Chapter 552 Chapter 10 Land of Elves
Igert bit his lip and remained silent. He had considered William’s words.
Going to the Langeryat Republic, with his status and the goddess beside him, perhaps the important figures of the Republic would not kill them, but as William said, they would inevitably use their identities to seize the benefits they needed.
Whether it was to use them as a banner, as tools against Peka, or to covato Miss Verafia’s identity as a goddess… becoming their puppet, just as Lancaster had done to him in the past.
However, this was when they had nowhere to hide on the continent, and it was the only viable option among the limited choices back then.
Suddenly, the sound of light footsteps descended, and Fraria came to their side.
“Moreover, Igert, your predicament is not just like that.”
The Red Dragon Girl shifted her gaze to the youth’s side, her small hand slightly grasping the youth’s collar under the black cloak, appearing as a sickly and indecisive golden-haired girl.
From the beginning, she had remained silent, making no sound, as if merely obeying Igert’s wishes. However, the Red Dragon Princess bowed to her respectfully before speaking to Igert:
“Miss Verafia, she is the goddess of flame, but within her body, within that divine spark of blazing flame, is there another noble will awakening?”
Igert’s heart sank again.
Verafia, was a girl born from the origin of flame… However, this was just a wisp under the authority of the Blazing Flame God King Herafir. Since Verafia stepped into the human world, her will had already been re-nurturing.
Verafia’s choice to voluntarily fuse with the Blazing Flame Divine Spark and to use Herafir’s power to fight Lancaster had undoubtedly accelerated this process countless times.
Even Igert now could feel fear as the awakening, increasingly crimson and dazzling will gradually roused within the girl’s slender, delicate body.
Igert couldn’t help but grip her small hand and turn his head to look at Verafia. The girl still looked as if nothing was happening, and seeing Igert’s gaze, she even playfully shook her head at him with a relaxed expression.
However, Igert knew that this was just the girl not wanting him to worry.
He spoke with a slightly hoarse voice, “Your Highness Princess, do you have a way to clarify the divine will within the Young Lady’s body?”
“The will of a god… Igert, you overestimate me too much.”
Fraria chuckled, shaking her head and smiling, “Moreover, what is gradually awakening within Miss Verafia’s body is actually the God King of yesteryear… I think, in the current world, aside from Lancaster who is already dead, perhaps only truly God-level existences would have the ability to deal with it.”
“God-level?”
Igert first thought of the God of Light, worshipped by the Sacred Light Church.
However, he then thought that the oracle of the God of Light had not fallen to the human world for a long time, and furthermore, the Sacred Light Court was located in the core territory of the Empire, the City of Holy Light. It was clearly not very feasible to go there.
“Currently, the God-level existences on the continent, besides the God of Light and the goddess princess beside you, are likely to be found in the territories of the Elves.”
Fraria’s voice came.
“Miss Fraria, are you referring to the Elves’ Moon Goddess Elusia and the Goddess of Life Siluselis?”
“Yes. The Moon Goddess and the Elves’ Goddess of Life, according to records, are both benevolent deities of order. Legend has it that in the ancient era of divine strife, they mostly protected the peace of the Elven Forest.”
The Red Dragon Girl lightly nodded her head, a smile appearing on her face, and said,
“Moreover, the Elves’ Spring of Life and the power of the World Tree are, according to records, wondrous even at the God-level… Igert, currently, in order to resolve the hidden danger within Miss Verafia, the Elven territories might hold more hope than the human Sacred Light Court.”
“Miss Fraria means for me and Veer to go to the Elven territories?”
Igert’s eyes lit up, but then he asked doubtfully:
“However, the Elf Empire is also far in the east of the continent. Not only is the Inner Sea of Storms blocked by the Dark Elf fleet, but the Elf Empire itself is also in a state of great isolation, cut off from the rest of the world.”
“Over the years, almost no one has been able to reach the Elven Forest, and very few pure-blooded Elves are ever seen.”
Currently, the Elf races remaining in various countries on the continent, including the half-elf Grisia, who was from the Setting Sun Forest and whose surname was “Qiong Ge,” were almost all mixed-bloods left behind by the Elves before they encountered the Black Moon Tide and the Great Isolation.
The only pure-blooded Elf they had encountered was the Wood Elf Girl Ain.
“Lord Igert, the Elves’ connection with the world has indeed been interrupted by the Great Isolation, but that does not mean there is no way to find them.”
