The Rule of Skill was a special privilege given to believers of the Church of Games.
Because of this, although certain buffs were effective on players, they would not be effective on non-believers.
Eleena Saintess-in-training's Survival Tactics: Infinity was one of them.
Although most Players would have assumed it to be an AoE dispel skill from what happened just now, that was not actually the case.
Survival Tactics: Infinity's true effect was to forcefully reset the status of all Players within its area of effect, be it friend or foe.
— That's right, it was ineffective against both enemies and allies. It was an effect that targeted the 'player'. Both buffs and debuffs would be reset, and even HP and MP would be restored to their original state.
Since Eleena was a Saintess-in-training, and in most churches, the Saintess was an equal existence to popes, which was why she had the authority to target all Players (believers).
While it was a superb skill in every sense of the word, Eleena was an exception since she was the spellcaster, and the skill wouldn't work on her.
Because of this, this skill was more effective in a team battle than in a solo battle.
Moreover, the skill's cooldown was long, and its mana consumption was substantial. If Eleena hadn't leveled up recently and had a full mana bar, casting it alone would have been a problem.
Moreover, the skill's leveling up would not reduce mana consumption or cooldown, but increase its area of effect …
Either way, Survival Tactics: Infinity wouldn't work on Selene, which was why she was still infected with zombie blight. Moreover, from the look on her face and how she wasn't struggling in Marni's arms, it was clear that she wouldn't last much longer.
Clerics' purification and dispel skills only worked on Players, whereas potions worked indiscriminately. The problem was that the Players who had antidotes (grape-flavored mirinda) had already finished them just now, and there wasn't any left for her.
It was fortunate that Marni was one of the more mature Players, and soon realized that wasting time like this wasn't a good idea. Hence, he simply brought the elven girl back to the elven capital, surrounded by the Players.
It was worth mentioning that the final item the devil dropped was a pair of golden Legendary brass knuckles called 'Nightcry Corpse Spinner Receive Death'. This thing came with a skill called 'Jacob's Limbs', and it had extra damage to hell creatures and undead creatures. Apart from that, its overall stats were subtly mediocre, and it didn't really deserve the title of Legendary item.
While the other Players were exchanging glances, unsure of how to use the brass knuckles, Princess Leah, one of the players who contributed the most in the battle, accepted it with a smile. She then officially became the Iron Fist Princess, even promising that everyone who saw it would get a share, and that she would compensate the other Players with game coins once they returned to the Lancaster Hideout.
The wards of the elven capital of Trinia were startled when they saw so many travel-worn humans running towards them. They thought that the humans were coming to lay siege to the city, and were left in shock.
It was fortunate that Marni had a glib tongue, and with the fact that the elf girl in his arms was really on the brink of death, the guards eventually let him into the capital.
The Elven Queen appeared to have learned of the Players' intentions from her irises, and didn't hesitate to lead Marni to the wood elves' secret grounds, a place called the Moon Pavilion.
Although it was called the Moon Pavilion, it was actually a giant hollow tree formed by many vines intertwining with each other.
In a few places, there was a mysterious pool of water. Even though the top was covered by densely packed vines, moonlight would still shine into it every night, and a strand of silver moonlight would seep into the bottom of the pool.
After more than a thousand years after the Great War of Gods and Devils, the whole pool had turned bright silver.
The Elven Queen took the pale elven girl from Marni's hands and gently put her into the pool.
As if sinking into the silver, Selene slowly disappeared into the silver pool.
"Is she alright?" Marni asked worriedly.
"It's fine. The Silver Moon Well is said to be able to heal all wounds of the wood elves and soothe all grudges. It's the entrance to our homeland … the faraway Fairyland. Even if our bloodlines are impure and we have lost the right to return to Fairyland, it would still treat all wood elves gently and heal all our wounds. "
The Elven Queen said softly.
There was a smile in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Marni. "Still, I'm surprised by your actions. Selene might be our precious kin, but she's nothing more than a wood elf who looks down on you. Why would you go so far for her?"
"Hmmm, if I have to say …"
Marni scratched his head in distress before saying, "Maybe because I'm the one who caused all of this? If I didn't say that I wanted to go to the arcane realm of the Trinia Forests, she wouldn't have shown me the way in James' stead. She didn't do it even when she had the chance to escape, and stayed by my side instead, and ended up getting caught in the devil's ambush. "
Pausing, Marni smiled as if understanding his true intentions. "I probably wouldn't be able to shake off the guilt in my heart for the rest of my life if I leave her alone."
He wasn't lusting after the wood elf's beauty, and there was no love or sentiment to speak of in the few hours they spent together. What Marni sought was the purest form of a clear conscience.
It sounded simple, but only Marni who had traveled half the continent as a traveling merchant understood how difficult it was to achieve that in the corrupted world.
He never would have dared to ask for that in the first place. After all, there were plenty of times when a traveling merchant had no control over himself, and even a petty thief could claim his life.
It was only after he became a believer of the God of Games and a Player that his own life was no longer his priority that Marni finally had the chance to pursue his own heart. He no longer had to go against his own will and make choices that he would regret for the rest of his life.
"Is that so? I see."
There was no telling if the Elven Queen understood Marni's meaning, but she simply nodded at him with a beautiful and elegant smile. "I understand. Whatever the case may be, I thank you for your help this time. From now on, the gates of Trinia would always be open to you … May the day come when you could become a bridge of friendship between humans and wood elves. "
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Chapter 224
The Moon Pavilion
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