249 Connected (2/2)

”And the ones that attacked us had dragon scales and dragon wings...”

”So Knucker has turned the demons into dragons and sent them after the temples?? Why??”

”... Why??? Wouldn't a better question be how??”

Ellie just shrugged, ”We are in a world where magic is a real thing... Nothing surprises me anymore... Heck... Your main power is the ability to transform things!”

”Eh... Fair point...” Evlin admitted, ”I don't know what this guy wants but I know he wants us out of the picture... You remember what Hana said, right?”

”That Knucker is afraid of us, for some reason?”

”Exactly... And when people are afraid... They can be very dangerous...” Evlin commented while thinking about Mia and all the things she did to try to get away from her empty existence.

”So... I guess we really are going after him in the end...” Ellie noticed.

”... ... ... No...”

”What!?”

”Nothing changed, Ellie... This is still too dangerous for you to deal with... I'll go after Knucker and face him... You just need to stay out of danger!”

”But... But... I can fight!! You know I can! You saw me facing Mia!”

”And I also saw you almost destroying your body doing so...”

”But I got the hang of it now! I can control my power and stop it from breaking my body!!”

”...”

”Aunt Evie!!”

”...”

”Please!! You need to trust me!! I can do this!! If we work together, there is no dragon we can't beat!!” Ellie stated while raising her fist and trying to show an expression of victory.

Evlin however could not wrap her head around it. It didn't matter if Ellie defeated a demon, a dragon, or a god. To her, she was still just her niece, and the idea of putting her in danger was something that was just too hard to stomach.

If anything, Evlin wished she could just send her back home right now, but with the gods gone, they all were stuck in this world.

If Evlin wanted to return her niece back home safely, she would need to get the gods back, and for that, she would need to take down the demon sins, and probably Knucker as well.

She began to find it amazing how one guy she never met could cause so many problems in her life. The closest thing she ever had to that was her father after he left her family when she was just a kid.

”Look... We can talk about this later... Just promise me you won't try to do something crazy like going after him on your own...”

Ellie shivered as her aunt reminded her of the time she tried to fight Mia by herself.

”I... I promise...”

”Good! Our top priority right now is to get reunited... Once I'm up, I'll ask Ria to teleport us to wherever it is that you are...”

”And I'll find out where we are and send the location to you...” Ellie replied with a low spirit. She felt less like she was making a battle strategy with her aunt and more like she was calling her mother to pick her up from school. She wanted to face the enemy, not run away from it.

But she had already learned that there were times where running was the best option. She didn't run from Mia and ended up losing her aunt. She didn't run from Flora and lost her hand.

She was reaching a point where losing anything else would be just too much for her to handle. She needed to start playing smart, and that meant putting more faith in her aunt, and believing her aunt would put more faith in her when the time was right.

”Ok aunt Evie... I'll stay put and wait for you...” Ellie finally replied.

”Good girl... Now let's just wait until you wake up so we can get out of here...” Evlin commented while hugging her shoulder.

Ellie noticed her expression, ”do you not like this place...?”

”Too many memories...” Evlin whispered, ”bad memories...”

Being challenged by Xadi, being threatened by Marcus, being imprisoned in her sleep while her sister had her body possessed by a dryad, all the time she spent with Mia. Being surrounded by the lost souls, and getting dragged to the dark void by her own energies. The more she thought about it, the only time Evlin ever had a happy memory in the white void was when she met Marceus, and that was right before he died. This place was basically a gateway for bad experiences.

Ellie then gave her another hug, ”don't worry... I'm here!”

Evlin did not say anything and just hugged her back.

The two stayed there for a little longer keeping each other company until they finally started to vanish, showing that Ellie was finally about to wake up in the real world.

”Good luck... Mirror mage!” Evlin whispered.

Ellie smiled, ”You too! Crossbow mage!”