Volume 15 - Chapter 2 Part 3 (1/2)
About one hour after shi+n and Yuzuha returned to the residence, they were talking with shi+baid when they hear a loud bang
“Tiera and the others are back”
“In a foul s to report”
The bang they had heard was the sound of the doors being thrown open
“Yuzuha, let’s talk about what you said before when this business is taken care of With Filma and the others too”
Yuzuha had avoided ood to hide it Some ain when everyone was gathered shi+baid nodded to shi+n’s proposal, as Tiera and Schnee approached their rooitated than usual
“Welcouess?”
Tiera’s foulback her anger
“Oh yes, exactly! For heaven’s sake! “Mere humans cannot be trusted”, they say! You’re the ones who don’t deserve any trust!! Making Lymliss work so hard while you sit back!!”
Since she was surrounded by shi+n and coer out She had never shown such seething rage
“Okay, okay, calm do Even if I aht away, isn’t it?”
“That’s true too, but…they never evenyou” or “there can’t be so irritated just thinking about it!!”
According to Tiera, the area around a World Tree was a sacred place for elves, where other races were not allowed to enter The current situation, however, was an eency Even with Tiera here, all they could do was stall the contamination
Tiera tried to persuade thes like that, but they found it doubtful that shi+n was really knowledgeable about the World Tree
“I get why it ry, but it’s pretty normal for the a human would normally learn about”
“That’s! That’s true, but…”
“I guess we should have thee could respond, reply correctly and go on from there If they ask where I’ve learned it froh Elf”
If that didn’t work, the only way left was to sneak in Lanapacea was Tiera’s hometown and housed the World Tree, an existence vital for the whole world, so shi+n wanted to avoid trouble asas the World Tree problem was taken care of, no htail it out of there, or so shi+n thought If they could, of course
“It would be easy if they were convinced like that”
“Did you reveal Schnee’s name, by the way? With her support, they have to be more careful with their words, no?”
“We did, but this was the result Without uess”
“That’s…”
Were they being extreravity of the situation, or were they simply distrustful of other species? Based on the information he had, shi+n leaned towards the latter option If it wasn’t for the World Tree, he would definitely steer clear
“Well, regardless of whether they trust us or not, e have to do doesn’t change Let’s startpreparations”
“You haven’t checked the World Tree yet, how can we prepare?”
“For starters, I’ll prepare the countermeasures to the syive energy to the World Tree, the ic circle 『Eraser EX』 to reinforce its purification abilities, then the e caused by impurity With these three, it should becoah to create sufficient effects Using all three should be enough to resurrect withering World Trees They should work in this world too, so shi+n decided to use them all without reserve
“Healer, Eraser, Eet about the names…I didn’t choose them, just so that we’re clear I haven’t used them in this world yet, so I’m not sure how effective they will be, but they should work as intended”
shi+n looked through his ite their events He had 2 Healer EX, 2 Empower EX and 1 Eraser EX
Healer EX was used by planting the nutrient case into the ground
Eraser EX, a ic circle sticker, was to be applied directly to the trunk
Eic crystal to be buried near the roots
“I should craft soht have different effects than the ones created in the game era shi+n decided to make some more, just in case
Eraser EX and Empower EX had simple production processes, the foric circle and the latter to attach a certain enchantment, but the liquid Healer EX needed a bit more work
“If you want to arden, but it’ll stand out”
“No, they’re pretty simple to make, I don’t need Tsuki no Hokora for these”
shi+n lass bottles from the item box One of theolden liquid
“Hey, shi+n That silver liquid…is that World Tree sap…?”
“Oh, you noticed? As expected of a World Tree priestess This golden liquid is elixir, these fragments are orichalcum and scarletite minerals They’re s I’ll also use a ic steel alloy I created for Healer EX”
“Wait…you’re going to use materials from a World Tree to heal it? Isn’t that weird?”
