Just as Nora and the old mage were worrying about the disaster ahead of them, Jenny and the rest had successfully left the land of plague and returned to the Elf Forest.
Of course, before that, Jenny and Olfen had also successfully met up with the Naga Siren and the rest. Both sides also communicated.
And just as Jenny expected, just as they were attacked, the Naga Siren and the rest who were investigating by the lake were also attacked by the forest.
Of course, they weren't as capable as Jenny, but fortunately, as the holy child of the Goddess of Water, the Naga Siren and the rest still had some life-saving skills. Therefore, during the critical moment, they directly opened a portal in the water and escaped from the forest, thus saving their lives.
Of course, at that time, they also saw the changes in the forest and came to the same conclusion as Jenny. It was obvious that the forest, for some unknown reason, had a certain degree of self-consciousness.
Not only that, but the Naga Siren and the rest also discovered that the forest was gradually spreading in the direction of the plague and even devouring the areas that died because of the plague.
If it were to continue like this, perhaps the entire Elf Forest would be assimilated with it.
This was also the conclusion that the Naga Siren and the rest came to after investigating while waiting for Jenny. In fact, they weren't worried that Jenny and Olfen would die in the battle.
After all, they had witnessed Jenny's abilities along the way. Besides, in terms of running ability, the unicorn that could freely cross the Astral Boundary was much faster than them.
After all, the Naga Siren's godly gifts couldn't be used casually.
Besides, during the battle with the monsters, the fire pillars that Olfen released had also exposed their location.
Initially, everyone planned to fly directly to meet up with the two of them. However, due to the extraordinary and terrifying aggressiveness of the forest after being injured by Jenny, they had no choice but to wait on the spot.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Jenny and Olfen to catch up with them by following the magic light they left behind. After the two sides met up and exchanged information, they decided to leave immediately and return to the Elf Kingdom to report to the Elf Queen.
In this regard, Jenny could not help but lament that Nabelius's ability to twist the topic was indeed very powerful. Originally, everyone had come out to find the source of the plague, but in the end, after such a commotion, everyone had placed eliminating the activated forest as their top priority.
Considering the expanding size of the forest, even if the Sidhe Queen were to think of a way to destroy the forest, the Sidhe would suffer huge casualties. In that case, they wouldn't have the strength to continue searching for the source of the plague.
Just like before, Nabelius didn't need to do anything. In fact, in a situation where she didn't even know about it, another operation targeted at her had been changed by the invisible hand of fate, completely deviating from its original path.
Of course, Jenny was happy to see that. She didn't want the elves to be too stubborn. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to continue to intervene.
After all, Nabelius's Fate Manipulation ability was too powerful, and he was not in the mood to accompany the elf to explore new dungeons.
What was worse was that if this continued, it might affect his plan.
After all, Nabelius's ability belonged to the passive type, and it did not differentiate between friend and foe.
It would be even more troublesome if he were to open a new dungeon because he was too deeply implicated.
This was one of the reasons why Jenny always stayed far away from Nabelius. After all, this ability was too terrifying.
Just as Jenny and the others returned to the Elven Kingdom, Irene and the others who had set off from the Holy Empire finally reached the border of the Elven Woods.
"Yawn …"
Pattilina let out a bored yawn. She leaned against the carriage, placed her hands behind her head, and gazed at the campfire before her.
Not far away from her, the others were busy setting up the campsite.
Looking at this scene, Pattilina curled her lips, turned around, and gazed at Irene who sat beside her.
"Irene, are you guys going to save the world?
Why does it look like you guys are going camping? "
Upon hearing Pattilina's grumbles, Irene shook her head.
In fact, Pattilina couldn't be blamed for saying such a thing.
It had been five days since they left the White Tower.
As a matter of fact, they had just stepped out of Seth's borders and entered the Elf Forest.
Even though Seth's massive size was one of the reasons, in Pattilina's opinion, the biggest problem was that the so-called 'Saints' wasted a lot of unnecessary time.
In order to prevent a similar incident from happening in the Black Sword Fortress, she had no choice but to give up on the strategy of traveling light and get the holy knights to escort them instead.
After all, news of what happened in Fort Ebonblade had spread throughout Seth, further increasing the anger of Seth's citizens against Parsus.
If one were to say that the Holy Empire's expedition to Passus failed, the complete destruction of the Black Sword Fortress was a matter that happened within the Holy Empire itself.
For a time, many places began to criticize Pasus, and even the Holy Church was quite dissatisfied with this.
In this case, Saintess Aili had no choice but to get the holy knights to escort them out of Seth.
She knew Pattilina's temperament very well. If anyone dared to spout nonsense in front of her, she would definitely beat them up without hesitation.
And if she were to beat another high-ranking official of the Holy Empire to death, it would be a huge problem.
"That's not quite right, Miss Pattilina."
At that moment, a gentle voice sounded. Then, a suave, handsome holy knight stepped out from the side. He bowed respectfully to Irene before turning to Pattilina.
"The Saints are of noble statuses, after all. Besides, this trip to the Elf Country is filled with dangers, so it is only natural for us to protect you.
Of course, I admit that we have wasted some time, but Miss Irene has a frail body, after all … "
"I'm the one who set the training plan for her. It's not a problem for her to cross mountains and run with weights every day. Don't use this as an excuse."
The corners of Micah's mouth twitched at Pattilina's unconvinced reply. He revealed a helpless, bitter smile.
As a high-ranking holy knight of the White Tower, Micah was very confident in his charm.
He entered the White Tower at the age of five. First, he was a probationary priest. Then, he became an official priest at the age of 15.
At the same time, Micah began his training as a holy knight and became an official holy knight five years later.
Back then, the Holy Church valued this rising star and there was even a scene where the archbishop and the head of the holy knights worked together to snatch him away.
