The Hero Party’s Moms Are Obsessed With Me

Chapter 54

Following Eljeta Trucias, Alhama Trejin became the elf tribe leader.

He was a pure elf who had no ambition for power.

He was a pure elf who respected Eljeta, who adhered to tradition while resisting human culture.

He mastered spirit magic rather than sorcery.

He mastered archery rather than swordsmanship.

Being an Alhama who had lived the life of an elf himself, Eljeta trusted him and gave him the title of tribe leader.

However, in the position that came suddenly and was burdensome, Alhama did not see himself as a tribe leader and hoped that Eljeta would return someday.

Or he decided to temporarily take on the responsibility in the form of waiting for Anna Trucias to finish her role as a warrior and return.

Despite trying to greet Eljeta with words that were never enough.

He couldn’t feel her energy as if she had disappeared with the humans a while ago.

No.

‘She’s already… gone far away…’

He couldn’t feel her magic in this forest.

And he couldn’t even properly greet her.

The presence he had followed his whole life had vanished.

Although Alhama felt a great sense of loss, he snapped out of it as he looked at the gazes of the many elves around him.

Clap!

He woke himself up by slapping his own cheek with both palms.

And.

“Listen up, everyone!”

“Let’s finish what Eljeta couldn’t.”

The newly appointed tribal chief issued his first command.

Search and exterminate the demons who invaded their sanctuary.

Alhama decided to approach this task long term.

If Eljeta, the leader of the prestigious Trethias clan who had received the blessings of the World Tree, couldn’t resolve it, then it must be a difficult matter.

Instead of aimlessly patrolling the vast forest, they decided to divide the area and search each part meticulously, even if it took longer.

After assigning their subordinates strategically, they divided the forest into 100 sections.

The moment he decided to reject the festival and command the search, thinking that he would finish the task within 100 days, someone from the guard, not the patrol, came to find Alhama.

“What’s the matter?”

“W-We found… Ugh… We found them!! Ugh…”

“Calm down and speak slowly.”

After taking a sip of the morning dew, an elf from the guard calmed his breath and opened his mouth again.

“We found the hidden demons!!”

“What?! Is that for real?!”

What on earth is happening here?

The demons who eluded them for months, even though they searched the forest tirelessly under Eljeta’s command, now appeared as soon as Alhama became the tribal chief?

If it were any other arrogant elf, they would have thought they were better than Eljeta! and their nose would have reached the sky. But Alhama was different.

“That Eljeta left and they exposed themselves… Cunning bastards!”

They didn’t reveal themselves because she was incompetent. Alhama thought they were just afraid of her.

“Nako!”

“Yes, yes!”

The elf from the guard knelt down and lowered his head in response to his call.

“Deliver this message to the search party. We are starting the extermination of the demons now.”

“I accept the mission!”

Before the search team gathered.

Alhama arrived at the location they were informed of first, accompanied by his closest aide.

“Indeed.”

Even though they were several meters apart, the wicked aura of the demons could be felt sharply.

“What is your plan, Chief?”

“There are too many of them. We will wait until reinforcements arrive.”

“Understood.”

Once the reinforcements arrive, they will surround the demons so they won’t be able to escape and then eliminate them completely.

They will capture a few as prisoners to find out if there are any remaining enemies.

They had planned to interrogate them to find out their plans.

Since the plan and operation were made in an instant, they were worried about any loopholes and were observing the movements of the enemies.

“They are quite restless. Furthermore… I don’t see any significant figures.”

Starting from goblins, orcs, to kobolds.

Even rat demons and mole demons.

Massive monsters were causing chaos in the forest.

Although their numbers were high, their power was mediocre at best.

To conquer such monsters, there needed to be intelligent high-ranking monsters or demons, but there was no sign of that.

Was it because of these creatures that Eljeta had been patrolling, sacrificing sleep for the past few months?

“What happened… How did this come about?”

Although suspicious, Alhama tried to use stealth and wait for reinforcements in this strange situation.

But the orcs started to cause a commotion, swinging their fists in all directions as if they were furious.

– Krrrrrk!!

– Grkkk!!

The demons exploded or were thrown away by those fists.

Their self-destruction began, and the scale of the fight kept growing.

Alhama inwardly mocked them as fools who kill and die on their own during this fierce battle, but…

“Damn it! Of all directions, they had to come this way!”

The speed at which the fight escalated was too fast, and the elves quickly reached the hidden trees.

One orc let out a roar and tried to smash the kobold’s head with his rock-like fist, but… [End of excerpt]

The kobold rolled to the side to dodge the attack.

Kwaaang!!

The orc’s fist struck the tree.

Crack! Thud!

The tree fell down, satisfyingly.

“Dammit!! Everyone, get ready for battle!!”