Tiera stopped shi+n as he was listing the ingredients She found it bizarre to use materials from the World Tree to cure it
“On the contrary, they’re necessary The sap allows the World Tree to more easily absorb the medicine Normally you would first use medicine without it, heal the tree to a point, then make medicine with it If possible, I’d like to use the sap from the sick World Tree, so acquire solass bottle in card form to Tiera He had some items in stock from past events, so he would use theold and silver with skill and dropped the fragreen color The container changed too, transfor
“And it’s done We just need to plant it in the soil near the tree”
It looked just like a plant nutrient vial for hoer than norround, so there was no need to do anything after setting it
“Then, the other two…one, two, three…done”
Without the slightest bit of tension, shi+n created the other iteave therateful, but you make it all seem so simple…well, as expected of shi+n”
“What do you htly poked Tiera for her ungrateful remark, then explained in detail how to use the items He would be more than happy to be able to avoid the elves’ inspection
“Okay, duly noted I doubt they will allow you in the holy area anytime soon, so I’ll test these first”
“Please do Honestly, I hope they’ll be enough to close the case”
That way, there would be no need to go through all the trouble to enter the elves’ holy land As long as the World Tree problem was solved, there was no need to worry about appearances Even if the clan head was up to no good showed up, they just needed to give hi Any trouble that followed could be left to the next head, Orlean, to handle
“By the way, do you and Lyo purify the World Tree at fixed hours?”
“We do it twice a day now, once in the y to purify it, so we can’t do it many times a day It takes less of a toll on er now, so I can still move after, but there’s Lymliss too, so…”
Tiera added that this pace was very close to Lymliss’ limits
“Her purification powers aren’t weak at all, the iether, the burden on her should be a lot lighter As I said before, when I arrived I found her in a state that…it would have been lethal for her to continue”
The ability to purify hailed froy was not lier towards the Luderia was that they forced Ly the World Tree despite her state
“I know that only priestesses have the ability to purify, but isn’t there anyone that can provide support? Just using 【Heal】 or 【Cure】 on the priestess would help a lot, I think”
“There’s no one like that, unfortunately There are 2 guards, for whatever reason Priestesses don’t useclose to life force You know, I tried using 【analyze】 on Lyht? They hadn’t decreased much Well, they were a little less than the max value, but in spite of that she was really spent I tried it on myself too, and they hadn’t decreased much either”
Skills like 【Heal】 or 【Cure】 could not restore the energy spent for purification
“HP is supposed to stand for life force, but I’m not sure what they actually are either Hic power, huh…we can’t use MP transfer skills in case of eencies, then”
“You can do that? But yes, we couldn’t drink ethers while purifying anyway”
To purify while doing other things -even just drinking a bit of a potion- would be very difficult
“It’s not in the list, but it’s probably a skill or so It’s a sacred activity, so if it could be done easily it would take away a lot frouess…”
As skills were based on patterns, shi+n thought that the sae if there were conditions for its activation
“Anyway, I did everything I can at the moment”
“We have to wait for the Luderia to contact us or until the next purification We could also h…”
“Conceal ourselves and sneak in the Luderia house?”
shi+n replied to Schnee’s co tone, with the proposal that had come up several ti it could be worth it They could e to learn what the Luderia clan head was actually up to
“Shall we?”
“…no, let’s wait until the next purification Wespotted, but they are the World Tree caretakers Theythe powers of the World Tree If intruders were detected the same day visitors caht away and Tiera’s standing would get worse Let’s give it some time”
The World Tree still had many unknowns even for shi+n It would be harder to move freely if they were distrusted any further, so they decided to wait That was also the reason why he had not followed Orlean into his residence
“So, we should gather inforht Inforht find out so about the Luderia or the Lulac By the hile you tere away, elves from the Lulac and Luderia came here I followed the was right, so shi+n told Schnee and the rest about what he heard from Orlean and Herald
“That Orlean is the elf that proposed to s were like that…well, now that I think about it, to propose the moment he met me, after all these years, was quite bizarre”
“He wanted you at his side to protect you, I suppose What shi+n heard isn’t enough to explain it, however Based on how they talked, whoever was following them in secret must have been sent by the clan head”
shi+n had suspected as much The two elves knew they were followed, so they pretended to fight as they talked If they were quarrelling, it wouldn’t be strange for theo in the same direction at the same pace If shi+n hadn’t heard their whispered conversation, he too would have thought that they were too invested in their fight and lost sight of the surroundings
“It ht not be able to find by h…what about shi+baid?”
