The duke’s visit (19)

All of the elves couldn't help looking at each other before looking back with a firm look.

Even if they were in a panic, that didn't mean that they had lost all of their reasoning just yet.

As soon as they heard this, they realized that they had some kind of leverage against me.

I had information that I wanted from them and they had the ability to hold that information from me. As long as they had something that I wanted, then that meant that there was a chance to negotiate.

It didn't take long before the elves chose a representative amongst them to speak for all of them.

This elf said, "That depends on whether you can…"

Before he could finish, he found that there was a sword already coming at him.

With the rope bindings on him, he wasn't able to dodge out of the way in time.

It was a good thing that I stopped it at the last second, so it only made a cut on his arm instead of chopping the entire thing off.