, indicating that he did not have the slightest intention of
returning the clothes to Aldrizzt. He only said, “My name is Neo.”
After saying that, he looked at the clothes Neo was wearing, and wondered whether he
should ask for their return again.
At that moment, Neo snapped unhappily, “Big deal, it’s just some clothes. I can even give
mine to you — just wash them and they can be worn. The quality is much better than yours
too! Anyway, you fainted because of hunger and fatigue, so you should eat something now.”
Aldrizzt thought about it for a while, and also concluded that there was no need to fuss over
some clothes, so he simply started eating. The moment the dried rations entered his mouth,
he finally realized just how hungry he was… The group of dark elves had been hunting him
for three days, so he had not had time to properly hunt for food for three whole days.
Neo observed Aldrizzt eating with great interest. The latter was also looking at Neo with
equally curious eyes.
Their eyes met, but neither of them turned away. Neo continued to observe the other party
blatantly, but Aldrizzt just smiled politely and continued eating his dried rations.
White hair, black skin, and red eyes. Even if he wore a hooded cloak, it would be difficult to
hide the unique characteristics of a dark elf. In reality, it would be very hard for Aldrizzt to
survive on the surface, because the dark elves’ notoriety was known far and wide.
Neo enthusiastically started guessing as to why a dark elf would forsake the underground
world and come to the surface. Is he an escaped criminal? Or is he fearless because someone
is backing him? Hm… from the fight just now, the chance of him being an escaped criminal is
higher.
At the same time, Aldrizzt was also observing Neo. He could not accurately estimate the age
of a human being, and could only guess from the latter’s golden hair, blue eyes, and nearly
wrinkle-free skin that Neo wasn’t very old.
Although he guessed that Neo was not very old, he felt that Neo was a seasoned veteran.
Both his attentive posture and sharp eyes showed that Neo was not a person to be
underestimated.
In addition, Neo had the elegant poise of an aristocrat, and this elegance was so natural it
was as if he had been born with it. This made the dark elf deeply suspect whether the other
was a noble of extremely high status or not.
But no matter who he was, Neo was not afraid of him. Aldrizzt was very certain of this fact.
This made him feel rather excited, because regardless of what Neo planned to do later on,
at the least, Aldrizzt would have someone to talk to… How long has it been since I last had a
proper conversation with another creature?
After quickly finishing the dried food, Aldrizzt could not wait to open his mouth. He said,
“Hello, Neo.”
Neo raised an eyebrow, grinned, and playfully copied Aldrizzt’s way of speaking, “Hello,
Aldrizzt.”
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After greeting Neo, Aldrizzt didn't really know how to continue the conversation, but
suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Neo’s sword and blurted, “Are you a warrior?”
“I’m a knight.” Neo raised his hand and gathered a small ball of holy light on his palm. He
added, “A holy knight.”
To a dark elf, “holy knight” was a job that existed only in legends. Among his people, who
tended to lean toward the dark element, nobody had the ability to choose a career involving
the pure holy element.
“You’re a mage, right?” Neo simply could not hold back any longer, and he immediately
asked, “Where on earth did you hide those Dark Blades just now?”
“Dark Blades? You mean %&@#? Is it called Dark Blade in the human language?” Aldrizzt
said something in the dark elf language, and then smiled. He stretched out his hand,
knocked on the ground, and said, “I hid them underground.”
A great realization dawned on Neo. However, there was still something he didn't
understand, so he asked again, “The warriors could have been chopped to death by Dark
Blades coming out of the ground, but the archers were split at the waist, so there’s no way
they were killed by Dark Blades hidden underground! The angle is totally wrong!”
Aldrizzt smiled and said, “This is a forest, Neo! Besides dirt, what else is most plentiful?”
“You hid the Dark Blades in the trees… You’ve got skill.” Although Neo did not have a good
understanding of magic, under the circumstance where his student was better at magic than
swordsmanship, he had had no choice but to learn many things about magic.
Hiding Dark Blades underground and in the trees. Although this sounded simple, magic was
not very stable and had to be controlled precisely such that the enemy wouldn’t notice
anything. Thus, it wouldn't have been an easy feat.
Otherwise, the Pope wouldn’t have made the classic expression — a jaw drop — when he
saw Grisia using Wind Blade as a fan.
“What mage wouldn’t want to fan himself when he is feeling very hot? The problem is once
you lose control, never mind fanning yourself, you could fan your own head off! Who would
risk their lives just to cool themselves down?”
However, Grisia had already been fanning himself for many years and had not been
decapitated yet. From then onward, Neo realized that his student was an absolutely brilliant
mage!
Aldrizzt observed Neo carefully, as this was the first human who had ever chatted with him.
He discovered that Neo was in deep thought, and that he was making an incomprehensible
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face like he had seen something bizarre… Aldrizzt could not resist asking, “Your expression is
a bit weird. Why is that so?”
Aldrizzt made an “ah” sound, then said apologetically, “I’m very sorry, I didn’t know it was
something like that. Your student… should be quite young, right? That is indeed very
regrettable.”
Neo shrugged and said, “He’s not really that young, seeing as he’s already twenty.”
“Twenty? Then how old are you?” Aldrizzt was stumped. I remember that humans live for a
hundred years at most, so if Neo’s student was twenty, then I suppose that Neo, the teacher,
should be at least forty?
Even though he felt that something was a bit off, Aldrizzt did not know much about humans.
Everything he knew about them came from books, so he didn’t think there was anything
strange about a teacher and his student having an age difference of only ten years.
“To humans, a twenty-year-old is indeed not considered a child, but it’s still too early to pass
away at that age. What a pity.”
On hearing this, Aldrizzt was also bewildered. He said with a little uncertainty, “Your
student?”
Neo stared blankly for a moment. Then, he suddenly broke out in laughter, getting louder
and louder until in the end he was hugging his stomach and howling hysterically. He laughed
so hard he could barely speak. “G-Grisia, he… he’s alive and well. W-with the amount of holy
light he has, anyone could die except for h-him!”
“But weren’t you grieving for him?” Aldrizzt was rather baffled.
Neo laughed loudly as he said, “I… I was grieving for his job!”
“Job?” Aldrizzt was even more confused. What is there to grieve about regarding jobs?
The instant he thought about his student’s job, Neo stopped laughing. It was so tragic that
he couldn’t laugh even if he wanted to. He said a little dismally, “My student is a genius
mage.”
So? Isn’t that a good thing? Aldrizzt became more puzzled. Seeing this, Neo patted his sword
to remind the dark elf.
Aldrizzt stared into space for a while before remembering that Neo was a holy knight. A holy
knight’s student is a genius mage?
Although he said that, Aldrizzt kind of wanted to laugh. How could a holy knight raise a
mage?
“What are you laughing at?” Neo rolled his eyes and snapped unhappily, “It’s getting late, so
hurry up and eat the dried rations in your hands. We’re going to find a city and register our
party.”
“That’s right!” Neo said casually, “A party with a dark elf and a human… let’s call it the Dark
Human Squad! How does that sound?”
Horrible! Aldrizzt thought reflexively. But after that he froze for a while… What did I just
hear?
A human is inviting me to become his companion? He fell silent for quite some time.
Although he was a little happy, he was mostly filled with suspicion.
It’s fun precisely because you’re a dark elf! Neo shrugged and said, “Count yourself lucky! I
originally did not want to find a companion, but I have no choice since I forgot to bring my
luggage when I left! Thus, I have to find a companion who has luggage.”
Isn’t it easier to just find your luggage? Even though Aldrizzt wanted to refute his argument,
he did not dare to remind Neo for fear that he would really go and look for his luggage
instead of looking for a companion with luggage.
To a dark elf who had escaped from his own race and wandered onto the surface, a human
who would talk with him was extremely precious. Therefore, he did not want to give up on
this companion. Even if this companion had other motives, as long as he had no intention to
hurt him, Aldrizzt could even turn a blind eye to that.
Neo raised an eyebrow and replied, “Please give me your guidance too.”
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"Please give me your guidance": This is written as “请多多指教” (pinyin: qĭng duō duō zhĭ
jiào), and is a greeting. It can also be used to ask someone (e.g. a teacher) to teach well.
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Because Aldrizzt was there, Neo could not run for the whole day like he had done before.
Hence, the traveling speed was not very fast, and they did not walk out of the forest even
after walking for a whole day.
When night fell, the two of them had no choice but to stop walking. They decided to spend
the night in the forest.
Aldrizzt said politely, “Neo, if it’s not too much trouble, please start a fire. I’ll go find some
dry hay to make a simple bed.”
“Start a fire?” Neo raised an eyebrow and said naturally, “Isn’t that the mage’s job?”
In the world of dark elves, physical labor had always been a warrior’s job, but… he was now
in the human world… Maybe in the human world, starting a fire is the mage’s job?
Although he was primarily a dark mage and was best at gathering the dark element,
gathering some fire element to start a fire was not a problem.
But even if he used magic, he still needed something that could be burned. Aldrizzt stood up
and had resigned himself to picking up some dry branches to start a fire when Neo shouted
at him from behind, “Oh, and after starting a fire, help me wash my clothes.”
Seeing Aldrizzt's stunned expression, Neo spread his hands out innocently and said, “If you
wash my clothes so that I can wear them tomorrow, then I can return your clothes to you!”
“…”
Although it sounded reasonable, something seemed wrong. I had to lend my clean clothes to
Neo, and now I have to wash his dirty clothes, just so that he can return my dirtied clothes to
me?
Despite it being completely unreasonable, Aldrizzt didn’t mind washing the clothes as Neo
was currently the only person he could have a decent conversation with.
With the feeling that washing the clothes once was harmless, Aldrizzt nodded.
“Thanks!”
Aldrizzt caught the dirty clothes that Neo threw over expressionlessly while the latter
tactlessly lay down on the bed that Aldrizzt had made, eating the game that Aldrizzt had
hunted and barbequed, all the while looking very relaxed as he left all the work to Aldrizzt…
But Aldrizzt couldn't say anything about this, since it wasn't that Neo was too lazy to do
anything. It was just that:
Neo had learnt how to start a fire, but he must never start a fire, because the whole forest
would burn down if he did.
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Neo knew how to hunt, but he must never hunt, because he would get so lost he would
never come back.
Neo was willing to take turns to wash the clothes, but he must never wash the clothes,
because they would become rags after being washed by him.
