Lilith closed the distance in an instant, severs the fallen angel elves with a sword of light. Dashing to the fallen angel’s body overflowing with mana, and she attacks without hesitation.
「You’re not affected by poison?」
I think they were focused on long range attacks just now was because they were wary of being exposed to poison. If you stop worrying about that, can these angelic state prevent the poison?
The battles are fought in air, and it wasn’t just me who’s unable to do aerial combat, but Mira-chan and the girls hesitated to get involved too. I feel a lack of experience and training.
Watching the outcome while wary of the bullets, Lilith immediately shot down the three fallen angel elves and settled the fight.
「?!」
The fallen angel elf suffered a major injury and fell. The mana overflowing from their body takes a form of a purple humanoid. As the faceless, human shaped blobs disappeared, the body of the fallen angel elf withered, it’s arms and legs dried up, transforming to something that’s neither a mummy nor a withered tree.
「びｙでわせｄｆｃｙっヴびうおｐ……」
「Enough. Disappear」
Lilith descended from above She takes down the three humanoids.
Boom!!!
It exploded while scattering deadly mana.
「Hmph. Causing trouble to the end. Are you alright?」
Lilith, who was standing right in the epicenter was unharmed even though the explosion hit her directly, we were also not poisoned. Although, everything else is blown away by the explosion and the wide areas got contaminated by the high concentration of mana.
Of course, there were no traces of the three dark elf bodies remaining.
「W-What was that? What were those elves?」
「Those are live poison bombs. The worst kind of weapon, scattering poison and spreading their pollution at their time of death」
Lilith speaks with a bitter expression.
「Many of my comrades were killed and wounded by that explosion. Then, they were poisoned and died. ….Seems like there were no other pursuers」
The light surrounding Lilith disappears and the wings were sucked into her back. The mana coming from Lilith has changed, and I realized that her angel transformation has released spirit magic.
「I used too much mana. Servant, lead me to your nest. Let’s continue there」
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The world tree exists in the center of the Great forest. The tree, named the “Great Mother Tree” is the same as the “Mother Earth” from the lore of the dwarves, it is the god of the elves.
From the roots of this great mother tree, known as the tree of life, are elves born, if they die, they return to the tree of life, where they are born again from the great tree.
There was another existence born from the great tree just like the elves. And that’s the spirits.
The spirits are mana life form born from the mana of the great tree. Mana with no physical body but possesses will. The elves call it Spirit (El), and the meaning of “elf” is “those who commune with spirits”
The spirit has no physical body, it has no lifespan. Since it lacks a solid vessel, it is easily affected by other influence and constantly bears the risk of alteration or extinction,.
Therefore, the elves accept the spirits in their bodies. The elf body becomes the armor of flesh to protect the spirits and the elf’s mana strengthens the spirit. Of course, it’s not a relationship where only the spirit benefits. The spirits lend their power to the elves when they ask it to protect them. That’s how spirit magic works, the secret to the fusion with the spirit that Lilith had used.
The relationship of an elf and a spirit are of a sister sharing the same mother, friends closer than anyone, collaborators joining their strength, and their other self.
Precisely because they’re such significant beings that the mad spirit must be brought down by the elves themselves.
That’s the pride of the elves, and their mercy,.
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Seeing the battle with the three dark elves, the knights who rushed from the other places headed towards the fortress.
I thought that only Lilith would be guided to meet the great South lord, but for some reason, we were also taken along.
「Somehow, I sense something from the knights」
「I don’t like these males」
The knight securing the area is also nervous. They they’re neighbors, they’re dragon and elves, they don’t mix, like water and oil. They were kicking someone around too even while leaving the forest.
「Hm? Why are you here?」
Suddenly, Lilith moved away from the path.
「Huh? Queen Lilith? Where are you going?」
「My brethren. I sense my brethren」
「Please wait! We can’t let you proceed there!」
「Get out of my way or you’ll regret it!」
The knights stood in front of Lilith, trying to stop her, drawing their sword to attack. They were knocked out one after another and she proceeded deeper.
Then, she entered the room at the end of the corridor, finding several beds lined up.
「…Aaah… How can this be…」
「Ceres-mama?」
Ceres-mama who was treating the patients in the first-aid room, noticed us.
「How?」
I can’t see Ceres-mama’s face well since it’s hidden behind her bangs, but I’m sure I’m seeing surprise in her face.
「Poor kid…」
Lilith pulls the bow with her hand and nocks an arrow.