Chapter 41 City of Holy Light (Part 1)
“Perhaps it’s just because they know they have the blessing of a deity by their side.” Looking at the Lady Goddess who raised her head to complain, Ig rubbed her little head and said with a smile.
“Hmph, it’s not that easy. If I could easily deal with Moon and Iris, would this young lady still need them?”
Verafia pursed her lips. She was quite self-aware.
After all, it had only been a little over a year since she truly inherited the power of the Goddess of Life. Her mastery of the laws of life had not yet reached the level of creating a divine domain, and her control over divine power was still at the most basic level.
Moreover, when facing the Moon Goddess Elusia, Verafia had lost more than half of her origin. Her divinity was still being nourished in the World Tree, and she was now even weaker than when she had just obtained the divine spark of life.
The current Verafia was even stronger than powerful immortals like fallen angels, requiring the use of laws to defeat them. This was still because she had the foundation of the Goddess of Flame.
Facing Moon who stole the Sacred Light… Verafia did not doubt that she could obliterate him. However, the Holy Light Church’s thousand years of accumulation and army of hundreds of thousands of saints were not something Verafia could easily contend with.
Thinking of this, she turned her face, her gorgeous golden eyes looking at a slender green figure behind her.
Besides Ig who was beside her, and the Ice Dragon Girl who was chasing after them in a huff, Serathis had also followed into the palace temporarily sculpted by her divine power.
Seeing the goddess turn her face, and the fleeting apology in her beautiful gem-like golden eyes, Serathis could tell that she was apologizing for harming the elves’ interests by her actions in seeking imperial support.
“Veer doesn’t need this. Veer is our goddess, and you saved us.”
Serathis said, “Lafnos and I have met many elves. Even if they know you are not an elf, their respect for you is by no means comparable to mere interests, you are their faith. In other words, you represent all elves, so why apologize?”
“But…” Hearing her words, Verafia raised her head, about to speak but stopping.
“The elves of today are no longer in the era of the Golden Age. For us, the glory of the former empire is already just a memory. Before the Dark Moon Tide, there were fewer and fewer elves who reminisced, and now it is just pure history.”
Serathis smiled. She looked at Lafnos in the palace, who was talking to the human nobles as the Elf Queen: “Even Lafnos, if she had the ambition to conquer the world and plunge the elves into conflict, she probably wouldn’t be able to sit on her throne for long.”
“Is that so… I heard my father say before that elves are children of nature, and compared to humans, they long for peace and tranquility. In the Golden Age, the battles between the elves and the Orc Royal Court were to resist the invasion of the Orcs’ black fire.”
Hearing Serathis’s narration, the Ice Dragon Girl, who had forgotten why she chased after them, which was to accuse Verafia of abandoning her friends and being affectionate with Ig, also raised her head and spoke. Her ice-crystal-like clear and beautiful big eyes blinked under her long eyelashes.
“By the way, if that’s the case, isn’t Veer also the mother of the elves?”
The girl tilted her head, her pure and soft hair sliding down like silk. Her big eyes shone with great interest.
“Miss Ophi, you are correct. For the elves, the moonlight gives birth to the soul, and the Mother of Life conceives all things. Veer has inherited from the great Silusris, so she is naturally worshipped like this… Cough, I think Veer doesn’t like to hear these words.”
Serathis chuckled, covering her mouth with her hand, and then turned to look at Verafia, who had widened her eyes in feigned anger.
“However, for Veer, if we really want to interfere in the empire’s internal affairs and further want to rule the world, that would also be unacceptable, right?”
Verafia thought for a moment and nodded.
She became the goddess of the elves because of her promise to Silusris, and she promised to protect them. She also had a good impression of the elves.
However, if, as Serathis described, the elves encroached on human territory and re-ruled kingdoms of humans, Verafia would not want to see that happen.
“The elves do not yearn for conquest, and you do not wish to see such a scene, so why do you think Veer has harmed the elves’ interests? On the contrary, because of you, the trade terms we have obtained from the empire are already quite generous.”
Serathis smiled gently, reached out and rubbed the Goddess Girl’s little head, looking at her raised big eyes, and then followed her gaze to the hall where the empire and the elves were holding talks.
“If the humans are willing to obey your orders, facing Moon and Iris, we will have more strength, and the elves’ casualties will be reduced. Even if I were in your position, I would not refuse the empire’s demands.”
“That being said, it is indeed the case. For the elves, they don’t have many demands, and they have a common enemy…”
Ophi nodded somewhat bewilderedly. Through the gaps in the world, she saw the human and elven armies stationed outside the city walls. The Ice Dragon Girl seemed to have thought of something, her beautiful big eyes flicked, and her still somewhat slender and tender voice hurriedly said:
“By the way, when are we going to deal with that rebellious Pope?”
In her little head, she vaguely remembered hearing Verafia mention it to Ig, but that was when she had just turned into a dragon and repelled the attack of the combined forces of the Church. She had been too exhausted to listen carefully.
After the Church’s army withdrew, she had completely ignored the war and enjoyed herself, only remembering to ask just now.
Serathis, who was standing beside Verafia, replied, “The Goddess Princess’s order is to march to the City of Holy Light immediately after our and the empire’s armies arrive.”
This was what Verafia wanted to tell her and Lafnos through the oracle of her life divine power. On the way to Arnolkolon, they had also communicated extensively with the commanders of the empire’s allied forces regarding the deployment of the war.
“Aren’t you waiting for a while longer, Veer? Fattel and the Magic Kingdom’s army haven’t arrived yet,” Ig said.
“I know what you mean. With Fattel, our chances of victory will be greater, but we have already stayed in Arnolkolon for a long time.”
Verafia shook her head.
Moon occupied the city of Holy Light, turning the light into his kingdom. Moon also knew that his sword would be pointed at his holy throne.
At least Verafia knew that while she was waiting for the allied forces of the elves and the empire, the army from Peka was also advancing relentlessly from the border.
That was the alliance of the Abyssal Church and the Holy Light Church, and Moon was also waiting for his reinforcements. Moreover, there was also…
Verafia raised her face, her gorgeous golden eyes gazing at the end of the sky. Even though the night darkened, she could still see the increasingly scorching flames, reflected in her worried eyes.
