Pov Aredhel:
As soon as we received the information that the Holy Beast that the World Tree itself wants to find had arrived as far as the city of Jargan and would soon be coming here along with the next group of visitors we started to prepare.
But on the way I get the news that there’s a Gray Elf with a Night Watch mask, it reminds me of a report from Eleanor a few months ago.
I called her and asked about the things she saw that day, but what I hear shows that it was the same as I thought, a red-haired boy who usually wears masks and who leads a group of masked people, besides that there’s a Gray Elf with a Night Watch mask along with him.
I received reports of the strength of three of your comrades fighting in the city, I didn’t have much time to act and started to prepare things while they were on their way.
I scattered some Fairies along the way to see the tests, but it didn’t go as planned, the boy had good senses and felt the 4 Elves following the group, he also seemed friendly, but we couldn’t measure his power as the tests were too weak for him.
When he arrived in front of the village gate I texted the current group guide to lie to them while we prepared to do something later.
I told him everything he needed to do and got everything ready, then time passed as I stood at the gate looking out waiting for how it would all turn out.
“You have no idea what you’re doing, still time to change your mind.” (Karina)
“You’re just a visitor and shouldn’t meddle in our affairs.” (I)
“She’s going to be against it.” (Karina)
“I’m doing this for her, so try not to get involved.” (I)
I can’t trust these people, we don’t know their true intentions, we also don’t know if there’s an extra reason they’re here, but I can’t leave things as they are.
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As soon as the plan was put into practice everything went out of control very quickly, the bloodlust coming out of the carriage was something I did not expect, besides that Aura was horrible, when he got out of the carriage he came straight towards the gate straight up to me as if he could see me.
The dozen of the strongest Elves in the village were positioned and started to attack him, but he didn’t even look away from me or stop walking towards me while dragging one of my subordinates.
He acquired control of the entire environment in a matter of a second, all the Elves I prepared became hostages who could die before he could do anything.
He didn’t even look at them as he passed them as if they didn’t exist coming towards the village gate, his Aura had spread all over the place but didn’t go through the gates, his mask that previously hid his face had been broken perhaps by the pressure of his own Aura, it revealed his face in front of me. .𝘤𝘰𝑚
I knew he couldn’t see me, but strangely it felt like his eyes were looking at me, I could see an overflowing fury and a great bloodlust in those eyes, these were not the eyes a person would have, these are eyes that only a monster would.
I looked at the Fairies who weren’t doing anything and seemed frozen, but it was different from the Elves, it was as if they didn’t want to attack him.
At no time did he try to negotiate or complain, he didn’t even raise his voice for a second, all he did was speak normally while demanding an explanation, but his voice held an apparent threat tone.
I don’t answer right away, I was trying to think of what to do now that everything got out of hand, but he didn’t give me time to think and started telling him that he would kill all the Elves there, by his eyes I knew he would do what he was saying.
I leave through the village gate standing in front of him a few meters away, at that moment his Aura falls on me like a mountain of swords trying to kill me, but I manage to defend myself using my own Aura.
I try to show him that if he does anything it will be a big mistake, he will be considered an enemy and will be treated as such, but he just laughs as his Aura becomes even wilder and more chaotic.
The Elves who were immobilized were not even able to move, this Aura seemed to be destroying them from the inside, if this continues they will all die just for his Aura.
Also, I just noticed that the Fairy on her shoulder has a big smile on her face as she looks at me, I could feel the cruelty in those eyes, there was also wild murderous intent coming from the monster cub on his shoulders, that was not a normal monster.
I also noticed a bloodlust coming from this Vampire’s shadow, I didn’t know what was there, but I do know that these four are stronger than Grade SSS.
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Pov Zenos:
I’m doing my best to keep my cool, but this Elf is teasing me beyond what I can handle at the moment.
I think she needs to understand that at the moment there are few things really stopping me from causing a big fuss here, so maybe if this worm in my hands dies she’ll understand what’s going on, thinking that I try to rip this worm’s neck apart, but for the moment in which I try to put strength in my hands, vines get caught in my five fingers behind my hand, preventing me from killing this worm.
“What do you think you’re doing?” (I)
“Stopping you from doing something rash you’ll regret later.” (Guardian)
“If you keep trying to stop me, I’ll kill half the others.” (I)
“I think it’s time to get this over with before it takes on proportions no one wants to see, right?” (Guardian)
“Let’s get this over with.”
Suddenly the Guardian who had forgotten that she was still in my arm stops me from killing the worm and starts talking out loud, then a voice seems to sound in the surroundings.
Soon comes a wave of Aura that disperses my Aura and destroys my spells releasing the Elves who were my hostages, this Aura was calm and warm making flowers grow in the surroundings and filling this place with vitality.
This Aura doesn’t do anything bad to me or my group disappears a bit later, then a woman falls from the sky between me and Aredhel, she is 2 meters tall and has a strong body, her skin is white in color with green scales on her neck, arms and legs, she has green wings behind her back, her hair is blonde and her eyes are green, she has a smile on her face as she looks at Aredhel.
“I told you you would regret taking this test.”
“Shut up Karina, someone from another nation has no voice here, this is not your family’s Kingdom.” (Aredhel)
“…” (I)
My blood was boiling with anger but I wasn’t an idiot, I realized that there was someone strong in this place and as much anger as I had now, it was not the time to do anything.
I know it wasn’t this Dragonewt woman who did these things, her strength isn’t that great, so I turn around and walk to my carriage where the rest of my group are standing with weapons in hand as they scout out the surroundings.
“Get off my arm now.” (I)
“You should thank me, if you’d gone a little further it would have been hard to get out of here alive, even for you, plus the others would be involved too.” (Guardian)
“…” (I)
I’m angry that the Guardian stopped me, but that Aura was more powerful than I could have imagined, moreover it was in harmony with nature itself, the owner of this Aura is not someone I can face, maybe the Guardian is right, but no I am thinking very clearly because of anger.
“Are you leaving like this?” (Karina)
“…” (I)
“Don’t you even want to know the reason for all this?” (Karina)
“…” (I)
“I understand your fury, but wait a minute Zenos.” (Guardian)
“If you want to stay, that’s your problem, I won’t stay in this place with these despicable Elves anymore.” (I)
I don’t care what others say, these Elves don’t deserve my trust, I won’t stay in this place where Kira is being targeted.
“Wait! Let me explain…” (Aredhel)
A spear shot out of Aredhel’s shadow towards her heart but was destroyed by green energy coming from the gate before it hit.
“I’m leaving and I advise you not to approach me at the moment.” (I)
“…” (Aredhel)
“Why are you all so serious? This was all a test, your mate was never in any danger, if you had interrogated the Gray Elf you would already know that.” (Karina)
“…” (I)