[Current location: Forest Of Ex-Elven Kingdom – Mi’wu’r Forest.]

"...Huh.... You know, this isn’t such bad place.... I don’t get it why people are calling this place weird names."- said the man who appears to be an adventurer, specifically a warrior, as he and several other adventurers were riding on their own respective horses.

A group of 26 people to be exact.

"Well... It is pretty looking forest... Expect for the fact that the elves pretty much brough here survivors and what not and straight up executed them, and when they escaped them, they just did a little hunt, like hunting for the game and all other sort of stuff." – replied the woman in mage ropes.

"Probably the whole ’having prisoners escape’ thing may had been intentional, so they could have some FUN."

"If you know what I mean."

"..."

"What the fuck?" – replied the warrior.

"Is.... Okay. I know that elves are usually over prideful jerks and what not."

"And especially the ones that stays within their own kingdom’s borders are the biggest douches and what not."

"But the fuck was wrong with these ones?"

"Meh. This is nothing." – replied the female mage.

"After the war had ended, I had a little look into them.... And DAMN! These elves are really fucked up!"

"I’ve encountered all sorts of elves, even elves from other kingdoms, but these elves here were proper murders and what not."

"Honestly speaking? I don’t even know how they were able to keep their kingdom running for so long."

"You mean like corruption?"- asked warrior adventurer B.

"Nah. The hostility..."- replied the mage.

"The whole elven nation wasn’t hiding their hostility, yet they were hiding like cowards."

"I mean, I know that they must had known that the nations next to them were stronger than them and because of that they didn’t wanted to go to the war."

"But then, why the fuck they decided to team up with that duke guy and even declare war on that Garmfon kingdom?"

"I just.... That was extremely stupid train of thoughts."

"To the point that it makes me question on HOW they didn’t killed themselves sooner?"

"That is the mystery that nobody going to answer.... I mean, those elves would definitely not answer that, since.... You know... I mean, even if they were not dead.... Bah! You get what I mean!" – said warrior A.

"But quick question."

"Are all elves this stupid? Aren’t they supposed to be the wise race?"

"They were once." – replied the woman in a cloak and hood.

"Many of the elven kingdoms out there were known for their power and knowledge... But as the times went by, they stagnated and given in into their pride."

"Some of these old elven kingdoms are straight up rotting, while the others are changing and adapting."

"For example, did you heard about kingdom of Mu’w? These bastards are dangerous bunch of fuckers."

"Oh... Interesting." – replied warrior A.

"..." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Anyway, how long until we arrive?"

"Well... At the pace we are currently going? It should still take us few days... But not that long really." – replied the archer A.

"...."

"..."

"?"

"!"

"Slow down." – said the warrior C as h as he spotted something in a distance as the group continues ridding their horses.

"..."

"A... Old lady?" – said the archer C as he used his skill to enchant his gaze, allowing him to spot a lone human elderly lady with a cane, just walking towards the group.

"..."

"Hey. Doesn’t this looks... Off?" – asked quietly warrior C.

"Yeah... Something isn’t right.... Here? An elderly lady? Is there any village anywhere?" – replied the archer C.

"...Even if that is the case... She does stands out a bit." – replied the warrior A as the group alert level went up as slowly but surely, the group of adventurers and the elderly lady met.

"E-excuse me." – asked the elderly lady with her voice shaking as she stepped in front of the horse.

"Did by any chance you seen an old man with bald head and scar across his head?"

"...No.... Why do you ask?" – asked the warrior C as the rest of the group quietly got ready to take out their weapons, not trusting the elderly woman one bit.

"He.... He is my husband..." – replied the elderly lady.

"He suddenly left the house and he wasn’t seen ever since... A-are you sure? You may had seen him!" – asked the elderly lady who had a desperate look on her face.

"No. I’ve said it before, but we really didn’t seen anybody like that." – said the warrior C as he tried moving his horse around the elderly lady.

"W-wait! You are adventurers?! Right! Please! I will pay you!" – said the desperate lady as she tried grabbing the horse, only to get suddenly get kicked away by the warrior.

"Piss off hag! We are already on the mission and can’t be wasting time on you!" – said pissed off warrior C.

"..."

(She is just elderly lady.... Nothing more.) – thought archer B as he was using mana detection, realizing that the woman was nothing more than just average woman, which caused the man to gave a small gesture signal with his hand to let the others to stand down.

(I guess she-)

"Hey. That was rude." – said the elderly lady as she instantly gotten up.

"Welp, I guess that was to expect from shitty excuses of vampires like you." – said the elderly woman as the tone of her voice instantly changed to a more energetic one.

"..."

