Chapter 8 (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
In spring, it rained constantly in rhythm.
The green forest seemed particularly vital in the rain. The breeze blew with the fragrance of soil. Everything was revived…
Standing in a side chamber of the Temple of Nature, Alice the elf saint gazed at the small world outside the window, in a daze. She still found it incredible.
Mother God… was really back.
Although three days had already passed, she still felt as if she was in a dream.
Now, the elf maiden looked holier and nobler.
As a saint, her power had already changed drastically, surpassing the level of iron directly and achieving the top of Low Silver with her ranking increasing to 50!
However, the maiden was not that happy about her power improvement. In her mind, there was only wild joy at Mother God’s return and the regret and self-accusation for her once almost abandoning faith.
“I must make every effort to improve. I won’t let Mother God down. I will strive for my faith in Mother God and the future of the elf race!”
Gazing at a far mountain, the maiden pursed her pink lips tightly and clenched her small fists.
“Alice.”
An elderly voice interrupted the maiden’s thought. Alice’s sharp ears twitched slightly.
She turned to see Samuel the elder priest slowly walking toward her.
Samuel was wearing a grey dress specialized for sacrificing and carrying a prepared pack on his back. He looked radiant as if he was hundreds of years younger.
It was hard to associate his current appearance with the extremely old elf who chose to give up his faith three days ago.
With his strengthening of faith again and Mother God’s blessing, Samuel also improved now and became a strong elf of Low Silver, his rank: 41!
“Grandfather Samuel.”
Alice saluted her elder who had always been looking after her.
Her eyes brightened as she saw the pack on the elderly elf’s back. She asked joyfully, “Are you… ready?”
Samuel nodded. He turned to look towards the main chamber of the temple with a fanatic expression.
“Mother God needs to assemble elves. I’m afraid that only I can contact those remaining elves now.”
Three days ago, Mother God Eve Euktrahill had given the first divine order of assembling elves again.
Among the three, Samuel was the fittest for doing it.
After his words, he looked ashamed again.
“For Mother God, for the elf race, and for my own sins, I am ready.”
Feeling his power provided by Mother God, Samuel thought of himself as a sheer depraved ass because he had previously decided to forgo his faith.
Meanwhile, his faith in Mother God became increasingly firm.
Upon hearing the elderly priest’s words, Alice’s emerald eyes brightened slightly.
“To assemble elves is… really good…”
After these words, she became a bit worried.
“You will be alone. You must be careful.”
There was a flicker of gentleness on Samuel’s face as he heard the maiden’s words. He touched Alice’s head and he said, “Rest assured! I alone am enough. In addition to the fact that I have already been a Silver priest thanks to Mother God, she has given me a divine object that is able to perceive the position of other elves within a certain distance, allowing me to also defend myself against attacks by enemies of the Golden level.”
He stretched out his hand. A green leaf lay in his palm, exuding an aura of holiness.
The leaf belonged to the World Tree. Eve used one point of natural force to strengthen it so it could be counted as a crude, holy object.
Three days ago, Eve gave this leaf to Samuel and ordered him to start looking for the remaining elves and bring them back.
“That’s good…”
Alice nodded, and then said with a little sadness, “It is really good… I also want to look for other elves together with you.”
Samuel laughed and then said to her seriously, “You have a more important task. You must make every effort to help Mother God guide the upcoming elect.”
To guide the election…
Upon hearing this, Alice’s eyes shone slightly as she nodded.
The mere thought of Mother God’s divine words aroused her adoration and fanaticism again.