Neo had also tried cooking, but he simply must never cook, because besides half-cooked
food and charcoal, he could not cook anything a human and dark elf were willing to eat.
Regarding all of the above, Aldrizzt was not really bothered. Besides, whether Neo was
there or not, he still had to start a fire, cook food, and wash clothes. Now, at most he just
had to wash one more set of clothes.
Nevertheless, for Aldrizzt the worst thing was, Why doesn’t Neo know which direction we
must head to in order to reach a city? He can’t even remember which direction the city he
had lived in for forty years is!
Therefore, even if Aldrizzt could use the positions of the heavenly bodies and the way the
forest grew to determine direction… it was totally useless! After all, they didn’t know which
direction led to a city.
Aldrizzt had no choice but to choose a direction at random and walk out of the forest. The
first time they exited the forest, they found themselves at the edge of a cliff. I even got
scolded by Neo for not knowing how to fly despite being a mage! After being scolded by Neo,
he was forced to start studying the Spell of Flight.
The second time, he decided to cross the entire forest and exit from the opposite direction,
but halfway through, he discovered that the deep forest was actually elven territory.
Although “elf” and “dark elf” both contained the word “elf,” there was a blood feud
between the two races. The moment one met the other, they would most certainly fight to
the death. Thus, if he dared to step into elven territory, he would definitely be turned into a
sea urchin by the elven master archers.
The third time they tried to walk out of the forest, they saw a desert. Aldrizzt was beginning
to seriously consider whether he was currently experiencing a bout of bad luck, or whether
Neo was jinxed.
“Tsk tsk! We walked the wrong way again?” Neo said coolly, “Not that I want to say this,
Aldrizzt, but why is the path you choose always so lousy?”
When he heard Neo's words, Aldrizzt finally couldn't stand it anymore. He turned and yelled
at his companion who didn't know how to do anything but make cynical remarks, “How dare
you say that! Why don’t you even know the direction to the city you lived in for forty years…
Wait! You said you lived in Leaf Bud City for forty years?”
He finally figured out what the contradiction was. Suspicious, he growled, “Didn’t you say
that you are only thirty years old?”
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“That’s not important at all.” Neo immediately changed the topic and emphasized, “The
important thing is, what are we going to do now?”
Neo raised an eyebrow and asked, “If we try walking in every single direction, we will
definitely find a way out of this place, right?”
“Then there’s nothing to be afraid of.” Neo said casually, “After all, I’m not in a hurry, are
you?”
Of course, Aldrizzt shook his head. If even the human, Neo, is not in a hurry, then as a dark
elf whose lifespan is five to six times that of a human's, how could I be in a hurry?
“Is there anything you want to do?” Neo asked again for confirmation.
Aldrizzt shook his head once more, as the only thing he wanted to do was escape from being
hunted by his people.
“Then even if we can’t walk out of the forest, why panic?” Neo shrugged and said, “Anyway,
if we keep going around and around the forest, we will definitely find a way out!”
Hearing Neo say this and seeing Neo’s relaxed posture which indicated that he didn’t mind
at all, Aldrizzt suddenly felt that he was too petty. Neo is right. So what if we can't get out of
the forest? To a dark elf like me, a forest might actually be much better than a city, because
at least trees, grasses and flowers wouldn't discriminate against dark elves.
Compared to before when he was a lone elf, he now had somebody to talk with, so his
current situation was much better than when he had been escaping alone… Although, he
had to help his good-for-nothing companion wash clothes, hunt, cook food, and make beds.
If not for Neo repeatedly calling him a companion, he would have definitely felt that he was
actually Neo’s servant.
Still, compared to endless loneliness, Aldrizzt was willing to be angered half to death by Neo
every day.
After considering all this, Aldrizzt was no longer panicking. He even asked his companion in a
bored tone, “So for now, are we just going to walk and look around randomly, without any
specific goals?”
“Of course there are goals,” Neo said, “I have a lot of goals.”
“My goals? Let me think…” Neo gave a detailed breakdown of his goals by saying, “I heard
that there are many master archers among the elves, so I think finding one to join our party
would be good?”
Do you really not know that elves and dark elves like me are sworn enemies?
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Aldrizzt was somewhat depressed. Perhaps the reason Neo doesn’t discriminate against
dark elves is simply because he has no idea what dark elves are like?
“Also, I’ve never left the Kingdom of Forgotten Sound before, so I want to visit other
countries.”
“It seems a bit difficult to fight a dragon, so I'll leave that for last.”
“Oh! Between the Son of the God of War from the Monastery of the God of War, and Silent
Eagle from the Cathedral of the Shadow God, who should I look for first?”
“…”
Aldrizzt started to wonder whether being a lone dark elf was not such a bad thing, after all.
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SUN KNIGHT —
NEO SUN
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If there was any way in which Neo acted like a companion, it was that he was always leading
the way out in front!
Also, he was indeed a competent companion, never letting any enemies run past him to
attack the mage in the back.
In addition, he was rather strong, even by the standards of Aldrizzt’s people, who were very
well versed in combat.
Besides the fact that mages did not understand sword-wielding classes very well, the two of
them truly did not run into many difficulties. Maybe it’s because we have been continuously
trying to find a way out and haven’t actually entered the depths of the forest! Therefore,
although he knew that Neo was rather strong, Aldrizzt did not know exactly how strong he
truly was.
Although he was extremely curious about this human called Neo, Aldrizzt did not ask him
about anything at all.
This was because Neo had also never questioned the dark elf’s past, not even why he was
being hunted by his own people. Thus, Aldrizzt would similarly not ask about Neo’s past. He
hadn’t even asked Neo for his surname.
Since Neo had respected him, Aldrizzt would obviously also respect Neo.
However, as they spent more time together, the dark elf became more and more convinced
that… maybe Neo was just too lazy to ask him.
With this understanding, Aldrizzt began to feel that resisting the urge to ask was perhaps a
very stupid thing to do.
“You don’t have to say it if you don’t want to. I won’t mind,” Aldrizzt immediately clarified.
“No,” Neo shrugged and said, “I was just thinking about which surname I should use now.”
“Forget it. I’ve used it for most of my life, so changing back to my original surname is too
weird.” Neo said simply, “I am Neo Sun.”
“What an unusual surname.” Aldrizzt silently repeated his companion’s full name to himself.
He then explained, “I have forsaken my surname and will no longer use any.”
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Neo did not seem to mind him not answering, but then he seemed to remember something
and asked, “Oh, anyway, I nearly forgot to ask you, why have you come to the surface?”
Aldrizzt froze.
As expected, the reason Neo hadn’t asked anything had nothing to do with mutual respect…
Aldrizzt grumbled, “Why should I tell you? You’ve never told me about your origins either.”
On hearing that, Neo did not answer his question but instead asked, “Have you heard of the
Church of the God of Light?”
Aldrizzt was confused. Even though he did not understand why Neo suddenly brought up
the Church, he nodded and replied, “Yes, it is the largest religion on the surface.”
Actually, it shouldn’t be considered the largest anymore! The Pope very much wants to
restore it to its former glory, but by now the Monastery of the God of War already has many
more followers. Even the Cathedral of the Shadow God is showing signs of overtaking the
Church.
Although the Church of the God of Light probably needs to work harder, that is now Grisia’s
problem. Not bothered in the least, Neo explained casually, “I am the thirty-seventh
generation Sun Knight who has just retired. That’s all.”
Aldrizzt stared at him in disbelief and said, trembling, “Are you going to catch me and put
me on trial at the Church?”
“Trial? Are you crazy? I am the former Sun Knight, not the Judgment Knight. Anyway, have
you done anything that requires a trial?”
“I am a dark elf.” Aldrizzt was not at all convinced that the Sun Knight of the Church of the
God of Light would let a dark elf go.
Neo said a little impatiently, “How many times must you repeat that? I’m not blind; I can see
that you’re very dark.”
Aldrizzt was rather anxious, and for a second he wanted to run away at once. But he knew
that once he ran, he would probably never find another person who would talk with him
properly.
The loneliness he felt when he had run away from his homeland would creep up on him
again. Besides, would I be able to find another “Neo” next time?
Aldrizzt sat down and did not speak for a very long time. Neo didn’t press him.
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Finally, he opened his mouth and said, “Dark elves are a notorious race, and truthfully
speaking, this reputation is not unjustified. They… No! It should be we. Everything that we
do is indeed very evil. We treat despicable deeds as virtuous, killing as entertainment, and
push all the blame for our bad deeds onto our enemies — the elves. I-I have gone on a
mission to massacre an elf village before, and I nearly killed an elf with my own hands, even
though he was just a child! Although I didn’t kill him, he was subsequently murdered by
other members of my race.”
Aldrizzt hung his head as he talked, as if he didn’t dare to look at Neo’s face.
Neo said confidently, “So there’s no need for you to be afraid of meeting them at all! It’s not
like you owe them anything.”
“I witnessed my people massacre an elf village.” Aldrizzt did not think he was innocent after
doing something like that.
“If you had rebelled then, could you have won against your people?”
Aldrizzt replied honestly, “No, there were many elites in the squad. And with the strength I
had then, I could not possibly have defeated everybody.”
Neo shrugged and said, “Then at most, the only crime you committed was not wanting to
die. If you were accused of any other crimes, I would ask the prosecutor, ‘Would you be
willing to help in a situation where death was certain, and nobody would be saved?’”
“Yes, I would.”
Neo turned to face Aldrizzt, and the latter looked at him resolutely while emphasizing word-
by-word, “If I were given another chance, I would rather die with the child than regret that
moment for the rest of my life.”
Seeing the dark elf’s expression, Neo understood that he meant what he said. He smiled and
said, “Then you can hold your head up high in front of the elves. You are a dark elf who is
willing to die for an elven child’s sake, so why should you hang your head in shame? You
should look up with pride.”
On hearing this, Aldrizzt froze for a moment. He then looked up at Neo and said
incredulously, “You really believed what I said? Believed the words of a dark elf?”
“What’s there not to believe?” Neo sniggered and asked rhetorically, “How bad can a dark
elf that helps strangers wash their clothes, cook food, make beds and hunt be?”
Aldrizzt felt that Neo simply had no sense of caution and argued, “Maybe I did those things
in order to gain your trust!”