William, standing beside them, suddenly interjected, “In the Langeryat Republic, there are always large trade unions and Adventurers who sail large ships in the outer sea to seek additional profits.”
“A few years ago, a merchant ship was swept into the depths of the northern ice ocean during a storm. The trade union initially thought they had perished in the storm, but a few months later, this lost merchant ship returned to Langeryat, loaded with goods from the Mountain Kingdom.”
Although the conversation was about Elves, William’s words were about the merchant ships’ voyage in the northern ice ocean and the Mountain Kingdom of the Dwarves.
Igert suddenly raised his pupils: “William, do you mean that…”
“Just as you thought, Lord Igert.”
William smiled mysteriously on his face, “Those merchants who were lost in the storm and ended up in the Dwarven Kingdom, they did not see real Elves, but among the Dwarven goods they brought back, there were quite a few exquisite Elven handicrafts.”
Igert’s eyes couldn’t help but light up. According to William, even if those merchants and explorers had not reached the Elven realm, it was clear that there were channels of contact with the Elves in the Dwarven and Orcish kingdoms.
William looked at his raised face and suddenly chuckled.
“Lord Igert, to be honest, at that time, it also caused quite a stir among the upper echelons of the Langeryat Republic. The Grand Chancellor and the council secretly dispatched more than one envoy, following the route of the northern ice ocean to search for the Elven realm, but the final results were unsatisfactory, and it was all hastily concluded.”
“Lord William, I have also heard some rumors.”
Fraria walked closer to him and said,
“For you humans, crossing the dangerous northern ice ocean to reach the other side of the continent is indeed too perilous. The envoy dispatched by the Langeryat Chancellor back then only had one-tenth successfully reach the Dwarven Kingdom.”
The red-haired girl gazed at Igert with her crimson eyes, “Moreover, the rumors from back then only indicated that there was a way to connect with the Elves in the Mountain Kingdom, but not necessarily that they could successfully find the Elven realm.”
Igert fell silent. He understood what Fraria meant.
Suddenly, his sleeve was gently pulled. Looking down, he saw the girl beside him, slightly lifting her pure white face, her golden eyes shining.
“Igert, I think, actually, there’s no need to risk going to the Elven Forest.”
The girl gently bit her lips, and a smile appeared on her exquisitely carved, delicate face. After a long time, for the first time, she spoke her voice:
“Just like she said… even if you risk it, you might not find the Elven Forest. Moreover, for the Elves, the Goddess and the World Tree are also legends. They might not be able to help me there.”
Igert felt the girl’s slender fingertips tightening their grip on him. The smile on her stunningly beautiful face made him heartache.
Verafia raised her small face, a gorgeous and gentle smile blooming on her face. The girl said softly,
“Moreover, as long as I can leave Peka and go to Langeryat, I don’t care what they ask me to do.”
“Igert, as long as I don’t use my magic, Herafir should take a long time to recover. For the remaining time, as long as I can be by your side, it’s already very good.”
William and Fraria, standing in front of Igert and the girl, did not speak, as if waiting for their choice.
Only Ophi, worried, held her sister’s hand, looking worriedly, wanting to speak.
However, Igert did not hesitate. He looked at Verafia’s slightly widened, gorgeous golden eyes, extended his hand, and ruffled the girl’s small head:
“Young Lady, what are you saying… This way, you’re completely treating me like a stranger.”
“Eh…”
Verafia raised her eyes and saw the smile on Igert’s face, but her azure eyes held an unrefusable determination.
Igert gently stroked the girl’s delicate, porcelain-like face with his fingertips:
“Young Lady, don’t think of this as me sacrificing for you, and then not wanting me to take risks. But, you are the girl I like, you are my lover… these are things I should bear.”
“Moreover, Veer, without a world with you, how could I endure?”
Verafia’s slender eyelashes drooped, and she gently nodded her head. Her small hand was held in his palm, just like his state of mind.
Igert suddenly turned around, “Miss Fraria, William, thank you for coming… I think, what I need to do is still to accompany the Young Lady to the Elven realm.”
Fraria was not surprised by Igert’s words. She nodded,
“This choice… is also good. Igert, Miss Verafia, William’s prepared ship is ready to cross the northern ice ocean and attempt to find business opportunities on the other side of the continent. If you are willing, you can temporarily join their journey.”
She paused, then dotingly rubbed the soft, tender little face of the ice-blue, long-haired girl in front of her, saying, “However, Little Fei, what are you planning to do now?”
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