Chapter 627 - 625: Hilia’s Recovery

Hilia witnessed all the fifth-level Withered Woods slowly dissipate, until the monitored Solais also vanished, breaking contact, and her attention finally returned to her own body.

The withering force had been completely purified, and she slowly unraveled the ice seal, appearing before everyone.

The numerous Holy Priests, who were still frantically thinking about how to solve the ice layer, noticed this scene and their spirits were instantly lifted.

"Miss Hilia, you finally woke up!"

"Thank goodness you woke up, otherwise I wouldn’t know how to explain to everyone back home."

"How are you? Is there anywhere uncomfortable?"

"Quick! Use the Healing Skill!"

"..."

The light of various healing magic spells appeared, enveloping Hilia.

Hilia sat up and moved her somewhat stiff body, sensing the glow of various Healing Skills covering her, and couldn’t help but chuckle: "I’m fine. It’s not a fatal injury, I’ve already recovered with rest until now. I appreciate your kindness, but please retract your magic spells, too many Healing Skills will cause a disruption in Magic Power."

Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly stopped the healing magic.

Then someone realized.

"Quick, quickly go call City Lord Mornis!"

So some people hurriedly ran out.

Hilia looked at the surrounding Holy Priests, it was as if she had returned to the human world rather than being in the territory of the Elf Race.

She couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head, preparing to get out of bed.

A female priest hastily reached out to help her.

"Thank you."

Hilia expressed her thanks.

Others advised: "Miss Hilia, you just woke up, it’s best not to move around, continue resting to heal better."

Hilia shook her head: "It’s okay, I’ve been frozen for so long, I need to move my body, thank you all for your concern, I’m really all right."

Though Rose told her not to worry, Hilia wouldn’t just sit idly by, foolishly lying down waiting for an assassin to come.

At the very least, she needed to move and then meditate to recover.

With the notification from others, Mornis quickly rushed over and was relieved to see Hilia standing up and moving.

"Miss Hilia, it’s good that you’re okay."

"I’m fine, thank you for your concern, Lord Mornis."

"You’ve just recovered, how about staying here to rest a bit longer? We’re currently acting against the Dark Elves, and only by comprehensively suppressing them can your next purification actions proceed better."

Hilia glanced at Mornis in surprise.

Could the City Lord of Watch City not know that the assassin came from the secret organization of the Elf Royal Court?

Rose chuckled: "How could he not know, but even if he does, so what? Are we going to confront the Royal Court? The assassin disguised as a Dark Elf, and now everyone is clamoring for them to be punished, so of course, he will go with public opinion."

"I see, I thought so. As the lord of a major city, there’s no way Mornis wouldn’t know the other party’s identity."

Hilia mentally grumbled a bit, but outwardly she nodded with a smile: "Thank you, Lord Mornis, but my purification actions will not be halted because of this. Dark Elves are indeed vile, but if I stop purifying because of fear, wouldn’t that just play into their wishes?"

"You mean to say, Miss Hilia..."

"Yes, tomorrow morning, I’ll be leaving to continue to the next city."

Hilia nodded, paused, then added: "By the way, I wonder if I could ask you, Lord Mornis, for a favor?"

"Please, go ahead."

"I wish to go out and reassure everyone concerned about me, to tell them that I won’t stop my purification actions because of this. I will continue, and I absolutely will not succumb to the Dark Elves."

Mornis blinked, and his eyes showed two extra degrees of respect.

At this moment, he was still unaware of what happened inside Withered Wood.

The matter of Withered Wood was only known to a few people, even several Elf Elders of the Royal Court were unaware.

Since Hilia requested, Mornis naturally would comply with her wishes.

By making this public, he too could take some credit, like how because of being in Watch City, Hilia received full treatment, which is why she was fine.

Incidentally, also tell everyone that the ’culprit’ is ’already dead.’

This incident wasn’t directed by the Dark Elves but came from the Withered Wood Organization of the Elf Royal Court, and Mornis doing so, the Royal Court wouldn’t say anything about it.

This was a method to restore the City Lord’s prestige.

Soon, the City Lord made preparations for Hilia and announced Hilia’s recovery.

At this moment, it was only two days since Hilia was assassinated.

Being healed in such a short time gave everyone a thrill.

A large crowd gathered again in the square, and upon seeing Hilia above the square, everyone showed enthusiasm and gratitude.

Hilia looked at everyone, gave a slight smile, and through a special sonic device, her voice was transmitted to everyone: "Thank you all for your concern, I have recovered, and Mr. Mornis has also traced the culprit’s whereabouts. According to the latest news, the culprit has been killed by someone dispatched by Mr. Mornis, so everyone can rest assured.

"In addition, you all may also be concerned about one thing, whether I will continue the purification task. Rest assured, I will keep moving forward until everyone is safe. I will not stop because of the obstruction of the Dark Elves, because that would show fear. I, Hilia, do not fear terrorists. I once was active on the front lines against heretics. The Dark Elves are not heretics, but to the Elf Race, they are no different from them. They try to block me, then I must continue on!"

"..."

The whole audience erupted in cheers.

The elves present might discriminate against foreign elves, dislike pureblood elves, but they would not discriminate against a strong figure from another country, who was also the legendary Holy Daughter blessed by the Gods.

Even if it wasn’t the Elf Forest, it was still an unattainable presence.

Would a common citizen of a big city discriminate against the richest CEO or famous doctor of another country?

Quite the opposite, Watch City is the most welcoming city for foreign travelers.

After Hilia brought them benefits and safety, they became even more fond of her.

Amidst the crowd’s cheers and attention, Hilia returned to her residence to rest.

The next day, she quietly left, only letting Mornis announce her departure after she had gone, temporarily not disclosing the next city to avoid ’Dark Elf’ assassinations.

Meanwhile, various places announced strikes against the Dark Elf organization.

Particularly those cities that hadn’t been blessed by Hilia yet worked even harder.

Simultaneously, the Elf Royal Court issued measures for pollution management and resistance methods.

However, at this moment, Hilia and the Dark Elves captured everyone’s attention.

The measures announced by the Elf Royal Court went unnoticed by anyone.

Of course, not including Hilia.

Hilia looked at the news delivered and smiled slightly.

"The Elf Race finally thought of a way to manage pollution, it wasn’t easy. Hmm, slightly better than the Northern Alliance."

"Not really, at least the Northern Alliance wasn’t arrogant when the crisis came and was willing to ask others for help."

"So... the Elf Race is actually worse than the Northern Alliance."