Chapter 553

A siege and annihilation battle that affected the entire Tagore Forest came to an end just like that.

At the very least, the evil aura that engulfed the entire Tagore Forest had dissipated, and the monsters who had lost their minds had also recovered.

Although the aftermath of this sudden change still existed in the Tagore Forest, and many monsters did not regain their composure so quickly as if they had fallen into a state of restlessness and were in an uproar, but since Lilith had withdrawn her authority, presumably, the Tagore Forest would return to peace sooner or later, right?

However, Shien's side would definitely not end so quickly.

"Roar!"

In front of the temple square of the Elven Hometown, Lide once again expanded and turned into a giant beast the size of a giant dragon.

He suddenly opened his huge mouth and spat out an incomplete figure.

"Bam …"

With a dull thud, the figure fell heavily on the ground, causing the blood that spilled from his body to stain a large area below him.

"Ugh …"

Only then did Maki struggle to open her eyes with difficulty, allowing the surrounding scenery to enter her eyes.

However, the scene in front of him made the Demon Spirit's pupils tremble.

This was because she had been heavily surrounded.

At this moment, Maki was lying in the center of the square, surrounded by elves as if she was being judged.

They were members of the Elven Division, a group of mages second to none in the human world.

At this moment, these mages all had serious expressions on their faces, and looked at Maki with disgust as if they had seen an unbearable evil creature, exuding a bone-chilling hostility.

Of course, Maki did not care about these elves.

In the outside world, these elves were indeed the world's best mages, and none of them were below level 80. However, to Maki, she did not care about such a level of characters, and they could not do anything to her.

However, apart from these elven mages, there were also existences that Maki could not ignore.

For example, standing behind her as if blocking her escape route were the three demons — Ai Yi, Lide, and Milu.

For example, standing in front of her and looking at her with a complicated gaze were the three elves — Sophie, Reya, and Nya.

Then, there was also the evil god who stood next to her and looked at her with a faint evil aura that made Maki's heart tremble — Lilith.

Even the kingdom's most precious treasure, who was rumored to be as beautiful as a fairy, was here, looking at her quietly, as if intending to witness her end and her end.

Finally, there was the man whom she had only met today, but who had left an indelible deep impression in Maki's heart.

"Should I welcome you back?"

Shien stood right in front of Maki, looking down at her from above. There was no pity or joy in his eyes, only sarcasm.

"Did you play the game? Was it fun? Great Miss Demon? "

Hearing that.

It was very forceful, very powerless, and very difficult, but it was a very straightforward smile.

"I didn't expect that after playing around in the world for thousands of years, I would actually fall in the hands of a human that I've only met for less than ten hours.

"Shien" did not respond to this sentence.

Because someone responded to Maki first.

"I also did not expect to see you again in such a situation, Maki."

The Elf Queen, who was holding the scepter, finally opened her mouth and said such words in a complicated mood.

The smile on Maki's face suddenly became wider.

"Isn't this Sophie?" Maki said calmly, "Long time no see. It seems that you have lived a good life for the past few thousand years."

Hearing this, Sophie could not suppress the anger rising in her heart.

"I have been thinking about finding you all the time, Maki."

Sophie suppressed her anger and said such words.

But Maki snorted.

"You have been thinking about finding me all the time? Stop joking, okay? " Maki said disdainfully, "If you want to find me, why do you hide in the Elf Homeland, isolated from the world, instead of running around the world?"

"This …" Sophie was speechless.

"I know. Let me answer for you." Maki's expression became even more disdainful. She said, "Because compared to personal grudges, you care more about the elves. Compared to finding me, you want to protect your people more. That is why you only dare to hide here, thinking about finding me, but in reality, you are satisfied with a comfortable and peaceful life, right?"

As she said this, Maki's tone became full of sarcasm.

"You are still as boring as before. If I had known, I would have killed a few more companions back then and let you experience the feeling of pain more."

This demonic spirit was still provoking her.

"You …!"

Sophie finally could not hold back her anger.

Reiya and Niya were the same. They were all angry.

Only some of the elves who had joined the Elf Division not long ago were confused.

"Vice Division Commander, what's going on?"

Someone quietly asked the leader, Caroline.

Caroline stared at Sophie, who had an angry expression on her face, and sighed.

"The Queen and that demonic spirit know each other."

Caroline said.

"Before the Queen inherited the throne, when the elves were at war with the Demon Spirit Race, she had some entanglement with that demonic spirit."

This was a secret that only the elves who had experienced the war and survived until now knew.

Caroline just so happened to be one of them.

"It is said that Her Majesty had a few very good friends back then. Their relationship was similar to Melica and Jenom. They were almost inseparable and lived together."

"Those people were the future confidants that the former Her Majesty had arranged for Queen Sophie. They were the most talented of the new generation of the elves. They were taught by the former Her Majesty and learned magic together."

"Division Leader Reiya and Niya were also part of them. They could be said to be irreplaceable playmates and confidants who grew up with Queen Sophie."

"But on the day of the life and death battle between the elves and the Demon Spirit Race, apart from Queen Sophie, Division Leader Reiya and Niya, everyone else in that group was killed."

Caroline's voice became low.

"The culprit was a demonic spirit that had just been born."

"That demonic spirit has the unique ability to transform into any appearance. It is said that she became interested in Queen Sophie and used spiritual magic to hypnotize an elf. She opened the boundary of the elves' homeland and sneaked in."

"She found Queen Sophie and secretly killed one of the queen's companions. She took her appearance and lived with the queen for a hundred years."