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“Would any other member of your race help a passer-by wash his clothes, cook food, make
beds and hunt just to gain his trust?” Neo made a “tsk” sound and continued, “If that is true,
then maybe dark elves are even kinder than humans?”
…Did Neo try so hard to convince me simply because he wanted to find an elven archer?
Aldrizzt felt relieved, but still said helplessly, “You should be prepared when he and I do not
get along well.”
“You’re the one who should be careful! Since we’re all going to be companions, I’m not
going to side with either of you.” Neo thought about it and, with some uncertainty, he asked,
“But you’re a mage. Aren’t mages very weak against archers?”
“I’m not an ordinary mage, I’m a dark elf.” Aldrizzt smiled and said, “I am probably more
agile than the average assassin, and I also know how to use short swords.”
“That’s true,” Neo agreed as he recalled how he had wholeheartedly praised Aldrizzt’s skill
when they had first met. He suggested enthusiastically, “Let’s have a duel someday… No!
Let’s do it now! We have nothing better to do anyway.”
Hearing this, Aldrizzt smiled a forced smile. Have a melee fight with the Sun Knight?
Judging from his expression, Neo realized that Aldrizzt was very unwilling to duel. He hadn’t
fought a satisfactory battle in days and was itching for a fight, so he proposed a better
condition, “You can use both short swords and magic. How about it…”
At first, Aldrizzt thought that Neo wanted to attack him, but he immediately realized his
error. Neo had not swung his sword at him. Instead, the moment he’d knocked Aldrizzt over,
he’d instantly stood up and turned to face the forest.
There was the crisp ringing of a sword being drawn as Neo unsheathed his blade from his
side. He swung it, and the sound of metal-on-metal could be heard clearly.
Only then did Aldrizzt notice the two short arrows on the ground. One had been knocked
away by Neo’s sword, and the other was stuck in the place where he had been sitting. If Neo
hadn’t knocked him over, he would undoubtedly have been hit by the arrows.
Neo raised his sword, but even though he was 12000% alert, he could not grasp the enemy’s
location. He could see the occasional shadows passing by, but was unable to lock onto his
opponents to attack them.
“It’s my people!” Aldrizzt cried out in alarm. His face was extremely pale.
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He had thought that his people had given up, since no hunters had been seen in many days.
He had originally harbored some small hope; a hope that he could finally escape the days of
being hunted. He never imagined that…
Neo swung his sword and knocked more short arrows away as he growled, “Pick up your
magic staff, Aldrizzt!”
Startled, Aldrizzt immediately followed Neo’s words and stood up. He gripped his magic
staff as tightly as he could and muttered a string of incantations. After that, a half-
transparent black curtain rose up in front of the two.
Once the black curtain had risen, their opponents stopped shooting their short arrows. They
emerged from the bushes in twos and threes — one, two… five, eight… fifteen, eighteen…
twenty-five, thirty…
Upon seeing this, Aldrizzt gasped. He had never seen so many hunters before. If this many
hunters had appeared before, he would most definitely have already been captured.
I see, so the period of peace was because they were gathering this many dark elves?
Suddenly, Neo, who was standing in front of him, asked in a low voice, “Aldrizzt, do you
know roughly the range of those small crossbows?”
Neo pondered this for a moment, and then asked, “If we run continuously, how long can
you keep running for?”
“About half an hour, I guess… Must you express your curiosity now, in this situation?”
Aldrizzt was extremely tempted to roll his eyes at Neo. Usually, Neo did not ask about
anything. Only now when they were in a life-or-death situation did he have so many
questions.
Neo managed to roll his eyes at Aldrizzt first. He said in disdain, “Half an hour? You’re too
weak!”
“I am a mage, not a warrior.” Aldrizzt could not resist retorting, “Are human mages any
good at running?”
Is it really that bad? Aldrizzt was filled with suspicion, but now was not the time to
investigate how good human mages’ endurances were.
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When fifty members of his race had come out of the bushes, Aldrizzt panicked and said,
“What are you going to do now? If you want to run away by yourself, I won’t blame you. You
just said that not wanting to die is not considered a crime, so you should quickly flee…”
As he said “do this,” Neo released his battle aura. He concentrated his battle aura onto the
sword in his hand and waved the tip of the sword at the ground. His battle aura emerged as
a crescent moon shaped attack, and the moment it touched the ground, the earth exploded
with a loud bang, creating a huge cloud of dust.
As the dust eventually settled, Aldrizzt’s jaw dropped when he saw the deep trench that
stretched horizontally in front of him. It was so dark and deep that the bottom couldn’t be
seen…
He was just about to step forward to view it in more detail when somebody suddenly picked
him up horizontally. Astonished, he cried, “Neo?”
Neo started taking big steps, accelerating before he replied, “You’re in charge of distracting
the enemy. Give me time to run eighty feet away from them, and then I’ll take care of the
rest.”
Aldrizzt was dazed, but then he heard his people come back to their senses and start their
relentless pursuit.
He had no choice but to do as Neo had told him to. Besides reinforcing the black curtain that
protected the two of them, he began to cast many different types of spells. The types of
spells he cast did not include any high-damage magic; instead, he cast spells that were
known to the world of magic as little magic tricks. For example, magic that made the floor
slippery and magic that made a shocking and deafening sound.
These little magic tricks were all very simple, so he could cast many of them at once and use
them to deal with more than fifty enemies. The most important thing was that even though
these spells were just small tricks, they were enough to effectively slow down the enemies’
movement.
Sometimes, he would even hide a damaging spell among the tricks, so that the opponents
wouldn’t treat all the magic as tricks and ignore them.
After two archers had their faces blasted to bits, the dark elves’ movement slowed down as
expected. With great caution, they dodged the “little tricks.”
Although the dark elves had slowed down, Aldrizzt and Neo were still within range of their
magic attacks. Quite a lot of dark elemental spells were still being hurled at them.
Regarding these, Aldrizzt was a little bit worried at first. But when he later realized that the
most destructive spells all missed due to Neo’s evasive movements, he calmed down a lot as
he could easily block all of the remaining minor spells.
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Aldrizzt couldn’t help but praise, “For a person who has no way to turn around and look, you
dodge really accurately.”
Neo snorted and said, “Turn around? To the Sun Knight, the dark element is easily sensed,
just like a mouse smelling a cake. Even a sniff would be enough! I don’t need to look!”
At this moment, Neo suddenly leapt forcefully and dodged a large magic spell. As he was
about to land, an assassin jumped out from the bushes, the dagger in his hand seemingly
about to stab into Neo’s arm. Since he was about to land and he was also carrying Aldrizzt
with both arms, he had no way to dodge or block the attack with his sword.
Suddenly, with a “boom” sound, the assassin was sent flying by a dark magic spell shaped
like a ball. He fell back into the bushes and never stood up again.
After sending the assassin flying, Aldrizzt looked behind Neo. Few spells were being hurled
at the two now, most likely because the mages were no longer able to keep up. However,
quite a few assassins and warriors were still hot on their heels. He suggested, “Neo, let me
crawl onto your back so that your hands are free to use your sword.”
Neo glanced at him and said coolly, “Go ahead and crawl! Just make sure you hold on tight
and don’t fall off because I am not going to turn around and pick you up.”
Dark elves are so agile! Neo praised silently. Such a large movement didn’t seem to affect
his running at all, and the speed of it was just shocking.
Aldrizzt merely grabbed Neo’s shoulder, and with a large swinging motion, he had
effortlessly swung himself onto Neo’s back.
With his hands free, Neo immediately drew his sword and split all the sword and dagger
wielding-dark elves in half. The occasional fish that slipped through the net were then sent
flying by Aldrizzt’s magic.
Just like that, the two of them were hunted for most of the day. By now, the number of
assassins and warriors had lessened, but they were still hot on their heels. The moment they
stopped to rest, more dark elves would instantly catch up.
Although there was no problem with Neo’s endurance, carrying a person while running was
not a pleasant thing to do. He asked the person on his back sullenly, “Aldrizzt, did you do
anything serious when you ran away from home? Aren’t they a little too persistent?”
“Couldn’t you have just run away quietly?” Neo said sarcastically, “If you make such a big
scene, they have to hunt you down whether they want to or not, because otherwise, it
would be totally embarrassing!”
Aldrizzt laughed and couldn’t resist retorting, “I had no choice. They locked me in a temple,
so I had to destroy the temple; they refused to open the city gates to let me leave, so I had
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to destroy the city gates; then they kept chasing me, so I had to blow up the bridge right
after I crossed it.”
Neo rolled his eyes and grumbled, “You might as well just burn down this entire forest!”
“Burning down forests is your forte, not mine. I only know how to cook.”
“You call that cooking? At best, the food you cook can only be considered edible.”
“At least it’s better than that pile of… garbage you cooked that even a slime wasn’t willing to
eat when you threw your cooking at it!”
The road suddenly became noisy when the two of them started bickering.
After an unknown length of time, Aldrizzt was suddenly woken by a violent jolt. The
moment he woke up, he cried softly in shock, “I fell asleep? I-I…”
Neo was painstakingly carrying me and escaping, yet I actually fell asleep!
As if he didn’t mind at all, Neo said, “It’s not like you can do anything even if you don’t sleep.”
Even though Aldrizzt felt that the fairest thing to do would be to carry Neo in return, he
knew that with his physical endurance, he really would collapse after carrying a person and
running for half a minute. Thus, the only thing he could do was to run on his own.
“Tired? Who do you think I am?” Neo snorted. Without bothering to hide his proud tone, he
said, “I am a holy knight, a class known for its endurance. Also, I am the highest-ranking holy
knight, the Sun Knight! Something as minor as this couldn’t possibly tire me out.”
Seeing that Neo was not pushing himself at all, Aldrizzt relaxed but still said, “Let me down
so I can run on my own, or else my entire body will be nearly frozen stiff from maintaining
this position.”
Without further ado, Neo finally stopped running and let Aldrizzt climb off his back.
Aldrizzt stretched his arms and legs a little while Neo took the opportunity to take several
bites of dried rations. After that, the two people started to flee again.
Although he knew that he should conserve his energy, Aldrizzt could not hold back his
curiosity and asked, “Truthfully speaking, how long can you carry me and run for?”
Neo shrugged and said, “If I don’t rest at all, then about three days.”
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That’s incredible… Aldrizzt felt that this was completely inconceivable. Carrying a person and
running for three days? In a winding forest too! I’m afraid that not even the best warrior
among my people can do such a thing.
