There's Something Wrong With You, My Lord!
Chapter 43: Little by Little

Chapter 43: Little by Little

’I am no longer alone,’ Luis reiterated the words that Xagrien whispered to him. He was not aware of the smile that blossomed on his eyes.

It is a statement that reminds him to slow down and think things thoroughly. He is a leader and being hasty is not an effective way to deal with enemies.

He looked at the handsome males who fell from the ceiling.

’It’s raining men indeed!’ Luis couldn’t help but think as he saw men with different charms falling not too far from him. His face flushed with excitement seeing such an energizing sight.

Ilian, Sibal, Sylis, Manulus, Kalux and Cain who descended one after another from the tunnel’s ceiling all of them looked haggard.

’Oh, let me correct that, they are rugged.’

Their short hair is disheveled as though they went through huge troubles before coming here. Their noses are flared as they breathe heavy exhales every second. That is the sight that Luis saw the soonest his eyes coped with the momentary light blindness. However, all of them retained their own kind of handsomeness.

’Would you look at that? These guys’ loyalty was set to someone else and yet they came at me like this.’ Luis couldn’t stop himself from feeling touched after seeing them and his lips lifted into an obvious smile.

This brings back his memories of his friends back on the apocalyptic earth. They would always come just like this whenever he is about to do something crazy.

’Those bitches.’ Luis smiled just remembering them. Only that his friends are not as visually appealing as these men of course.

He thought back then that even if he surround himself with handsome hunks, he would never feel such a bliss. But now he wants to swallow that statement.

He is super happy!

It’s not just because their willingness gave him a warm feeling in his heart but also because they gave him an idea.

An idea that will make one of them tear up due to its difficulty to execute.

’Should we resort to that?’ Luis thought as he is staring at the gaping hole in the ceiling.

He then looked at the males once again and he observed that their sweat was dripping so much that it formed a few forks of streams on their eager faces.

He used all of his self-restraint to keep his thoughts wholesome. ’But seriously, is this how they look like when they...’

"Hey, move back! It’s too cramped in here!" Ilian said with a grunt. The moon elf lord finally realized the current state of these handsome males.

Luis would like to say that he pitied their obvious exhaustion but these guys’ current situation looks ridiculous.

Their big bodies are cramped inside the one-person wide tunnel. Meanwhile, their long arms look like an entangled mess from trying to fit themselves in a tight space.

"Ilian, are you trying to recreate how the root crawlers look inside the tunnel?" Xagrien asked frankly while retreating two steps from the moon elf lord.

He could still feel the faint tingling sensation on his fingertips after touching the moon elf lord’s waist.

Xagrien took a deep breath to halt his wandering mind.

The moon elf lord stared at the current state of his subordinates and their wriggling strangely reminds him of a clumped ball of worms. What an ugly thought...

This is that bitch of a mastermind’s fault! How dare he try to humiliate his handsome subordinates like this?!

’I will make sure to frustrate whoever the mastermind behind this shit.’ Luis whispered with a passionate hate. Silently plotting his vengeance later on.

The moon elf lord tried to shrug this unpleasant feeling off and focus on the brighter side.

These new subordinates of his.

On the other side, Xagrien’s chubby best friend who happens to be standing in front of the newly arrived group, urgently spews his retort against his ungrateful buddy.

"Of course not! We are here to- It stinks! Where is the ground?! What in the moon goddess’ name happened here?!" Ilian couldn’t help but exclaim exaggeratedly when he finally realized that they are not standing on the ground anymore.

The entire tunnel is flooded with fresh blood with a few chunks of flesh here and there. He also saw some scattered headless corpses of root crawlers.

This is simply horrible!

"Well you see, everything is settled here. We are moving to another tunnel." Luis gave them the sweetest smile with his blood-stained face.

It was a genuine smile. "It will be a bit challenging to deal with numerous root crawlers inside the tunnel. But don’t worry! I’ll make it easy for you! Trust this lord, will you?"

The six guys gulped their saliva after seeing this ’harmless’ look of the moon elf lord.

That is the face whose hands caused this bloodbath!

’We will never fall for that innocent smile!’

Ilian who has the least was trembling even though his mind forces him not to. His fleshy hands shook while trying to look unbothered in front of the moon elf lord.

"Shall we go back to the surface? I don’t think we can talk properly if you guys are entangled like that." Luis pointed out.

The moon elf lord didn’t think twice to use his revitalisation to alleviate their exhaustion.

"Besides, you’re the one responsible for the next tunnel," Luis said with a malicious glint in his eyes.

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Of course, Luis is not that heartless to set out without giving the others some time to catch their breath. Besides, he also needs to clean his body and calm his mind.

A rest before he hustle with whoever had a hand in this situation.

