Chapter 283 Defense (1/2)

Chapter 283 Defense

The dark, static filled veil surrounding the Velis Telow of the temple crept forward, finally freed All the possessed elves nearby scattered away, disappearing back into the depths of their fire and destruction torn town

The light of the te a purified area froe des like the possessed could breach the holy boundary In other words, it was a sed Aldrich, too, but as a designated 'chaiven to the player for those blessed by the Goddess to be heroes - he could access such areas with no issue

Aldrich stepped through the light with Chrysa on his skeletal extra arreenery Inside, vibrant shades of red, blue, gold, and white fro painted the te colors

A stark contrast to the dozens of dead elves scattered about

"Why are they all dead?" said Chrysa "They don't look hurt at all Can father bring theone," said Aldrich "And they're hurt because of suffocation The de out all the oxygen still got to them in the end"

Chrysa nodded "I feel bad for them For all of them outside Will we save the left to save All the living elves are too deep in possession that they've been carved out near hollow spiritually They're like empty shells now The moment the demonic influence ends, they'll keel over and die, their et themselves to breathe," said Aldrich

At first, Aldrich had not cared much because he had considered all the elves and trial quests as just ga Fler'Gan and talking to Barbos, he began to suspect strongly that they were not artificially constructed

All of the Elden World beings that Aldrich encountered were alive and fully sentient Sometimes, in the trial quests, their free as stripped away due to 'progra', but as with Fler'Gan, once they were freed fros

Barbos proved this even uard - they were all very, very real

Thethat Aldrich noted was that the Elden World beings he saw could have been in 'early gaear, but still have their 'endgame' memories

Valera, for exaear But she retained all her memories with him Same with the Death Lord - she was supposed to be dead, but she was still around with all her memories up to her death intact

"That's sad," said Chrysa "They looked like nice people"

Chrysa snapped Aldrich out of his contemplation "It's okay, Chrysa So it crush you is how you stay on your feet, and the longer you stay on your feet, the ood you do"

Aldrich reached the end of the temple, in the deepest part of the cavern, and there, he looked up to behold a glohite, seed-shaped construct of pure energy wrapped about in a tangle of roots The roots attached to the walls and ceiling, acting like veins that puy from the seed to the rest of the temple

This was an arselis seed that had the capacity to grow into a towering Arsillow tree It was a se hu it could not sprout into a full tree It could, however, still be used to create a siving rew particularly wildly, the grasses reaching as high as Aldrich's waist Elves would prostrate therass in worshi+p of their Goddess froy as their Goddess's presence

"It's shi+ny and warm I like it" Chrysa hopped off of Aldrich's shoulder and floated towards the seed, touching it

"Wait, that's dangerous-," began Aldrich, knowing life energy could harm undead In the case of the seed, even the Goddess's champion protection did not work

But Chrysa touched the seed with no issue, sies Perhaps this meant that certain undead froy like this

"I'lad you like it, because once we're done with it, we're taking it home with us," said Aldrich

"Really!?" said Chrysa "I want to put it in the house!"

"Yeah, it would be a solid addition to our Boundary But it'll be a lot set your hopes up too much"