Chapter 229 – 229. Resurrection of the World Tree (2)
“Please release as much magic as possible within this barrier.”
“Is that enough?”
One elf asked while staring at the barrier set up as a huge magic circle that could accommodate over a thousand elves.
“This barrier will play the role of holding the magical energy emitted by the elves inside so that it does not leak out. And by compressing that large amount of mana, a certain amount is continuously transmitted to the World Tree.”
Eunhyeon said that the current state of the world tree is similar to the state of blood deficiency, if you use the human body as an analogy.
A state in which a large amount of blood is shed for some reason, such as hemorrhage, and a disease such as malnutrition or chronic disease is caused by the lack of blood.
The reason for the bleeding as an example is the ‘curse of the dark elves’
The lack of blood is the ‘power of the World Tree that has been cut off’
The resultant malnutrition and chronic diseases are ‘arid land and weakened blessings’
All curses installed around the village of the moon were collected and dealt with.
Now, as time passes, the World Tree will naturally recover its strength.
Even if it takes a long time, over ten or a hundred years, time is not a big problem for the elves.
However, Eun-hyeon suggested a more direct solution than that.
‘It’s not that simple. If there is not enough blood, I can do a blood transfusion.’
To replenish the lack of blood again.
In other words, by pouring a large amount of mana back into the world tree that was lost due to the curse, it forcibly increases its resilience.
It was certainly more effective and quicker to see results than just waiting by investing a long period of time, but neither Illyana nor Eunhyeon could easily predict the side effects.
‘Too much of it is not good’ is a truth that everyone eats half of it, and Illyana was not unaware of it.
‘Because I’ve thought of a way… Let’s do it.’
Illyana was thinking of using a method that could minimize the risk of that side effect.
“However, manipulating this enormous amount of mana alone…”
It is Illyana’s job to collect and manipulate the mana of the elves gathered in the barrier, estimate the acceptable limit, and send it to the World Tree.
Even as an individual, she is called Illyana, who possesses the amount of mana several times that of a human, but it is absolutely not easy to manipulate the vast amount of mana emitted by a thousand elves by herself.
“Trust me. I am the wife of the man you admired.”
Seeing Illyana, who flashed her condescending smile and responded with her confident words, Regina smiled bitterly at her and nodded reluctantly.
“All right.”
“Alice. Please.”
“Yes.”
While Illyana injected a large amount of magic directly into the World Tree, the roles of Regina and Alice were to detect changes in the World Tree and respond to those changes.
“Then let’s begin.”
Confirming that all preparations were completed, Illyana blew her magic into the huge magic circle that housed the elves and sealed it.
Ugh
“Start ejection!”
Elves born under the grace of the World Tree are born with a high amount of magic power.
Even the elves, who are non-combatants with relatively the least amount of magical power, have higher magical power than the nobles of Pernias Kingdom.
The amount of magic that such elves gathered and released all at once was beyond imagination.
‘Than you think… That’s a lot.’
But even so, she couldn’t stop here, so Illyana manipulated the magic of the elves that filled the limits of acceptance within the barrier in an instant.
“Ugh… Eww!”
She groaned involuntarily at the amount of arithmetic work required to manipulate the vast amount of mana.
It hits, breaks, and shakes the head against the enormous amount of computational information that is forced into the head.
‘Head… I think it will break… !’
As she manipulated her mana and manifested her magic, Illyana’s body staggered and her legs lost balance with an intense headache she had never felt before.
“Mrs. Iliana!”
“Okay… Okay! Concentrate!”
Illyana, who saved her from collapsing by slamming the tip of her staff down on the floor, stopped her Alice from rushing towards her.
She, Illyana, knew very well that the core of this work was none other than herself.
‘I suggested it, but I can’t collapse.’
Grinding her teeth and forcibly enduring the pain that shook her head, she did not stop calculating the elves’ mana.
The sense of keeping things neatly, controlling the amount of magic power, and sending a certain amount of magic power to the World Tree is a feat that is only possible because the witch’s talent shines to that extent.
That skill was not at a level that could easily be performed not only among elves, but also among high-ranking human wizards.
The reason why she took a risky gamble that could destroy not only her world tree, but also her own head and mind, which handles her countless arithmetic tasks, if done wrong.
‘If I can’t even do this, I can’t walk down the sidewalk with him.’
As she bonded with Eun-hyeon, she learned of the existence of the goddess, and she thought of Eun-hyeon’s journey ahead.
She intervened in the journey of Eunhyeon and Belldandi, and it was Illyana herself who said she wanted to walk the same path.
‘The Mission of the Apostle’, ‘The Life of the Immortal’.
Such heavy responsibilities and roles were not that important to Illyana.
Just a small wish to be with the man I have a crush on forever.
‘Just chasing after you is really daunting, but it seems like you’re always going somewhere.’
She finally got married to the man who always seemed to be able to get her hands on her, but they became her husband.
Even so, her anxiety that remained in a corner of her heart made Illyana nervous.
Even if her happy times continue, when she risks her life and jumps into the battlefield like this, the image of Eun-hyeon’s body, who died without even conveying her heart, comes to her mind.
She realized that in order to realize that wish, her present condition and ability were far from enough.
‘Then at least, I won’t let you walk down that road alone.’
For more than 400 years, the man who always fought with someone and risked his life to go to and from the battlefield, and ended his life, is still walking without escaping his role and mission even after being resurrected.
Although the restrictions on the soul are lifted and the journey with the goddess makes it better than before, the title and responsibility of being an apostle of God do not disappear, nor does the essence change.
If so, you can walk the journey together and spend the rest of your life with Eun-hyeon so that the road will not be lonely.
What should I do to do that?
