Although it might be difficult for most people to traverse the fractured mountain range, for someone like me who has a jet-powered skateboard, it only takes a few minutes.
Despite the crowd this time, it was a bit challenging to fly, but we still managed to fly over the fractured mountain range in the middle of the night and arrived on the human side of the map.
Honestly, whether it's humans or elves, the guardians of this border area are too lax, aren't they? If I can come and go freely like this, shouldn't it be even easier for others?
Oh well, I'm not a leader, why should I care so much?
"By the way, what should we do if Fran is still on the elf side?" Aliyah suddenly asked.
"Haha..." I put away my ice skateboard. Although I wasn't discovered, it would definitely be noticed if I kept using it.
"What can we do? It's been so long and she hasn't appeared. How can I save her?"
"That's true..." Aliyah shrugged.
"So what do we do now? Go straight back to the Witte Empire?"
"That's obvious. Unless you want to bond with the soldiers guarding the border here, I think they would be very happy with that."
"You pervert, shut up!"
"Yes, yes." I shrugged and took out my communication headset.
"What are you doing? Is there a signal here?"
"Who knows, within 100 kilometers of each airship, you can pick up faint signals. Maybe there's a signal nearby and we can contact one."
As I spoke, I turned the dial on the headset and after passing through several noisy segments, I suddenly received a loud sound!
"Hello!" The voice startled me and I took off the headset.
"What's wrong?" Aliyah asked curiously.
"Listen for yourself." I handed her the headset, and she put it on, then did the same thing as me after a while.
"What the hell!" Aliyah rubbed her ears.
"Who's making all that noise?"
Aliyah replied into the microphone.
"Oh, oh, oh, isn't this Aliyah~" The voice from the headset startled us.
Indeed, speak of the devil...
"Fran, it seems like you're very close to us. Where are you?"
"Ah, I've been kidnapped as a wealthy person~"
"What?"
"I was mistaken for a bored noble on vacation to the Forest Sea because apparently some nobles do that, and then some mercenary groups would camp nearby to kidnap them."
"...I can't believe such a thing exists." I couldn't help but be shocked by this screwed-up world.
The war is about to break out here, and you guys still have the mood to travel. It's not surprising to be kidnapped, right?
"Who else got kidnapped with you?"
"Oh, there's a noble from the Witte Empire called Marshal or something like that. His whole family got captured here."
"Marshal... a strange name, but since he's from the Witte Empire, it's perfect. He can help me."
"Oh~ you're not here to save me~"
"Save you? I don't think taking care of a mercenary group is a problem for your combat power."
"Of course it's a problem! The enemy has two water mages, and I can't reveal that I'm an undead mage."
"Then why are you still using headphones there?"
"Because I'm a mage, and a girl at that. I naturally have my own space, and they also figured out that while I may be easy-going, they can't handle me once I get angry."
"Yeah, if they're not careful, they'll end up as your summons."
"Exactly, I don't want such disgusting summons~ Anyway, let me give you a location, come save me~"
"Yes, yes, yes~"
Helpless, I ended the call and looked at the two next to me.
"It seems we have a new mission. Let's go, Kilian. Aren't you the most disgusted by kidnappers? Now there's a group ready to be dealt with."
"Kidnappers?"
Kilian's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Are they kidnapping elves?"
"Of course not, they're kidnapping humans?"
"Huh? Why? Humans are kidnapping humans?"
"..."
Kilian and Aliyah looked at him helplessly.
"Elves never kidnap each other, right..."
"I don't understand, isn't kidnapping for capturing slaves?"
"Well... because kidnapping can lead to ransom, it can make money, you understand, right?"
"Is that so? Humans are really strange."
"For us, this should be considered a fairly normal thing, right?"
But after a moment, I suddenly realized a problem.
"Just now, Fran said she would send a signal to us. How does she plan to do that?"
I looked at Aliyah, who responded with an expression I didn't understand.
"How would I know? Are you supposed to take out your phone, then locate and send your location?"
"Hahahaha... that's really funny."
"Yeah..."
Just as I finished speaking, a red light shot up from the distant horizon!
Looking closely, it turned out to be a pillar of fire piercing through the clouds, instantly illuminating the night sky!
"Oh my god, this signal..."
I looked at the two next to me.
"Is she setting off fireworks?"
"Who knows? All I know is that if those border guards see it, we'll be out of luck."
"True."
After speaking, we rushed towards the direction of the fire.
Leaving Kilian behind for a moment, he stood there in a daze, then shouted "wait for me" while following us.
