Chapter 516 - The Orcs and Demons Came
The Ice Fire Bomb glided above everyone’s heads, leaving a streak of red and white water vapor in its wake as it hurtled toward Ebenezer.
“Heh, little brat.” Ebenezer pursed his lips with disdain as one of his arms swung a mace toward the Ice Fire Bomb. Most of his attention was focused on Blour and the burly bear charging toward him. The bear that had sprung up out of nowhere was quite powerful, and was a 7th-tier magic caster just as Blour was. Ebenezer was the only 7th-tier being in his party, so he had to end the battle as quickly as possible before taking care of that old elf.
“Boom!”
The Ice Fire Bomb exploded upon making contact with the mace, and in the instant that ice and fire merged together, an enormous amount of power exploded forth, radiating outward in all directions.
Ebenezer initially hadn’t taken the attack very seriously, but his expression immediately changed upon seeing that. He instantly created two magic shields in front of himself, barely protecting himself from the red and white shock waves that way. Even so, the shields that he had materialized tremored violently as a result, and were almost destroyed.
How could this little brat be so powerful?! Ebenezer looked at the wand-wielding Amy with incredulity in his eyes. He had thought that she had merely unleashed a fireball spell that could be swept aside with ease, but who would have thought that the spell would be as powerful as one unleashed by a 4th-tier magic caster? If the spell were to strike him in a completely defenseless state, he wasn’t sure if even his robust scales could keep him unscathed.
If I capture this little brat, the Wind Forest should be willing to pay a super high price for her, right? A cold light flashed through Ebenezer’s eyes as that thought occurred to him. The Wind Forest would definitely be interested in a super prodigy like her. This was a massive business opportunity!
“Amy is so powerful!”
All of the customers were stunned by Amy’s amazing display. Many of them were initially quite skeptical about the news that she had defeated a 4th-tier magic caster. However, all of those suspicions had been wiped away upon seeing her in action.
A four-year-old 4th-tier magic caster; she was a prospect that could make the entire magic world go insane!
No!
The entire Norland Continent would go insane for her!
“Call for reinforcements.” Ebenezer turned to the orc beside him with a grim expression. With three 7th-tier magic casters and such an extraordinarily prodigious little girl present, the situation was no longer something that their party could take care of. He didn’t know when the people from the Gray Temple were going to arrive, but he had to silence that old elf before they could get here.
This old fart had somehow managed to discover the location where they held their piggies captive, and voluntarily sought them out. In the process of trying to free his brethren, he had even wounded two of their brothers who were guarding the location.
Thus, he led a group of brothers to chase him down, thinking that an elderly 6th-tier magic caster would be easy prey. However, he somehow managed to escape all the way to Chaos City, and just when they were about to capture him, these nosy bastards intervened.
If he were to disclose the location of their base, then they would have to flee, thereby leaving behind a base that they had spent several years constructing and enhancing. If the attention of the Gray Temple were drawn to their dealings, they wouldn’t be able to continue hunting for piggies near Chaos City, either. In any case, if that old elf were allowed to live, it would spell disaster for him and his brothers.
And what was more important than riches, all of them received cultivation resources from the Wind Forest every year. Even something that valuable as the Spring of Life was not out of the equation, and those resources were worth risking their lives for.
That old elf’s fate was sealed. One of the spells that he had unleashed had punctured the elf’s heart, so it was already quite surprising that he was able to escape all the way to Chaos City while carrying that little piggie. His top priority now was to kill him before he disclosed any information about them.
“Yes!” The orc retreated a few steps before producing a small box from a pocket. He opened the box, and three black moths flew out from within, quickly disappearing into the darkness.
The demons and orcs were already engaged in battle with Lulu, who had transformed into a huge bear. Lulu was clearly more powerful than them, but they had an advantage in numbers, so it was difficult to determine who would come out on top in the end.
Ebenezer looked at Blour, and his massive serpentine tail writhed as he tried to think of a way to bypass Blour’s annoying wood-type magic. If he wanted to land the killing blow on that old elf, it seemed that he had no choice but to crash through Blour’s defenses.
Mag had also come to the restaurant’s entrance. He stood beside Amy and looked at Joshua and Anna with sympathy in his eyes.
“Father, that big sister is so miserable. Can we help them?” Amy asked.
“That big brother, Aisha, and Lulu are already helping them, so we don’t need to do anything for now. Otherwise, we might end up getting in their way instead.” Mag shook his head in response. With Blour, Sally, and Lulu present, that was already a formidable force consisting of three 7th-tier beings. They were already enough to handle the situation. What was imperative now was whether they could save the severely wounded Joshua.
“Alright.” Amy nodded with a thoughtful expression as she murmured to herself, “I’ll only help them if they can’t win.”
“Grandpa! Grandpa… wake up… I can’t live without you…” Anna gently swung Joshua’s arm from side to side as tears flowed down her face.
“Let me help you.” Xixi quickly strode over to Sally before squatting down, and a green seedling appeared in her hand. The seedling already had five tender green leaves, and a third branch had appeared. Wisps of green light fell upon Joshua from the seedling, enveloping his entire body within.
The bleeding had already stopped, and the wound had already fully healed, but Joshua’s life force was still quickly fading away.
Xixi took a glance at Anna with a heavy heart. She gently stroked Anna’s hair, wondering if she would get a chance to bid farewell to her grandpa.
Joshua felt as if his soul had left his body. He had seemingly arrived in a strange space, following which he saw his own life, which had spanned 800 years.
He was born in the Wind Forest and lived there through his childhood and his youth. At that time, trees that were millennia old were quite common in the Wind Forest. Elves frolicked and played with birds and animals in the forest. They ate wild fruits for sustenance and lived on the trees. Time passed by slowly, and every day was spent in leisure and comfort. There was no concept of money or hierarchy, only freedom. Every elf treated the others as their equals and lived on friendly terms.
And then, the orcs and demons came.
They used their evil magic and weapons to sweep through the forest, slaughtering elves with reckless abandon, felling massive trees that were thousands of years old, and transporting hordes of elves to all corners of the continent in cages to be sold off as slaves. The elven race had been reduced to a pack of vulnerable sheep, ravaged and stomped on by the demons and orcs as they pleased.