He looked to the left and right, planning to inspect the road conditions, but after examining
their surrounding landscape, his face suddenly changed dramatically. He quickly held his
companion back while saying, “Stop now, Neo!”
Baffled, Neo stopped running and asked, “What’s up… Ah! Do you want to go to the toilet?
Shoo, shoo! Get away from me!”
“Who wants to go to the toilet!” Aldrizzt snapped unhappily. Sigh! It’s seriously hard to
maintain a nervous composure around Neo.
When Neo raised his eyebrows to express his inquiry, Aldrizzt explained, “Any further and
we will be in the elves’ territory.”
“Oh?” Neo asked rhetorically, “Since elves hate dark elves with a passion, they shouldn’t be
happy to see so many dark elves in their territory, right?”
Aldrizzt froze for a moment, then nodded and said, “Okay, let’s go there. They should help
us chase away my people.”
On the road, the two of them alternately moved and rested. Although Neo didn’t mind
carrying a person on his back, Aldrizzt was unwilling to be carried no matter what. He’d
rather force himself to keep running until he was completely out of breath.
Noticing that Aldrizzt had run until he was almost winded but still refused to say that he
wanted to rest, Neo raised an eyebrow and said, “I’m tired, let’s stop and eat something.”
Only then did Aldrizzt stop running. He was so breathless he couldn’t say anything, but
when he looked at the person next to him who was claiming that he was tired, that person’s
face was not even red nor was he breathing hard. He doesn’t look tired at all! This really
made him wonder whether he should be happy that his companion had such good
endurance and would not hold him back in the least, or whether he should hate his
companion for having such good endurance and causing him to run until he was dead tired.
Neo calmly took out the dried rations and gave a piece to Aldrizzt before starting to eat. As
he chewed, he asked, “How much longer before we reach the elves’ territory?”
Aldrizzt looked around and replied, “We’re almost in the elves’ territory. I’ve only read
about them leaving marks on the trees in books, so I’m not sure how deep into their
territory we have to go before they will show themselves.”
Neo tossed the last piece of dried ration into his mouth and looked up at the forest, a hand
already placed on his sword.
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Aldrizzt froze and subsequently also heard the rustling of tree leaves. He looked toward the
bushes and noticed that there were people hidden in the gaps between the tree leaves.
After that, they showed themselves.
They had long and slender bodies that were not so different from Aldrizzt’s own. The biggest
difference was, naturally, the color of their skin, which was pale white in color. Also, no elf
had white hair — most of them had golden-brown hair.
The two of them observed the elves, just as the elves watched Aldrizzt. From their faces,
they were extremely shocked. However, they eventually became more serious, revealing
expressions of anger and hate.
Aldrizzt was not at all surprised to see their reactions, as elves and dark elves had always
been sworn enemies. Basically, he had already felt their kind nature when they did not
swing their swords at him on sight. If it were the other way around and a group of dark elves
had met a lone elf, undoubtedly the best thing that could happen to that elf was a quick
death.
Neo stood up. The elves were apparently provoked by his action, so they simultaneously
raised their weapons — mostly bows — and pointed them at Neo.
At this point, Aldrizzt also stood up. He walked two steps closer to Neo and stood shoulder
to shoulder with him. He then raised his head and looked at the surrounding elves proudly.
Even with many bows pointed at him, and the archers being the legendary elven master
archers, Neo could still say in a bored drawl, “First, I see dark elves. Then, I see elves. If I had
known that adventuring was so much fun, I would have dumped my job on Grisia two years
earlier.”
On hearing this, Aldrizzt tilted his head, rolled his eyes at Neo, and said, “I really pity your
student.” After that, he turned to face the elves and shouted, “I am a dark elf, but this
human beside me is innocent. Please don’t hurt him.”
“Aldrizzt, what nonsense are you spouting? I am indeed innocent, but so are you!”
Once he had scolded Aldrizzt, Neo looked at the numerous elves and yelled loudly, “We are
being hunted by a large group of dark elves and seek your protection!”
All the elves froze in shock for a while before turning to look at Aldrizzt.
“He is a…” Neo paused for a moment before he found fitting words. He continued, “An
escaped defector of the dark elves. You guys probably wouldn’t kill a dark elf that has
changed for the better and a human who is very kind to begin with, right?”
You? Kind? If that were true, then I guess dark elves shouldn’t be considered evil? Aldrizzt
worked very hard to prevent his expression from changing.
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On hearing this, the elves furrowed their brows in disbelief. Still, they did not attack the two
of them. Some elves even put their weapons down and started to talk, as if discussing what
to do. However, they spoke in the elven language, which Neo did not understand.
Neo whispered to his companion, “Do you understand the elven language?”
Aldrizzt rolled his eyes and said, “The moment dark elves and elves meet, the only outcome
is killing each other. Do you think we would chit-chat with the opponent?”
Neo made a “tsk” sound and half-commanded, “Next time you must learn the elven
language, because I won’t allow our elven companion to say bad things about me behind my
back in the elven language without me understanding a word!”
Is this the time to worry about whether our future elven companion will say bad things about
you behind your back? You should be worrying about whether we are going to be turned into
sea urchins by the elves’ arrows!
Aldrizzt secretly glanced at the debating elves. There was no indication of them finishing
their discussion as they were talking unhurriedly, with a relaxed attitude, and with no sign of
anger on their faces. It seemed as if they were just discussing something very normal, like
where they were going to hunt game for the day.
Aldrizzt observed them happily. At the same time, the angry expressions on the faces of the
surrounding elves holding weapons gradually faded. Instead, they looked at Aldrizzt
curiously.
However, Neo was getting bored of waiting and had yawned who knew how many times
already. He complained, “What’s taking them so long? How inefficient.”
Aldrizzt said brusquely, “Their lives are not as short as humans. Do you think they need to
care about things like efficiency?”
Neo frowned and made a pained expression. He said, “They’re not going to talk for a
hundred years, are they?”
Aldrizzt smiled and shook his head as he said, “It won’t come to that, but since elves live
approximately five times longer than humans, the time they take to discuss things should
also be about five times longer. So by considering the amount of time humans take to
discuss things, you should be able to estimate how much time the elves will spend.”
Neo thought about it and replied, “Based on the amount of time the Judgment Knight and I
take to discuss things, the elves would be done in about a minute. But if we estimate using
the amount of time the Pope and his clerics take to debate issues…”
“I’d rather go back and fight fifty dark elves than waste my life away here. Know that I am
already for…”
“For-For… formally not a young man anymore!” Neo coughed and said impatiently, “You
should know, we humans do not live as long as elves or dark elves, so we need to make
good use of our time.”
Aldrizzt further narrowed his already very narrow eyes. He looked at Neo very suspiciously,
while the latter exercised his twenty years’ experience of being the Sun Knight and smiled
dazzlingly at the former like nothing was going on.
Both Aldrizzt and Neo were taken aback. They turned around to see all of the elves staring
at the two of them, their discussion long finished.
At this moment, an elf walked forward and said courteously in the human language, “If you
wish to continue discussing, we don’t mind waiting.”
Neo turned around and asked Aldrizzt, “Do we have anything to discuss?”
Neo shrugged and turned to face the elf. He said, “We’re done discussing.”
The elf in charge of negotiations looked at them a little curiously. Only when he heard Neo’s
reply did he nod and say, “We agree to escort you two to the edge of the forest, but you
must swear to never enter this forest again. If you dare to take a step into this forest, we
will not show any mercy. Please be sure to take note of this point.”
Regarding the elves’ conclusion, Neo was not very satisfied, but Aldrizzt heaved a huge sigh
of relief. He was originally prepared to die by the hands of the elves and did not think that
the elves would let him go, much less escort him.
Aldrizzt first thanked the elves with a hand gesture, then said concernedly, “Thank you for
offering to escort us, but please dispatch more elves because there are more than fifty dark
elves hunting us. Although we killed some of them, they will probably not number less than
fifty. Therefore, if there are not enough elves, you might not be able to scare my people
away.”
The elf’s face stiffened when he heard the dark elf Aldrizzt’s friendly reminder. But after that,
he seemed to feel bad, so he nodded again.
Although he had received this kind of reply, Aldrizzt was still very happy. Previously, even if
he met humans, they would not offer him a single nod. Instead, they would most likely
scream, run away, or attack him. Now that the elves, who were supposed to be his sworn
enemies, were treating him with a more or less friendly response, he felt a deserved sense
of accomplishment.
However, Neo was extremely unsatisfied. In all my twenty years of being the Sun Knight,
when have I ever received this kind of treatment before? His face was grim as he sneered,
“My partner kindly reminded you, yet you show him such attitude? Do you think that you
are superior to others?”
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“Neo, don’t say that,” Aldrizzt quickly interrupted his companion. He continued, “After all,
the elves are not obligated to escort us.”
“Of course they have an obligation! If you met an elf that was being hunted, wouldn’t you
give him a helping hand? When you help him, would you act superior?”
In the face of Neo’s rebuke, Aldrizzt hesitated. Naturally, he would extend a helping hand,
and he would not act superior. Still…
Neo laughed coldly and said extremely arrogantly, “We would rather fight to the death
under the gaze of the God of Light, than accept your charity at the cost of our dignity!”
The elf looked at Neo in utter shock. For a moment he did not know how to react.
“Aldrizzt, it’s time we left!” Without giving the elves time to think, Neo beckoned Aldrizzt to
follow, and really turned and walked away.
After the two of them had walked in silence for some distance, Aldrizzt noticed vague signs
of people following them. Worried, he observed the stalkers for a while, only to surprisingly
discover that the stalkers were in fact…
Neo angled his head backward and took a glance. He then immediately looked to the front
as if nothing had happened and said unappreciatively, “They’re the ones who like following
us, I did not want their help.”
Aldrizzt nearly laughed out loud. At the same time, he also relaxed. As long as the fully
armed elves were around, his people would not necessarily attack the two of them. This was,
after all, the surface. Also, this was the forest where the elves lived, so the dark elves did
not have the advantage.
And taking action when they were at a disadvantage was definitely not the dark elves’ style.
The elves were true to their word, escorting the two all the way to the edge of the forest.
The journey was extremely peaceful and not a single dark elf was to be seen.
As the two of them stepped out of the forest, they did not see a cliff or a desert, but instead
saw a small town not far away. Aldrizzt felt a sense of accomplishment from this. All things
were bound to change, and perhaps his extreme bad luck from before had now become
good luck.
