474 Leon, the Savior (1/2)
Supreme Elder Haldir shook his head and said, ”No, not yet. We came as soon as we heard the outburst of cries.”
”I see. Let us worry about that later then. We have a bigger problem to deal with now.” Leon said as he gazed at the rat tide increasing in numbers by the moment.
”Agreed.”
Supreme Elder Haldir nodded with a solemn look before he glancing at the crowd gathering by the vine staircases.
”The tribesmen are evacuating too slowly.” Supreme Elder Haldir stated with a frown before preparing to lend his assistance there.
However, Leon stopped him and said, ”Forget about the elves here and save the stragglers outside the fire ring. I'll handle this problem quickly.”
”Alright. I'll leave it to you then, young prince.” Supreme Elder Haldir nodded and flapped his green wings of leaves, shooting into the distance.
Leon shortly used his divine sense to communicate with the Guardian Spirit.
”Everyone, make room!” Leon shouted at a crowd of elves some distance away from the vine staircase that most elves were gathered towards.
”Quick, do as our savior says!”
Very shortly, the elves began shuffling away to create a large space between under Leon's orders despite it bringing them further away from the vine staircases that had already been built and closer to the rats.
Although they wanted to leave quickly due to the rat's threat, they have come to respect Leon greatly and trusted that he would do something to help them.
If the person wanted to harm them, why bother saving them in the first place—was what the elves thought.
Sometime later, the surface soil from a distant region shook fiercely as the Guardian Spirit moved its spare roots over and planted itself in the ground before the crowd of elves, creating a colossal bridge that could fit dozens of elves running side by side at once.
”Go!”
The elves immediately cheered before rushing onto the colossal bridge that would lead them back to the surface.
At the same time, the commotion immediately drew the attention of the crowd gathered in waiting near the vine staircases.
”Hey, look! The Guardian Spirit created a huge bridge to the surface for us!”
”Taking the bridge is definitely faster than the vine staircase the Elders constructed! I'm not waiting here!”
The large crowd of elves immediately begun rushing over to the colossal bridge made from the Elder Tree's roots.
”Thank you, Guardian Spirit!”
”All those prayers finally paid off!”
The elves cheered.
At this point, they had already forgotten they had fallen into their current situation due to the Elder Tree's rampage.
Life worked in strange ways.
Nevertheless, some elves in front quickly pointed out, ”Hey, you! You're mistaken! The Guardian Spirit didn't help us of its own volition! It is the savior that got it to help us!”