Chapter 965 Epilogue of Arc 11
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Just like what we discussed with Almira and the others, we also discussed what happened to the surface village and Izmir broke down. Well, I can already see why since she was there when we first met her. Perhaps that place was her domain and the reason she was here in the first place was because of Renatta. Now that both the surface and the hidden one are gone, Izmir has nowhere to return to.
Even Avos and Mila have nowhere else to go as well. Both are all gone and there is nowhere for them to rule for.
"Looks like the end of the elven bloodline will soon disappear. I didn't know what caused us to be punished like this but this is something even I haven't dreamed of," Avos has been looking glum since then.
Right, with most of the elven race dead and only a few of them left, this isn't going to be a good thing. Not only will they be dying off in the future, but rebuilding the elven kingdom will take a lot of time to be rebuilt once more from scratch with only a few elves considered to be real elves.
"I am going to take my revenge. That bastard...I won't forgive him for killing everyone including my parents. I know my parents are in the wrong but killing them is not enough of a warrant to end everything."
"Izmir! Being fueled by revenge will just drown you! Don't do it!" Mila immediately discourages her granddaughter.
"Grandma, even if I am not going to be fueled by revenge, I would still drown in loneliness and guilt, knowing that I would have done something that might have altered the course of what happened today. If I was there, I might have stopped this incident or anything. In the end, I failed my role as a princess of the elves. If that is the main case, I will find him and return all the pain and suffering of everyone he killed back at him," Izmir is resolute on her decision.
"If that is the case, join us. If you really plan to kill that man and exact revenge, then joining us will allow you to find him again," Renatta extends her hands to Izmir.
"What?"
"Based on our course of action and based on the various tales that happened in the group that I am in right now, it only means that we will be meeting with that guy sooner or later as she has a personal vendetta with that guy as well. Maybe working together with her might allow you to gain the chance to do your revenge."
"Why? Don't you want to have some revenge as well?" Izmir is looking confused.
"No, and I have no right to do such a thing. In the first place, I don't even have the need to do such a thing. Perhaps you can call me an unfilial daughter or anything like that but in the back of my mind, I always think that they deserved what happened to them and there's no denying here that I think that they deserved that fate for causing more suffering to their fellow elves in the process which killed and persecuted thousands of elves in the process. So instead of me doing that, you who loved our parents more than I did should do it. I will let all of our conflicts be bygones instead."
Avos and Mila did not say anything. They know the hatred that Renatta had for her parents after she told everything to them so it's not like they can change her view on this.
Izmir on the other hand seems to be a bit shocked by the revelation. It seems she didn't anticipate Renatta to feel like that.
"Then...why did you cry when we saw their corpses?" Izmir asked.
Renatta sighed. "Even if I hate them, I am still their daughter and even my cold heart still had some little love left for them. Seeing them in that state, I am already hating myself for thinking they deserved it even if I lost both parents at the same time. A little bit pathetic right?"
"Not at all, sister. But if I join, what will happen to this place?"
This time Mila answered her question. "We will be sealing this place up. Until the time that we are ready to rebuild this place, we will keep this place sealed until the very end. We will be joining the journey as well, we might not be in our prime but we might be able to provide some things that you all might find useful."
"I see, in that case, can we ask for your help in the future as we try to locate the Tree of Life the moment it sends signs?" Pandora asked.
The moment Pandora asked this, Avos and Mila were totally surprised.
"You lot are looking for the Tree of Life? What for? You guys have a wish on it or something?" Mila asked.
"No. We don't have a wish for it nor any desire to actually use it. We are just there to ensure that the Tree of Life will not be found by someone who is also searching for the Tree of Life but is in the middle of brewing something that might change the whole world in the process."
"Then, that is more reason we needed to find the Tree of Life as soon as possible. Count us in," Avos is now determined more than ever.
"If the world will be in danger if this individual is seeking its power, then it will spell the doom of this world. We will assist you all to prevent that from happening."
Although Izmir is reluctant at first, she soon steeled herself. "Alright, I will be joining but in exchange, can we bury my parents first? As for the rest, we can just proceed with the cremation as they are hard to be recovered."
"Then, as final farewells to this place, we will assist in burying everyone and sending them peacefully to wherever they are going."
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For a whole month, we decided to help out with the process of burying and cleaning up the whole place from the dead elves. It took us some time since we also decided to recover the remains of the other dead elves that Avos burned before.
As a way for us to bury them properly, I asked for permission from Izmir, Avos, Mila, and Renatta the use necromancy to do the deed and easily recover them. Thankfully, they saw it in a positive light and allowed me to do so and summoned the dead elves using the necromancy power. As a result, I managed to resummon them as undead. Once I did, I controlled them to be buried in the graves we dug out and let them lay down there before putting them to their final resting grounds and deactivating my abilities. Since the undead I control won't disintegrate once they die, they will only leave their remains there and they can be buried properly.
In the end, we managed to send them all off. Izmir and her family said their final parting wishes to the King and Queen who died before we finally finished the cleanup process.
During that process, the two elves who also survive the ordeal and have been recovering under the care of Pixie who is constantly working day and night to heal them have finally awakened from their slumber.
When they learned that the whole elven kingdom had been annihilated overnight, they couldn't believe it at first but they soon realized it was real when they saw us in the process of burying the dead.
The two couldn't speak and for some unknown reason, no matter how much we try to heal their throats, it seems their ability to speak has disappeared though they know how to write. In the end, Avos and Mila suggested that while we go on the journey, we should find the Grass of Healing. If we find it, there is a chance that we will be able to heal the two.
And so, now we are in the final process. After packing up all of the stuff inside the mansion, the remaining spirits that are contracted to Renatta returned to her and are now part of her followers which as a result, allowed her to gain a Summon's Area for herself which allowed the spirits to use as their new place to live while also remaining to serve Renatta.
"This is the final task we have left," Avos stood at the main entrance of the kingdom with Renatta, Mila, and Izmir. As for us, we were just spectating as the royal family performed the ritual to seal up the whole place. They started speaking some weird language which I soon found out to be olden elf language which is why it is not automatically translated to us by the system.
In just a blink of an eye, the whole kingdom disappeared, leaving us with the portal standing in the middle of nowhere, the only proof that once, there was a hidden kingdom beyond here.
"It's time to depart," I said to them.
As the little sidequest we had to complete has finally reached its end, it's time for us to continue to the main quest.
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In the distance, King Arthur grinned as he stood up from where he was sitting.
"Looks like it's time for me to start my move eh?"
One man clad in a black cloak appeared before King Arthur. This man is none other than the same man who was clad in the black hood who tempted the chef of Renatta to poison everyone which unfortunately got thwarted by Manato himself.
"Are you sure about letting them leave this easily?" he asked.
"Of course, after all, things are just getting started. It would be boring if everything had ended so soon. But soon enough we will be close to attaining what we needed and what we wanted. Until then, be patient."
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