“Perhaps it was.” Reign smiles innocently as he looks at the woman in front of him, her eyes were blazing like the sun as he nearly got lost in them.
“Mhm.” The queen gently lifts her arm as wooden cups suddenly float towards them. The cups stop in front of them as a golden liquid suddenly falls down from the flowers of the tree, the smell of the liquid was incredible and in seconds the cups were full.
“Drink, it’s the nectar of the tree, it’s my reward for your help.”
Reign and the others glance at each other before they drink the nectar, they didn’t really bother even thinking whether it was poisoned or not as the queen’s power was great and she didn’t really need to use something like that against them.
The nectar was incredibly sweet and cooling, it was smooth and it would simply go down your throat with ease before your whole body felt nice and cool.
[ Spirit + 2, Willpower + 2 ]
Everybody was shocked to see the notification, the queen did say this was a reward, but they thought it was simply the taste of the nectar that would be amazing, never did they think they would get attribute points.
“The nectar of the tree has incredible properties, you have probably felt it by now, this is something I use to reward the best amongst my elves, you are the first foreigners to taste it.” The queen smiles warmly as she makes the wooden cups float back.
“Your majesty.” Reign suddenly speaks with a serious tone as he looks at the queen. She looks at him with an intrigued gaze as she waits for him to continue speaking.
“As you have already said, this forest is filled with danger, not only that but there are even more dangerous places outside of it, I, we, have come here today in hopes of establishing friendly relations with you and your people, and if possible an alliance.” 𝒷𝒹𝓸𝓿𝓁.𝒸ℴ𝓶
“I see.” The queen smiles enchantingly at Reign before continuing, “But tell me human, what exactly would I and my people gain from allying with you, as you can see we already have what we need here, my elves can become stronger in the forest while others can do their research inside the tree.”
The queen gets up before walking toward one of the transparent walls of her quarters.
“Elajeon had told me what had happened, for such a short period of time you have truly become strong, I will admit that it is above the norm, but I simply do not see any advantage for us if we become allies, I can keep track of everything that happens nearby from here as well.”
“The old fox is still continuing her tricks I see, don’t fret boy, although she says that, if she truly didn’t have an interest in an alliance she would simply say no, you probably wouldn’t even have the chance to meet her, just think of what you have seen in the base, there are advantages for her, simply find them, I won’t be helping you for that though, can’t hog all the fun can I?”
Aethion tells Reign as he chuckles slightly in his head. Reign looks at the queen’s back as he takes some time to think about his response, after a minute he speaks.
“We have two territories, two safe zones to be more exact, you say your elves can become stronger but we both know that’s not entirely true, only the stronger ones can go and fight monsters here, most of your people have to stay inside the base and do menial tasks as they are too weak and would serve as nothing more than a snack to the monsters in this forest.”
Reign takes a quick breath before continuing further.
“Next would be food, as I have seen so far you guys are mostly eating the fruits from the trees while fishing as well, I guess that some of the monsters that the stronger elves kill are also brought back for food, even though you have enough to not let anyone starve, if something were to happen to the hunting parties then you would be in a difficult situation.”
“If we form an alliance then that can be solved, when it comes to food we have more than enough of it, not to mention that the areas around our two territories are suitable for both low-level players and higher leveled ones, which would allow for your elves to become stronger there.”
“I will admit that your research and crafting methods are more advanced when it comes to ours, your elves as well would be slightly stronger compared to my people, but the difference is that it seems they are divided into high leveled ones and low-leveled ones, there are no elves that are in the middle, probably thanks to the forest, the situation is reversed for us, we only lack more higher-leveled players, but I do believe that I and my party members are enough to fill that hole for now.”
The queen’s eyes change slightly after hearing Reign’s words, as her back was turned to them they didn’t notice anything, of course, slowly she turned around before moving to the center of the room.
“Your power is enough to make up for it, I have to say that those are incredibly arrogant words human, I will admit that the points you have mentioned are correct, but we are not slightly stronger than you, higher-leveled people can fight against many that are below them.”
“Yes, that is why I have said those words that you deem are arrogant, I and my team are enough to fill that role.”
“Attack me.”
“Huh?”
“If you can make me take a single step back I will ally with you.”
“Boy it’s a trap, even if you use all of your power you won’t be able to do it, she is too strong.”
“I know, but for some reason, I don’t care.”
“Huh?” Aethion stops talking after hearing Reign’s words, his voice was filled with happiness, like a child that had found a new toy. A wide smile could be seen on Reign’s face as he stood up before walking toward the queen.
“You seem awfully happy hu-”
“It’s Reign, are you sure you want to do this here?”
“Don’t worry human, my chambers won’t be destroyed by your power, you are not strong enough to do something like that.” The queen’s voice turned slightly cold, to see a human being so happy to attack her and actually cut her off while she was speaking was not something she would usually tolerate. She is a Transcendent, a being that has gone above the shackles of mortals after all.
Wolf and the others quickly go back and stand against a wall, their reaction intrigued the queen but she simply shook her head before beckoning Reign to attack.
Suddenly
Black and white lightning erupt from Reign as the room gets filled by them, the floor darkens slightly from the power of it while Reign takes his two swords out and charges toward the queen who now had her eyes opened wide in shock.
Rage of the Kirin
Reign’s two swords stab towards the queen as a black and white Kirin was formed around him, the Kirin roars ferociously as it attacks the queen with full power. The queen extends her two arms and blocks the Kirin’s horns, the lightning flickers around them as a powerful wind smashes some of the wooden seats that the queen had previously made. The floor and ceiling of her quarters turn darker by the passing second as Reign’s lightning shows no sign of stopping.
His face was red as he was using everything he had in hopes of moving the queen who had a serious expression on her face, if she relaxed it would be possible for this boy to actually move her.
Suddenly the Kirin disappears as Reign lifts his katana in the air. The lightning around it disappears as it starts shaking slightly, with grace and softness Reign lets the sword fall down as he whispers, “Severing, Sword One.”
The queen’s eyes constrict slightly after hearing his words, the sword clashes against an invisible barrier that she had created, cracks form on the barrier but it showed no signs of being destroyed, after a couple of seconds the attack stops while the barrier finally breaks.
Reign was panting heavily as he looked at the queen who was still standing nonchalantly while looking at him. Her gaze was calm but on the inside, a storm of thoughts was happening, Reign’s power had shocked her greatly as only the private guards that she had brought to this world with her could defeat him, amongst the elves, there was nobody that was his match. The words that she had proclaimed were arrogant previously had now proven to be true by his fierce power.
The queen was about to speak up but she suddenly stopped after seeing Reign, his eyes were closed as an intense pressure was coming off him. Looking at the sight the queen simply created a stronger barrier in front of her to block the next attack, she knew that this would be it, his final and strongest attack was coming.
After more than 30 seconds blood could be seen flowing from Reign’s mouth, he was using Etherial Truth, but the queen was too strong for the skill to actually analyze her and the stress on Reign was enormous right now. After 30 more seconds he opened his now-bloodshot eyes before disappearing from the queen’s sight, in a mere moment he was in front of her face as his blade had cut through the barrier.
The sword stopped a millimeter from her head, Reign had successfully destroyed 5 barriers that she had put up, the final one that coated her body was in the end simply too strong for him to destroy.