Rise My Elementals!

Chapter 579 Touring the Smiling Lion Village part 2

Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce 

There wasn't really anything more to see in the residential area of the Smiling Lion Village. There were only the manors, and last but not the least, the hotels, which honestly speaking, is also not something that they should spend a lot of time with. 

As such, Leo soon took Elmont and the others to the Craftsman Street. 

The Craftsman Street isn't really that far away from the residential area, so it didn't take them that long to arrive.

Currently, the Craftsman Street of the Smiling Lion Village is not fully completed yet. 

They have already finished the construction of all the buildings and had long also already prepared the needed items that Craftsman such as a Blacksmith needed. 

But the only problem is, there was hardly any Craftsman that applies to join the Mischievous Lion Guild. 

Hence, the Craftsman Street is the least populated area of the entire Smiling Lion Village. Basically, there could hardly be anyone to be seen around this place.

This wasn't really strange though, since there was still no talented Craftsman in the Mischievous Lion Guild existing at this point in time.

Although they have Ash, who has the potential to become a Grandmaster Alchemist, she is still in her developing phase and is learning more skills to reach greater heights. 

Seeing such a sight, Darvis really can't help but feel a bit disappointed. At first, he really thought that there would be something to see here, but it turns out that the Mischievous Lion Guild still doesn't have that many Craftsmen. On the second thought though, he understands this kind of situation perfectly well. Just from the information he had heard about the Mischievous Lion Guild so far, it is easy to guess that they are still considered as a beginner Guild. Maybe a few years from now, this Craftsman Street of the Smiling Lion Village would become one of the most visited places for Craftsmen like him. 

Elmont and General Luke felt a bit weird inside as they wonder why Leo still decided to take them here when there is nothing much to see.

"I really apologize that the Mischievous Lion Guild is not showing anything much to all of you," Leo can't help but feel a bit ashamed after seeing Elmont and the other's expression. 

"No, it's okay, I really didn't expect anything really grand when I thought of visiting the Smiling Lion Village. That underground facility we have visited just now was already something worth our visit in this place today," Elmont said to comfort Leo. 

"Although the Craftsman Street has nothing much to show, the Craftsman Training Center is different. Come, I'll introduce to all of you the future Alchemists of our Mischievous Lion Guild," Leo said before leading everyone to the area closest to the Craftsman Street.

After a few minutes of walking, everyone finally arrived in a building that looked like a combination of a Blacksmith store, Alchemist store, Tailor store, and other Craftsman stores.

Elmont and the others felt a bit surprised after seeing such a strange building. But, what really shocked them the most wasn't the building itself, but rather the people that they are currently seeing the moment they entered the building.

"Guild Leader Loki, if it is okay to ask, are you really sure that you are not actually planning to go against Commander Vargas?" General Luke can't help but ask. 

"Of course not! The two of us are friends, so why should I be going against him, hahaha," Leo said while letting out a chuckle. 

"But these are all Goblins!" General Luke pointed his hand towards the few groups made up of dozens of Goblins each currently working as an Alchemist. 

"Yeah, and is there perhaps a problem with them being Goblins?" Leo asked jokingly. He quickly waved his hands and explained, "I think you are familiar with the potion called Goblin Stench Removal Potion, right?"

"Oh, you mean that potion to remove the stench you will get after killing a Goblin?" Elmont asked to confirm.

"Yeah, that's the one," Leo nodded his head, he continued, "We heard that it is extremely difficult to get a Goblin Stench Removal Potion from the Goblin race, so we thought of training our own Goblin Alchemist and let them learn the method to concoct the potion so that we will no longer worry about such a problem,"

"That... can anyone please tell me why we didn't think of that?" General Luke felt a bit of disbelief after hearing Leo's words.

"Well," Elmont really doesn't know how to reply to General Luke. In fact, he also wanted to know the answer to that question. In his mind, he thought, "I would definitely inform my father about this knowledge once I returned to the castle,"

"Goodness gracious, I can't believe that the problem that has been hunting our Emerald Tree Kingdom for so long now after destroying a Goblin Empire could actually solve this easily!" Darvis facepalmed. 

The story about the Emerald Tree Kingdom destroying a Goblin Empire after they broke the rules and regulations of the Emerald Elven Battle Competition didn't entirely bring only good news to them. 

Along with the destruction of that Goblin Empire was almost everyone in the Emerald Tree Kingdom getting the stench of killing Goblins.

