Chapter 685: Are You Messing With Me?

Hilia wanted it, so of course, Rose gave it to her.

Now the predicament Hilia faces is that the Elf King has decided not to let her, this ‘elf blessed by the Gods,’ leave the Holy Tree where he can have control over her.

Of course, there’s another latent predicament, which is that her identity could be exposed at any moment.

If the Elf King takes time to follow clues to investigate her identity, as it stands, Hilia feels the probability of exposure is quite high.

Putting everything else aside, Phil here, is guaranteed to expose her.

Currently, whether it’s Hilia or Elina, they only have the level of Tier Four.

This level of power is a backbone against the Beast Tide, but the Elf Race doesn’t lack two Tier Four Mages.

Even though the Beast Tide has reached the outside of the Royal City, the Elf King is determined not to let these two ‘lucky ones’ leave the Holy Tree; he sends other mages to combat the Beast Tide.

Clearly, the Elf King knows Hilia’s plan.

Previously, Elina made a run for it once, which has made him vigilant, and he won’t let go under any circumstances.

In this situation, unless something important arises that specifically requires Hilia or Elina to step in, forcing him to let them leave, the Elf King is unlikely to let these two leave.

Phil also counts as collateral damage and is courteously ‘invited’ inside the Holy Tree, not allowed to leave.

“There are many ways to leave; since you’ve sought my help, why are you still thinking about doing it yourself?”

Rose looked at Hilia with amusement.

While seeking help, Hilia wished that because of the Beast Tide problem, the Elf King would have no choice but to ‘request’ their intervention, rather than Rose directly sending them away.

Since Hilia wants to do it this way, let’s go along with her idea.

“I… I don’t know either.”

Hilia opened her mouth for a long time and finally lowered her head, somewhat embarrassed.

Rose found it rather amusing.

“Isn’t it just hoping the Elf Royal Court fails to resolve so you can step in and solve it? This kind of small matter usually doesn’t require me to act.”

“Hehehe…”

Hilia was a bit embarrassed, having her mind read, and lowered her head.

Rose said, “If it’s just the Elf Race alone, given the current situation, it’s probably difficult to withstand, but they have external aid.”

“From the Phoenix Kingdom?”

“Yes, this Phoenix seems quite interesting. If there’s a chance in the future, I’d like to visit their territory.”

“Hmm…”

Phoenix is not particularly friendly to Ista.

Hilia feels that right now she wouldn’t be able to leave the Phoenix Kingdom safely.

“With the help of Phoenix, the Elf Race should have no difficulty resisting the Beast Tide…”

Hilia was somewhat disappointed.

Rose chuckled, “So, generally speaking, but if the Beast Tide becomes more intense, there would be no way out, since Phoenix only sent a few people to help, not a large army.”

“So… what does Lord Rose plan to do?”

“Just speed up the release of demons a bit; yes, only accelerate the release of demons on the Elf Royal City’s side.”

Boom!

Just as Hilia was about to say something, she suddenly felt the ground shake.

A loud roar came from the distance, causing her to pause and move to the edge of the Holy Tree to look afar.

A blaze of fire soared from the ground.

“That’s the Elf Royal Court’s prized weapon, the forbidden magic cannon,” Elina’s voice came from beside her.

Hilia looked over, Elina also turned her head, worry written all over her face.

“This magic cannon is called Apophis, and among the Elf Race, it symbolizes chaos and destruction. If this cannon is used…”

“It would lead to the attack capabilities of demons further increasing,” Hilia added.

Although Elina meant that the use of a forbidden-grade weapon indicates a very critical situation.

But after using it, things won’t get better; rather, it will worsen.

“Is this also part of Lord Rose’s plan?” Hilia’s eyes flickered with curiosity.

“Not really, I haven’t even started yet,” Rose shook his head, “Looks like I won’t need to act; the Elf Race’s approach will soon cause demons to further strengthen.”

“Is this strengthening overall or local? If it’s overall…”

Hilia couldn’t help but be a bit worried.

“Slowly from local to overall.”

“Then what about other places…”

Does the Elf Race not know that using large-scale weapons also leads to demons’ attack abilities further increasing?

No, they all know, but using this thing suggests the situation is really bad.

If the Elf Race gets annihilated…

Hilia couldn’t help but feel terrified.

Just then, Phil’s puzzled voice came to her ears, “Why is the Royal Court’s resistance so weak? From the beginning until now, they don’t seem like what a strong army should be. If it were… another empire, they wouldn’t have let the Beast Tide develop this far, would they?”

Hilia shook her head, “This Beast Tide complements the previous Pollution Wave. Without the setup and accumulation of the Pollution Wave, the strength of the Beast Tide wouldn’t be at this level. Even if the Holy Court faced it, it would be very tricky.”

“Hmph, the Holy Court, if it were the Holy Court, I bet Huijin City would have already fallen,” Candia’s disdainful voice came to her ear.

Hilia just glanced at her and said nothing.

If it were Phoenix Kingdom people speaking, perhaps she’d react, but the Elf Race…

Candia didn’t join the battle; as a guard, she ‘protected’ Hilia and Elina, waiting for the defensive battle to end.

The Elf Royal City’s array is already fully powered, very stable, with no cracks appearing.

The demons outside don’t have the conditions to break through the city’s array, but how long the array can be maintained is still unknown.

“Looking at the situation, could the Elf Race face extinction?” Phil worriedly said.

“What are you saying? The Beast Tide at this level is hardly life-threatening. If you’ve seen the Era of Calamity, you’d know disasters at this level are just child’s play,” Candia said indifferently.

The Elf Race lives longer than humans, so many elves might have survived from the Era of Calamity.

Hilia looked at Candia and couldn’t help but ask, “Is Elder Candia a survivor from the Era of Calamity?”

Candia’s expression was calm, “Of course.”

“Could you tell me something about the Era of Calamity?” Hilia quickly asked.

“The Era of Calamity, it was an era best forgotten…”

Candia fell into recollection and slowly recounted.

But after listening for a long time, Hilia found that she spoke of nothing different from what’s described in the books, all about pollution and demons ravaging the world, diseases, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and various disasters everywhere, along with mutated mages, lurking mutated mages, and so on, all causing chaos on the Starfall Continent.

These are all described in books, sounding terrifying but lacking reality.

Hilia had to interrupt Candia’s words, “Does Elder Candia know how the Era of Calamity eventually ended? Is it the same as what is written in the books?”

“Broadly similar, but of course, different in some details.”

“Like what?”

Candia didn’t go on, just said, “Miss Xi should go back to rest. If Miss Xi is curious about the Era of Calamity, there will be plenty of time in the future.”

You…

Are you playing with me?