I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

48 – Episode 48. Elvengarde (1)

The dense forest of Elvengarde.

The world tree, a huge sacred tree rising in the middle of it.

The human image of a girl is revealed in a tunnel dug at the base of the World Tree.

A white veil covering the face.

And everyone knew just by looking at her long, light green hair.

The goddess of the World Tree.

It was Mia.

“Mistress. What is the prophecy…?”

“······.”

The white-haired high elves who had been waiting flocked to the entrance and asked the priestess.

But the priestess, Mia, just stood still and shook her head.

Sighs broke out here and there.

“Now is the time when prophecy is most needed! Why is the World Tree so quiet?”

“It’s too late now.”

As Mia sighs and takes her steps forward, the path opens up like the sea parting.

And by the time Mia finally made it all the way out of the tunnel and onto her surface.

The sky was colored red.

It wasn’t like a sunset.

Great Spirit Ifrit.

A spiritual body created by the spirit of fire, a huge flame embroidered the sky.

Mia went out to her spot with a good view and closed her eyes tightly.

It has already been 12 hours since the Great Spirit began growing his spiritual body.

The spirit body became distracted and burned and crushed everything in its path.

A forest so large that it fills the horizon has already been burned down.

Next is Elvengarde, a city where elves live.

And it was the world tree.

“What is the evacuation status?”

“All the residents have fled Elvengarde. However, it is unclear whether they will be able to reach the nearest city without any stragglers.”

It was a hopeless situation.

The inhabitants of Elvengarde alone number as many as 100,000.

Just getting to the nearest city from the isolated Elvengarde would be difficult.

Even if they somehow arrived, there was no way there would be a crazy lord who would accept 100,000 refugees.

After that, it becomes even more of a problem.

The World Tree is an immortal sacred tree that never dies.

So even if a tree burns up by its roots and disappears, the World Tree will sprout again and be resurrected somewhere on the continent.

Until they find the resurrected World Tree, the elves cannot stop their arduous march.

Elvengarde, the country of the elves, must be built where the World Tree grew.

As refugees who lost their country, they end up having to wander for ten or a hundred years in search of the saplings of the world tree.

“I will try to persuade you one last time.”

“Please do me a favor, priestess.”

“Please…”

I couldn’t leave it like that.

Mia took a deep breath and took a step forward, encouraged by the countless cheers coming from behind her.

I walked towards the huge pillar of flame that was still slowly approaching Elvengarde.

“Great Spirit!”

-······-

Thump. Thud.

The spirit body of the Great Spirit, which had been advancing step by step, stopped.

Mia placed her hand on her chest and took a deep breath, inhaling and exhaling her breath once.

The fate of the world tree depends on my every word.

The life and death of Elvengarde and the Elven people are at stake.

This pressure was weighing on Mia.

Her choice of words had to be careful.

“Are you still not planning on letting go of your anger?”

-······-

There is no answer.

It was as if she had no intention of talking.

Or, the Great Spirit just stood still, motionless, as if he couldn’t hear anything at all.

“Great Spirit! Resolve with words…”

-Given enough opportunities-

A heavy voice that seems to shake the heavens and earth.

Immediately after that, the flame pillar began to move again.

Once again, we burned everything that touched our spiritual bodies and advanced towards Elvengarde.

“Ah…”

Mia’s legs gave out and she collapsed.

I could feel the resoluteness in the Great Spirit’s voice.

He probably won’t stop from now on.

It’s over.

Everything is over.

“Prince, please wake up. We also need to evacuate quickly.”

“But. But, what is the meaning of existence for a priestess without a world tree…?”

“We have to go find the World Tree again. We can’t find it without the priestess. Wake up.”

The moment Mia stood up, unable to resist the elders’ sanctification.

Ifrit’s spirit body, which he thought would never stop again, stopped again.

Are you trying to give me one last chance?

Mia stood up with a blush on her face, but her expression soon hardened.

“No!”

Right in front of the red-flaming spirit body of the Great Spirit.

There was a human being standing there.

***

“I’ve thought more than once that I wish it would just burn away, but…”

This was the first time since the adventurer district that I wanted to destroy everything in the city.

The entire city’s residents are all at least 100 years old, so when a member of a different race appears, there is bound to be a barrage of advice, nagging, and nonsense that a crazy old man would say.

When people listen to that, they slowly go crazy, to the point where they seriously think that maybe it would be helpful for world peace if the elves disappeared from the world.

“I never thought the day would truly burn.”

But just as Elvengarde was about to be engulfed in flames.

When I saw people leaving in a line with worried faces, I felt weak.

‘It’s impossible to stop that anymore.’

If the Great Spirit’s spiritual body has grown to that level, a head-to-head fight is now impossible.

Even if a dragon comes, it can’t be defeated.

In the first place, destroying that spirit does not mean that the spirit dies.

A spirit is a ‘magical being’, not a living creature.

If the core made of magical power is not destroyed, it will be resurrected by endlessly creating spiritual bodies.

The problem is that the core is inside that pillar of flame.

It is impossible to attack the nucleus.

