Chapter 4: The Light of Hope
"Tasting ......"
"I ...... ...... first"
A monster stretched out its "hand", and a tube-like thing grew from the tip, slowly extending towards Evelyn's abdomen. The other monster tugged at the previous one's "hand" with a vine, and the whole process was too slow and funny, but Evelyn couldn't laugh at all.
Several monsters seemed to be arguing, one of the pipes was about to touch Evelyn, and the other was tightly wrapped around vines. Except for the very fast vines on its body, this monster moves unusually slowly.
Under the battle of the monsters, the vines wrapped around Evelyn's body became tighter and tighter, and the armor on her body also made a strange sound due to the squeezing of external forces. Although she felt no pain due to the paralysis, Evelyn gradually felt breathless—her flesh was even strangled by vines.
Is it over......
"Wow...... Wow......"
The scrambling monsters were interrupted by the loud cry of milk, and the source of the sound was the "thing" in Evelyn's arms.
"Hmm......"
Several monsters looked at each other, all staring at the "thing" that Evelyn was holding. Their ugly features are expressionless, and the baby's cry makes them look at each other, and finally stretch out their "hand".
In the midst of her cries, Evelyn tried her best to resist, but she could no longer feel her limbs, and the despair in her heart gradually spread......
"Die, filthy species!"
A flaming sword slashed through the air, severing the "arm" of one of the monsters, and the monster's wound burst into flames.
It's Emilia.
The monster was sluggish, and the flame-burning monster didn't scream until the flames were almost all over it, and the vines wrapped around it writhed wildly.
Several other witnesses attacked Amilia, but they were all stopped by the latter's sword. The roars of these monsters were hollow, and they were nothing more than ordinary ancient creatures of the Primordial Realm. In front of a well-armed Silverwing guard, nothing more than a bunch of stakes that could throw ropes—they were.
In a few moments, under Amilia's sharp blade, several monsters were burned to the ground, turning them into a pile of charred dead wood.
Emilia dismissed her magic, retracted her sword into its scabbard, and walked over to Evelyn and leaned down.
"So, that's why you're desperate?" Emilia removed Evelyn's arm from the "thing" and lifted the cloak that covered it, "a baby?"
Evelyn's fingers twitched slightly, as if resisting.
The toxins are still working.
Emilia held the baby in Evelyn's arms in her hand—the baby's hair hadn't grown much yet, but it was a dark red, eyes like clear lakes, and pointed ears that were characteristic of both Digan and elves.
The baby wears a pendant around its neck, the gemstone sparkles with a white star, and the base of the gem is engraved with ancient and elegant patterns.
"It's ...... Fallen Star?"
Emilia is no stranger to this pendant, the "fallen star" was once the ornament of the star-elf princess Angelina, who had received the blessing of the ancient elven mage, and the white diamond that shone with pure light in the middle was obviously a treasure for the entire elven race.
"Who is this kid?"
Amilia's heart was sharply puzzled. The strongest swordsman in Atlantis was the most powerful swordsman in Atlantis who the Lord Regent wanted to recover the baby, and the baby happened to be wearing Princess Angelina's pendant, and he also had the iconic hair color of the Aykrin family of Atlantis. As for the eyes, they are just like Princess Angelina!
"Ai ...... Gram...... Lin ......"
Evelyn's voice was weak, freed from the entanglement of the monster vines, and the poisoning was alleviated - fortunately it was a low-level monster, and those toxins could only cause paralysis, and they needed to be constantly injected to maintain the effect.
The words "Ecklin" shocked Emilia like never before - if he was really the child of King Acklin and Princess Angelina, what was it that she was now carrying out the order?
The so-called King Ackline, if it is not the real Ekrin family bloodline, why is Evelyn desperately guarding it?
On the one hand, if there is a prince, Karl as a prince is the person who should know the most besides King Thorton and Queen Angelina, but he seems to have no idea about it, and on the other hand, if he really doesn't know, why would he send four Silver Wing guards to hunt down Evelyn after she disappeared from the palace, and specify that they want to take back the "things" she had taken?