They heard a sound behind them and turned around simultaneously, only to see an elf
appearing beneath the trees. Based on his looks, he was probably the elf that had been in
charge of negotiations.
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The elf looked at the two of them and said sternly, “We have honored our promise, so
please also honor yours. Do not step into the forest ever again.”
Neo only made a “hmph” sound, but Aldrizzt immediately nodded his head.
Although Neo did not express his agreement, the person the elves were most wary of was
Aldrizzt. Hence, after Aldrizzt had made his promise, the elf turned to leave.
“Wait!”
The elf stopped walking and turned around to face the human who had shouted.
Neo smiled happily while asking a series of questions, “What’s your name? Are you male or
female? Are you an archer or a mage?”
Startled, Aldrizzt looked at Neo with a weird expression on his face. He thought, Is Neo really
going to ask the elf to join our party?
The elf glared at Neo coldly and said, “I am Evaclair.” After that, she left without turning
back.
Only when the elf was further away did Aldrizzt whisper, “Can’t you tell that she is a female
elf? How could you ask such a rude question?”
Instead of answering Aldrizzt, Neo asked, “Were all of those elves female?”
Aldrizzt glanced at Neo strangely and answered naturally, “No, there were approximately
equal numbers of males and females.”
Aldrizzt suddenly had a bad feeling. He asked quickly, “Wait, you do know that I’m male,
right?”
Neo said proudly, “I found that out three days after we met.”
“…”
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When they were outside the town, Aldrizzt suddenly stopped walking. He first put on his
cloak and pulled the hood down to his chin. Next, he donned gloves. After he had wrapped
himself up tightly, he asked Neo a little anxiously, “How do I look?”
Since I wrapped myself up like this, no one should be able to tell that I’m a dark elf, right?
“…” Aldrizzt was speechless for a while. He snapped unhappily, “That goes without saying! I
mean, can you tell that I am a dark elf?”
Neo raised an eyebrow and said carelessly, “So what if you’re recognized?”
Aldrizzt shook his head and said, “If the humans discover that I am a dark elf, they will
definitely chase us out. We can no longer hunt in the forest, so if we also cannot enter the
city to buy food, won’t we starve to death?”
After that, they entered the town. Neo wasn’t very interested in this small town, but Aldrizzt
could not stop looking around. Although he had been on the surface for quite some time, he
had never entered any towns before. Now that he was in a town, he would obviously be
fascinated.
Surprisingly, this small town near the forest was actually very lively. However, many people
were wearing adventuring gear and even carrying luggage. Since they did not look like locals,
they were probably traveling adventurers.
Also, because the travelers were very diverse, no one came up asking for trouble despite
Aldrizzt’s outfit attracting quite a lot of suspicious glances. Aldrizzt heaved a huge sigh of
relief, and at the same time, he no longer feared coming into contact with humans.
Neo walked confidently to a brick building with a signboard labeled “Mainland Adventurers’
Guild” hanging on the door. This was also a place that Aldrizzt had never been to before. It
was not too crowded inside as there were only slightly more than ten people. They stood in
front of the walls on both sides in twos and threes, all looking up at the notices stuck onto
the walls.
Can this be the Adventurers’ Guild that I’ve read about in books? Curious, Aldrizzt asked his
companion, “Have you been here before? You seemed very familiar with the route.”
Neo pointed at the roof and said, “The Adventurers’ Guild loves to stick a flag on its roof. If
this were a large city, I might not have been able to see that flag. But this town is not very
big, so I saw it the moment we entered.”
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Once he finished speaking, he walked into the guild building. Aldrizzt quickly followed after
him.
When they were inside, Neo said, “You should first look around and see if there are any
missions for us to undertake. I’m going to register our party and take care of some minor
issues.”
Aldrizzt nodded. He then walked in front of the wall and looked at the notices curiously.
Neo walked to the reception counter alone. He first registered their party, and then
prepared to send a message back to Leaf Bud City. This was one of the things that Chasel
had said he must do no matter what. Whenever any of the twelve of them traveled outside,
they must send a message back to Leaf Bud City every month.
Although, Neo deeply felt that this rule was pretty much created for his sake, as among his
generation of the Twelve Holy Knights, most of them had either stayed in Leaf Bud City or
had returned to their homelands. Besides himself, no one else seemed to be wandering
about.
Am I really so worrying? See, I’ve been adventuring for a while now, and am I not alive and
well? What is there to be worried about? Sigh!
Still, he should just obediently do this trivial thing as he was told. Although he wasn’t afraid
of Chasel, it would be troublesome if Chasel really got angry, especially since everyone
seemed to agree wholeheartedly when Chasel suggested this rule. If he did not comply,
eleven people could come looking for trouble.
He got a pen and some paper from the Guild employees and began to write down the things
that Chasel demanded he must write — his location, companions, what he was going to do
next…
Regarding his companion, Neo hesitated for a bit before writing that Aldrizzt was a dark elf.
After that, he briefly mentioned being hunted to death. Of course, he just mentioned it in
passing and even specified that this was just a small problem that he would solve very
quickly.
As for his location, he wrote “I don’t know.” For what he was going to do next, he carelessly
wrote “go around exploring.” He planned to write the same things in the future.
When he had finished writing, Neo passed the message to the Guild employee who smiled
and said automatically, “The total cost for sending the message and registering a party is
thirty-five silver ducats.”
Neo dug in his pockets and finally managed to fish out one gold ducat and more than ten
silver ducats to pay the bill with.
“Ahhh!”
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Suddenly hearing a scream, Neo turned around reflexively. Someone was looking at Aldrizzt
in horror. When Aldrizzt took a step closer to him, that person actually hastily retreated
many steps and even staggered, nearly falling to the ground.
Regarding this, Aldrizzt didn’t seem to know what to do. He even unconsciously pulled his
hood down lower.
At this point, the people around seemed to smell something fishy. One after another, they
all looked at Aldrizzt warily.
“Aldrizzt! Let’s go. I’m positively starving to death, so let’s find somewhere to eat,” Neo
shouted. He then walked up to Aldrizzt, grabbed his companion’s arm in one movement and
dragged him out without seeming to care about the people they left behind.
“He saw my face,” Aldrizzt said anxiously after he had been dragged out of the Guild.
“What about it?” Unworried, Neo said, “You have nothing to be embarrassed about.
Although you’re not as handsome as me, your looks are still passable, if a bit dark.”
“If I weren’t dark, I would be called an elf!” Aldrizzt barked. He continued nervously, “Still,
he found out that I am a dark elf. I’m afraid that…”
Neo spun around forcefully, grabbed Aldrizzt’s shoulders, and said seriously, “Aldrizzt, you
want to move around the surface and go on adventures with me. Did you think no one
would ever find out that you are a dark elf?”
“I know that’s impossible, but we are currently being hunted by my people. We have also
been chased out of the forest by the elves…”
Neo interrupted him by saying impatiently, “Don’t be such a nag! There are only fifty dark
elves, so if worse comes to worst, we will just fight them.”
Aldrizzt shook his head. He believed that Neo also knew the meaning of “fifty dark elves.”
Not only was every member of his race good at fighting, they were also experts at
ambushing and using hidden weapons. To sum it up, even though Neo was the Sun Knight, it
would be absolutely impossible for merely two people to defeat fifty dark elves!
Neo looked around him. Even though this small town was not very large, there were quite a
number of inns. This definitely had something to do with all the adventurers around, so he
could not help but mutter, “Is there a good adventuring place around here? Why are there
so many adventurers?”
“It’s right behind you!” Aldrizzt barked, “That huge forest is definitely a good place to have
an adventure.”
“Really?” Suspicious, Neo said, “How come I don’t get the feeling that there is anything in
there dangerous enough to be worth an adventure?”
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Aldrizzt sighed and explained, “It’s not dangerous only because it’s you and me who were in
there. I am a dark elf mage who is over a hundred years old, and you are the Sun Knight. Of
course we don’t think it’s dangerous! I’m afraid there aren’t many adventures in this world
that we can’t handle.”
“Oh, really? Aren’t we being hunted by fifty dark elves right now?” Neo said casually as he
eyed the most luxurious inn and walked in without hesitation.
The moment Aldrizzt saw this clean and neat inn with furnishings that looked rather lavish,
he felt insecure. He quickly whispered, “Neo, do you have money?”
“Yes.” Neo wasn’t lying; even after paying the Guild, he still had about seventy or eighty
silver ducats left.
When Aldrizzt heard Neo’s reply, he calmed down. Although he had never seen where Neo
kept his money, if Neo said that he had money, then he probably did.
The moment they walked into the inn, someone immediately came forward to meet them.
Neo demanded very naturally, “Prepare a room for two, but first serve us some food and
wine. I want grape wine that is at least ten years old, soup for appetizers, your chef’s
specialty for the main course — but it must have meat — and some local fruits to try.”
From Neo’s handsome and elegant bearing, the waiter had already known that he could not
disregard him. Once he received Neo’s order, it was even more obvious that Neo was a
distinguished guest. He nodded his head eagerly while smiling from ear to ear.
As Neo was ordering the food, Aldrizzt looked at his surroundings. There were few
customers around, and most of them looked like merchants instead of adventurers. It
seemed that adventurers did not often stay in such high-class inns. The merchants did not
appear to be interested in the mummy-wrapped Aldrizzt, but they were extremely curious
about Neo, whose actions were very refined. Aldrizzt sighed in relief at this.
After they sat down, Aldrizzt observed Neo before he sighed and said, “If you hadn’t said
that you were a holy knight, I would have thought that you were a prince. You really act like
an aristocrat, and an extremely highly-ranking one at that.”
“Oh.” Neo shrugged and said, “I have a good relationship with the royal family, and go to
the palace often. Also, I always travel with the prince and princess.”
What he didn’t say was that every time they went traveling, people thought that he was the
prince and treated the real prince as his attendant.
“Enough said, let’s eat! It’s impolite to eat and talk at the same time.”
You weren’t so particular while we were in the forest, so why suddenly talk about manners
when we come to the inn? Aldrizzt was suspicious, but he did not argue back and simply
started to eat quietly.
For the next few days, under the pretext of going to the Guild to check whether there were
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he had actually explored the entire town. On the other hand, Aldrizzt did not dare to go
outside because he was afraid people would find out that he was a dark elf.
