Chapter 48 (1/2)
In the morning.
The golden sun slowly rose from the east and shone brightly. The whole forest glittered under the sunlight.
Alice, the saint of nature, finished her morning prayer, wore her ceremonial dress for sacrificial activities, and came outside of the temple.
Berserker, the oak guard, had already been waiting there for a long time. Today, he looked very happy. His big eyes shining brightly, he stood aside while singing strange songs, songs he learned from the chosen ones.
Alice’s emerald eyes smiled when she saw the oak guard.
“Good morning, Your Highness Berserker.”
She held the corner of her priest dress, slightly saluted Berserker, and drew a symbol of the Mother of Nature on her chest.
“May nature be with you.”
Berserker also saluted the maiden. There was a trace of softness in his low voice,
“Good morning, Your Highness Saint Alice. May nature be with you!”
After the two saluted each other, Alice looked towards the players who gathered on the square in doubt and asked curiously,
“What’s the matter with them today?”
Usually, the chosen ones would ask her for daily tasks at this time. But somehow, very few people came to meet her today.
They gathered on the square, seemingly waiting for something. Everyone was excited.
Berserker glanced at the players on the square with a flicker of delight. He drew a tree symbol on his chest again and said to Alice,
“Your Highness Saint Alice, Florence… is regained. All the goblins are dispelled.”
“What? The holy city is recovered?”
Alice’s emerald eyes instantly widened when she heard Berserker.
She knew of the chosen ones’ task. But in her view, it would take a long time to dispel the goblins in the holy city. She didn’t expect that the chosen ones could finish it in such a short time.
She vaguely remembered that she had followed her mother to dispel the goblins in elf ruins when she was young. Those goblins were extremely sly. After being dispelled, they would soon come back…
“Yes. Furthermore, the chosen ones will establish a new teleportation circle in Florence together. They have invited us to go there with them.”
Berserker looked devout.
The recovery of the holy city was a glorious matter for every believer of nature!
“They have actually invited us…”
Alice’s expression was complicated when she heard Berserker’s words.
Frankly speaking, her general impression of the chosen ones was not good. She even despised some of them.
Recently, the chosen ones seemed to have gradually gotten familiar with the world here and started being polite.
But Alice still disliked some of their bad habits.
For example, they regarded those poor animals in the forest as food.
The forest of elves had abundant resources. The players would have enough to eat by just picking fruits. Why did they have to kill other living beings?
So far, Alice couldn’t understand their actions.
However, since Mother God didn’t say anything about it, Alice gave up her anger.
Because Alice disliked the chosen ones, she never thought of befriending them. The chosen ones had been here for a long time, but Alice didn’t even know one of their names.
Naturally, Alice could not see the players’ names.
The players’ names only appeared in the game system. So only the players could see the green names above each other’s head. The original inhabitants in the world of Sagas couldn’t see them.
Without friendship, Alice thought that she would just contact the chosen ones to finish the tasks given by Mother God.
Because of this, Alice was greatly surprised when she heard that the chosen ones had invited them to participate in establishing the teleportation circle.
Elves were arrogant and proud.
To invite other elves to participate in ceremonies meant kindness and reverence. To accept the invitation meant the recognition of the other party.
Alice’s expression became complicated as she thought of this.
She glanced at those chosen ones who gradually gathered on the square and thought of their hard work these days. Her expression was unreadable.
Finally, the elf maiden sighed and said,
“I… accept the invitation.”