Chapter 209 – Elven Ruins
Six raging storms.
Even the touch of the fiercely spinning wind seems to rip the flesh apart.
It made the viewer feel a strong sense of pressure.
“Are you not coming? Then let me go.”
Ariandne flew towards Kara.
The woman who attacked earlier was like a strong castle, as her basic skills were well equipped.
It will take quite a while to defeat him with this weak body.
In that case, it was right for her to target the other side and reduce her numbers.
Ari Andne’s sword plunged straight down into Kara’s head, straight down into her.
Kara deflected the attack with her blade.
‘Hmm? Wasn’t that girl the strongest?’
Or is it a coincidence?
Ari Andne struck Kara with her swift sword strike as she did when she attacked Ceris.
Attacks that are hard to follow with the naked eye.
Kara used her own sword to shed all of her.
Ariandne got something wrong.
It is true that Kara is inferior to Seris, but she is by no means weak. Rather, she was able to see that she surpassed Celis in terms of her senses now that the aura of the Thousand Saints was prevalent.
A beastly sense prolongs her life.
Her tightrope risking her life has no effect on her. She just gives pleasure.
Even at this moment when Ariandnera was pushed back by an overwhelming force, Kara was enjoying the fight.
However, it is true that she is also dangerous.
It’s completely different from the days of Darius. An overwhelmingly strong man on a different level than Derius would take her life if she showed the slightest gap in her.
And just as Kara was about to open the gap, Seris arrived, avoiding the storm.
Seris’ surprise stabbing caught Ariandne’s attack.
Ari Andne stopped her attack and ducked to her side.
Cutting giant trees
This time Kara’s heavy sword aimed at Ariandne’s neck. Ari Andne raised her sword to block it, but was slightly staggered by the power that was stronger than she thought.
Seris hit Ari Andne in the abdomen with her shield. It didn’t damage her bones because of her hard armor, but it did shock her intestines.
She drew her sword towards her body and pulled back at her waist, intending to finish her off.
It is not Ariandne who will miss that small gap. Her swift sword aimed at Seris’ head.
Visor.
The speedy sword struck Kara’s greatsword that suddenly protruded.
In the short amount of time Kara made it, Seris prepared her herbivore meal.
She stretched out her sword.
‘Neck.’
Was this all you were aiming for?
Ariandne tried to block her honest sword thrust towards her throat, butt her sword against it.
But as soon as Ari Andne touched her sword, it changed to her Serris sword.
It rotates once and aims for the side of Ariandne’s neck.
When she moves her sword to stop it, her sword path changes again and this time it aims at her shoulder.
Maehwa Gubyeon (梅花九變)
Plum blossoms change nine times.
Seris gave her sword nine variations. Even so, all she could do was scratch her. She couldn’t help it because full plate armor was more difficult than she thought, and the wind spirit was also blocking it.
Ari Andne, who stopped Ceris from eating herbivores, stepped behind her.
‘Why are you backing down?’
No reason to back off?
There’s no way I’ll resign just because I shed a little blood.
“Sister! It’s a big deal. I’m trapped!”
“What?”
Seris, who had been focusing on Ariandne, was then able to look around.
The six storms Ariandne summoned earlier.
They were approaching, surrounding Seris and Kara.
‘Such a mistake…’
Being so preoccupied with the enemy in front of you that you couldn’t even notice a simple trap.
In her resentment, Ceris bit her lip.
“Kara! Come behind me!”
“What are you going to do, sister?”
“Stop talking!”
Hiding her kara behind her own, Seris pondered as she watched the six storms approaching her.
‘Is it possible?’
Now is not the time to ask if it is possible. We have to do it. Or die
It was at this point that Celis, who had adjusted her breathing, was about to do something of her own.
A great fire rose from one side and engulfed the two storms. The storm of wind turned into a storm of fire.
“Fuck, I never thought I’d use it again.”
Belita muttered annoyedly.
If I could not use it, I would not use it until the end, but I couldn’t do anything anymore. Because if she didn’t try, she would both die.
Belita, who wrapped the storm of wind in fire, tried to take control of the storm.
A tense tug-of-war over control began between the wind spirit and Belita. The balance of the tug-of-war collapsed due to the intervention of one other person.
“What, could you do something like that?”
Genius Wizard Orca.
She could do the same just because Belita saw her in action. As she touched her floor, blue electricity ran down the floor and hit two storms.
And she likewise took hold of the storm, trying to take control of her.
No matter how high the wind spirits were, they had no choice but to lose control as they were being checked by the two.
The four storms surrounding Seris and Kara slowly receded. Even so, there were still two storms left, and now they were too close to avoid.
“Shit! Hey! Can you avoid two of them?!”
Cried Belita as she knelt down on her floor.
Seris smiled through her mask.
“That’s enough.”