They could have easily fixed this problem if only they have killed a few thousands or even tens of thousands of Goblins. After all, a Goblin Kingdom would certainly give a face to the Evergreen royal family for the right price and sell to them Goblin Stench Removal Potions. 

Unfortunately, the Goblin stench that inflicted them had marked them as someone who has killed tens of millions of Goblins. 

With such an unbearable stench for the Goblin race, even if they threatened to kill them, they would certainly still never sell to them a Goblin Stench Removal Potion, even a little ounce of it.

In order to solve, or in their case right now, minimize the problem, they had no other choice left but to spend a lot of money to buy Goblin Stench Removal Potions through the channels of the underground world. 

"Seriously?" Leo also found it a bit unbelievable that they were actually unable to find this method. They are technically considered allies of the Elves Secret organization, so how come they didn't offered them help?

Though, it didn't really take him that long to assume the likely reason why...

With how strict the Emerald Tree Kingdom was when it comes to following their rules and regulations in both the Emerald Event and Emerald Elven Battle Competition, they really have no one else to blame for the consequences of their own actions aside from themselves once it happened.

So, it shouldn't be that the Elves Secret organization didn't offer them help, but rather because they feel ashamed asking for help from other people after suffering from their own actions. 

This kind of behavior has already been proven true by General Luke's action a while ago. Simply put, the Elves in the Emerald Tree Kingdom are a prideful bunch. Or at least that is the case for the older generation Elves in the Emerald Tree Kingdom since a few Elves that he knew weren't as prideful as General Luke.

"For the sake of the entire Emerald Tree Kingdom, all of you should go and inform Uncle Elfin about this," Leo suggested. 

"We definitely will!" Elmont and the others nodded their heads in unison. 

"Anyways, time for us to go to the next place," Leo motioned his hand for everyone to follow him. He added, "I don't really want to be put in an awkward situation again, so we will skip the Library and go straight to the Public Market. Everyone should be feeling a bit hungry now, right? So, let's eat lunch first then proceed to the arena afterward,"

"Now that you have mentioned food, my stomach suddenly began growling asking me to feed it, hahaha!" Elmont laughed. 

"I really didn't notice that it is actually already afternoon," Darvis was a bit surprised at how fast the time passed during their tour. 

"I hope that you don't have Goblins to cook for foods here as well," General Luke said as his body can't help but shiver at the sole thought of having Goblins as chefs. As one of the Generals under Commander Vargas, he naturally feels a certain amount of discomfort when it comes to Goblins. This was clearly the result after killing an uncountable number of Goblins until now and the fact that Commander Vargas always advocate to them the idea of killing Goblins.

"I really don't understand why you don't like the Goblins so much, but you don't have to worry, if we see stalls being run by a Goblin, I'll make sure not to order from there," Leo patted General Luke's shoulder before continuing to walk again.

"I have a lot of trust in you, Guild Leader Loki. So, I hope you really don't disappoint me," General Luke replied as he quickly followed behind.

It didn't take that long for Leo and the others to arrive at the Public Market. 

As of this moment, the place has become even more crowded than before with the crowd of people made up of different races. 

Leo turned to look at the others as he said, "To tell you all the truth, this is actually also my first time touring around the Public Market as well. So, let's just look around the different stalls for good food, and once we found one, we will have a taste of it, sounds good?" 

"I have no problem with that," Elmont replied with a smile. 

"Food is food, so let's try every food that we see," Darvis said as he walked ahead to begin scouting for good food to eat. 

"As long as it is edible, I have no problem with that," General Luke can't help but remember the experience when he ate Seventh Prince Elmont's vegetable soup. The taste of that vegetable soup was seriously something that he will never ever forget in his entire life. 

All of a sudden, Elmont put his hand around General Luke's shoulder and stared at the latter before saying, "It wasn't really necessary to mention that, right?" 

"Ah, yeah, indeed... my mistake, your Highness Elmont," General Luke quickly defended himself. 

"It seems like you still want to taste the food I cooked," Elmont said while smiling wickedly. 

"Please no!" 

"Nah, I can't hear you,"

At the side, Leo could only shake his head in pity for General Luke. Base on what he had seen about the latter so far, he really seems to like courting after death. A person with such a unique taste in life would definitely end up eventually attracting death. 

Leo thought, "Maybe I should consider having a serious talk with General Luke someday and introduce to him the peace and bliss life of distancing from troublesome things,"