"Then, after Queen Sophie saw her as an irreplaceable and important friend, on the day of the war between the two races, she suddenly rose up and killed several of the queen's companions. She even seriously injured the queen and two division leaders."

Caroline's solemn voice caused many of the elves present to draw in a breath of cold air.

They did not expect such a tragedy to happen to the Sidhe Queen.

There was actually a demonic spirit that had secretly snuck to her side, disguised as her friend, and lived with her for a whole hundred years. And when their relationship became the closest, it suddenly launched an attack, and did such a cruel thing that even the heavens couldn't tolerate?

They could only imagine Queen Sophie's shock, disbelief, despair, and pain at that moment.

"If the war between the elves and the demonic spirits hadn't suddenly broken out, that demonic spirit would have killed Her Majesty the queen and the two division leaders, right?"

"In addition, the queen's master, the former queen, died in the war. Her Majesty Queen Sophie was in great pain at the time."

"But for the elves who needed to recuperate after the war and needed guidance, the queen chose to stand up and unite all the elven divisions to purify the land of despair where the demonic spirit could be born."

Caroline spoke of the reason behind this.

"You should have guessed that the demonic spirit is this woman called Maggie."

Hearing this, the elves looked at Maggie with anger and hatred.

"So it is a race with evil in nature!"

"How could they do such a cruel thing!"

"How hateful!"

"This kind of existence should be completely destroyed!"

The elves shouted with righteous indignation.

Caroline's gaze on Maggie was also very cold.

Actually, there was one thing that she didn't say.

That was, in order to purify the land of despair, Sophie had paid a great price.

This was because Sophie had used herself as a medium to seal all the curse and evil aura in the land of despair into her body.

The curse and evil aura had now wrapped around Sophie's body and turned into an extremely strong poison, causing all kinds of effects on Sophie.

Usually, Sophie used her magic to suppress the curse in her body, not letting it break out.

But even so, every once in a while, Sophie had to experience unspeakable pain, suffering that others could not imagine.

In addition, the curse had also seeped into Sophie's soul, causing her to suffer two side effects.

One was that she could no longer use her unique skills.

The other was that she could no longer use the blessing that she had received.

Because of this, Sophie's blessing could not even be replaced.

Once Sophie's blessing was triggered, the curse in her body would immediately go berserk, causing Sophie to die suddenly. Sophie could only carry this blessing that could no longer be used, protecting her people in the land of the elves.

For this matter, the Goddess of Nature, Nadula, had also descended.

She said that with the almighty power of the Goddess of Fate, Lidas, it was not impossible for her to remove the curse.

However, because the curse had completely entangled Sophie's body and even seeped into her soul, if she chose to remove the curse, Sophie might revert back to the fairy stage before she was reincarnated.

What did this mean?

It meant that Sophie would lose everything after becoming an elf. She would have to start from the fairy stage again, slowly accumulate magic, slowly grow, and slowly reincarnate until the day she became an elf again.

The Goddess had also said.

"There are only two ways to get rid of this curse without any side effects."

"One is to ask the Overgod Omnys to act and let the true almighty goddess remove this curse."

"The other is to ask the Hero to use the holy power of the holy sword to completely purify the power of the curse."

These two methods were ultimately unsuccessful.

What kind of person was the Overgod Omnys? Why would she act for a mere elf royalty?

As for the Hero, the elves had asked a few, but there were strong and weak Heroes, and there were also differences in the power of the Hero's holy sword. The power of the Hero's holy sword was not enough to completely purify the power of the curse and free Sophie.

Even the Hero Mithra from a thousand years ago could not completely purify the power of the curse after he performed a purification on Sophie. He only weakened it and greatly reduced the pain Sophie had to endure.

However, the curse still existed in Sophie's body, affecting her to this day. It prevented her from using the unique skills she was born with, and she could not replace the power of the blessing and use the power of the blessing.

If not for this, Sophie might not have lost to Alidia.

As a member of the elven royal family that had lived for thousands of years, Sophie's talent was naturally not inferior to Alidia's.

If she could use her unique skills, Alidia would not have been able to defeat her.

At the very least, if Sophie's blessing was still in effect, it would have brought her some benefits.

Unfortunately, all of these were gone.

And all of this, in the end, was actually because of Maggie.

Had it not been for Maki, a demonic spirit, that caused her to suffer so much, Sophie would not have been so determined to purify the land of despair and absorb the strong curse that spread throughout the entire area into her body.

That was the power of the curse that could even give birth to a race like the demon spirits. It existed in the land of despair for who knew how many years, completely isolating magic and life.

One could imagine how terrifying and shocking that curse was.

It was said that the land of death had already existed before life appeared on the earth. The curse inside was very likely a small residue of the power left on the ground by the Demon King and the Supreme God during the countless battles.

Because of this, the Demon Spirits that were born from it were classified as Demon Race and not Human Race.

Perhaps this was also the reason why the curse was so terrifying. Even an almost omnipotent existence like the Goddess of Fate could not guarantee that Sophie would not be affected if she wanted to remove it.

Only the Supreme God and the Hero could deal with this power that could trace back to the Demon King, right?

Fortunately, it was only a small residue of the Demon King's power. Otherwise, even the Supreme God might not be able to do anything.

After all, the power of the Supreme God was ineffective against the Demon King. This was something that everyone knew.

Only the Hero's Holy Sword could completely get rid of it.

However, the power of a half-baked Holy Sword could not completely purify this curse.

If even Hero Mithra couldn't do it, then only a Hero with a Holy Sword that was even more powerful than Mithra could do it.

Unfortunately …

"There are no longer any Heroes in this world."

Caroline sighed.