Book 5: Chapter 61
I was taken to a particularly large tree while surrounded by soldiers. The tree didn’t feel like it was thousands of years old… but rather dozens of nearby trees fused together to evolve into a single large tree.
There were more than 100 dwellings up on that treetop. A donut-shaped public square was formed around the circumference of the large tree. You could see a few children running around, elves singing while playing instruments, some were sitting on the ground just chatting with each other, while some others were playing card games, and etc.
However, the noise stopped when the soldiers arrived with me in tow.
「We will be heading to the High Elf-sama’s residence. Make sure to be respectful.」
「Don’t you have to tie me up or something?」I asked.
「Hmph, tying up an unarmed kid would sully the name of Elven Guard.」
Apparently the elf soldiers were confident in their martial abilities.
Since elves have a much longer lifespan than humans, their fighting ability may actually be quite high. I wanted to shake hands with one of them and activate my【Orb-See】skill, but as it would be a bit suspicious I decided against it.
A number of stairs were built around the large tree to climb up. There were no handrails but each and every elf climbed up the stairs quickly without any fear. The elves were probably used to it. The up stairs and down stairs were clearly separated so that movement would be smoother.