Chapter 162: Alliance (1/2)

'Where am I?'

Laying down in the hospital room, Lilin slowly woke up.

At first, she was a little disoriented, but after a short while, she managed to get her bearings.

The first thing she did was to keep feigning sleep and slowly extend her senses to both examine the state of her body and her surroundings.

This was one of the ways a warrior had to respond when they woke up in an unfamiliar setting.

Thankfully, it didn't take long for her to let out a sigh of relief.

She could recognize the energy in the zone and it was clear that they were still in the tower.

Of course, it was possible that they had lost the war and the tower was controlled by the wings of freedom. But, if so, the chances of her being treated so carefully were extremely low.

The problem though was her body,

Her wounds were slowly healing, but it was so far away from her best state that it was ridiculous.

”Just how much damage did I receive?”

”A lot.”

Lilin was not surprised, she had already sensed the presence sitting down on the bet next to her.

”Setsuna…”

”Indeed. You have been sleeping for a few hours.”

”Do you have an idea as to what happened to the kingdom since that night? In the first place, how long have we been in a coma?”

It was a very important question. A question Lilin had no way of answering, and the same went for Setsuna.

Thankfully, it didn't take long for a bunch of hurried nurses to come and check on them.

During the check-up, Lilin began to interrogate them and soon had a summary of the situation.

Of course, since they were only nurses, they didn't have access to more in-depth information, but this was enough for them.

After this, they were pushed out of the ward that had a transparent wall and sent in a sort of duplex room with more privacy.

From the window, they could see the horizon as well as the sun slowly rising, thereby announcing the start of a new day.

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Once they were alone, the room stayed strangely silent.

Both of them seemed lost deep in their thoughts.

”I was defeated.” ”I lost.”

Two voices sounded at the same time.

Silence once again filled the room. Finally, it was Lilin who began,

”You know, after those two years outside, I thought I had really become strong. I had done the same thing as my mother, went outside, adventured, made friends. I even found a new path to the sword intent she had imparted to me. I really thought I could be proud. But…”

Tears gathered the corners of her eyes,

”It is...so frustrating.”

She bit her lips hard as she fought off the urge to cry.

Lilin was a warrior. She had been trained as a warrior for as long as she could remember.

That was why she did not fear death, or rather, she was prepared to die at any moment.

But, this did not stop the frustration gushing from her wounded pride.

She had no illusion.

Even though she had nearly won the fight, the fact is that if not for Nuwa's help, she would have died before even using her last technique.

She had thought that she was now strong.

She had thought that she could now be useful to Sol.

But all of those illusions were ruthlessly shattered.

”I...I was not able to fulfill my duty as a knight.”

Setsuna spoke slowly on the side,

”The one I fought...was an old acquaintance of mine...someone I thought had died trying to protect me. I was both shocked and happy about seeing her alive. But she was different.”

Setsuna looked at the ceiling with an absentminded expression as she recounted her fight.

”At least you managed to fight back a little...in my case, I was completely powerless. After all, she was my teacher. Everything I know. All my special abilities. She could predict everything and completely incapacitated me even though I was fighting with your elf friend.”

Setsuna barked a sad laugh, ”It has been ten years. But even after all this time, she was able to understand all my moves. This means that even after ten years of training, I have been doing nothing more than following a straight path.”

The humiliation of defeat, the feelings of betrayal and powerlessness.

As she lost consciousness after such a humiliating defeat, one question kept repeating in her mind.

”What have I been doing all these years?”

Different from humans without a contract, who had to walk step by step and reach the Zone through understanding themselves, Magical beings did not have such a complicated road. All they had to understand was their own element and so create an elemental domain.

Of course, it wasn't as easy as it sounded but compared to humans, the difficulty was definitely much less.

Setsuna was an A+ Storm wolf, a mutation from the normal Blue wolf or lightning wolf.

In terms of elements, she could use wind, water, and lightning.