Still, it was obvious what he would say.
Morrigan clicked her tongue and looked straight at him.
“Yes, that was the plan. What about it?”
Neo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, seeing her glare.
“Nothing. I was just curious,” he said. “Let’s go. There is something else I need to do before we can return home.”
Neo left the dorm building.
The crisp, cool air greeted him as he stepped outside.
He walked with Morrigan toward a small shop nestled between two tall buildings.
He went into the shop and bought a mermaid plushie.
“What’s that for?” Morrigan asked.
“Professor Anna,” Neo said, recalling Elizabeth used Anna as an alias in the academy.
He moved toward the building where Elizabeth was being treated last time.
The guard at the gate stopped them.
Neo had to prove his identity before he could be allowed entry into the premises.
“Sorry, but we cannot allow you to enter, Morrigan,” the guard said. “Only the Ruler Neo Hargraves has been given permission by the principal.”
“Sure.”
Morrigan didn’t understand why Neo was taking a plushie for their homeroom teacher and why she was not allowed to visit her.
But she kept quiet instead of questioning Neo in front of everyone.
Neo entered the building.
The cold marble floors echoed with each step as he made his way toward Elizabeth’s room.
He opened the door of her room.
…!
Neo nearly flinched.
The door was sealing Elizabeth’s Intent and aura.
“What the hell?”
Neo had trouble breathing when Elizabeth’s powerful Intent pressed down on him.
Charlotte’s and Elizabeth’s Intent were on an entirely different league.
It was like comparing a sniper and a missile.
Neo felt he would pass out if he did not leave soon.
He clenched his jaw and entered the room.
There was no way he was leaving without seeing her.
The air grew denser and heavy with the pressure of Elizabeth’s Intent, making it almost unbearable to stand.
It was hard to breathe, and his limbs felt heavier than mountains.
Neo tried to calm his trembling body.
He placed the mermaid plushie next to her bed and looked at her.
Elizabeth was unconscious, and Amelia was nowhere to be seen.
‘Her condition is a lot worse than I was told about.’
After growing stronger, he could see a lot more.
There was hardly any pulse of life left within her.
Neo fused his blessing and Life elemental into Intent.
He tried to transfer them into her body.
Each moment within the room caused crushing agony to surge through Neo’s body.
Standing in front of Elizabeth’s Intent was similar to being flash banged continuously, only it caused physical and soul pain instead of blindness.
Neo tried to resist her Intent.
His blessing and Life elemental accelerated her healing.
But.
“Fuck.”
It was far from enough.
What Neo was doing right now was no different from using a tap to fill an ocean.
‘My Life element mastery is far from enough.’
Neo’s expression crumbled when he noticed Void corruption on Elizabeth’s soul.
The corruption was weak.
It couldn’t spread.
But it would kill her given time.
Neo tried to use the Holy element to erase the Void corruption.
Again, it was useless.
Something that could harm Elizabeth was not anything he could heal.
“Fuck.”
Neo’s expression crumbled.
He had sent her to eliminate the Temple of Void.
After she came back hurt, he told the principal she would survive.
‘She isn’t going to survive.’
Neo’s mind churned.
‘Can we ask for help from an Exalted Demigod with healing skill or high mastery in life and holy elemental?’
‘No, that wouldn’t work.’
‘If it was possible to ask for help from someone like that, the principal would’ve done so already.’
Elizabeth had countless enemies.
If it was known she was alive and not killed during the mermaid country incident, her enemies would spare no effort in killing her.
Neo wasn’t strong enough to protect her.
“Haah, fuck.”
He bit his lip.
Unknown to Neo, the world powers had an inkling that Elizabeth was alive.
Their idea stemmed from the fact Neo was Immortal and had tried to save Elizabeth from the curse in the mermaid country.
Although it was said he failed, there was a chance he succeeded.
After Elizabeth destroyed the Temple of Void, the traces of her battle were left around.
Now, it was an open secret that Elizabeth was alive and she was on death’s door.
The only reason world powers hadn’t moved to kill Elizabeth was Charlotte.
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A few months ago, Charlotte had invaded Zeus Clan and warned them. It happened because they tried to kill Neo through Lucas’ hand during the Shadow Window mission.
The principal of the Demigod Academy had warned that the academy would go to war if something similar happened again.
The world powers did not wish to antagonize the principal.
They were not taking any action yet due to her warning.
But.
It was only a matter of time before someone made a move against Elizabeth.
“Fuck, this is making me feel like shit.”
Neo clenched his fists.
To heal Elizabeth, he needed to improve his Life and Holy elemental mastery.
And it would take a long time.
Time Neo didn’t have unless he was okay with Elizabeth dying.
Her soul might not even enter the Underworld.
There was a high chance the Void corruption would kill her completely.
‘Wait, there is one place where I can improve my Life and Holy elemental mastery quickly.’
‘Underworld.’
Neo made his choice.
He had been planning to go to the Underworld already.
He had to meet with Leonora and others, and he needed to give a visit to his father and ask him questions.
A few minutes later, Neo left the room.
The door closed behind him with a soft click, and the presence crushing him disappeared.
Neo had to focus to make sure he didn’t flop down from exhaustion.
He wiped his sweat and returned to Morrigan.
…
Trivia:
Luck stat increases with ranking up from one Grade to another.