Chapter 703 - 701: Envisioning the Future

The massive life energy was like a vast ocean, stirring up waves, while Hilia was a lone boat amidst the tides, constantly on the brink of being submerged under the stormy impact.

Hilia gritted her teeth and struggled to endure, curling up into a ball, her hands clutching her head, striving to fight against the torrent-like impact.

She didn’t know how much time had passed, but Hilia felt the sense of being fiercely struck rapidly dissipate when a beam of light hit her.

She lifted her head and saw Rose’s figure slowly descending, glaring at her irritably: "Why did you bother her for no reason?"

Hilia lowered her head and dared not speak.

After a while, she stammered, "Th... thank you."

Rose nodded with a smile: "Not bad, you know how to say thank you, but even if I hadn’t intervened, you could withstand it in three more days."

"Th... three days..."

Wouldn’t I die!

Hilia was like a little girl who had done something wrong, bowing her head, playing with the corner of her clothes.

Rose said, "That little elf is now in a special state. The divine relic she obtained has lost its connection to Haroldias and is trying to call through her, so now she is filled with the power from the relic.

"By recklessly using spiritual power to enter her body, the relic mistook you for Haroldias. Although it later determined you weren’t and severed the connection, the flood of life energy that rushed in was enough to overwhelm you."

As he spoke, Rose paused, chuckling: "But you are blessed by misfortune, the abundant life element brought by the divine relic greatly elevated your affinity for the life faction. Now, the intensity of magic you wield in the life faction is second only to the ice element, greater than the sacred faction."

Hilia was stunned for a moment, blinking: "I didn’t know element affinity could be improved? I always thought it was inherently fixed..."

"Human domains are naturally fixed, but in the realm of gods, nothing is impossible. Although, generally, specializing in one faction is better."

"Of course!" Hilia nodded.

She now only learned the few commonly used light magic spells, basically not studying any others.

As for other factions, she only learned those that needed to be paired with ice element to form combination techniques, not learning others.

Life magic was only taught to the magic puppet which she directly used.

Rose pondered Hilia’s current situation, suddenly smiling: "Magic puppet development is still worthwhile. When magic puppets can break through element and faction restrictions, the whole world will usher in transformation."

"Impossible..."

Actually, magic puppets could use magic from other factions apart from their own elements, but the power was just...

Hilia knew what Rose meant.

"No, there’s possibility."

Rose imagined the future development of magic puppets, suddenly feeling it promising.

"Magic puppet technology can also be applied to other domains, in production and exploration, very promising indeed, hmm..."

Seeing Rose slowly fall into contemplation, Hilia thought for a moment and left the spiritual space.

The life element impact earlier took place in her spiritual space.

Now, the tide receded, the spiritual space returning to its original appearance.

Returning to reality, Hilia opened her eyes, feeling some moisture on her face.

She reached up to touch, discovering a towel was covering her forehead.

Hilia found herself lying beside Lana, with Nara by the bedside, looking worried.

Seeing her awaken, Nara exclaimed in joy, "Sister Xi, you’re finally awake, thank goodness!"

"I... how long did I sleep?"

Hilia sat up, inquiring as she stretched her body.

She felt completely sore and limp, as if she had worked for a whole day.

"An hour, I’ve already called a priest for Sister Xi, but the priest hasn’t arrived yet for some reason."

"Hmm? Priest? Elf priest or human priest?"

"A priest from the royal court! Sister Lana is affiliated with the royal court patrol team and seemed to have upgraded last time, can call a royal court priest now!"

"Royal court?"

Hilia quickly jumped down, "Tell them to go back, I’m fine. Wait, when you told them did you mention my name?"

"No, Sister Xi is famous now, saying you fainted at my place would be unbelievable. I said it was my sister."

"That’s good." Hilia breathed a sigh of relief.

For ’Xi’, the royal city was akin to a tiger’s den, if the royal court knew she was here, they might quickly send people to capture her.

Fortunately, thankfully.

Hilia said, "Tell them to return, I’m fine now. Earlier, I was just checking your sister Lana’s body, that’s why it happened, but it’s alright now."

"Really?"

Nara’s little eyes were filled with doubt, yet she nodded, concernedly asking, "How is Sister Lana’s condition?"

"Her condition..."

Hilia looked towards Lana.

Rose’s voice resonated in her mind: "Her condition doesn’t need worrying, the relic was given to her by Haroldias, it won’t be long before it calms down, then she’ll fully grasp the relic, hmm... a few hours should be enough."

"That’s good."

Hilia breathed a small sigh of relief, afterward saying to Nara, "Rest assured, there’s no problem with Lana, she’ll wake up soon."

Hilia stroked Nara’s head with a faint smile, "Little Nara must train well, you’ll surely become a renowned great mage in the future."

Nara shook her head, "Nara is not small now, already forty, in ten years will be an adult!"

Hilia’s hand paused.

Almost forgot, the Elf race had an average lifespan five times that of humans, their adulthood comes much later than humans.

Thus neither Lana nor Nara, their age was much greater than hers...

Hilia’s cheeks blushing slightly.

Luckily, now she’s in an Elf identity.

She felt too embarrassed to stay here any longer.

Hilia quickly found an excuse and slipped away.

Not long after her departure, Lana slowly woke up.

She blinked, looking at Nara beside her, murmuring: "Nara, how long did I... sleep?"

"A long time... but Sister Xi came just now, she healed you!"

"Xi?"

Lana, taken aback, instantly recalled her previous encounter with Hilia, back then, she merely showed a tiny kindness but received Hilia’s eager assistance, helping her bear the initial pressure from the pollution source until Elina arrived.

—Although their arrival was ultimately pointless.

After that, Xi gradually entered the public eye, yet this time, it was in the role of an elf savior. At this point, Lana found herself separated from her by a thick barrier.

Originally thought they’d never intersect again, but unexpectedly...

Lana’s gaze shifted, suddenly noticing a splash of emerald green on the headboard.

That was—

Her Forest Leaf.