Illyana’s conclusion was simple.
‘I can become a person like Hyun.’
Originally, the time and place for Eun-hyeon to die were fixed, but he twisted that fate himself and survived.
It was a very unusual case, and Belldandy said that she and the three goddesses of Norn caught the eye of her and made her Eun Hyeon the apostle of God.
Illyana, who understood the mentality of the gods that she had heard from Belldandi, decided to take advantage of that.
The reason why he dared to ‘restore the World Tree’, which is absolutely impossible for ordinary humans, was to test his ability and at the same time, it was a performance to show to the gods who would be in the divine realm, not here.
‘I have this level of ability.’
‘Choose me.’
‘Make me an apostle of the same god as my husband.’
In order to become an existence like Eun-hyeon, she desperately appeals to her ability, that her limit is not this much, and that it has value as a useful word.
But nonetheless.
‘Don’t think about messing with my soul.’
The will to warn Eun-hyeon before she ends her life by firmly blocking the trickery quality that was like a ‘restriction’ in Eun-hyeon’s soul.
‘My heart belongs only to my husband. If you touch that, no matter how much you are gods, I won’t forgive you.’
The will to send a warning to a superior being, not a human being, is absurdly bold.
Even Illyana knew that her logic and reasoning were infinitely arrogant and like a foolish fool to the gods.
But nonetheless, she was firm in her will.
The most important thing for Illyana is her future life with Eunhyeon, not the fulfillment of her mission wrapped in great responsibility to protect the fate of her world.
‘If you accept this condition and make me your apostle, I’ll move you with your useful words.’
The attitude of boldly proposing a deal to the gods.
Carrying out her will, Illyana continued to manipulate the magical energy of the elves gathered in the barrier, and continued the work of absorbing a large amount of magical energy into the World Tree.
Her head felt like it was about to crack, and she fought desperately to pass out with excruciating headaches.
Meanwhile, she hears a woman’s voice speaking directly to her soul.
[Your will. Definitely confirmed.]
“Ah…”
A pure white light came down and covered Illyana’s entire body.
[Your wish. We will make it happen. However, being an ‘Apostle of God’ doesn’t suit you. So…]
The headache that seemed like it would break disappeared, and the burden of mana manipulation, which was barely maintained by clenching my teeth, disappeared like snow melting.
As the limits of the vessel, which had been limited until now, were expanded, the enormous amount of magical power calculation that felt burdensome became lighter.
[How about becoming a ‘family member’ of ‘our apostle’ and a lifelong companion with ‘our apostle’?]
A condition that exactly met Illyana’s condition.
Illyana laughed at the words of her goddess, who presented her proposal with all her own unreasonable demands accepted, to the point where she wondered if this was okay.
‘It’s Cole.’
After all the restoration of her World Tree was completed, Illyana sat down on the floor with a satisfied smile.
“Mrs. Iliana!”
Finding Illyana collapsed on the floor exhausted, Alice hurriedly ran over and supported her upper body.
“I can’t run…”
“That’s what’s important… !”
At Illyana’s words, worried that her blind Alice’s quick steps would cause her to fall to the floor, while Alice reacted incredulously, she inadvertently looked up at the huge tree oozing out a huge amount of mana.
“The world number…”
The surrounding land, which had been dry, was revived again, and grass and flowers began to grow rapidly.
The sacred tree, which had lost its light little by little, bloomed leaves and radiated light, filling the inside of the village of the moon with abundant mana as if to give everything that it had not been able to do in the meantime.
“Haha… Done.”
Realizing that her gamble had paid off, she smiled in satisfaction, full of pride.
“Did you say Illyana-sama?”
“Yes.”
Regina, who had been looking up at her World Tree with her, turned her head to Illyana, who spoke to her with a calm smile.
She then clasped her hands together and bowed her back to greet her politely.
“Thank you very much. Thank you for restoring the power of the World Tree. You are the benefactor of the elves, just like the teacher.”
“Well, because I promised something.”
In response to Regina’s polite thanks, Illyana involuntarily turned her head away from her gaze.
Illyana, who is not the type to go out and solve problems like this, is weak to such direct expressions of gratitude.
Alice, who was supporting her, gave a small smile at Illyana’s shy reaction.
“Okay then.”
Illyana, who took a deep breath and was supported by her Alice, looked up at Regina and said.
“I kept my promise.”
“I know.”
Regina did not forget her promise she had made in advance that she would go to help her Eun-hyeon.
In the first place, she intended to go to help the elves fighting on her battlefield, as well as her own mentor, Eunhyun.
“Iliana-sama… Are you okay?”
Alice, on the other hand, wore a slightly worried expression.
This is a question asked out of concern for her condition as she sat down on the floor as soon as her restoration work was completed.
“Are you okay. But… Huh…”
Illyana let out a small breath, and her eyelids were already half-closed.
She immediately wanted to return to her frontlines and help her Eunhyeon, but the fatigue and exhaustion from her work on the World Tree’s restoration immediately took over her Illyana’s body.
It is said that her burden was reduced by accepting the power of her unknown goddess from the middle of her life, but the amount of fatigue and exhaustion that had accumulated from enduring many burdens from the beginning was no joke.
“I’ll ask you to do the latter.”
“I will keep my promise. I will definitely bring her teacher to the benefactor’s side.”
Hearing Regina’s affirmation from her, Illyana put on her expression of satisfaction, and before her mind cut off, she squeezed her own mental power one last time to activate her teleport.
[Eight-digit upper magic]
[Teleport]
Ugh
When she opened her eyes again, she prayed that she could see Eunhyeon and Eleanor safe and sound, and Illyana slowly closed her eyes.
‘I’ve done this, just die. Never let go…’
