Chapter 362: Enlighten the Ignorants
Chapter 362: Enlighten the Ignorants
"Why did you come in such an unusual way, o the Goddess of Life. We would have grandly welcomed you if we had known of your arrival just now." Flix complained a little about that. He embarrassed himself just because of the wrong guess.
"Hmm, that is our choice. Our arrival is not for anything else other than to enlighten you ignorants. Isn't that wonderful? We behave with kindness despite your bad attitude." Elena lectured the five fairies, who had now suddenly lost their arrogance. To her surprise, these five fairies apologized once again.
"Mm, I asked for this. You won't want to know what the Goddess of Light has on her mind because you have offended her." Rhea recalled the thing suggested by Elena some time ago.
To come with an oppressive aura and suppress these five fairy sovereigns was an exaggeration. So, she asked for something more peaceful.
"Apart from that, I also want to see the fairies who live without their Goddess around. The presence or absence of a Goddess doesn't really change anything. I am no longer needed by the fairies." Rhea decided to reveal the truth about her.
She had fully considered it. Her mother would live in Nature Realm, and she couldn't remain as Fairy Goddess to replace her mother. Her mother wish had come true. Thus, she only needed to care for her mother and her new host as her primary responsibility.
"No, no... We fairies really need your existence, the Goddess of Life. We need your guidance and divine light. Let us continue to worship you as our Goddess!" Yralissa became somewhat hysterical in saying that. She was unusually panicked at her own thoughts.
"One untold truth. I am not the Goddess of Life, but the Goddess of Nature. The real Goddess of the fairies is my mother, the Tree of Life. I only represent my mother as the Goddess of Life because of her wish." Rhea raised her index finger to emphasize.
That revelation greatly shocked the five fairy sovereigns. They were stunned for a few seconds.
When they returned to their senses one by one, they lowered their heads. The sadness came because they realized that the Tree of Life was gone.
"I-I see..." Yralissa muttered softly.
"Here I have come with the Goddess of Blessings and the Goddess of Light. Then, the Goddess of Light's beloved pet. And the last one is Celes Quifiel, the Celestial Tree's spirit entity." Rhea introduced her small group one by one with gentle movements.
"All right, let's go straight to our main point as you requested. As said, we have come to convey the truth and revelations so that the Fairy Race can survive when the inevitable battle ensues. The enemy of all the races that threaten the world order, the accursed monsters." Rhea returned to the main topic.
"Accursed monsters? Are they that dangerous? Was the giant slime that was destroyed by the Goddess of Light three days ago one of them?" Alyssum raised her hand.
Rhea didn't answer right away. She only looked at Elena because she intended to leave the rest to Elena.
Elena smirked. Now it was her turn. "They are a race that ravaged this world a hundred thousand years ago. Accursed monsters are harmless if you consider the battles that killed many divine beings and wiped out several races from this world as trivial."
Yralissa and the other four fairies were stunned once again. But Elena enjoyed it.
"This world only has nine races, but the enemies you will face are many and dangerous. Besides, this enemy also has God-level monsters as their leader. All of these accursed monsters are still sealed and waiting for the sealed areas to collapse. Are you ready for the decisive battle in two or three months?" Elena heated up the atmosphere with just her words.
It was like ants in the hot pan. Yralissa and the other four fairies were sweating bullets because they were fully aware that their race didn't have enough preparation. They could not imagine the horrors of the decisive battle one hundred thousand years ago. And this world would experience that one more time?
One by one, the fairy sovereign stared at the divine beings before them as if they were looking at the beacon of light in the dark.
Unfortunately, before anyone could think of anything more, Elena waved her hand in front of her face. "No, don't look at me with that gaze. We're here to only provide help in the form of information. We'll be at the forefront after the battle breaks out. We can't protect you."
"Then please enlighten us, o the Goddess of Light!" Yralissa exclaimed with a sense of urgency.
"Are you begging me? I might enlighten you if you become a good and obedient fairy." Elena smirked and gave a condescending look.