Evelyn didn't have to lie at the moment. Obviously, this baby is the child of the Dikan and the elves, and has the blood of the Dikan and the elves.
"So...... Princess Angelina and King Acklyn have indeed given birth to new life......" Emilia seemed to say to herself at this moment, "so...... You are the 'hope'...... Yes, indeed. ”
Emilia looked at the baby as if she had been redeemed.
The people of Atlantis vented all their negative feelings about the loss of King Acklin on the elven princess who was married, and Emilia in the military camp knew little about the situation in the palace. When her princess was slandered as a "demon" and "Della's apostle", Emilia did not believe it, but she was powerless to refute it, and allowed the Digans to trample on the dignity of the elves.
This little Eklin has debunked all these rumors, all the slander against the elves is a fallacy, and at this moment, Emilia has never felt so relaxed.
Emilia quickly helped Evelyn to the tree and used white magic to treat her wounds. The baby stopped crying in the gentle glow of white magic and quietly held its fingers in its mouth.
Elves have a great ability to heal, and even warriors like Emilia can use healing white magic to achieve a certain level of healing, although not healed - for Evelyn, at least a little regain strength, be able to walk normally, and fight moderately.
"Amy, this kid...... Very important......"
Evelyn's breathing gradually recovered, and the female elf beside her, who had almost cornered her, became hope at this moment.
"I know. I seem to have made a big mistake today, and now I'm trying my best to make up for it. ”
Emilia's eyes were complicated.
"Amy, don't go back to Atlantis, and Sophia... and Catherine...... Bring them out, I'...... Need your ......"
"Dear Evelyn, it may be your duty. ”
"Amy... Don't you get it yet?"
"No, I know very well. But this is the mission that Princess Angelina has given you, and I think we have something else to do now. Angelina interrupted Evelyn.
"I don't understand ......"
"Angelina will always be our princess, the princess of the Astral Elves. ”
Evelyn understood Emilia's intentions.
"Amy, you can't fight Carl. We can't fight him...... This Di Gan is far more complicated than we thought!"
"Yes, that's right. But if it's all the way we imagined it to be, then I can't leave Atlantis right now. ”
Emilia said calmly.
The presence of this little Eklin almost points to the secret that the Lord Regent Karl Chazelin has a secret that no one knows. However, as a monarch, Thorton Eklin is not a dragon knight, and he also has combat power that is not inferior to that of dragon knights.
The Chazarin family is a distant relative of the Akrin family, and if Thorton's death is really related to Carl, then there may be even more terrifying forces behind Carl.
As the supreme warrior under the dragon knights and an emissary of the elves, Emilia had more than enough reasons to leave Atlantis, but she wouldn't make such a choice.
At the moment, the princess of the starry elves has been slandered, and even all the elves are regarded as a bad omen by the Digan people of Yacheng.
"The people of Yacheng won't believe that. Now all the Digan people in Asia are disgusted with the elves!" Evelyn naturally understood Emilia's purpose, "You will bury yourself when you go back, as well as Sophia and Catherine!"
"No, it won't. Although I am inferior to you in terms of combat power, at least I am two thousand years old. ”
Emilia said with a smile.
Evelyn's wounds healed as Emilia healed. Then, Evelyn tried to get up and try to move her limbs - it seemed that she no longer had a strong enemy, and she should have no problem dealing with a monster like the one she had just had.
Emilia picked up Evelyn's bloodstained cloak and said, "I'll take this with me, and I'll give an account to the Regent." ”
Evelyn hugged little Akrin and nodded in default.
"There are certainly many unknown dangers ahead, and that's all I can do for you. 'Hope' has just been born, and he must not die, Evelyn!" Emilia stroked little Ecklin again, "and...... I look forward to the day when we meet again. ”
Emilia looked up at the dense canopy of trees, the city of Atlantis was now shrouded in dark clouds, but she seemed to see the sun in this woods that did not see the light of day.
"By the way, what's his name? ”
"Claude. His name is Claude Eckling. ”