1007 Subjugation Expedition
“I will join you in the monster subjugation. I must train my new domain on a real battlefield and expand it to cover a large area.” Elysia declared her participation in Zera’s expedition.
“Okay, but will she be coming too?” Ai glanced at Elena.
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“Ah, okay.” Ai spoke nothing more. She used to move with Elysia in the past, and now it was no different.
Elysia turned around to face Elena. She opened her mouth, but she didn’t know what she needed to say. It would be possible for her to become a softie if she mitigated or eliminated the punishment easily. Thus she could only say a farewell before leaving.
“I’m going to train my domain. Please take care.” Elysia said it as if it was directed at Rhea, but she stole a glance at Elena several times.
“Um, please be careful.” Rhea waved her hand.
“…” Elena ended up sighing after Elysia had gone far enough. Elysia was still mad at her or had truly forgiven her. That was the one she wanted to know. She had to make up soon and behave like a reliable, courteous, graceful big sister.
Nell returned after escorting Elysia, Ai, Zera, and Sylvia out of her realm. However, Elena stopped her near the portal.
“They’re gone?” Elena asked.
“Yeah, they’ve left. I say, you should make up with Ely soon. You both seem to be torturing yourselves with this kind of discord. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is. You are the mature one, and should know what to do.” Nell sighed as she looked directly into Elena’s golden eyes with concern.
She knew Elena had a nightmare-like illusion due to last night’s excessive worry.
“It’s my fault. I teased her excessively, and brought this upon myself. Ely punished me, and I need to reflect on my actions. I need to behave like a good big sister before she returns. That way, I can lighten or negate my punishment .” Elena put her hand on her upper chest.
“Oh? I knew that. Ely always listens to you. She is very nice, but please don’t overdo anything, okay? You are the most important one for her, and vice versa.” Nell could only give a little advice. She wasn’t sure Elena would survive a week of being ignored by Elysia despite seeing each other daily. That would be painful.
“I know. You please go to watch over her remotely and help her in case of emergency.” Elena nodded slightly.
“Ah, alright then. We’ll probably be back this afternoon. But, hey, can I escape Elysia’s detection? Disguise won’t work in front of her eyes of truth.” Nell complied with the sudden request.
“It’s okay. You don’t get closer than two hundred meters from her, and don’t let her notice you with direct eye contact.” Regardless, Elena felt it was okay if Elysia detected Nell’s presence.
“Then, I’m leaving.” Nell raised her hand in farewell.
“Please be careful.” Rhea waved her hand.
*Zap*
The realm portal was closed off from the outside.
“Is it alright?” Rhea stood beside Elena, glancing at Elena’s facial expression.
‘Everything will be fine. Rhea, please teach me to be a lovable, perfect big sister for Ely!’ Elena held Rhea’s arms.
‘E-eh?’ Rhea was surprised by Elena’s sudden request. ‘But, but, I am the little sister, right? I am treated as the youngest one in our sisterhood family.’
‘That’s just the rank. In matters of age and experience, you are the elder. I will also drag Lifa and Luna to help me. Maybe, Fortune also. I have to be a perfect big sister for Ely, and that incident must not happen again. It was only in spite of heated up moments. I regret that.’ Elena expressed her wish with a resolved gaze.
‘Ah, okay.’ Rhea meekly nodded.
When Elena went to train noble etiquette to become a perfect big sister, Elysia embarked on a short journey to the abandoned plains south of the Devil Continent.
Elysia did a quick divination, then asked the nearby nature spirits in the sky. “We are close to the horde of weird, unknown monsters. They are dangerous mutated poison slimes and shadow demons. This will be a tricky battle, but our opponent has the element of darkness. Are you ready?”
“Mutated shadowy poison slimes? Wow, what kind of ghost is that?” Sylvia widened her eyes in shock. She had never heard of that kind of monster before.
“They are should be easy to handle, but we need to fight long distances.” Elysia flew down to the abandoned plains.
It was a jet-black barren land. Only scorched black grass was there, and no signs of other lifeforms were on the ground.
