Phew, I'm so tired … "
While the Players were still immersed in the impact of their new class, Sefarim, the divine spear in Jessica's hand, reverted to human form.
However, as soon as she landed on the ground, she let out a tragic scream.
"W-what's that?!"
Thinking that she was injured, the wood elves quickly gathered around her, only to find that a leather scarf had appeared around her neck at some point in time, with a crystal chain hanging over its tip.
The girl was clutching the chain in astonishment. "When … come to think of it, the power that entered my body just now is weird! It's definitely not Luna's power! "
Edward frowned as he looked at the chain. He then turned to Jessica, and realized that the girl herself did not notice that there was a transparent chain wrapped around her right wrist as well. It was only then that he came to a sudden realization.
"I see …"
Could this be the 'Soul Binding' mentioned in the System notification just now?
Come to think of it, the quest reward for completing 'The Greatest Treasure of the Elves III' was something called a Soul Binding Scroll …
"What did you do to Sefarim?!"
Brom Daystar asked nervously, pointing his elven shortsword at Edward and the others.
After sharing his discovery in the forums, Edward was having a headache over how to handle the relationship between the wood elves.
He had assumed that Sefarim was a one-time-use quest item, and didn't expect that she would be directly bound to Jessica's soul. That was troublesome.
There was no way they would let Jessica stay in the Trinia Forests under house arrest by the wood elves, just as the wood elves wouldn't let them steal their greatest treasure so easily.
Joe glanced at Edward, who was frowning as if unsure how to answer, and then at the others' grim expressions, and promptly realized that he, the one with the biggest chest, should be the one to break the stalemate in such a critical moment!
"Kekeke. Your greatest treasure is already in the shape of our God of Games!"
'Keke, my ass! Aren't you pushing us against the wood elves?!' Edward's face darkened at once.
Thanks to Joe's rash words, the situation took a turn for the worse. The wood elves' hostility was rushing at them, and both sides were about to fight in the very next second.
"Wait, don't fight …" Sefarim came to her senses and tried to stop the fight.
From Brom Daystar's expression alone, it was clear that he had no intention of letting the humans take away the treasure.
Edward and the others had been players for a long time. They couldn't just sit back and watch others kill them just because they were in the wrong. Besides, if it weren't for their help just now, the Elves would've been eaten by the Earth Dragons!
That was when a pale blue light suddenly appeared between the wood elves and the Players.
Then, a figure appeared in the light.
It was a wood elf who appeared regal and elegant, with the same … no, crescent-shaped mark of Justice Bao on his forehead.
"Moon God Protector!" Brom Daystar appeared delighted when he saw him. "You've come just in time. Those damned humans have kidnapped Sefarim …"
Were they actually the elves' helpers?
Edward hurriedly looked above the man's head.
[Moon Protector] Level 59
Damn, I can't even beat this one!
Edward hurriedly asked Jessica in a low voice, "Can you still use that kind of attack?"
That seemingly incomparably extravagant cannon attack did not cause an explosion, nor did it cause a black-and-white flash or a Nakamura cube. Instead, it directly cut out a piece of space, bringing the land dragon along with it into the void. Clearly, it was not a simple energy attack, but something closer to spatial destruction or nomological damage.
With such destructive power, even a Level 85 Earth Dragon could die, much less a Level 59 Moon God's Guard.
"No, I can't …" Jessica replied with a bitter expression.
She had been Level 42 before using Sefarim, and dropped to Level 18 after using Sefarim. And that was even with the others helping to share some of the EXP drain, while Edward and the others all dropped two or three levels each.
Fortunately, Jessica returned to Level 28 after the EXP from defeating the Earth Dragon and completing the quest was tallied, while the others gained around one level. While they didn't regain their original form, they at least made up for some of their losses.
Even so, as the one who bound Sefarim, she knew very well that she didn't have enough EXP to use that attack again.
After all, the higher the Players' level, the more EXP they needed to level up. In fact, the EXP needed to level up from Level 1 to Level 30 was less than the EXP needed to level 30 to Level 40.
Moreover, with her soul bound to Sefarim, the amount of EXP she could share with the others was even smaller, and she naturally couldn't rely on the others' EXP to defeat the enemy. In fact, it wouldn't be worth it even if she could, and it would be better to just die here, losing 30 EXP from her current level at most …
"No need to panic. I'm not here to fight you, humans." However, the Moon Protector didn't attack Edward and the others, and instead spoke amiably. "Her Majesty has just received an oracle from the Moon Goddess, and now wishes to invite you to Trinia, the capital of the elves."
"What?!" Brom Daystar stared at the Moon Protector in shock. "Are we letting those filthy humans step into Trinia? That's the holy land of the elves that no other race has entered in almost a thousand years! "
"That's the decision of Her Majesty, Son of Daystar. You have no right to doubt it." The Moon Protector didn't act high and mighty even though he was ten levels higher than Brom, and simply spoke with a calm, declarative tone. "Moreover, it might have something to do with Goddess Luna's oracle, and it's clearly beyond your authority. Now, please make way. I shall lead our guests to Trinia. "
Brom Daystar gritted his teeth reluctantly, but ultimately obeyed the Elven Queen's decree and made way for Edward and the others.
He placed his left hand over his right shoulder and bowed slightly — it was the wood elves' greeting to their guests.
Edward and the others followed the path that the elves had made way for them, while the Moon Protector only spoke when he passed Brom. "Times have changed, Son of Daystar. You must adapt to the world's trends and let go of your rotten prejudices so that we wood elves could advance further in the new era."
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Chapter 197:
The Moon Protector
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