442 Chapter 440 (1/2)
”Yes, as you can imagine, they are physically stronger than humans, and they also have enough to use buffs and increase their status even further,” Ilyana explained. ”Annihilating them in order to prevent other attacks is impossible, but if you find a way to restore your mana in the middle of the battle, I think you can stop them before humans suffer any casualties.”
Leon didn't know if that was good or bad news. Although he got stronger in the previous months, he still was far from having enough power to stop an entire civilization.
”If you want to, I can send my elementals to give a hand,” Ilyana explained. ”I could also go, but that would make it more complicated for humans.”
”Why?” Leon frowned.
”I'm not the only one who is hunting,” Ilyana explained. ”Some harvesters are hunting me too. I cast a spell on this world that prevents my presence from being noticed, but the same thing won't happen on that planet. In the end, my actions will make your friends become targets of even more harvesters.”
”If you sent the elementals, won't be the same thing as revealing that?” Leon asked. ”No, I learned that skill when I came to this planet. You are the only one who knows that I can create them.”
That would be disastrous, but Leon didn't want to ask for Ilyana's help, anyway. He didn't even want to rely on her elementals. In the end, that was also an opportunity to make everyone change their ways. Although the humans of that hidden city lived a peaceful life, they would never have true peace unless they obtain the power to protect themselves even from harvesters.
In the end, Leon felt quite troubled. He wanted to make his family and friends recover their fighting spirit, but he didn't want to risk their lives. Saving them would only prevent his own feeling of loss... it wouldn't solve the problem.
”What is the demi-minotaurs goal?” Leon asked.
”They probably noticed that things would only get harder from now on, so they decided to fight another species that probably won't survive the next stage of assimilation,” Ilyana explained. ”All in all, they are hunting sentient races that had big numbers but aren't a real threat for them. They will use them to grow stronger and increase the chances of survival.”
Although that was quite a selfish way to act since it would cause the doom of at least one-third of the human race, Leon couldn't complain. He decimated two alien races, after all.
”How many demi-minotaurs appeared on that planet?” Leon asked.
”I'm not sure... I just heard them, after all.” Ilyana shrugged. ”But they have around two hundred thousand soldiers... the people living that in that city equals four hundred thousand, but only fifty thousand of them can face a demi-minotaur and survive.”