Sure enough, these individuals weren't true guerilla fighters; they were Tilly's retainers. As for why they appeared here and attacked people indiscriminately, the reason lay with Tilly herself.
"That scoundrel actually said that?" Tilly frowned after hearing the description from the Handsome guy named Pan.
The Elf King was indeed too much. He had clearly sent people to hunt Tilly, yet he internally claimed that humans had secretly kidnapped Tilly and intended to use her as a hostage to force him to dispel the mist.
He even sent his own personal guard to retrieve her, but unfortunately, they failed. His skill at telling blatant lies truly surpassed Ellie's.
"That's the message we received, so we planned to directly invade the Slane Theocracy's military camp and use the same method to kidnap their high-ranking officials, hoping to exchange them for Lady Tilly," Pan explained the general motive behind their operation.
This could be considered good luck for them. With so few people, how could they invade the Slane Theocracy's military camp? Even without me, it would be almost impossible, right?
Moreover, if they hadn't run into Tilly being pursued halfway, these Handsome guys invading the military camp would have been dealt with by me a hundred percent. The Elf King's move was indeed vicious; not only did he snatch someone's granddaughter, but he also wiped out their retainers.
"You've all been deceived by the Elf King! In fact, the one trying to capture me is that scoundrel, the Elf King! If it weren't for... for this Lord's timely help, I would probably have fallen into that pervert's hands long ago," Tilly said, glancing at Ellie with a hint of embarrassment.
Huh? What's wrong with Tilly?
Did she fall and hit her head when she was chasing earlier? Ellie was utterly surprised; Tilly was actually using respectful language with her?
Uh... This is an anomaly! Something must be wrong!
Ellie circled Tilly in great surprise, occasionally trying to reach out and touch Tilly's head.
"What... what are you trying to do?" Tilly shouted, looking very annoyed.
"Uh... didn't hit your head? Strange? You used to be so hostile towards me, and now suddenly you're using respectful language... Uh... Ah! Could you be an imposter Tilly?!" Ellie jumped up and pointed at Tilly.
Of course, she was teasing Tilly. The sudden change in attitude did make Ellie feel strange, even though she had already seen through Tilly's previous actions of using sharp words to provoke her in the military camp.
"You're the imposter! Although! Although I really dislike you! But... it's also true that you saved my life and Ti Du's! Don't misunderstand! I still strongly dislike you personally!" Tilly turned her head, saying with great embarrassment.
It appeared! The standard tsundere lines. Uh... I didn't expect to see such a standard tsundere in another world, and an elf at that. It's truly rare.
"Well! Forget it, now is not the time to dawdle here. Take me into the city first!" It's more important to get to business. After finding a way to eliminate the Elf King, you can be as tsundere as you want.
"Although we are grateful for your help to Lady Tilly and Ti Du, what do you want to do in the city?" Pan's tone changed when he heard Ellie wanted to enter the city, probably still bothered by Ellie's human identity.
"I need to discuss something with your Elf King." Ellie didn't pay much attention to it. After all, humans had oppressed their elves for too long, so being wary was normal.
"Discuss something?" Pan looked at Ellie with great suspicion.
"What? Do I, as a princess, not even have the right to discuss matters with your Elf King?" Ellie was getting impatient. Besides, the Elf King was already eyeing your young lady, and you, as a subordinate, still want to cover for him?
"Pan! Don't be rude! This is Her Royal Highness, the Princess of the Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom!" It was Ti Du who spoke up for Ellie.
Although Ellie was somewhat displeased that Ti Du revealed her identity like that, fortunately, these people were all elves, and given their attitude towards humans, it was highly unlikely they would report to the Slane Theocracy. They were also currently within a mist that could hinder magic, so there was no worry about anyone eavesdropping. Because of this, Ellie had been quite bold earlier, directly revealing her identity as a princess, but having Ti Du steal her chance to show off was still a bit unpleasant.
"Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom!... The Princess of the Land of Death?!" Pan's eyes widened, and his hand instinctively gripped his sword hilt. Seeing this action, his subordinates also immediately took up defensive stances.
"What on earth is the Princess of the Land of Death?" Ellie also found this title very strange. Although it sounded cool on its own, such words coming from people in other countries were not a good sign, and this Handsome guy was already looking like he was ready for a fight.
"The Ainz Ooal Gown Magic-Caster King, in the battle of the Katz Plains, annihilated a hundred thousand troops of the Re-Estize Kingdom army with just one spell, and used that to seize a city from the Kingdom to establish his own country. After proclaiming himself King, he bathes in the blood of children every day upon waking, and his three meals a day consist entirely of children's flesh..." Pan said with a look of disgust.
"Hold on a second!" Ellie couldn't listen anymore. Where did this guy hear such unreliable rumors from?
Ainz, my father, what have people been spreading about you outside! This is practically the image of a Great Demon!
"It's true that Ainz Ooal Gown is my father! I don't know where you heard those rumors, but don't believe everything you hear, okay? While it's true my father is an Undead, Undead don't need sleep or food! What's this about bathing in blood upon waking? How dirty would that be? And eating meat for three meals a day? My father doesn't even have digestive organs, a stomach, so how would he eat? Seriously, even rumors should be somewhat realistic, right?" Ellie said, quite displeased.
"Besides, a person who bathes in blood and eats human flesh every day couldn't possibly have a kind and gentle daughter like me, could they?" Ellie continued.
"Gentle?" Ti Du remembered how this 'gentle' princess had controlled her body to kick Tilly yesterday.
"Kind?" Tilly remembered how this 'kind' princess had used some strange skill to scare her badly yesterday, as revenge for Tilly monitoring her.
"What! Do you have a problem with that!" Ellie heard Tilly and Ti Du's questioning voices and glared at them, very displeased.
"No!" Ti Du and Tilly responded in unison, instantly.
"Listen to me, I don't care where you heard those rumors! They are all malicious slander! My father never did those bizarre things! Understood?!" Ellie turned back and pointed at the Elf Handsome guy, saying with great displeasure.
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