Luis helped the burly men to untangle themselves.

Since there’s an already opened entrance here, they used this hole to come out with the help of the moon elf lord’s.

They floated their way up one by one.

Needless to say, Luis is pleasantly surprised upon seeing all 52 orcs and moon elves waiting just outside the newly opened hole.

Luis is silently delighted to see them all so he thought of giving them a little treat.

Luis used his Revitalize Skill to soothe their tired body and gave them exactly half an hour to rest in the meantime.

His eyes shone with a mischievous glint.

The moon elf lord finally found a use for this useless system. His gaze was glued to the blinking numbers and he widened his eyes after he realized something.

"It’s just two hours?!" Luis exclaimed in disbelief. It feels like he’s been in that place for a long time!

He almost dropped the drenched cloth that he is using to scrape off the blood on his arms.

He is currently topless behind the wide trunk of a huge tree, cleaning all the dirt that he got from the fight.

The water he is using is the hard work of water power moon elves from Xagrien’s group

"W-what two hours, moon elf lord?" Ilian intensely asked after he was interrupted.

’Did I say anything wrong? I was just telling you what happened when you are underground, moon elf lord!’

He didn’t dare to look towards the direction of the moon elf lord.

A big mad dog is guarding, making sure no one will dare to peek at the naked moon elf lord.

’As if we have the guts to do that!’

Just thinking about what could happen if they are caught red-handed by the moon elf lord is enough to make them shiver.

They will be a lump of grounded meat for sure!

They are oblivious to the fact that such perverted behavior is welcome for the virgin yet lewd moon elf lord. Luis is very much willing to do ’anything’ for the sake of that thing.

Although, it is best if that will not happen or else someone will go berserk.

Luis, who was in the gray on the undercurrent between the males around him was pulled away from his thoughts upon hearing Ilian’s trembling voice.

"Nothing. I am sorry, by the way, how did you manage to pinpoint my location underground?" Luis purposely softens his tone to lessen the pressure that Ilian is feeling.

As far as he can remember, the entrance and this place are far from each other.

Thinking about it, he lost his way after being too immersed in the killing. He had entered various connected pathways and he didn’t even realize it!

"Kalux is a skilled earth power warrior so he has a certain level of sensitivity to movements underground. He told us that there is a faint shaking on the ground so we are worried at first. Xagrien came back and told us that it was the moon elf lord slaughtering the root crawlers. He told us to rest for a while and once the moon elf lord returns, he will make an arrangement to deal with the root crawlers."

’And I didn’t,’ Luis felt guilty for enjoying the bloodbath.

"Then we found out that the tremors became more distant. We all decided to chase on the surface so as not to be a burden while the m-moon elf lord is fighting."

"So what made you create a hole and recklessly jump in? You are aware that there is a myriad of those abominable creatures down there, just one mistake in landing and your body would touch the ground lifeless." Luis raised a brow.

"That..." Ilian nervously described the phenomenon that they witnessed.

Luis’ eyes turned wide like saucers after hearing that the entire forest was affected by his killing spree.

"And then we suddenly felt a tug deep inside us. It wasn’t clear and we are not sure how but we know by that time that the m-moon elf lord is angry." Ilian almost choked on his saliva when explaining.

No one can explain how strong this feeling from the moon elf lord is. It was like a calling that appeals to the deepest part of their soul.

It was too compelling to the point that they felt helpless about it.

"We thought that y-you were in danger so we decided to rush forward."

Luis nodded and thoughtfully made a mental note about this.

’Does this apply to all moon elves near me? Or is it the case for the entire moon elf race?’ Luis thought after stealing a meaningful glance at Xagrien. He also thought of Olyn and the others.

He needs to revisit the inheritance that he got to know what exactly happened.

"What made you feel agitated in the first place?" A masculine voice asked that it made Luis stop scrubbing.

’Xagrien, this brute!’ Ilian wanted to cry because of his best friend’s excessive courage.

Do you want the moon elf lord to kill us all?!

Luis was taken aback when he was frankly asked about it.

However, this time he was calm. There is a bit of annoyance but that is natural since this concerns the security of the entire race he is responsible.

At least he is not blood thirsty unlike earlier.

’Should I tell them or not?’

Luis suddenly remembered the tiny yellow-brown stone that came out of some root crawler’s head.

The moon elf lord secretly looked at the small poop-coloured stone that he kept.

Even though it is small and the details are minuscule, Luis could see the faint outline carved in it.

The natural light from the sun unfolds the intersecting geometric figures in the stone. This image is not the same as what he saw on the floor of the temple’s archive but it is obviously related to that.

It was a magic circle. A real magic circle.

’Now this solidifies everything.’ He gritted his teeth and made a crooked smirk.