Even though Neo scolded him, Neo could not do anything about Aldrizzt and it didn’t make
sense to drag him outdoors. In the end, Neo let Aldrizzt do whatever he wanted and instead
spent every day enjoying himself greatly by visiting the Adventurers’ Guild, taverns, and
wandering around town.
Neo grunted, stretched lazily, and sat up on the bed. He answered lazily, “What’s up? Did I
oversleep?” Neo was rather surprised as he usually woke up at a fixed time.
“Then why did you wake me up?” Unhappy, Neo opened his eyes only to see Aldrizzt’s
horrified-to-the-maximum face. He paused for a moment before asking, “What’s wrong?”
Aldrizzt stood next to the window, head turned to look at Neo. When he saw that Neo had
woken up, he gestured outside the window and said in a trembling voice, “Look…”
Neo stood up nonchalantly and glanced out the window. He immediately noticed many
torches shining brightly, and they were even surrounding the exterior of the inn. From the
light of the torches, Neo could even see that the people outside were fully armed, their
expressions tense but dwarfed by murderous intent.
Since both he and Aldrizzt had not done anything bad in the town, the only reason for this
situation would be because Aldrizzt was a dark elf.
Amazed, Neo made several “tsk tsk” sounds. He said, “The people of this town sure know
how to keep things under wraps. I have been wandering around outdoors for the past few
days, yet have never felt them raise their guard against me. Is this because they are all
adventurers?”
Maybe it’s because you’re too dense? Aldrizzt thought silently. However, he was not in the
mood to argue with his companion in this kind of situation. Worried, he asked, “Neo, what
should we do now?”
With regard to Aldrizzt’s question, Neo only raised an eyebrow. He did not have any definite
ideas in mind as he thought, I am already being hunted by dark elves and elves, are humans
also going to join the fray now? My adventure is really dangerous and exciting!
Because he didn’t receive Neo’s reply after waiting for a long time, Aldrizzt turned to gaze at
the gathered humans. In his heart, he had already made his decision. He said plainly, “Neo,
you should leave.”
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At this moment, Neo unexpectedly answered naturally, “Of course I’m leaving! Are you
implying that I should stay and let people chop me down?”
Upon hearing this, Aldrizzt smiled bitterly in his heart. Neo was always so straightforward.
He didn’t even bother to decorate his words by saying things like, “he really couldn’t bear to
leave his companion behind, but neither could he oppose his own race, so he had no choice.”
Neo actually said he is going to leave so bluntly… Although he had many complaints, Aldrizzt
did not voice any of them out loud. He only mumbled, “Then, goodbye.”
“Yes.”
Eh? Before Aldrizzt could react, Neo had already picked him up by the waist with one arm,
grabbed the windowsill with the other arm, swung himself outside, and jumped onto the
roof. While looking around desperately for any other roofs he could jump onto, Neo
complained to his companion, “Have you learnt the Spell of Flight yet? If you have, we can
just fly away!”
“I can’t learn it that quickly. The Spell of Flight is not easy to learn, and I’m not very familiar
with gathering the wind element,” Aldrizzt grumbled. But he immediately remembered
something more important and asked, “Neo, weren’t you going to leave?”
“Of course,” Neo said as if the answer was obvious. “I have already been surrounded. If I
don’t leave, won’t I just be asking to be chopped into mincemeat?”
…What I meant was, weren’t you going to leave such a troublesome companion like me
behind and leave by yourself? But seeing Neo’s actions now, that didn’t seem to be the case
at all. Aldrizzt suddenly felt that the conversation between his companion and himself was
comparable to one between chickens and ducks.2
Neo leapt across several rooftops. He looked down and saw that the crowd below had
followed him. Some of them were even copying him and had climbed onto the rooftops.
However, those people were mostly agile thieves and other similar classes, so even though
they climbed up onto the rooftops, they did not dare approach him rashly. Instead, they
kept their distance and matched his speed while continually shouting and reporting their
position to the people below, “The dark elf is here!”
“After them!”
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“…chickens and ducks…”: A conversation between chickens and ducks is one where
nobody understands what the other person is saying.
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Besides the noise from the people following Neo and Aldrizzt, the rest of the town was as
quiet as a ghost city. At the same time, there were no lights from the streets, which made
following them all the easier. As long as one person found the duo, all he had to do was
shout in order to attract a bunch of troops.
Did they evacuate the townspeople first? They are really well prepared! Aldrizzt didn’t know
whether to clap for the thoughtful humans or to sigh at his inevitable fate of being captured.
But no matter what happened, the only thing he could be sure of was that he was indeed a
burden. If he had not entered the town, then those townspeople would not have had to
evacuate during the night.
On the other hand, Neo was getting rather annoyed at being unable to shrug off the
pursuers.
Against those dark elves that attacked the moment they approached, he could kill them
without hesitation, but these were all humans. Besides the adventurers, there were people
who looked like commoners among them, so he was reluctant to attack carelessly.
After thinking about it, Neo could only say irritably, “Let’s hide in the forest first. Most of
these people can’t follow us in there.”
“But the elves forbade us from going into the forest,” said Aldrizzt, shocked.
“Just ignore them. Anyway, elves are not as vicious as humans. I don’t believe that they will
kill us if we don’t resist! Humans, on the other hand, will be happy to tie us to stakes and
burn us to death if we don’t resist them.”
On hearing this, Aldrizzt was rendered somewhat speechless. Does Neo know that he is also
a human?
Once Neo had made his decision, he did not care whether Aldrizzt high agreed or not. He
immediately ran toward the edge of the small town. Because the town did not have any
large gates, Neo simply kicked the fence down and announced that he was leaving town.
Aldrizzt looked behind them, and his heart instantly sank. He pointed out, “They are still
following us.”
Neo made an “mm” sound and quickened his stride as he ran toward the forest. When he
was about one hundred meters away from entering the forest, he suddenly stopped.
Neo did not answer, but he had no need to answer. Aldrizzt had already seen the reason
why Neo had stopped running.
A whole row of elves stood at the edge of the forest with their bows ready and arrows
nocked, as if waiting for the two of them to take a step closer… Aldrizzt turned around, only
to see that the groups of humans had already caught up with them. Although they seemed
afraid to approach for now, once more humans gathered, they would undoubtedly attack.
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Neo frowned at the elves, and then turned around to look at the humans. He felt that the
current situation was indeed getting rather tricky. Whether or not they could win was one
thing, but a bigger problem was whether they should attack at all. The humans in front of
him consisted merely of frightened townspeople and hired adventurers, while the elves in
the forest were known to be a kind race. Hence, unless he was pushed to the edge, he did
not want to hurt or end up killing them.
But seeing the current situation, if he did not hurt them, they were most likely going to hurt
both Aldrizzt and him…
“Put me down, Neo.” Aldrizzt crawled down from Neo’s back and said calmly to him, “Neo,
Leave! We just met by chance and are not even close friends…”
“Then you shouldn’t have helped me wash my clothes, cook the food, make the beds, and
hunt!” Furious, Neo cut him off and growled in a low voice, “You did so many good things
for me, if I turned my back and left now, wouldn’t I become a shameless and ungrateful
bastard? Now, you should just shut up and pay attention to the members of your own race.
Have you noticed them hiding in the bushes on both sides of us?”
Aldrizzt nodded. Of course he had noticed them. He had asked Neo to run away by himself
because he had found out that in addition to the humans and the elves, his people were
hiding in the bushes to either side, reducing their chances of escape to zero.
Neo looked at the elves who had their bows raised, thinking that there probably wasn’t
much room for negotiation with them. Thus, he had no choice but to turn around and face
the humans. To the humans who were about to charge forward and attack anytime now, he
said, “I am the former Sun Knight, Neo Sun. In the name of the Twelve Holy Knights of the
Church of the God of Light, I swear to you that this dark elf has already forsaken the
darkness, and has chosen to follow the path of light…”
Before he could even finish speaking, the human crowd had already begun to yell angrily.
“He is a dark elf who will stop at no evil. By helping a dark elf, you have betrayed your fellow
humans!”
The moment someone said the word “kill,” the human crowd became roused and started to
shout about killing and attacking. Some of them even brandished their weapons with
bloodshot eyes.
“You want to kill me, the traitor of humans, is that right?” Neo was so livid he laughed
instead. “You fellows should know your place! Although there are quite a few of you, I don’t
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think much of you people at all. If you weren’t humans, I would have killed all of you with a
slash each a long time ago!”
After saying this, he really pulled his sword out. Cruel rays of moonlight reflected off the
sword…
“Stop!”
Aldrizzt quickly hugged the fuming Neo and shouted, “You can’t do this! Neo, you cannot
hurt them, they are your people!”
Outraged, Neo bellowed, “Let go of me, I have to slay these idiots who don’t know what’s
good for them! They can’t even defeat you, yet they still dare to say that they want to kill
me? Kill me, Neo Sun? Let me slaughter them and clear the way for us!”
“No! You mustn’t be reckless!” Aldrizzt clung to him as tightly as he could. He would never
let Neo kill humans.
Not only were the humans unafraid of seeing Neo draw his sword, they even raised their
own weapons higher and started to condemn him loudly. The contents of their insults were
so horrible that not even Aldrizzt could stand hearing them, much less Neo.
Therefore, Aldrizzt hugged Neo even tighter to prevent him from charging forward and
killing people.
However, Neo no longer had the intention of breaking free from Aldrizzt’s grip. He went
silent for a while. Then, without any warning, he let out an arc-shaped battle aura with one
swing of his sword, calmly and sensibly aiming it in front of the humans.
Seeing this, Aldrizzt heaved a huge sigh of relief. He had thought that Neo would directly
cleave the people who had insulted him in two.
At that moment, the scene went completely still and silent, except for the cloud of dust that
filled the sky, rising from the deep horizontal trench carved into the ground. A few people
who looked like common folk were so frightened that their legs had turned to jelly, causing
them to collapse to the ground. However, there were also some experienced adventurers
who immediately shouted, “Everyone, do not be afraid! Help is coming, and there are only
two of them. Also, the elves in the forest will help us.”
The presence of the elves with their longbows appeared to give the humans more courage.
Then again, they did not know that the elves would not make a move to attack as long as
Neo and Aldrizzt did not enter the forest.