“Captain, enemies in the frontlines!”

“Gather together!! If you don’t want to die, then stick together!!”

It was the tree where the elves had been hiding.

Goblins, orcs, and kobolds.

No matter how weak they were, their numbers were overwhelming.

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They kept coming, even if you killed them.

And even if you killed them, their numbers only grew.

The only fortunate thing was…

“Damn it!! Where the hell were these bastards hiding?!”

If a massive group of monsters suddenly appeared and destroyed the unprepared forest?

It would have caused unbelievable damage that words cannot describe.

However, now, although it was dangerous, it wasn’t a death sentence.

Moreover, reinforcements would arrive soon.

As long as they didn’t get greedy and counterattacked well!

As long as they didn’t get greedy and defended well!

Ahlma thought this way.

And that thought didn’t last long.

The number of elves was much smaller than expected, and the enemy’s numbers were much larger than expected.

If only a stone or two flew at them, they could block it, but what about ten? Twenty? A hundred?

There were more hits than blocks.

Their stamina was depleting faster than expected.

Their fatigue was accumulating faster than expected.

“Dammit!”

At this rate, their subordinates might get exhausted and fall down, possibly to their deaths.

“Sylph!”

“Don’t talk! I’m busy right now!”

“We’re retreating! Clear a path!”

“It looks tough to do it alone, doesn’t it?!”

“Narham! Molt!”

“Yes, Chief!”

“Ugh! Speak up!”

“We’re retreating! Commanding Sylph to clear the way!”

“Chief! If we withdraw Sylph now…”

“I’ll end up with hundreds of arrow holes in my body!”

“I’ll figure something out! When I give the signal, start!”

“Ugh, fine! Sylph!”

“Listen to the Chief’s command!”

Having finished giving orders, Alhama unsheathed the dagger, damp with the monster’s blood, called [Thorns of the World Tree], and took out the bow that he had hung on his back. He summoned [Branches of the World Tree] from his waist.

He shaped the magic of the wind and created an arrow in the air, then strung it onto the bow.

Aiming at the sky, he pulled the bowstring taut until it almost snapped.

“Let’s begin! Pierce through, O wind!”

As Alhama let go, the arrow of wind shot out at an incredible speed.

The impact was so powerful that it could be compared to a storm.

Arrows and rocks from the monsters flying in the wind.

All kinds of attacks lost their trajectory, and even the monsters that were launching melee attacks staggered.

Taking advantage of this opening, the waiting elves, with the help of Sylph’s power, created a path through the wind.

“Chief!! It’s done!”

“Go ahead!”

“But Chief, you…”

“Noisy and get out quickly!!!”

“Ugh! It’s closing now! Hurry!”

“You stupid bastards!! Stop yapping and run away!!”

The subordinate was told to go first by the Chief.

The Chief was told to go first by the subordinate.

It was a truly heartwarming scene where they supported each other.

But time was not on their side.

The opportunity they had barely grasped by sacrificing themselves first was gone.

It vanished like the wind.

Having lost their last chance to escape, Alhama and his subordinates could only curse each other lovingly and hope for reinforcements to arrive quickly.

As the raging storm intensified, the monsters grew even stronger and intensified their attacks, causing deaths among the elves.

In that moment, a woman with black hair appeared in the air.

“What a boring show,” she remarked.

Thud!

With the sound of something falling.

“My, my body… It won’t move!”

“What on earth is this?!”

Time stood still.

The elves froze, and so did the monsters.

Arrows and stones that were flying through the air also stopped.

Even the spittle that was being spat out and the sweat that was running down their chins came to a halt.

It felt as if the world had stopped, but…

Whooosh~ The breeze blowing and the swiftly flowing clouds.

Alhama realized it when everyone was startled.

It wasn’t the world’s time that had stopped.

“Only… this space has stopped…”

The space where everyone had stopped.

“This is not enough for a kiss.”

The woman with black hair raised her left arm, speaking calmly with an annoyed tone.

Then, all the arrows and stones in the air turned into black powder and flew away in the wind.

“Shall we take a bath together tonight?”

The woman with black hair raised her right arm, with a sinister smile.

And then, the weapons held by the monsters, whether it be swords and spears, daggers and bows, or stones, all turned into black powder and flew away in the wind.

“Or should I tuck you in and let you sleep?”

A woman with black hair pulled both of her hands into her embrace, just like her words.

And then, all the monsters that filled the forest turned into black powder and flew away in the wind.

In just three words.

In just three actions.

A woman who annihilated more than a thousand demons.

The woman with black hair.

“Ah! I can’t stand it! I have to go give her a kiss!”

She left those words behind and disappeared.

As she disappeared, the stopped clock started ticking again.

Tick tock.

Silence.