The funeral of the witch Erilian was held on a cliff in the Valley of Spears.
The pile of wood was set ablaze, licking the body of the young witch bit by bit, and finally turning everything into a pile of ashes.
Witches were not members of this world, so their souls could not find peace here.
To prevent Erilian's soul from wandering, Alice personally presided over the funeral and tried her best to collect some fragments of her soul from the ashes.
When they returned to the Wizard World in the future, Alice only needed to break the soul crystal to let Erilian's broken soul return to the Mother Spirit River. For a dead wizard, this was the highest honor he could enjoy.
At the funeral, Grimm and the others only went forward to give their blessings, but the Destiny Witches who came together all cried bitterly. It was obvious that after living together for almost a hundred years, the relationship between the Destiny Witches had become very close and harmonious.
This was a stark contrast to the relationship between the wizards of other factions!
More than half of the elves who came to attack the floating ship were left behind, and the rest were scattered into the surrounding forest. Even with Grimm's spiritual perception, it was very difficult to locate them in the forest.
So after chasing for two miles and killing five female elven archers, the rest of the elves had already escaped without a trace. As for the grade 2 druid and the female elf captain, their stealth ability was even more extraordinary. Grimm ignited nearly half a mile of the forest in one go, but he still could not catch up to them.
It seemed that in the future when fighting against the elves in the forest, finding their ambush would be the most difficult part!
In the previous battle, Grimm had summoned all of his companions. That way, they would've had a better chance of killing the Tier 2 Druid. However, considering the subsequent battle, Grimm still forced Mary, Zacha, Alice and the others to stay in the cabin, and only sent some magic equipment to surround the elves.
Although this caused more elves to escape, it also ensured that the wizards on the floating ship did not completely expose their power.
Not all of the attacking elves were killed, but some of them were still alive.
Therefore, these elven warriors became the best specimens and biological test subjects for the wizards.
Some were dissecting, and some were feeding the worms. Soon, the elves were exhausted.
The higher-ups of the Crimson Family sat together and discussed. They all agreed that the reason the elves were able to accurately ambush them here was because their actions a few days ago were too straightforward. They had ventured deep into the Magic Illusion Forest five times in a row just to explore the mine. It would be strange if the Elf Kingdom did not make a fuss over such information!
After some discussion, the sorcerers unanimously decided to start a guerrilla war. Every time they fired a shot, they would move to a different location. Every time they attacked, they would try their best to wipe out the enemy and create a diversion so that the enemy would not be able to figure out their next target.
After coming to a decision, the airship took to the skies once more and flew toward the outer seas.
Initially, Taemo suggested attacking the nearest Elven village, but Grim gave up on the idea after some thought.
From now on, he wasn't willing to let his thoughts be read by the other party, so he wouldn't do anything to vent his anger or seek revenge. The Calan Continent was so big, and there were so many targets for them to choose from. They didn't have to worry about not finding targets to kill.
This was the Elven Kingdom, and the people living here were all elven citizens. As long as they killed enough, they would be able to take revenge for today's attack.
With the airship's flying speed, it only took two days to return to the coastline. After that, the giant ship didn't stop and flew straight into the open sea, only coming to a stop after traveling 100 kilometers into the open sea.
At this position, even if there were elven scouts following them, it would be difficult to continue chasing them in the endless sea. After getting rid of any possible traces, the airship turned south and flew toward the southern coastline of the Calan Continent.
This was actually a strategy that Grim and the others came up with.
Their goal this time was to obtain the Prophecy Scepter, and the Prophecy Scepter was the hidden treasure of the Tier 2 Green Dragon Augu. So, if they wanted to steal it, the most important thing was to lure Augu out of Dragon Cliff. Even if they couldn't get the green dragon to move, they had to find a way to get the main force and powerhouses of the Elven Kingdom out.
Otherwise, trying to steal the Prophecy Scepter would be suicide.
If they wanted to go deep into the Elven Kingdom to touch the whiskers of a rank 2 green dragon, they would most likely encounter those terrifying elven oracles. According to the records of the Sorcerers, those who relied on the faith of the people to ascend to godhood also faced the same awkward situation as the Great Sorcerers, which was that they would be repelled by the power of the plane outside the plane barrier, and could only rely on the plane barrier to build their own Divine Kingdom in the outer realm.