Elves… Aldrizzt finally understood what he should do! He let go of Neo, turned around and
sprinted toward the forest… For a moment, Neo was taken aback. He then instantly spun
around, dashed quickly, and caught the mage’s arm without any effort.
After that, Neo glared at Aldrizzt coldly. Feeling guilty after being stared at by the former’s
stern eyes, Aldrizzt looked away.
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As he looked at Aldrizzt, Neo stated with the utmost confidence, “You were thinking of
putting an end to everything by running into the forest and letting the elves shoot you to
death, weren’t you?”
Although he asked a question, he did not need to receive a reply. Aldrizzt’s body suddenly
going rigid was already enough of an answer.
Neo snorted coldly, then growled, “Don’t even think about it. I, Neo Sun, have never let a
companion die right before my very eyes! Let me tell you, I will not let any of those here —
including humans, elves, and dark elves — kill my companion!”
Panicking, Aldrizzt immediately said, “You cannot possibly kill all of them, and neither do I
want you to do that.”
Neo said plainly, “I will try my best not to kill them. It’s not that hard.”
“Even if you don’t want to kill them, my people are hiding to the side. They will definitely
not sit still and watch. When the time comes, perhaps you, I, the humans, and even those
elves will all die by their hands!”
Aldrizzt begged sincerely, “Please, Neo! Even if you don’t let me enter the forest, at least let
my people take me back! They might not kill me, since we belong to the same race…” As he
spoke, his voice became softer and softer because he could not convince even himself with
his words.
Neo snorted coldly. He did not at all believe that the dark elves would ever let Aldrizzt go.
There was a possibility that they would not kill him on the spot, but that would only be
because they wanted to torture him cruelly first!
“Neo…” When Aldrizzt saw Neo’s expression, he immediately understood that Neo had no
intention of doing as he said at all.
Neo said icily, “Deal with the humans first, then take care of those dark elves. Either start
preparing magic spells to help me now, or just stand to the side quietly!”
Naturally, Aldrizzt could not let Neo fight alone. The only thing he could do was to think
hard about which magic spells would minimize damage the most.
As long as he had his sword in hand, Neo was prepared for battle. At this point, the humans
also started to get fired up. Any moment now, the fight was going to begin…
In the silence, a simple command telling people to stop rang out. The tone was very plain,
but it was also so imposing that no one could ignore it.
Quite a few people turned their heads around. Only then did they see the row of people
standing behind them. There were not many of them, just eleven. The armors that the
knights wore were all different colors, and the weapons they held were also different —
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there were swords, a bow, and even a large shield — but they all had one thing in common;
a solemn bearing that was so great no one could turn their eyes away.
No matter if it was their weapons or their clothing, these people did not seem to be normal
adventurers. They were just standing in a relaxed manner, yet they still gave off an aura
which made people feel that they were not to be underestimated. This made everyone at
the scene understand that these people were not to be trifled with.
Standing in the middle, leading these people was a person who was completely black. Not
only were his hair and eyes black, even the clothes he wore were all black. His whole body
gave off an intimidating vibe, especially his eyes that were as sharp as razors, which caused
the people he gazed at to feel like they were being interrogated.
This leader led the others though the crowd of humans. Wherever they went, the humans
actually automatically moved away to let them pass through… In the end, they stood
between the humans and the duo.
In the meantime, Aldrizzt was truly baffled. He could not understand why so many people
had suddenly appeared, and at the same time, he reflexively raised his guard because they
seemed very strong.
On the other hand, Neo’s gaze started to wander. He looked everywhere — at the sky, the
ground, the grass, and the elves — except at that row of people, especially the leader
wearing all black.
The leader threw a glance at Neo, and then turned around to face the crowd. He said plainly,
“We are the Twelve Holy Knights of the Church of the God of Light. I am the Judgment
Knight. Now, can anyone tell me why you are surrounding our Sun Knight?”
Sun Knight? At first, everyone was at a loss, but then they immediately remembered what
“the whole continent knew” about the Sun Knight — golden hair, blue eyes, plus a
handsome and graceful poise.
Besides the elves, only one person present fit this description, and it was precisely the one
standing next to the dark elf.
At this point, Aldrizzt looked at Neo in utter astonishment. Embarrassed and unable to
continue acting like he did not know these people, the latter asked, “Chasel, everyone…
Why have you come here?”
The moment the group of holy knights heard this, all of them turned around and rolled their
eyes at their Sun Knight. After all, the only reason they had appeared here was to help him.
Otherwise, was it possible for these eleven people to pass by together coincidentally?
“The Twelve Holy Knights?” The crowd was starting to get excited.
“No, they’re real!” Somebody recognized them and shouted excitedly, “I’ve been to Leaf
Bud City before. They’re the real Twelve Holy Knights!”
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“The Twelve Holy Knights actually appeared in this small town! Oh my God of Light!”
Chasel Judgment waited until everybody had stopped fussing before beginning to explain,
“Inspired by the God of Light, that dark elf has forsaken evil and embraced kindness.
Although I find this suspicious and think that criminals should be put on trial, the Sun Knight
is determined to accept him with a benevolent and open mind. Also, to let him experience
more of the benevolence of the God of Light, as well as feel more of the God of Light’s love
for everything, the Sun Knight has specially let him travel by his side and is preaching to him
about the teachings of the God of Light.”
“I see.” As if they had a great realization, everyone started praising, “The Sun Knight is really
benevolent! He is even willing to forgive a dark elf.”
This was the first time Neo realized just how good Chasel’s ability to spout nonsense was!
Aldrizzt looked at Neo with 10000% suspicion, thinking, This fellow even thought of killing
humans to solve his problem! In what way is he benevolent?
At this point, most of the humans had put down their weapons. No matter how brave they
were, they did not dare to swing their swords at the Twelve Holy Knights.
Neo walked to the Twelve Holy Knights’ side and first greeted them with his eyes. He then
turned around, but instead of facing the humans or the forest, he looked at the bushes… He
said sternly, “Listen up, dark elves hidden in the shadows. The brilliance of the God of Light
now shines on Aldrizzt. If you ever dare to contaminate him with darkness again, the Church
of the God of Light will never forgive you!”
When they heard that there were hidden dark elves, all of the humans gasped. Quite a few
of them started to move closer to the Twelve Holy Knights.
Also, the elves who had been keeping quiet suddenly exclaimed mildly in shock before
beginning to whisper among themselves. This time, the elves reached a decision much more
quickly than previously. They fired several arrows at the bushes tentatively, and a few
muffled groans were heard from the bushes.
Now, the elves’ bows were no longer aimed at Neo and Aldrizzt, but instead were all aimed
at the bushes. Even their eyes had become very sharp and alert.
Compared to a lone dark elf, they obviously hated a group of dark elves much more.
Neo frowned as he gave it some thought. He then said, “No, those dark elves are at a
disadvantage. They will not choose to retaliate, but will run away. There’s no need to hunt
them down and kill them all.”
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Chasel nodded. He had also seen the movement in the bushes, but the direction of
movement appeared to be away from them rather than toward them. Also, the elves did
not seem very willing to start a massacre, judging by the way they had fired their arrows.
Their aim seemed to be to drive the dark elves away, instead of slaughtering them.
At this moment, an elf stepped forward. It was the female elf named Evaclair. She did not
carry any weapons; instead, she walked in front of Neo and said, “I apologize for my
rudeness, Sun Knight of the Church of the God of Light. Since even the Church of the God of
Light, which hates darkness the most, has accepted this dark elf, surely he must have
embraced the light. We, the elves, are also delighted to hear of this.”
Having said all that, Evaclair actually turned her head to smile at Aldrizzt. She told him, “We
are truly sorry for the unreasonable request we demanded of you. Please don’t take it to
heart. Henceforth, you may enter and leave the forest freely.”
Aldrizzt opened his mouth, but no words came out. His heart was filled with so much
gratitude he nearly couldn’t keep his eyes from brimming with tears.
Neo patted Aldrizzt’s shoulder and reminded the elves, “His name is Aldrizzt. Remember his
looks and name well. If you ever attack him in the future, we will bring you to justice even if
you are elves!”
Aldrizzt watched her leave. At the same time, he also looked toward the elves in the forest.
Most of the elves smiled at him when they discovered him watching them. This made him
feel extremely touched…
Neo turned around to face Chasel. He raised an eyebrow and asked, “Is it really okay to use
the names of the Church of the God of Light and the Twelve Holy Knights? We have already
retired, right?”
“You actually worry about these kinds of things?” Chasel teased. After receiving a glare from
Neo, he smiled and explained, “Before we came here, I sent a courier to Grisia with a verbal
message. I briefly explained that you were in trouble, and also added that I might use the
name of the Twelve Holy Knights if there was a need. I believe that he will come up with a
method to keep this issue quiet. Although your student’s swordplay is terrible, his ability to
deal with problems is way better than yours.”
On hearing this, Neo snorted. He said, “You guys should mind your own business. Even if
you hadn’t come, I could have solved this problem by myself!”
“Yes, yes,” Chasel said casually and half-heartedly. He turned to face the dark elf and asked,
“Are you Aldrizzt?”
Compared to Neo, the previous head of the Holy Temple, Aldrizzt was much more afraid of
the former Judgment Knight. After all, Aldrizzt had been associating with Neo for some time
now. It was simply impossible to be afraid of a fellow who knew nothing besides swordplay.
On the other hand, Chasel looked very strict. Also, the Judgment Knight was not known to
be kind.
Chasel sized up Aldrizzt. With a hint of a smile on his face, he said, “Other than having good
looks and superb swordsmanship, Neo is useless. Thus, I will have to burden you with the
responsibility for everything else.”
“Hey, hey! What do you mean by that, Chasel?” Neo protested loudly.
Aldrizzt smiled. As he looked at the dispersing crowd and the friendly elves, he said
gratefully, “I never imagined that things could be resolved like this. There was absolutely no
need for violence, and no innocents were hurt in the process.”
“Of course,” Chasel said confidently. “We are the Twelve Holy Knights, and our word is more
convincing than violence. Do you understand that now, Neo?”
Neo only snorted coldly. As he sheathed his sword, he said, “I thought that I could have an
enjoyable fight! You guys are such busybodies.”
“From the beginning to end, did you ever strike first?” Chasel asked, a little astounded.
