Chapter 712 - Realm Fusion (12) (2/2)
“Your Highness, why would you say something so
pessimistic?” said Link. He was not at all surprised that the High Elf
Queen was able to foresee such an outcome. Every decision she had made in the
past had attested to her incredible foresight.
In order to avoid such an outcome, she had done everything in her
power to quell any signs of uprising from the other races on the continent. She
had managed to carry out her machinations without a hitch for the last 3000
years. It was not until the appearance of Link that her failures began to
multiply.
“As a leader, I have to consider all possible outcomes,”
said the High Elf Queen. She was now smiling her kind, motherly smile as she
looked at Link. She continued, “Theodore, you are a remarkable young man.
Your diligence, modesty, and
trustworthiness have stood out amid the decadence in the Isle of Dawn. You have
survived the Dark Elf Queen’s slaughter in the Black Forest, and just recently,
you managed to take down Saroviny and save the Isle of Dawn from certain
destruction. The World Tree was right to bless you with its power, it would seem.”
Link had been showered with so much praise ever
since he first appeared in Firuman, it was now beginning to wear on him. If he wanted to, he could
just take a stroll along the streets of Ferde, where he would immediately be
accosted by the city’s inhabitants and be forced to listen to their incessant
adulations.
His face remained expressionless. He quietly waited for the High
Elf Queen to continue.
Both of them had arrived at the feet of the tomb’s magical
statues. The High Elf Queen turned to Link and said, “Past these two
statues is the royal tomb. See this silver line on the ground?”
Link looked down and saw that a 4-inch-thick silver line had been
drawn between the feet of the two statues. Upon closer inspection, he realized
that the line was, in fact, a row of magical runes packed tightly together. He
could also feel mysterious magical energy
coming from it.
“A Sacred Blood Barrier?” asked Link.
“Yes,” replied the High Elf Queen, nodding. She had
stepped over the silver line. “The Sacred Blood Barrier represents the
pinnacle of High Elf innovation in the mystic arts. Don’t worry, it’s just a detection seal. The two statues will be activated if any non-High Elf intruder
crosses this silver line. Do come in, Theodore.”
Link, however, stood rooted to the ground. He looked at the High
Elf Queen and saw that she was still wearing the same warm smile as before.
However, as seconds passed, the warmth in her smile began to fade while the
look in her eyes grew cold.
“Theodore, what are you waiting for?” she asked.
The barrier’s magic was too complicated to be overcome by Link in
such short notice. Without thinking too much about it, he stepped over the silver
line.
He felt confident that he would be able to take on the two magical
statues if he were to trigger the Sacred Blood Barrier. He had finally
understood what the Firuman realm wanted.
However, the realm fusion process was not without its risks. If he wanted to
help Firuman achieve fusion with the Aragu realm, he would have to brace himself for
a few hiccups here and there.
When Link lifted a foot over the silver line, the runes in it
instantly turned red. Rays of red light shot out from the ground, threatening
to bring the two magical statues to life.
Suddenly, the High Elf Queen lifted her foot, which glowed with
the soft green light of her Nature Power
and set it down on the silver line.
Paccha… The sound of breaking glass resounded in the air. The red light
given off by the runes on the ground vanished in an instant. The two statues
remained standing inertly on both sides of the tomb’s entrance.
Link was now standing on the other side of the barrier. He had
successfully crossed the silver line on the ground.