BXBX NOVEL Chapter 98: Chapter 98:Inside the Tree [5]
Interrupting Lily's stargazing, or "arrow gazing," in this case, was Alya, as she forcefully grabbed Lily's shoulder, dragging her through the streets of Elves and running around chaotically.
Only a few steps behind them were Kevin and Liam, who paused the arguing momentarily upon seeing Alya's seriousness.
Though, this didn't stop them from throwing small jabs at each other.
"Yo, idiot, you almost tripped me."
Liam sped up before responding to Kevin's comment.
"Maybe if you watched where you were going, we wouldn't have this problem."
"??? What the hell are you on about? You purposely walked in front of m-"
Ignoring Kevin's reply, Liam sped up even more, catching up with Lily and Alya in the front, and began discussing.
Even though the Elven queen had only given orders to Albert, Alya was determined to help, and of course, the rest of the main cast didn't dare refuse but insisted on helping.
Even though the four of them had no idea about the enemy they were facing, they were still heading toward the attackers, saving and helping elves evacuate on their way.
Seeing the burning desire and determination in Alya's eyes, Lily reminded her.
"Alya, our job is to help save the elves; Albert and the queen's job is to defend the attackers."
Even though Lily knew they could take out two demons she thought were attacking, she didn't want to take any unnecessary risk and instead left the job to the strongest characters.
Forced by Lily to nod her head, Alya and the rest of the main cast rushed even faster toward the entrance to the clearing.
Far behind the main cast were the two invitees, Ruby and Irene, who were still following the main cast, albeit from a far distance.
Awkwardly turning to Ruby, Irene hesitated for a moment before asking.
"...so what are we supposed to do?"
Ruby, staring at a particular stand, snapped out of her daze before replying.
"Whatever we want to do? It's not like we're children... we can do whatever we want."
"yeah..."
Leaving behind the dazed Irene, Ruby walked through the crowds of Elves before stopping right in front of a stand.
On the abandoned stand's table sat the Elven realm's local specialty, a bunch of ice topped with various syrups in a cone-shaped cover.
A snow cone!
Picking up the snow cone, Ruby licked the top of the ice momentarily, savoring the refreshing ice and sweet cherry syrup, before heading back to Irene.
"Well, I'm gonna go help them... are you going as well?"
Staring at the snow cone in Ruby's hand for a moment, Irene nodded, prompting Ruby to head toward the main cast with the snow cone still in her hand.
Since the sun was entirely blocked out by the branches of leaves of the World Tree, it didn't melt, so Ruby was able to enjoy the entire trip to the entrance of the clearing.
Alya, who had rushed forward to help another elf, arrived at the main entrance before the rest of the main cast, immediately spotting the two elven guards running from the incoming demons near the entrance.
Not skipping a beat or waiting for the rest of her friends to catch up with her, Alya pulled out her sword, summoned her wind-contracted spirits, and created an air current.
Seeing Alya, the two guards screamed in unison.
"PRINCESS ALYA, LEAVE ITS TOO DANGEROUS HERE."
The two guards were on the verge of death, yet they stayed true to their duties and protected the princess to the very end.
Alya, seeing this, only stretched the length of her wind current further, draining more mana and forcefully pulling the two guards toward her.
However... when she increased the size of her wind current, Alya forgot one thing.
The demons could also use the wind current.
The first two demons, one heavily injured by Albert's arrow shots, emerged from the entrance and saw the opportunity, immediately catching the wind current behind the Elven guards.
Unable to cancel the wind current, Alya could only run and watch as the two massive demons flew towards her.
The non-injured demon was to attack Alya as a gigantic orb of darkness appeared between his two horns before surging right at Alya.
Swapping to her ice spirit, Alya created a massive ice shield to protect herself and the guards; however, the ice shield cracked under the pressure of the dark energy ball.
Diving out of the way, Alya stared in horror as the energy ball charged right at the two Elven guards, who were lying unconscious on the floor.
*WHOOSH*
An arrow that Alya barely managed to catch sight of appeared right above them before descending in a perfect spiral right at the non-injured demon.
Then, Liam, with his light-blue sword, and Lily, with her water magic, appeared in front of the dark energy ball, stopping it completely.
Using the opening, Ruby teleported right in front of one of the injured demons, creating three birds made of fire while Irene cast an inferno tornado.
Coupled with the barrage of arrows reigning in every second, that demon quickly disintegrated under the fire attacks, falling on the ground with countless burn marks.
On the other hand, Liam and Kevin took care of the other injured demon as they attacked in sync, giving the demon no time to counterattack or dodge.
Their attacks were timed perfectly, so the demon had no time to think. After a few seconds, the demon eventually fell under the barrage of attacks.
Feeling a page on her communication device, Lily gestured for everyone to gather up before taking the device out of her pocket and displaying it.
[Albert: TO THE WORLD TREE, THE QUEEN AND I HAVE THE REST OF THEM THERE]
In sync, the entire group voiced their thoughts.
"...rest of them...?"
As their group glanced around, they didn't see any other demons apart from the two corpses lying on the ground.
[A/N: I believe I'm done with the extra chaps, so I'll go back to stockpiling for my next feature.]