“Master Ely, please use Celestia. It can also be used as a ranged weapon.” Zera pushed Celestia to fly behind Ely.
“Hmm?” Elysia felt Celestia’s aura and energy connected to her body.
“Try to manifest your sword intent. You can summon the virtual magical sword as much as you want without having to unsheathed the real one.” Zera proudly introduced Celestia’s new skill.
“???” Elysia just tried it by imagining Celestia in her hand. Yet, that odachi suddenly popped. The sword was as thick as half a palm and two meters long but light as a feather.
Elysia summoned another odachi, then looked back. The real Celestia was still floating behind her back, and the two manifest swords were in her hands.
“Perhaps, I can summon a thousand blades at once and rain down enemies with unlimited blade works? As long as the magic is not nullified, this is such a powerful weapon skill.” Elysia was amazed by her cursed sword.
“I know, right! It’s not manifested by magic, but sword intent. Although it could be classified as magic, it’s not exactly true. Anti magic curse would require double the effort to negate the cursed sword manifestation.” Zera puffed out her chest proudly.
“Thank you, Zera. Celestia is also cheering because of you. However, what about your weapon?” Elysia found Zera didn’t carry any weapons.
“I am a living weapon that can be molded at will. Please familiarize yourself with fighting Celestia, master. After that, I hope you can use me as your weapon.” Zera put her hands to her cheeks. She smiled broadly as if she couldn’t wait for the opportunity.
“All right, let’s eliminate the ghosts that reside within this abandoned plains.” Sylvia did a little stretching. She was ready to fight with her divine battlesuit and spear.
“No, you need to suppress your power to Spirit-level, and fight strong enemies. You need to fully endure their immense assault for ten minutes before you can go full attack. No divine artifacts or weapons are allowed to be used. Experience the terror and predicaments.” Zera strictly forbade Sylvia to go with that kind of setup.
“Wha, I’m going to die.” Sylvia turned pale. Elysia said those mutated monsters were dangerous. They were definitely tricky creatures with at least a few Saint levels and many troublesome minions.
“If you are incompetent. For sure, it is. But, your heaven is right beside you. You will return to Master Ely once you die. So, don’t be afraid to die!” Zera gave encouragement.
Elysia, Ai, and Sylvia went speechless. However, Sylvia took that as seriously. She deactivated her divine battlesuit, suppressed her power, and changed her weapon to the spear she usually used as the devil princess.
She wouldn’t die and embarrass herself in front of Elysia.
Elysia approached the energy turmoil epicenter at a particular spot in abandoned plains. “My apologies, mutated poison slimes and shadow demons. The nature spirits deemed you as harmful variables, and should be resolved immediately. To answer nature’s call, we will set you free to the afterlife and purify this place.”
Elysia thrust her cursed swords to the ground, detonating a massive underground spike.
*Bam* *Boom!*
Enormous masses of land were blown up into the sky, and the earth was turned upside down. All the poison slimes and shadow demons underground were thrown onto the surface.
“Sylvi, I choose you! Go to the left and show your might. Master Ely, please go to the right and exterminate the monsters while training your domain and familiarize yourself with Celestia. Also, please pay no attention to Sylvi even if she will die, okay? She can only thrive under pressure and hardship.” Zera gave orders to Sylvia like a heartless instructor, but her attitude became like a meek junior sister to Elysia.
Sylvia gritted her teeth at the provocation. “Demoness Zera, I won’t die! You will see how I rise to Empress level very soon! Ely, I’ll go first.”
“Please be safe.” Elysia replied with one soft word, then plunged into battle.
“You are the one who proposed this expedition, but you will only be a supervisor like me?” Ai folded her arms.
“For now, we need to guide them to develop. I can forge myself in the next battle. Master Ely is joining this expedition, and I will become her weapon to slaughter all of her enemies.” Zera couldn’t hide her excitement at becoming an ultimate divine weapon in her master’s grasp.
‘Ely gained another weirdos affection. See how this chaotic girl infatuated because of you.’ Ai heaved a subtle sign in her mind.