In response to that, Yralissa and four other fairies turned to the Goddess of Nature. Unfortunately, it seems that the decision is solely in the hands of the Goddess of Light. For that reason, they could only beg again to the Goddess of Light.
To take advantage of the opportunity, Elena poured a little about what she had in mind so that these fairies would know about modesty and their place. She started sharing some critical information about accursed monsters, but it wasn't all about smiles and happiness.
Meanwhile, Celes could only close her eyes because she couldn't bear to see the five fairy sovereigns being bullied helplessly by the Goddess of Light. It was the first time she saw Yralissa in the losing end.
"That's the end of my guidance... Can you make preparations to deal with it all? You also need to be aware of curses." Elena closed her guidance with a satisfied smile.
In front of her were five fairies wrapped in golden silk thread. They were trapped in a spider web. It was as if they had fallen prey to a dangerous predator.
Unfortunately, that was not the case. The five fairy sovereigns were wrapped like cocoons because their behavior did not please Elena. So, Elena gladly taught them about manner.
"Thank you for your guidance, o the Goddess of Light. We will do our best to make it happen. However, is that the only way to deal with the accursed monsters?" Yralissa had given up on breaking free or fighting back. She became a kind and polite fairy.
"What can we do? Those accursed monsters have a high trait immunity to magic. We can only rely on physical attacks, traps, or the like to avoid dangerous curses. For Spirit level or above, they even have secret aces behind their backs." Elena shrugged her shoulders a little.
She glanced sideways only to see Nell smiling happily at the five fairies in the cocoons. Misery loves company, indeed.
"Aces?" Onyx frowned. These accursed monsters were apparently too tricky and dangerous.
"Yes, like there is one type that can explode after death. Incredible regeneration when destroyed, revived, and much more. Never assume you've killed a Spirit-level accursed monster or above without triggering something like that." Elena warned that once again.
"Mm, thank you very much for the heads up. But, let me ask you this one thing. Why does Human Goddess, the Goddess of Blessings, have a fairy-like appearance?" Alyssum shook her cocoon-wrapped body for attention.
"Hmm..." Elena turned to look at Nell, and so did everyone in the hall.
"Wha- what? I have this form because I can't return to my human form after playing in the fairyland with the Goddess of Nature." Nell became flustered at the sudden attention.
"So it's like that. I've said this before, yes? Human Race and Fairy Race used to be on good terms, just like these two Goddesses. I'm still wondering why there are so many racial disputes now." Elena tapped her chin in wonder.
Unfortunately, no one could answer that. Even Rhea had no idea about the truth.
"Then, how about you, the Goddess of Light. Human Race only has one Goddess to worship, so who are you?" Yralissa raised a question that had puzzled her some time ago.
"I am not a divine being to worship in the first place... Because I'm me, and that's all." Elena responded tactfully.
"Maybe that is the end of our meeting this time. I hope you can immediately prepare according to your plan to protect the fairies. May our next meeting is a pleasant one." Rhea closed the meeting with a soft voice.
Then, she stretched out her hand to catch the floating fluffy ball. "Celes, you can go back to your Empress. Ask her why you were forgotten in the last three days. There must be a reason."
"Uh, are you leaving already? We're separating already?" Celes looked into the Goddess of Nature's eyes as if she wanted to spend more time with the Goddesses.
"Hum, we'll meet again at another opportunity." Rhea replied with a gentle expression.
"Promise me, and I'll wait patiently." Celes innocently asked for bail.
"Yes, I promise to visit you next time." Rhea nodded, and Celes did the same.
After that, Celes flew toward Yralissa. "Hmph, you came to visit before you left but didn't give me any news when you came back. You don't know how worried I am. Do you still see me as your family? It's great that I now can go wherever I want in this city, thanks to the help of the Goddess of Nature. I can play anywhere and anytime."
"My apologies, Celes. The past three days have depressed me because I just offended a divine being due to an outburst of emotion. It was all because those elves and dwarves have gone too far to try to invade our continent." Yralissa apologized with reasons and causes.
Well, Celes couldn't throw any tantrums anymore, and she ended up make up with Yralissa.