[Chapter 223 A Dark Elf Without Dreams]
huge holy light was released from David’s hand, turning the night sky full of stars a second ago into a bright day. There was no more starlight or darkness in the hall. As the holy light in David’s hand became brighter, the pressure that appeared out of thin air also disappeared.
“Tsk~”
David originally thought that the goddess of the night was really coming, but when he released the holy light, he found that whether it was the night sky, the stars or the pressure, they were all just part of the spell.
Looking at Elfrida who was looking astonished not far ahead, David directly concentrated the holy light that filled the entire hall to one point, and turned it into a thick pillar of fire, smashing straight down from above Elfrida!
Boom!
The thick and bright holy fire instantly engulfed Elfrida and the ball, and the powerful holy fire burned both of them to ashes in an instant.
No matter what state Elfrida is in now: a ghost? A spirit? Or some kind of magical version of a holographic image? Under the burning and impact of the holy fire, everything turned into smoke and dust.
The sphere was also not left, and David was too lazy to study what it was! Since he had taken action, he would be regarded as an enemy and completely destroyed.
After David was sure that the priestess was dead, he gently shook his hand, and the remaining holy light in the surrounding space gathered together again, and turned into a radiant sphere floating above everyone’s head, continuing to serve as a lighting device.
From Elfrida’s rage, the hall turned into a starry night sky, to the holy light tearing the night sky, condensing into a holy fire to burn Elfrida and the sphere together, and then everything returned to normal, the whole process was only a few seconds.
In other words, no one present was an ordinary person, so they could react to what happened.
The dark elf brother and sister stared at David in surprise. At this time, the image of the lord of Winter Town in their eyes had changed dramatically.
From a young, gentle, and friendly lord, he became a mysterious and powerful spellcaster.
That huge, blazing, bright power was too terrifying. If that pillar of fire hit them, their fate would not be much better than that of the high priest.
Tony, who was standing next to him, actually saw David take action for the first time. He did not expect David’s strength to be so terrifying. His armor alarm was still reminding him how amazing the energy intensity that had just exploded was.
In comparison, Sylvanas, who had seen David take action in Azeroth, was very calm. In her eyes, David, the incarnation of the Holy Light, had just casually released some Holy Light, which was nothing at all.
As for Steve… He had indeed not seen David take action for a long time, but he had been studying the knowledge of the Holy Light and had guessed about David’s strength. In addition, some indirect inquiries from the Ancient One made him estimate David’s strength very high.
Therefore, Steve did not show much surprise. In comparison, he was concerned about another thing.
“David.”
“What’s wrong?”
“It seems that there is something that wants to break through the space and enter here.”
“…”
The main responsibility of the mages of Kamar-Taj is to defend against invasions from different spaces and dimensions. These mages are the most sensitive to such situations.
Steve wanted to become the Supreme Mage, so knowledge and judgment in this area were compulsory courses. He couldn’t skip classes!
“How strong is the enemy?”
“It’s hard to judge. It feels very powerful… but the part that wants to come in is not strong.” Steve carefully sensed for a moment and gave his own guess: “Maybe a clone was sent down? Or a thought came in to investigate?”
David nodded. He quickly found the thought that Steve mentioned and released a punishment.
A ray of light suddenly exploded in the air. Along with the release of the holy light punishment, an inconspicuous starlight was directly blown into pieces.
Steve also took the opportunity to figure out what it was: “It’s something like a contract.”
“What is that?”
“It’s equivalent to a powerful mysterious existence who wants to find a spokesperson here.” Steve also figured out the target of this contract, which is the dark elf Enid in front of him: “This existence has taken a fancy to Enid and wants her to be his spokesperson.”
Steve didn’t deliberately lower his voice when he spoke, and everyone heard what he said.
At the same time, everyone guessed that the mysterious existence was the so-called goddess of the night.
“It seems that this goddess doesn’t care about the death of her high priest, just like she doesn’t care that the dark elves were almost exterminated by humans.”
David stood there alert for a moment. There was no more strange phenomenon in the hall. The goddess of night didn’t seem to have the idea of “revenge” for her high priest. After the “contract” she had made was destroyed, there was no follow-up action.