Cerys lifted her right foot and slammed her hard against the floor.
Thud. Fain!
An intense aura radiated from her center along with her rugged perforation.
Heavenly Demon’s Reign
Nothing in the world could stand in the way of her Heavenly Demon, and the two storms surrounding her disappeared without a trace.
“Wow, sister, you are amazing! How did you do it!?”
Seeing the storm dissipate firsthand, Kara made a fuss about her. However, Seris didn’t move as she did when she stepped out with her right foot.
Her face, hidden by her mask, was slightly frowning.
‘Her leg is broken.’
I only wrote the Heavenly Demon’s reign once, and then I broke my leg. It seems there is still a long way to go. Seris let out a laugh.
“I never thought I’d break the storm that way. I didn’t even think of that.”
Clearing out the storm isn’t the end.
Rather, it is not an exaggeration to say that I have really been driven to a dead end.
While that elf was fine, Seris lost the use of one of her legs.
However, Seris was not worried.
Because the one person everyone forgot was looking for an opportunity.
Someone clung to Ariandne’s back as she spat out words of pure admiration. Clinging to him like a spider, he tried to stab Ariandne in the shoulder with his dagger.
At that moment, Ariandne moved backwards at high speed.
Bang!
Yoosung hit his back hard against the wall. Intense pain that travels up the spine. Even in the confusion of her mind, the meteor did not let go of Ariandne’s body.
Rather, she tried to hold on to his arm and put on a joint.
Then Ariandne’s body rose high this time. Yooseong realized something at this opportunity. He said that it is difficult to apply a joint technique in a state where the legs are not attached to the ground, but only wrapped around the back.
Even if it was clumsy, trying to stab the dagger was the correct answer.
When the joint technique failed, a gap was created for Yoosung. Ariandne grabbed him by the arm and threw him into the wall.
Thud!
The meteor hit the wall once more.
Before he could even fall, Ariandne came and grabbed him by the neck.
“I was a little surprised, but that’s all. Did you show everything to show? Then die.”
Ariandne raised her sword, intending to cut the meteor in two.
“You can’t kill me!”
He turned around at Ariel’s cry from far away, from behind. Said his lovely nephew, twisting his pretty face.
“If I kill him, I die too…”
“What is that…”
Squeak.
Ari Andne turned her gaze to the feeling of emptiness in his left arm. The left hand holding Yooseong’s neck was cut off by the dagger.
Yuseong, who regained his freedom, spurred the wall and rushed at Ari Andne.
At that moment, a bolt of lightning struck Ariandne’s wind spirit.
The spirits were disturbed by the unexpected surprise, and the power of the spirits surrounding Ariandre was released.
Ariandne and the meteor that captures him crash.
In the midst of falling, Ariandne and Meteor fought each other to occupy the top spot.
He hit his face with his fist, grabbed his body, and used everything he could.
However, Yuseong had both hands and Ariandne had one arm.
The difference played a big role in the fight in the air.
Cooong!
Ariandne’s body fell to the floor. He briefly lost consciousness.
* * *
A gorgeous white palace.
It is the palace of the Ellendor royal family, which has the strongest influence on the continent.
The inside was also very beautiful to match the splendid exterior, but Ariandne often visited the garden outside rather than strolling inside.
Then he could see his sister, Elena, tending her flowers there.
Ariandne always asked when she saw him. She must have many things to do as a queen, but does she have time to take care of the flowers?
When asked like that, his sister, Elena, would always answer with a bright smile.
“How can he who cannot take care of the flowers in his garden take care of all the people?”
Then Ariandne, too, would be at a loss for words and would help take care of her flowers.
Memories from 500 years ago.
Beautiful memories before the great war that changed everything.
Ariandne opened her eyes.
All the humans he dealt with surrounded him. While he was unconscious, his remaining hand was empty as if he had taken the sword.
‘It’s over.’
It’s a little futile to say it’s the end of what I’ve been waiting for for 500 years, but well, this isn’t bad either.
To die fighting with pride
Contrary to his thoughts, however, Yooseong and his party did not bring a knife to him.
Yooseong sighed and said.
“I don’t kill. How do we kill Ariel’s uncle? You will be resentful of yourself later.”
“…What?”
Are you offering cheap sympathy? Ariandne’s eyebrows twitched.
Either that or not, Yooseong continued.
“This fight… Let’s pretend there was a misunderstanding between us. I saw Ariel from the beginning and said slavery and all. Let’s stop fighting and have a chat.”
Yuseong stretched out his hand towards Ari Andne.
A familiar feeling without knowing why.
‘Ah, yes. Elena used to extend her hand to me when I was defeated in Dalian in the past.’
Why do such memories come to mind now?
Ari Andne chuckled and pulled out the dagger hidden inside his armor.
