The next day, I was awakened by the sound of explosions from the outskirts of the sanctuary. The protection orb was giving ergency signals nonstop, indicating that soone is trying to get in without permission by attacking the barrier. For a person that was just woken up from such rowdiness, I do have the right to be grumpy, right?
I sat up from my bed and stared forward for a bit. I stopped being a morning person after a few months of staying in this world so my irritation is at its peak right now. Once I have at least gotten rid of so of my sleepiness, I started walking towards the top floor of my ho to check where the commotion is coming from. I placed my hand on the protection orb to get a clear view of what was happening outside the barrier. I zood into the source of the rumbles and explosions and saw four valiant and strong looking people trying to get in. Based on their physical characteristics, two were elves and the other two were heralds. Surprisingly, there was one female elf out of the four and she was the one sending the most attacks to damage and destroy my barrier.
I already have an idea on who these four were since a certain annoying old man already gave a hint about it during last night's eting. These must be those brats that Yoffir took in as orphans after the long war a few centuries ago. They really ca running back to where he was, first thing in the morning. They look strong alright and I understand that they must be very worried for their "foster uncle" who suddenly appeared outside the Freyheimr territory but I am still pissed due to being woken up during my beauty sleep so let just hit them back just this once, okay?
I looked around the area through the eyes of the barrier's protection orb and found Yoffir watching on as the things are escalating with an amused face. I scoffed at his carefree reaction as my barrier was being battered by his brats. Let's see if he can still stay amused with how the situation will beco from now on.
I injected mystique mana towards the orb to repair the damaged parts of the barrier and then chanted a few words to activate a spell that was embedded on it which gives a 300% damage reflect effect. The barrier turned blood red and one huge golden rune appeared on the surface at the highest point of the barrier. This was only visible to the people inside the territory and not the ones outside. The changes only appeared for a few seconds but for the old man it was enough for him to identify what rune it was.
I saw Yoffir look up on the barrier and I knew he recognized the runes as his eyes widened in a combination of shock and realization. He finally started to look scared as his face paled and he started running towards the edge of the barrier in panic. It was my turn to look amused as this was the first ti I saw him having a different facial reaction besides looking like a jerk. He must have thought that the four will calm down and stop attacking if they at least saw his face but it resulted in an opposite effect.
Instead of calming down, I saw the eyes of his four foster kids quickly scan his body down to see if he's alright and when their eyes saw the green elven slave bracelet he is wearing on his right wrist, I saw the eyes of the four brats turn red in anger. They all started charging up their separate attacks to force the barrier open. I saw Yoffir signaling them with all his being to stop attacking. The three n stopped but the stubborn-looking woman did not follow Yoffir's instructions. I saw the female who looked the most angered at their foster uncle ending up being a slave, charge towards the barrier with what should be her strongest attack and what happened next was just amazing, at least for .
The stubborn woman flew backwards, hit a dozen or so trees and then tumbled until she slamd towards a huge rock that was then crushed into dust by the impact of her body. She stayed still on the ground with her head, mouth and several parts of her body quite battered. There should be internal bleeding and so broken bones for sure. That was a steep price to pay for being hard-headed and impulsive, I guess.
The damage she gave the barrier was reflected at 3 tis so I am not surprised of its effects. As for the other three n, they also flew a bit, hit a few trees and rocks here and there but they were able to stop from tumbling further by grabbing to so tree branches. I saw them getting so wounds, a few broken bones and they coughed out a bit of blood too. Ooh... The reflect was an AOE (area of effect) after all since those three were near the area where the barrier was attacked. This is sothing worthy of noting down since this is the first ti I used the spells I embedded on the barrier. This will be very useful in the future.
When Yoffir saw what has beco of his four children, he imdiately turned around and faced towards the direction of where I am in. He kneeled towards the northern part of the territory where my house was. His eyes were red as if he was about to cry any ti.
He then scread at the top of his lungs, giving an apology for what the four had done outside the sanctuary. He also begged to help heal them up especially the woman that flew away and was currently unconscious, bleeding and badly beaten up. The other three n limped as fast as they could with panic-stricken faces towards where the injured woman was while ignoring their own injuries.
Each of them started to inject their mana to heal up parts of her body in hopes to stop the bleeding and any further damage from happening. The three n started crying like children as they try to heal the woman and themselves by gulping a few potions they have with them.
As for Yoffir, he stayed kneeling then he started to kowtow repeatedly when he noticed that I didn't even bother to respond. On my end, this was a simple punishnt not just because they woke up but because this old man seed to have forgotten who owns this place and who owns him.
Though I did not react last night when he answered as if he was teasing and testing , I was a quite angered that ti. I just did not let it show on my face. Fast forward to this situation, he and his foster kids are paying the price of him being disrespectful and purposely withholding information. Don't get wrong. taking in elves and heralds doesn't an I have forgiven their race as a whole. My hatred of their race won't go away that easily just because this bunch was innocent and I was treating them nicely.
Yoffir kept himself in a kowtowed position and he has started sobbing while saying "Please" over and over again. There was evident desperation in his voice now. I let him feel the brunt of my anger a bit more and only teleported right in from of him after about 10 grueling minutes. I purposely took my ti since I have already checked on that woman's injuries earlier. She won't die as long as she's given so healing potions and so first aid healing spells within the next half hour.
When Yoffir noticed a pair of feet in front of him, he imdiately sat up and looked up at . His face pale and streaked with tears. His forehead was also red and was bleeding a bit from kowtowing on the rough ground. The scared look fits his face who always looked like a jerk.
Since I just looked at him and still stayed silent, he started begging again for to help the mystiques outside. I looked at him coldly for a few seconds and then with a smirk on my face, I responded in a cold tone, "I asked you how they are going to react if they see you wearing a green slavery bracelet and you dismissed my question as if it was nothing important and there's nothing to worry about. Now, this happens right in the middle of the morning when I was having my peaceful sleep. Here you are, begging to help out soone who was disrespectful to my sleep and my territory. Next ti, when I ask you a question, would you just smirk at like a jerk? Is that the proper way to respond to as your master? You must have forgotten that I own you and I own this place, Yoffir. Tell . Should I care if all of them dies?"
Yoffir's eyes widened and he started apologizing for being disrespectful in a hurry. He begged for not to vent my anger towards the people outside and just punish him instead. He said that it was all his fault and he would do anything I wanted as long as I heal them up. I responded with a short, "You better rember what you promised today." while looking at him coldly.
I pulled Yoffir up by his collar and then pulled him towards the edge of the barrier. I kept walking leisurely and though I knew he wanted to run to where the injured brats are, he still kept with my pace and just kept his eyes looking at them in worry.
Once we are near the bunch, he imdiately escaped my grip and checked on the unconscious girl and started giving her healing spells. I threw them 4 vials of healing potions which the other three drank with no qualms. Yoffir then made the young girl take the potion by lifting her neck a bit. In just a few seconds, they were all at least 50% healed up though the girl was only about 1/3 okay.
I snapped my fingers and a temporary mark appeared behind the hands of the four new people. I had no choice since this is the only way they can enter the barrier. I teleported the five of them inside and they hurriedly brought the woman inside Yoffir's temporary abode. I nodded at Therlis and his two disciples to help out. Yoffir thanked politely before he left with his brats.
In the midst of the murmurs of the people, so astonished, so happy and so looking scared, I walked away and then quickly teleported back to my bedroom in my villa to continue my sleep. Without my knowledge, there was a new consensus that was created, that is, "Nobody should disturb the queen's slumber."
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