There is no time to wait until all energy is consumed and the spiritual body collapses on its own.

‘I have to find Kali.’

You have to catch Kali, who is hiding somewhere, and kill her.

The one controlling Ifrit must be the Four Heavenly Kings, Kali.

Look at me.

As proof that she is under Kali’s control, Ifrit’s consciousness is completely lost and she does not respond to the priestess’s questions…

-Given enough opportunities-

“Huh?”

What is he?

What are you saying?

If you are under Kali’s rule, it is normal for you to lose your ability to speak…?

‘No, this is crazy. ‘You said it was a mistake?’

I thought that Ifrit was being manipulated and was trying to destroy Elvengarde.

But in fact, Kali didn’t even come here.

Ifrit was doing that sh*t with a sober mind?

Something happened.

I thought it would be resolved if I just found Kali and beat her.

Now there is no way to stop that walking sea of fire.

‘No. ‘There is one.’

A faint possibility that came to mind at that time.

It is not clear whether it will succeed or not.

But it is well worth a try.

“aaah… That’s the Great Spirit! How can we stop an angry Great Spirit? Even if the Great Wizard comes in droves, we can’t take it!”

“I heard there is a way. But Alicia, I need a little help from you.”

“Huh? Me?”

“Let’s go. This is your chance to become the hero who saved Elvengarde.”

“aaah! Now, wait a minute! Are you going to go into that fire pit? If you’re going to die, die alone! I can’t die yet! There’s so much food I haven’t eaten yet!!!”

Quick quality.

I grabbed Alicia’s wrist and she was easily led.

But it seems like he secretly trusts me, so he doesn’t resist, even lying down.

“Hi…”

The moment we approached a fairly close distance.

Ifrit’s spirit body stops and makes eye contact with us for a moment.

It’s like watching a tsunami made of fire.

It is that huge and majestic.

It seems like the flames will attack us at any moment and turn us into white ashes.

Sweat pours down like rain.

My whole body is so hot that it feels like it’s burning.

Alicia is in a lot of pain with her tongue sticking out.

······Mijung doesn’t look very distressed, perhaps because her body has almost no moisture to begin with.

“Hmm. That doesn’t work either.”

Poof.

I tried to pick up a stone and throw it into the pillar of flame.

Due to its intense firepower, it cannot dig in and just bounces off.

I also need Alicia’s help.

“Mijung. You have to throw well. You know that.”

“······Yes.”

Take off her necklace and hand it to Mijeong.

A necklace encrusted with a magic stone that emits an evil light.

Mijeong’s role in this operation is as important as Alicia’s.

If you fail, you will lose Tei’s latest magic stone.

“This distance should be enough. Alicia, please.”

“I wonder if this will only make the Great Spirit even more angry…?”

“Trust me.”

“Ugh!”

Nod your head and make eye contact.

Then Alicia furrowed her brows and made a fuss, then put the magic stone ring I gave her on her index finger.

She then stretches her hands forward and chants her mantra.

“Spirit of the wind. Give me the strength to slay the robber…!”

Pow!

A gust of wind shoots out in front of her with a roar that seems to rip out her eardrums.

It was a thousand times more powerful than what Alicia had used on her bullies the other day.

-Oops!-

The gust of wind directly hits Ifrit’s spirit body and passes right through the flames.

A huge empty space was created in the exact center of the pillar of flame in an instant.

“······Huh!”

Don’t miss that moment.

With red eyes shining, Mijeong grabs the string of her necklace and begins to turn it.

She then jumped into the air and spun her once, then twice.

Wedge…!

Throw her necklace and send her flying forward.

Thanks to Mijeong’s quick rotation, the necklace flew at maximum speed and ended up in the empty space.

However, the empty space is instantly filled with flame again and restored to its original state.

-On the subject of humble insects!!!-

“Ugh! I’m even angrier!”

The flame pillar suddenly turns purple and grows bigger.

But there is no need to worry.

A spirit is a magical being that can be resurrected infinitely as long as the core remains intact, no matter how much the spirit body is destroyed or destroyed.

In other words, if only the core is neutralized, the spirit body will also be suppressed.

And what makes up the core of the spirit is magical power.

Coincidentally, the latest black magic stone made by Tei has the additional effect of absorbing magical power.

‘Now, what if I activate the effect of the magic stone and absorb the magic power?’

The moment when the magic stone buried in the center of the spiritual body emits an evil light.

-Huh?-

An ugly death message rings out.

Ifrit’s core is sucked into the necklace without resistance.

Whaaa…!

The spiritual body that lost its core collapses.

The huge pillar of flame lost its shape, waved and disappeared.

All that was left before my eyes was a pile of pure white ashes, as if it had snowed.

As you walk inside, the pleasant sound of footsteps echoing.

Found it.

My necklace.

The iron parts are all melted, scorched, and distorted, but the black magic stone is as it was when it first appeared.

“That’s good, right?”

“What are you, really…?”

I discovered an incredible fact.

With this magic stone, you can capture all magical beings, no matter how high your opponent is.

To put it simply, it is a Master Ball that can catch everything, including legendary PoXmons.