In the end, in order to fight against evil, Micah chose to become a holy knight.
Thereafter, his strength skyrocketed. As of now, he was the number one person in the entire White Tower below the head knight and almost everyone believed that he would become the next head knight.
If there really was a prince charming in this world, then Micah would undoubtedly be his incarnation. He was young, handsome, and had never been involved in any scandals.
He was like the ideal hero. In front of outsiders, he was always modest and polite.
He had never been involved in any scandals with any of the noblewomen in the capital, and there were no bad rumors about him either.
On the contrary, people competed to sing about him leading holy knights to fight against evil and exterminate those abominable monsters and cultists.
He was a young, brave, handsome, and flawless holy knight. In addition to his noble birth, it could be said that the line of girls in the capital who wanted to marry him was enough to surround the entire capital three times.
Although Micah had never been arrogant because of this, he was still full of confidence in his words and actions.
It was also because of this that the Holy Church and Saintess Aili allowed Micah to lead this team.
After all, in the Black Sword Fortress, Aili had already realized that her reputation as the Saintess was not as useful as she had imagined.
In other words, the name of the Saintess could be used to persuade others, but if one wanted to be forceful, a holy knight would obviously be a better choice.
Regarding this appointment, Micah naturally saw it as a rather glorious mission to carry out.
In fact, along the way, he had also done his best to send people to protect the Holy Children. He did not relax at all.
However, the only thing that gave Micah a headache was the young lady in front of him.
At first, Micah thought that Pattilina had a problem with him, but he later realized that this girl treated everyone the same way.
Whenever she disliked someone, she would mock them. Even Her Highness Saintess could only raise her hands and surrender in front of her.
Not only that, but her attitude towards Irene and Lindy also shocked Micah. She really seized the opportunity to beat them to death.
Besides, she even said that "only when you learn to take a beating will you know how to hit others." The severity of her blows made everyone break out in cold sweat.
Frankly speaking, there were a few times when Micah was really worried that Pattilina would accidentally kill Irene.
After all, Irene was only in her teens. Although she had been eating and sleeping well ever since she came to the Cloister, how could a child in her teens withstand torture unless she was born fat?
Although Irene and Lindy had no complaints and Aili was also responsible for treating their wounds every day, Micah still felt that he should have a good talk with Miss Pattilina.
However, Micah still believed that he should have a good talk with Miss Patrina. After all, their trip to the Elven Woods this time was very important, and the Holy Children were of utmost importance. It would be troublesome if anything happened to them.
However … It seemed like the things that he had always been proud of were completely useless in front of this young lady.
This was also to be expected. Micah had no idea that Pattilina was not a pure human, but a mech fused with machinery.
As an existence completely modified for combat, Pattilina had a chip placed in her brain.
This chip could suppress all kinds of negative emotions in its owner's brain through a weak electric current.
In this way, no matter how dangerous the battle situation was, they would not be defeated because of heavy casualties, nor would they collapse because of fear or despair.
Not only that, this chip also erased the "unnecessary" emotions in the depths of their hearts.
This also meant that the mech troops would never betray the revolution for love or help the enemy against their own people.
This was because mechas did not have love, nor would they have physical needs.
If Jenn used the method he used on other women to deal with Pattilina, then Pattilina would not feel anything other than an itch.
Therefore, it was even more impossible for her to have the feelings of a woman. Therefore, even if he fed 10 kilograms of "computer parts" to Pattilina, it would be no different from drinking plain water.
To Pattilina, she only needed to listen to her commander's (feudal lord's) orders and complete her mission.
As for the rest, it wasn't within Pattilina's consideration at all.
Due to this reason, even though Micah was rather charming in the eyes of other women, in Pattilina's eyes, he was no different from creatures like the Flood Demon, Demonic Face Beast, and Corpse Puppet.
They were simply different in terms of looks. That was all.
"Miss Pattilina makes sense. In fact, we had no choice but to slow down. From tomorrow onwards, we will speed up."
Micah paused, smiled, nodded to Pattilina, and left.
Towards that smile that could charm thousands of girls to death, Patrina remained expressionless as she stared at him as if he was a clown.
After Micah turned and walked away, she turned her head and looked at Irenster and Lindy beside her.
"You've seen enough, right? There's nothing to look at with this kind of gigolo. Anyway, he'll still be scared shitless on the battlefield. Alright, pack up. I want you to set up the tent in 15 minutes, and you're not allowed to use your abilities.
If any of you disobey, you'll be in deep trouble! "
"Sigh …"
Micah shook his head helplessly with a bitter smile as he listened to Pattilina's voice.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of him.
"You seem to have a headache, Holy Knight Micah."
"Your Highness Saintess."
Micah turned around hurriedly and bowed respectfully. Then, he lifted his head and spoke.
"To be honest, I do have a headache. That Miss Pattilina … Sigh …"
"I had the same headache as you in the beginning. But in fact, as long as you get used to it, you'll realize that Miss Pattilina has a sense of propriety."
Looking at Micah's troubled expression, Aili empathized with him. At the same time, she was glad that she changed the position before they set off. If not, she would be the one frowning in Micah's place.
But now … It seemed like the universal truth was that it was better to die than to die.
At this thought, Aili observed a moment of silence for Micah in the depths of her heart and immediately changed the topic.
"But, Holy Knight Micah, you're right. From tomorrow onwards, we have to speed up."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing Aili's words, Micah was taken aback. Then, his expression turned solemn.
"Your Highness Saintess, you mean …"
"Miss Viconia sent a message just now …"
Alice glanced at the Elven Ranger who was sitting on a tree branch not far away and said with a solemn expression, "Don't worry.
"The Elven Nation is in trouble."