Chapter 279 [Bonus chapter] Greater Demon (2/2)

"Alright, Chrysa, here's e're going to do" Aldrich pointed doay froe Countless houses,blue and white leaves, withered and wilted under blazing fire

Elves, tall and fair skinned with their signature pointed ears and leaf-knit robes, shaht red Vs scorched into their foreheads

They were all [Possessed], a negative status effect that dee them in both body and soul Demons were inherently parasitic creatures, and nowhere was this quality more obvious than in possession

Possession prepped beings to host deht hosts because of how unstable they were in the real a Flame Arc to manifest However, if they could incarnate into a proper host, taking the native body over, they could stay around as long as they wanted

However, if nothing had changed in the quest, none of the elves were fully possessed,them They were basically just zombies, nerfed, mindless versions of who they once were

Several demons, at least three dozen Grinners and a hundred plus imps, crawled about

"Do we save the to the elves

"No" Aldrich said this without a hint of hesitation There was no point saving the elves Not only were they already basically dead, their souls rotted out fro to purify them with the [Solar Seal]

It was just not worth it, and he had a finite a on their own, either At best, he could store their graves in his bell for su to hear out what the elves had to say about the trial quest, but that was a lore related luxury he could not afford

"What we do is this" Aldrich pointed over to a particularly large cove of wood, isolated in its own space to mark its importance A collection of branches unfurled atop the cove like the candles on a chandelier, and at their tips, tongues of white fire flickered

A holy light e close, though there was a sort of hazy dark veil that made it clear a barrier prevented easy access into it

This was the Velis Temple One of the objectives Aldrich could clear

"We go there To that temple"

"There's a scary one in front of it" Chrysa gulped nervously

Indeed, there was a demon noticeably different froht in front of the circle of white light cast fro with a body that looked like a s If Aldrich had to try and describe it, it looked like sos spider

This deerous 'boss' like presence The mask that comprised its face set in a bored, neutral expression with thin blank white eyes that see asleep

That was a Greater Dehly around Aldrich's own level

"Nothing's scary if you're ready for it," said Aldrich "We're going to take that thing down"