Chapter 25: Elijah the savior.
After instructing the vice captains Knight Caleb looked at some of the confused soldiers and said
" You all kept looking for any sign of the missing villagers " beginning with a strenuous, coldly commanding tone and ending with a sarcastic tone. " As you guys won't be any help in case of danger other than being a burden. "
After being humiliated by their superiors, all of the soldiers displayed embarrassed expressions on their faces. Other than being ashamed, they are not angry or uncomfortable with it. They have no right to be angry at Knight Caleb, as they truly cannot protect young master Nick other than being a burden in the event of danger.
So they swallowed their anger and whatever else they were feeling and continued to execute their task without wasting any time. They want to do everything they can with their abilities to keep their job. It isn't easy to get where they currently are. Some people are even envious of their positions.
Because being able to work for important characters like young master Nick guarantees a very prosperous future, if someday young master Nick and City Guard commander Robert are impressed with their services in a good mood and rewarded them, it is enough to guarantee that they will earn or gain in their lifetime fortune.
Nick stood at the top of the small mountain on the outer side of the Dark Wood village and closed his eyes for a moment to mobilize his hearing sense and immobilize his other senses to explore this side of the small mountain to find those missing villagers and finally began moving towards the next step of the task.
Nick is already dissatisfied with how long the task is taking, as he could have taken one step closer to his goal of becoming a grand knight in the meantime. So with an annoyed mindset, Nick walked toward the source of multiple people's breathing sounds on the downside of the small mountain.
Captain Caleb and the vice captains followed Nick with helpless expressions on their faces. They don't believe that Nick can find the missing villagers with his extraordinary senses alone.
Because if he can do it, surely Captian Caleb can also do it, but since experienced knight Captian Caleb said he can't, undoubtedly newly promoted knights like young master Nick can't do it.
With Nick being their commander's son, they have no choice but to obey his orders, follow him, and protect him obediently. Just after the three of them came out of their imaginary world, they all stood before a hidden cave under the mountain, beside bushes and trees in a well-hidden place.
Captain Caleb and the vice captains showed surprised expressions on their faces. Because they can hear the sound made by people from the well-hidden cave due to their level of strength, Nick calmly said to them " Go ahead and get the people who were hiding inside the cave. Then we will discuss other things. "
Then he sat at top of one of the round-shaped stones under the huge tree and practiced the breathing method to increase the amount of life energy he holds and his proficiency in the breathing method.
Seeing Nick's action, Captain Caleb understood what he meant, so he turned around and ordered his two vice-captains
" What are you both looking at? Didn't you two hear what young master Nick ordered? go on and get everyone out of the cave. Go on and do your tasks. "
Both the vice captains looked at Captain Caleb with frustrated expressions on their faces, as they couldn't believe that their captain would take out his frustration on them. This type of scenario hasn't happened to them in as long as they can remember. They walked away from there, towards the interior of the cave, with baffled expressions on their faces.
A few moments later, two vice-captains gathered all the people inside the cave and made them stand outside the cave in order.
After everyone is outside the vice-captain bought a middle-aged man with an ordinary face in civilian clothes and said to Captain Caleb with a menacing expression on his face " Captain he is the one responsible all for our extra work and he's also a knight apprentice named Elijah who's responsible for welcoming us and protecting the villagers. "
Hearing this, Captain Caleb nodded his head in response to the vice captains, and then he raised a question with curiosity on his face, " Why do you hide all the people here? and abandon the village completely? After requesting backup from the city. If you don't explain clearly you will surely regret wasting our time. "
Upon understanding the cruelty in Captain Caleb's words, most of the villagers began to show worried expressions on their faces, and some of them spoke loudly with a grievance on their faces.
" Master knight, Elijah is the one who saved us without Elijah we won't be here today. "
" Yes, even after master Elijah's family died under the attack of the vicious beast. He still helped us survive the vicious beast. "
" He's a very good person. Even in his rough time, he didn't forget about us, he still protected us by putting us in a relatively safe place. "
Caleb, the two vice-captains, and Nick can't help but imagine Elijah as a savior with only pure intentions to help others and maintain duty even in times of danger and the loss of his family after hearing all of these good words from the villagers.
Even though Nick isn't a saint in both of his lives, he still appreciates people who will try to be good even in times of misfortune. Captain Caleb and others aren't much different from others; even if they are not the devil, they are surely not angels to look out for others in their time of misfortune.
Sometimes people will take extreme decisions when they are extremely emotional. Like thinking, Why can my family die but your family survives? and some people even took extreme steps, such as taking out their anger on the less unfortunate ones.
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