chapter 5 The Aura of Deities
Lafnos handed the sword, which was the End. The straight, sharp blade seemed to be plated with a hazy starlight, with golden light and the brilliant light of life faintly appearing, reflecting the markings of the Tree of Life.
The End was once forged by Lafnos, together with dwarven artisans, using the fire of Burning Stars.
In the final battle to pacify the Moon Well, during the legendary battle with the dark elves, the End suffered some damage. Upon returning to the World Tree, Ig entrusted the End to her and asked the Elf Queen to reforge it for him.
At this moment, the sword in her hand was more magnificent and dazzling than before. Besides being incredibly tough, it contained the might of deities.
The End shimmered gently in her hand, transforming into the sword spirit girl Rufina, with red hair and golden hair, who joyfully raised her face and said, “Sister, and Master~”
Seeing the appearance of the sword spirit girl, Verafia slightly raised her golden eyes and also happily curled her lips.
She had not forgotten that Ig, who was very weak at the time, had once vowed to her that he would definitely renew the End.
The End was her sword. Although it was given to this guy Ig as a token of love, she was still very happy to see her former companion regain her past glory.
What’s more, the sword spirit girl Rufina of the End was also her sister.
Ig also looked up in surprise.
He was confident that the current End was sufficient to carry the power of Fatter, the Dwarf King Mud, and other top legends, and even more!
“Your Majesty the Queen, thank you. In the future, if you have any needs, I will not refuse!” Ig said with immense gratitude.
With just a slight touch, he felt how much the End had changed. To reforge the End, not only were countless rare treasures consumed, but Lafnos even refined a branch of the Tree of Life given by Verafia.
This was not about the preciousness of the materials. Even though Lafnos was a legend, achieving this in just half a month was beyond imagination, and it was difficult to estimate the price she paid.
“Lord Ig, you don’t need to thank me. I also learned a lot from the End, and with the divine power of the Goddess, the consumption was not much.”
Seeing Ig’s grateful gaze, Lafnos smiled and shook her head, then looked at the girl beside Ig.
“After all, Lord Ig is also the Goddess’s knight. If it can give you more power to protect the Princess, then that’s what I should do.”
“I don’t need this guy to protect me!”
Verafia grumbled with folded arms, but seeing the gaze of Seralis beside the Elf Queen, she scratched her hair with some embarrassment.
She hadn’t forgotten that Ig was supposed to lead the army as a Goddess Knight, but she had forcibly pulled him to her side under the pretext of “The Goddess Princess needs a knight’s protection.”
Such an action forced Seralis, who originally intended to remain the Queen’s shadow and refused the throne, to once again reveal her identity as the Emerald Singer and lead the army with the Elf Queen as the Goddess’s envoy.
Of course, both Seralis and Lafnos knew very well that Verafia simply couldn’t bear to be separated from her knight anymore.
Seralis took a small step forward. She knew Verafia was determined to go to the City of Holy Light and would not try to persuade her too much.
However, before the girl said goodbye, Seralis still planned to give her a few instructions.
Suddenly, her expression stiffened slightly. In her perception, the entire world seemed to freeze at this moment, but in an instant, it was as if the ocean was boiling, crimson flames burned the sky, and powerful auras revived in the burning flames, and terrifying auras almost shattered the sky!
Their will was ancient, yet supremely revered, spanning the endless river of time, reappearing in this world once more!
Suddenly, a soft, pure white little hand gently grabbed her hand, and the divine power of life surged, enveloping the entire Sacred Tree Palace. Seralis was jolted awake.
“This, Veer, what was that just now…”
Seralis subconsciously looked outside the World Tree. The sky was still intact, and she couldn’t feel any terrifying pressure. Even Ainsel looked at her with a confused gaze.
However, the similar reactions of Lafnos and Ig, as well as Verafia’s actions, proved that her perception was not false.
Although recalling it, those fluctuations were not grand, and even inferior to the power of a Sacred Domain, yet that aura, which made life and soul feel extremely oppressed, as if it belonged to the ruler of the entire world, was not fake.
Seralis suddenly had an incredible guess and looked up in surprise at Verafia, who was frowning slightly beside her, “Veer, was that just now…”
“Yes, it’s the aura of deities, but to be precise, it’s the reflections of deities who have already died, left in this world.”
Verafia nodded, her eyes filled with confusion. “However, those deities were once the incarnations of this world’s rules, the masters of laws.”
“Even just residual reflections, they are still beyond the material plane… Perhaps only legends can sense their aura.”
Therefore, only a few legends like Seralis noticed, while Ainsel, who was far from being a law elf, looked bewildered.
“Veer, what are you worried about?”
Ig gently held her tender hand and asked with concern, “Did these divine auras suddenly appear because of some change?”
“Of course it’s not some change. According to Herafir’s memory, these deities were all killed by the Sacred Sword, let alone so much time has passed, how could they suddenly appear?”
Verafia looked up with her golden eyes and suddenly thought of something. Her long eyelashes trembled, and she turned her head to look from outside the World Tree towards where the ripples reached:
“Could it be that these deities reappearing was done by Herafir, Sister?”
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Only a handful of legends in the entire world sensed the traces of the world’s laws being disturbed. Moreover, it was just a fleeting glimpse, and it had no impact on reality in this turbulent world.
However, rumors had spread throughout the continent that the ancient deities had awakened, and those ancient rulers would bring divine seats and rule the world again.
As for Verafia, the Goddess of Life, her perception was many times clearer, and she could even judge the authority previously held by these resurrected deities.
This continent was already threatened by Moon’s Sacred Light and Iris’s Abyss. The sudden appearance of the auras of over ten deities made her feel a hint of anxiety in her heart.
Therefore, Verafia didn’t hesitate at all. After hastily bidding farewell to Lafnos and a few other girls, she brought Ig and others to the border of the Empire.