“As Tiera’s coe a mundane conversation with them, but I doubt we could delve deeper”
Schnee could probably have an easier tih elves and elves looked practically the sanil, it wouldn’t be easy though
“There’sInsider inforht now”
shi+n and Schnee could investigate the the watched, they wouldn’t be found
“I can help with infor to resurrect the Lucent clan will talk even without …”
“Isn’t that a really iht?”
“That’s right, but only the elders and people of high rank know the really is I heard that they’re even more secretive since I returned The forned important tasks, anyway”
Either they didn’t trust the Lucent retainers or simply trusted no one outside their own clan The former was more likely, as they suspected they could be spies They were already leaking inforiti information, then”
“In theof concealing his presence and going into town to eavesdrop…gather inforht
“What’s wrong?”
“I received a e The sender is…Lilishi+la?”
shi+n wondered for a moment who that was, then recalled the elf cleric who helped the the Holy Woman rescue She was the one who told shi+n what it meant for an elf to forender and another species
“Is it soent?”
“Just one moment… well…”
shi+n replied to shi+baid, then scanned the irl that was found iained consciousness It also said that she had to return to Lanapacea
“Could it be that the girl is the s behind the cardinal were the demons: the Lanapacea priestess was also said to have been kidnapped by demons
The elf also said that she had to return to Lanapacea, so she was very likely the kidnapped Lulac priestess
“That girl…she was born after I was gone, so it’s no wonder I didn’t recognize her”
“You can’t tell if another elf is a priestess like you?”
“Some can, but not me She was corrupted by miasma at the time, so I doubt I would have noticed even if I had that talent”
Being able to tell if others had the same power apparently depended froirl is really a priestess, then…I know it sounds strange to say this, but how can she be still alive? While they attacked me with that crazed look in their eyes…”
Tiera was probably recalling the two demons they had battled at the Suht about it too
It was true that as soon as they perceived Tiera’s powers, they ignored shi+n and others to target her In that case, they would not have kidnapped the priestess, but killed her on the spot
“It could be that when they kidnapped her they could seal her powers, or she was so weak they could not feel them I do not knoho kidnapped her, but, if it was by deerous Even a priestess could not defend against a demon by herself If she was kept alive, it has to be because they had so planned”
Even if the priestess was escorted, depending on the deth on Schnee or shi+baid’s level was needed to put up a fight shi+n agreed that it was pretty much impossible for someone fro her back, the better But if they ask hoe brought her back, we can’t answer”
Lilishi+la and the elf girl are in Pal Tsuki no Hokora, they could use a teleport crystal to bring her there instantly shi+n had prepared some for situations when Tsuki no Hokora was problematic to use -like now- or when they physically couldn’t istered the current location, it was easy to go back and forth froroup, just arrived in Lanapacea, showed up with the kidnapped priestess out of nowhere, a huge scandal would definitely erupt If they arrived together they could say they escorted her there, but shi+n and Schnee had entered the village by theirl had come from
“The people here know of crystals with teleportation enchantments We could say that she eakened and we left her so to teleport her later, what do you think? Knowing how ie to use a precious teleport crystal for one, I think”
shi+n nodded in agreement to Schnee’s proposal If they were questioned as to why they hadn’t mentioned it in the first place, they could say that they were concerned they wouldn’t be trusted The fact that Schnee was together with shi+n also contributed to the credibility of the story
“What incredible tih…”
shi+n recalled what Yuzuha said Thinking that this event ht have been caused by the power inside hi was perfect for the on your mind?”
“Kind of I’ll tell everyone once this is over, Filma and Sety included”
shi+n said he wanted to prioritize the priestess With 3 priestesses, the purification of the World Tree ather inforo ask about the purification”
“Okay, see you later”