“Should we leave here first?” Klausa looked at the people around him. Everyone present seemed to be ready to take action. No one said they wanted to leave.
This made Klausa very uncomfortable: I know you are all powerful, but there are no enemies now! What are you doing in the ruins of an abandoned temple with nothing?
Soon, Klausa got the answer: Laura and Cecil, the two archaeologists, were not satisfied because they had met Elfrida and learned a lot of information about the dark elves and the past of the Brunnia continent.
They all felt that there might be something else in this temple. They searched and observed very carefully, fearing that they would miss any clues.
Tony was also observing everywhere, using the various detection devices on his armor to look for any possible information.
Steve was always on guard, guarding against invasions from other planes.
David was discussing the retreat with Jaina: “Can your teleportation spell be used normally?”
“If the distance is too far, it won’t work. Short-distance teleportation is no problem.”
Jaina had been in Winter Town for such a long time, and had been concentrating on studying how to release magic “normally” in this world. So far, the results are good.
“The distance from this stone wall to the gate of the ruins is not far. I can directly teleport everyone outside the ruins.”
When they came in, there was a straight passage, which allowed Jaina to make very accurate judgments. In addition, there were no magical devices that interfered with teleportation around, so she could easily send everyone here out.
In fact, when the situation was particularly dangerous, Jaina could teleport everyone present back to Winter Town.
Hearing Jaina say this, David suddenly thought that his town seemed to have not yet built a device to defend against teleportation magic, and it seemed that this matter had to be put on the agenda.
“Quel’Thalas, Dalaran, and Kamar-Taj should all have similar technology and knowledge, right?”
The defense technology of Quel’Thalas is difficult to obtain, but Jaina and Steve should be able to help me set up defense facilities in the style of Dalaran and Kamar-Taj.
In addition to teleportation in this plane, Kamar-Taj’s defense magic can also defend against invasions from other worlds…
“Will they block our own people as well?”
David, who had determined the retreat route with Jaina, stood next to Enid with Steve. The two men sandwiched the dark elf in the middle, leaving Enid with a lot of questions.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, just to prevent the goddess of night from doing things secretly again.”
David and Steve both felt that among all the people present, Enid’s situation was the most dangerous.
These so-called gods should not be able to “go down” in person. These gods must choose a person or race on the continent of Brunnia as their agent.
Although David cannot ensure that his guess is correct, it is better to take some precautions in advance than to do nothing and end up in trouble.
“Do you think it’s a bad thing if I become a priest of the Goddess of Night?” Enid didn’t have much respect or admiration for the Goddess of Night, and she didn’t have any special ideas about becoming a priest.
This also means that she doesn’t care if she becomes a priest, but looking at the two people beside her, it seems that becoming a priest is a bad thing?
“Signing a contract with such a powerful being, many things are not decided by you.” Steve explained briefly that becoming a subordinate of these powerful beings may force you to do something you don’t want to do.
“For example?”
“For example, your goddess orders you to go back and lead the dark elves and regain the ruling power of the Brunnia continent!” David looked around. Laura and Cecil have not gained anything so far. It seems that there should be no more useful things here.
“Oh!” Enid nodded. This kind of thing is really possible.
According to Elfrida, the dark elves became the masters of the Brunnia continent under the protection of the Goddess of Night.
But this kind of thing is not a bad thing for the dark elves, right?
Enid was also not very good at hiding her thoughts. David saw through the dark elf’s thoughts at a glance: “That may not be a bad thing for the dark elves, but it is definitely not a good thing for me.”
The worst thing about a powerful empire blessed by gods is that the other party can directly threaten Winter Town by water.
David doesn’t want this to happen.
“Uh…”
Enid looked at David, and she also understood that David and Steve were not protecting themselves so much as protecting “themselves”.
She pouted, but didn’t say anything in the end. In fact, she didn’t want to “lead” the Eternal Night Empire to dominate the continent.
In comparison, she would rather do something she likes to do happily, such as buying some beautiful clothes, going on adventures with her brother, and experiencing all kinds of customs.
Her dream is very simple. The dream of leading her people to dominate the continent should be left to the dark elves who are more ambitious!
(End of this chapter)