“That is indeed very surprising! I thought that you would start a massacre in order to solve
all your problems!” After saying that, Chasel noticed Aldrizzt’s doubt-filled expression. He
smiled and asked, “Did you think that Neo could not defeat fifty dark elves? He is a person
who singlehandedly challenged more than one hundred and fifty fully armed bandits, which
included archers and mages. In the end, he exterminated all of them… However, at the time,
he still had the favor of the God of Light. That is no longer so.”
Aldrizzt froze in shock. One man against more than a hundred and fifty fully armed bandits?
“Even without the favor of the God of Light, I am still equally strong!” Neo instantly
emphasized.
At this point, a knight with a row of throwing knives hanging at his waist laughed loudly and
said, “You may be equally strong, but you are not equally unkillable! Neo, back then weren’t
you slashed more than ten times and nearly killed?”
“Eight slashes! How many times must I repeat that, Metal? I only received eight slashes.
Moreover, I walked back to the Holy Temple by myself, so I definitely didn’t almost get
killed!” Neo turned his head and began to argue endlessly with Metal.
In a mocking tone, Metal Knight said, “Oh? I remember that someone collapsed on the
staircase of the Holy Temple and couldn’t get up. The good guy Leaf even had to carry you
into the Holy Temple.”
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“If you hadn’t said anything, I would have forgotten all about it…” Neo turned his head to
face another knight who was carrying a bow. He said angrily, “Leaf! That time, you took the
opportunity to punch me so many times! You totally ignored the fact that I was seriously
injured!”
Leaf Knight, who had been carrying his bow on his back, now immediately shifted his bow to
his hands and made preparations to shoot before answering, “Eh? Didn’t you only have
minor injuries? Do you admit that you were seriously injured back then?”
With a little hesitation, Aldrizzt said, “More than a hundred and fifty fully armed bandits… If
he’s that strong, then the two of us could really kill fifty of my people. However, when we
were being hunted, Neo never took the initiative to attack.”
Chasel smiled plainly and said, “I suppose that was probably because he didn’t want to
massacre your people right in front of you? Neo’s temper has always been bad and he
solves everything with his sword. Only when he reached forty did he start keeping his lousy
temper in check, sigh…”
“Neo said that he is only thirty years old,” Aldrizzt interrupted expressionlessly.
Chasel paused for a moment before whispering, “Don’t ever tell him that I exposed his lie.
That fellow absolutely hates being called old.”
On hearing this, Aldrizzt decided to confirm some of his guesses about Neo. He asked, “And
he is very vain?”
“Nobody is better at that than him. He even raised a student who likes pushing himself just
as much.”
“It’s harder to make him admit he’s wrong than to kill him!” Extremely pleased, Chasel
nodded and said, “Aldrizzt, it appears that you understand him very well. Thus, in the future,
I will have to burden you with the big burden called Neo.”
“You can, but if you refuse, the Church of the God of Light will not protect you. Therefore, if
you want to walk safely on the surface, you have to be responsible for taking care of him.”
“Is that a threat?” Although he said that, Aldrizzt had a smile on his face. He was no longer
afraid of the Judgment Knight.
Chasel said warmly, “Please don’t misunderstand, the God of Light would never employ
such a lowly method as to threaten someone…”
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Although it hadn’t been very long since the Twelve Holy Knights had retired and gone their
separate ways, in the past they had rarely been apart for such a lengthy period of time.
Therefore, once the situation had been resolved, they all returned to the tavern and had a
drinking party… but the only person who could not drink was Neo himself.
This was because the “whole continent knows” that the Sun Knight cannot drink alcohol! In
a tavern where he was surrounded by peeping townspeople, Neo definitely couldn’t drink
alcohol.
As he watched everyone else drink bottle after bottle, Neo nearly lost his temper. With one
holler of “SCRAM!” he chased everyone else away and dragged Aldrizzt to the counter to
foot the bill, planning to rush to a town where no one knew he was the Sun Knight to drink
as much as he wanted.
The moment he heard the bill, Neo froze. He turned around to look… OH NO! Everyone
really had scrammed, so he couldn’t ask them for money. “I see… Urk! I think that it’s still
early, and the sun hasn’t even risen yet, so I guess I should wait for sunrise before leaving.”
After hearing Neo’s reply, the innkeeper was stupefied. Smiling widely, he said, “T-This…
You do have the money to pay the bill, right?”
At this point, never mind the innkeeper, even Aldrizzt was looking at Neo with 10000%
suspicion. Neo immediately flashed the Sun Knight’s trademark smile and said politely,
“Hmm? What did you just say? My sincere apologies, I, Neo Sun, actually did not hear you
clearly.”
The innkeeper froze for a moment. Only then did he remember that the person in front of
him was not an ordinary commoner, but rather the Sun Knight! Just remembering how he
had actually implied that “the Sun Knight wants to escape payment” sent him into a cold
sweat. Thinking that it was never too late to make reparations, he said, “I mean, do you
want to eat anything before returning to your room?”
“I might as well do that.” Neo said elegantly and naturally, “In that case, please serve us
some food!”
After they had eaten their fill, they returned to the room. Aldrizzt was just planning to make
up for some lost sleep when he noticed Neo starting to pack his clothes. Before Aldrizzt
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could get a hold of the situation, Neo had already finished packing. Neo turned around and
said, “Let’s go, Aldrizzt!”
“What?” Aldrizzt stared into space for a moment before asking in confusion, “The sun hasn’t
even risen yet, where do you want to go?”
Neo was silent for a while. He then replied, “…To the forest to invite Evaclair to join our
party?”
Aldrizzt was puzzled when he heard Neo’s words. He wondered, Why did he not invite
Evaclair just now when we were in the forest? Why do so now, in the middle of the night?
And why does Neo’s answer sound like a question, not a statement?
“Hurry, hurry!” Neo insisted, “If we don’t catch up with them quickly, the elves will be very
far away!”
“Hmm? Is there a problem?” Neo used the Sun Knight’s ultimate technique — the dazzling
smile. However, this had absolutely no effect on Aldrizzt, who knew all about Neo’s
personality. Aldrizzt’s eyes narrowed further as he became a thousand times more
suspicious than before.
Neo had no choice but to give up smiling and say honestly, “I only have seventy silver
ducats.”
“Split up? You just promised Chasel that you’d look after me! And with you gone, who’s
going to help me wash clothes, hunt, cook food, and make the bed?”
“Chasel?”
“Don’t talk rubbish, his cooking is so bad even slimes would run away.”
As they climbed out of the window, the two did not forget to wage a war of words. They ran
further and further away…
The next day, an epic adventure for a legendary adventuring party officially kicked off when
the innkeeper howled in despair, “AHH! The Sun Knight ran away without paying!”
AFTERWORD
Actually, the character Aldrizzt can be considered a
figure of resentment.
I hope that everyone likes Aldrizzt, and you can also read about the actual “Drizzt Do’Urden”
at the same time! He really is a great character, and The Dark Elf Trilogy is also a really great
book.
Since I’ve finished recommending a good book, I shall talk about Unbeatable.
In The Legend of Sun Knight, I did not write much about the partners, Neo and Aldrizzt. This
is mostly because the series is written from Grisia’s point of view in 1st person, and their
story was not the main story, so it’s not good to write too much.
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However, they are actually a really fun pair, so I specially wrote the book “Unbeatable.”
Everyone should have realized that the Neo in Unbeatable is not exactly the same as the
Neo in The Legend of Sun Knight. Actually, this version is closer to the truth.
The Legend of Sun Knight is narrated from Grisia’s perspective, so it includes his personal
opinion as well as a few misunderstandings he had of his teacher. Some of it was even
because of Neo’s acting when he was the Sun Knight. Putting these together, the Neo
from The Legend of Sun Knight was created.
However, in Unbeatable, Neo is not a teacher. He has the same status as the people around
him, so he revealed quite a lot of his real personality.
Actually, this book can be read together with Vol. 4 of The Legend of Sun Knight. The
understanding amnesiac Grisia had of his teacher was perfectly accurate!
Lastly, to thank those who took great pains queuing up to buy Unbeatable, I shall secretly
disclose some news about Vol. 5 of The Legend of Sun Knight.
The title for Vol. 5 of The Legend of Sun Knight is “Undying Lich (Part 1).”
Signed, Yu Wo
December, 2008
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YU WO BLOG
POST,
04/03/09:
UNBEATABLE =
NO ENEMIES
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On the book cover of Unbeatable, there was this statement: “Neo, you are really very
strong… But ‘we’ are unbeatable.”
Many readers seemed to have misunderstood this statement. Actually, this statement is
spoken by the Judgment Knight, Chasel, and not Aldrizzt. The “we” actually refers to the
“Twelve Holy Knights,” and not Neo and Aldrizzt.
The real meaning of this statement is: “Neo, you may be very strong, and can defeat all your
enemies, but the Twelve Holy Knights can make the enemies retreat without fighting.”
Actually, there are many ideas behind this book “Unbeatable,” so it is not suitable as a short
story. However, the contents fit Neo very well, so I wrote it anyway. Those ideas would
probably have been better depicted if they had been used for a long novel. Even though I
don’t like describing the ideas behind a story after it is completed, it will take at least a year
to write a long novel (This is a conservative estimate!). By that time, everyone will have
already forgotten everything. So never mind, I decided to talk about it.
Because some readers wanted to know why more copies of Unbeatable will not be printed,
let me explain some points: Compared to previous books, many more copies of Unbeatable
were printed… almost twice as many as Eclipse Hunter were printed. I cannot possibly print
so many copies that I can’t sell all of them, and I also cannot estimate how many people will
buy the book. I still had books left after selling them for two days and the long queue had
dissipated. These leftover books were sold very slowly. The books that were put aside for
the bookstores were generally meant for those who really couldn’t make it to the event.
Therefore, I think that readers who came to the event should have bought the book easily.
Plus, I have no intention of reprinting the books, as one troublesome experience is enough~
囧~
Yup, I guess writers should just be good and find publishers to print the books (gets hit).
Some readers have asked me why I didn’t directly find a publisher. My reply is: Because
Unbeatable does not have many words, I either publish it as a doujin or not at all. It is too
thin even for a commercial magazine~~~囧
That’s why I released the book as a doujin! Because I can do whatever I want @@
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Final note: As usual, Unbeatable will be published online after a period of time.
PS: Everyone, please don’t panic. I didn’t ramble at the beginning of this blog because I was
angry!
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THE END!