Those gods as high as rank 5 or 6 simply couldn't penetrate the Planar Barrier and enter the interior of the Planar Barrier. So in order to project their power in the Planar Barrier, they would find ways to cultivate their own faction of God's Children or Oracles.
In this way, when their own church or kingdom was in danger, the gods could project part of their power through the Children of God or Oracles.
The Elven Kingdom was constantly eulogized in various legends of miracles. The avatars of the gods walked the earth, spreading the voice and will of the gods everywhere. In reality, these were not gods descending to the mortal world. Instead, the gods used the bodies of the Children or Oracles to carry out their will.
Those who could successfully ascend to godhood and ascend to godhood were basically existences at rank 5 and above. The main gods of the pantheons were often powerful existences at rank 6. However, due to the limitations of divine power and rank, the power they could project back to the Planar Barrier was also different.
For example, the Elven God Sylvia was a rank 6 god. Just the power she could project back could create a peak rank 4 Oracles to act in her place. On the other hand, the God of Archery, Marco, was able to summon a Divine Emissary of the Fourth Order. As for the weakest rank 5 Goddess of Moonlight, Mivi, she could only project a rank 3 Oracles.
So it was almost impossible to kill a god, because their bodies were not in the Planar Barrier at all!
The only way to truly kill a god was to break through the Planar Barrier and kill their way into the Divine Kingdom in one fell swoop. This was the only way to kill a god once and for all.
If they could only kill the god's Oracles on the ground, it would not take long for the god to find a way to create another one. As long as the god did not die, there would never be a shortage of Oracles!
This was why Grimm commanded the floating ship to roam around the periphery of the Calan Continent. He did not dare to venture deep into the continent, fearing that he would encounter a powerful Elven Oracle. With the power of faith in the Elven Kingdom, even the weakest Oracles would have around rank 3 strength.
Although the floating ship carried the greatest amount of power Grimm could muster, if he were to face a rank 3 Oracles, he would have no choice but to flee. After all, Grimm had already witnessed the might of a rank 3 powerhouse, and it was as powerful as he had expected.
This was something he could understand from the rank 3 Thunder Dragon's unparalleled might!
Even if Grimm gathered all the rank 2 wizards in his family and invited the Dragon Eater Olina, it would still be difficult for them to contend against the rank 3 Thunder Dragon. In fact, even if they were all tied together, they might not even last 8 minutes against the Thunder Dragon's Apocalyptic Lightning.
It was very difficult to make up for this difference in power level and racial superiority through combat techniques and killing methods. For now, Grimm had to do everything he could to avoid fighting a rank 3 enemy.
Grimm could not afford the price he had to pay to defeat an enemy!
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Moon Shadow Village.
The once peaceful Elven village was now in a state of chaos.
Less than a tenth of the Elven garrison managed to make it back to Moon Shadow Village. Furthermore, the female Elven captain who led the team brought back a terrifying piece of news.
The terrifying floating ship was near Moon Shadow Village, and it could come at any time to retaliate against the Elves.
Isaac, who had split up halfway, had already returned to the central mountain range. He would report the information about the floating ship to the Elven commander as soon as possible. The female Elf Captain hurriedly returned to Moon Shadow Village and began to organize the villagers to move as soon as possible.
For most of the elves, they would only choose to venture out when they were young. Once they reached middle age, they would return to their birthplace and live quietly and peacefully.
Hence, to the villagers of Moon Shadow Village, this was the home they had lived in for their entire lives. If not for the female Elf Captain's constant urging, no one would be willing to leave this familiar land and forest. Even if they had to leave, every Elf would be laden with bags of various sizes, and would turn back every few steps as they walked forward. The reluctance in their eyes was heartbreaking.
Even though the female Elf Captain was extremely reluctant to leave this place, for the sake of everyone's safety, she hardened her heart and forced the Elves to move faster.
However, at this moment, the Elf Scout she had left near the Valley of Spears ran back, panting.
"What? The enemy has already left … They're flying towards the coastline … "The female Elf Captain clutched the Elf Scout's arms tightly, unable to believe her ears.
"Oh … The evil Magus has left … We don't have to leave our home anymore …"
Upon hearing the news, the Elves who were reluctant to leave their homeland immediately cheered, and some even began to sing and dance.
However, the female Elf Captain's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and her gaze towards the distance became more and more serene.
Could those Magi really bear with this and not take revenge for their comrades?
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