"What?" – said warrior C as the entire group instantly got alarmed and tried to take out their weapons.

"Hm? Didn’t you heard me?" – asked the elderly lady.

"I mean, I get the whole hiding device and what not."

"It is very good designed, but there are few fl-"

As the elderly lady continues speaking, the warrior C suddenly took out his sword and put it right next to the elderly lady’s neck.

"Hey." – said the warrior C as every single adventurer got ready to fight.

"Who the fuck are you?" – asked warrior C as he put the blade even closer to the elderly woman’s neck.

"Hm... Rude." – said the elderly woman as she flicked her finger.

"..."

"..."

"?"

"Dude?" – asked warrior A as he noticed that something was wrong warrior C.

"..."

The warrior C suddenly dropped from his horse and straight onto the ground, where everybody saw a small hole in his forehead.... The man was already dead.

And as soon as this clicked inside of everybody’s heads, they without hesitation went on the attack.

Battle arts and magic was unleashed all at once, instantly bombarding the elderly lady.

"..."

"Well, that was even MORE rude!" – said the elderly lady, as something akin to bat like wing was in front of her, acting like a shield which kept the elderly lady completely unscratched, while the wing itself seems to had sprouted from the woman’s back.

"!?" – the adventurers were instantly put on even higher alert, as they realized none of their attacks had worked.

"..."

*Sigh*

"Is it really all? Can I talk now?" – asked the elderly lady.

"...Who the fuck are you?" – asked the hooded woman as she gotten off her horse alongside all other people, who took their fighting stances.

"Hm? Oh, you must be the leader." – replied the elderly lady.

"Welp, I will get to it."

"Do you might answer few of my questions?"

"..."

(I don’t sense anything nearby.) – thought the hooded woman.

(But.... What was that? I felt mana.... And in the next second, she shot him and killed him on the spot?) – thought the hooded woman as she gazed at the dead corpse of the fallen adventurer.

(....That woman.... Why...)

(Why I can’t feel ANYTHING from her!?) – thought the hooded woman, as she knew from the get go that the being in front of her is by no means just some OLD LADY.

"..."

"Sure." – replied hooded woman.

"What do you want?"

"Oh... Nothing much." – replied the elderly lady.

"Just wanting to know, why are you aiming to get your hands on Golem Dungeon?"

"..."

"Kill her." – said the hooded woman without hesitation, instantly causing all adventurers to rush at the woman.

The warriors and archers, with their blades equipped had instantly rushed all at once at the woman and tried attacking her from several directions.

And this time, they were not holding back.

The combatants used their stronger arts, trying to murder the elderly lady no matter what without showing any signs of mercy.

"..."

"Em... Is this it?" – but like before, the bat like wing, easily blocked off the wave of attacks.... Which pretty much ended up the same way as before.

Easily blocked.

Completely unscratched.

The wing grew in size, managing to block off the attacks from several directions without having to deal with any more problem at all.

"?!" – and this is something the attackers couldn’t believe their eyes. They knew their strikes were far deadlier than the first assault... Yet, the elderly woman, who seemed bored, just blocked off their powerful strikes like they were nothing?

"By the way, are you fake archers? Why are you dressed as ones.... Oh, you want to make it just look more convincing." – said the elderly woman who talked nonchelated, completely not acknowledging the threat of the blades which were clashing with her bat wing.

And as the elderly woman held back the attackers’ blades, something sprouted from the elderly woman’s back.

A long black blade covered tail.

"WATCH OUT!" – shouted the female mage, as the attackers tried backing away upon hearing the warning.... But it was too late.

The tail pierced right through three people all at once through their sides, leaving only one warrior and archer unscratched.

"Hm.... At this rate I will kill you all." – said the elderly woman as the impaled adventurers screamed and tried grasping for air, while the elderly woman just lifted them up into the air with her tail, making their blood spill out everywhere.

However, a massive sphere of arcane power suddenly flew towards the elderly woman and exploded.

"..."

"Huh... This was bit decent." – said the elderly woman, who once again remained completely unscratched, thanks to her bat wing.

"..."

"Reveal it."- said the hooded woman who fired the sphere of arcane magic.

"?!"

"But-"

"REVEAL IT!" – shouted the hooded woman as the female mage tried arguing.

"..."

The adventurers all at once reached for their napes.

And few moments later.... Their bodies began changing.

Their skin gets paler, while their teeth and eyes became more beastly.

"Oh? Not hiding anymore?" – asked the elderly woman as all of the adventurers revealed their true identifies.

Vampires.

"Well then." - said the elderly lady with a big smile on her face.

"Please make it entertaining at least."