As soon as they took out their daggers, Yuseong and the others were on alert, but Ariandne did no harm to them.
However, he said with the same cold expression as when he first saw him.
“In Elendor’s blood, human sympathy is nothing but shame.”
Ariandne stabbed herself in the neck with a dagger.
It was a quick action that Yooseong didn’t even have time to stop.
Blurred consciousness and vision.
Ariel Andne finally looked at Ariel, who was floating next to his chair.
She was weeping and crying out something to Ariandne.
Seeing that, Ariandne smiled warmly.
‘Really… She looks exactly like Elena…’
Ariel.
My lovely sister’s daughter.
My sweet nephew
A child born with the blessings of vast green meadows and the Milky Way.
I’m sorry for giving you the heavy burden of the fate of the clan.
It’s okay to take off the burden if you want. It would be nice to just take care of flowers and live freely like your sister wanted.
Ariel said, looking at her Ariel with the last of her energy.
“Happiness…Happy…Be happy…”
After that, Ariandne’s eyes closed.
Squeak. His corpse became a mist and scattered through the air. Followed by the bodies of the Guardians.
Ariel couldn’t stop her tears as she watched her mist fly through her entrance.
* * *
She met her bloodline family for the first time.
Ariel felt an incomparable bond with her elves and her comrades whom she met in her forest, but the meeting was short-lived.
Ariel looked at the fog disappearing into the entrance with devastated eyes.
-The fate of the clan is up to you.
– Find your mother and the priest. Receive the certificate and be recognized as the World Tree.
-Happiness…Happy…Happy…
Words left by the uncle.
It was just too much of a story for Ariel, who lived as if she was enduring day by day.
“…Let me down.”
At her Ariel’s words, her Ariel Andne’s spirit lowered her to her floor.
Her meteor and her companions approached her as she stood upright.
Her meteor scratched her head at her blankly staring at her floor and said,
“Sorry. I didn’t mean to let him die, but I couldn’t stop him.”
Yooseong knew better than anyone else the meaning of blood and kinship. Because I lost it once. That’s why he wanted to give Ariel an uncle and a family.
However, Ariel’s uncle was not a conversation partner.
He hated humans just like Ariel did before.
In the end, a fight broke out, but Yooseong did not use Ariel.
Even though she could have gained a considerable advantage if she had used her.
Because I know.
That she used Ariel as the material of her blackmail and would have her and her pretenders for the rest of her life.
Of course, if a fairly dangerous situation had arisen, he would have taken advantage of her without hesitation. She actually did and she licked her lips a few times.
But, fortunately, she was never taken advantage of.
… Even though she couldn’t even give Ariel her uncle.
Ariel didn’t respond to Yoosung’s apology.
Because he knew her heart better than anyone else, Yooseong let out a deep sigh and approached her.
“For now… Let’s go up. Rest a little and think…”
“Don’t come closer!”
For an instant, a strong wind blew around her.
Ice picks flew around her, keeping the meteor group in check.
Ariel raised her head.
There was a certain determination on her tear-stained face.
“…What are you doing?”
“I have to go. My uncle said The fate of the clan depends on me. I’m going to find her mother. Move.”
“…”
“Get out of the way. I don’t want to hurt you.”
She was well aware that Yooseong had treated her unbecoming a slave. When I walk around the city, I see how other masters treat my slaves, even if I don’t want to see them.
She also grew fond of them while they were together.
Ariel hates humans, but she doesn’t hate Yoosung, Seris, or Kara that much.
So I wanted to end it peacefully.
However, Yoosung crossed her arms with a sullen expression, as if he had no intention of doing so.
Ariel furrowed her brow sadly.
“Move! If you don’t, you’ll get hurt!”
“Can I hurt you?”
“Can’t you see what’s around me right now? If you are all in a mess, I can win even with the current me!”
“Then do it.”
“…What? Did you hear me right?”
“You heard me right. So try it. Let’s see where can you hurt me?”
“…You’ll regret it.”
Ariel reached her hand towards the ice pick located to her right. It won’t hurt much. She just needs to make her feel a little sick and make her realize that she is a threat.
He’s a rational human being, so he’ll understand.
But then a strange thing happened.
Ice picks don’t fly. No, it’s not that the ice pick doesn’t fly away, her will is rejecting it.
‘What, what is it? Why is this?!’
As Ariel was panicking, she came over and lifted her skirt.
“Wow?! What are you doing…Uh…?”
When she lifted her skirt, the slave’s seal was still shining brightly on her lower abdomen.
‘What..? Why is this…?’
Uncle..?
Didn’t you remove it?
I thought it was like that…
Yoosung whispered in Ariel’s ear, who was perplexed, in a voice mixed with a sense of betrayal.
“You go home and see.”
Ariel’s pupils started shaking like crazy.
