The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 489: I’ll Scatter Your Ashes!

“A perfect woman… huh?”

Shien couldn’t help but recall the time he received Nadue’s revelation.

He still remembered Nadue’s voice.

Clear like a mountain spring.

Comfortable like a gentle breeze blowing through the forest.

It was a truly refreshing and pleasant voice.

Just based on this voice alone, Shien could imagine the image of a dignified, courteous, beautiful, and moving goddess.

It seemed Airi’s words weren’t an exaggeration.

Even Lucy said,

“Goddess Nadue is indeed someone women admire. She’s always elegant and polite, with a noble aura. Ordinary women would feel ashamed of themselves in front of her.”

Even this princess, considered a perfect existence, said such words, showing how impressive this Goddess of Nature was.

Lucy even leaned close to Shien’s ear and whispered,

“Unlike me, Goddess Nadue is truly perfect…”

Shien understood what she meant.

Although Lucy was considered the most perfect existence by the world, she hid her true nature and wasn’t as perfect or aloof as others thought.

But the Goddess of Nature seemed different.

Her perfection was genuine, neither deliberately displayed nor hidden, her every action natural and true, a truly perfect existence.

This was what Lucy wanted to express.

This made Shien even more curious.

“Hearing you say this, I really want to meet this goddess.”

Shien shrugged.

Everyone nodded in agreement. Except for Airi, who seemed indifferent, Lilith, who was confused, and Lasha, whose expression remained impassive, both Lucy and Melika wanted to meet this goddess.

Especially Melika.

“If only I had such a chance…”

Melika said longingly.

And at this moment…

“You will have a chance, my child.”

A gentle chuckle suddenly echoed in Melika’s ear.

“Huh?”

Melika was stunned.

“What’s wrong, Melika?”

Lucy, noticing Melika’s unusual behavior, asked subconsciously.

“N-nothing!” Melika quickly shook her head and muttered to herself hesitantly, “It must be my imagination.”

Melika said this to herself.

And the voice didn’t reappear, making Melika even more certain of this.

“Alright, that’s enough sightseeing for now.” Shien said to Melika, “Which direction is the Elven Homeland? Let’s go!”

Shien was about to continue riding Yulin towards the Elven Homeland.

Who would have thought…

“We have to enter the forest first, Mr. Shien.”

Melika said.

“Why?”

Shien looked surprised.

Melika immediately explained.

“The Tegor Forest is an ancient forest that has existed since the beginning of the world. Many ancient monsters live within, and having survived in the Tegor Forest, which is rich in natural resources, magic power, and life force, their strength is not to be underestimated. There are even many legendary-level ancient magical beasts. If we fly over their territory, they will definitely attack us.”

Hearing this, Yulin roared disdainfully, as if saying, “Those old geezers dare to block my way?”

Even Airi said indifferently, frowning,

“I’d like to see if those old fools dare to touch me.”

The Dragon Demon Princess was fearless.

Legendary ancient magical beasts?

So what?

If they dared to attack, she would skin them alive.

Airi showed this intention.

Even Lilith blinked her eyes, as if realizing something, and suddenly turned her head, looking towards a certain spot in the Tegor Forest, extending her hand.

“Boom!”

The next moment, a violent burst of evil aura erupted from that spot without warning, like a giant vortex, instantly devouring and shattering everything in that area, making it vanish without a trace.

“Ah!”

The sudden commotion made Melika scream in fright.

“Awoo…”

“Groan…”

Many monsters in the forest seemed to be startled and fled desperately.

Shien and Lucy looked at this scene in astonishment.

“What… what happened?”

Lucy asked Shien with a stiff face.

“Uh…” Shien’s lips twitched, speechless and shocked. “If my senses aren’t mistaken, just now, there was a so-called legendary ancient magical beast at that location, staring at us. It probably didn’t dare to attack because it sensed the danger from Yulin and us…”

“…”

Lucy was silent.

So, in short?

Just now, a legendary ancient magical beast, hiding and not daring to attack, was instantly killed by Lilith.

“Good job.”

Airi reached out and patted Lilith’s head in praise.

“Roar!”

Yulin roared angrily, as if shouting, “Don’t steal my prey!”

Seeing this, Melika realized how foolish her previous words were.

With these belligerent and ferocious big shots around, which legendary magical beast would dare to cause trouble?

They would probably hide as far away as possible!

Shien was also a bit startled.

After all, the move Lilith just displayed was far more sophisticated than when she was still in her uncontrolled state before returning to her main body.

At least, Shien hadn’t sensed any sign of Lilith wanting to attack, and the storm of evil aura erupted without any warning, instantly destroying everything, like an unpredictable natural disaster, terrifying and dreadful.

Shien was glad that during the Cosmos incident, the uncontrolled Lilith didn’t have this ability yet. He looked down at the little girl.

Lilith, praised by Airi, was now beaming and hugging Shien’s leg, looking up at him, her big eyes blinking, as if trying to take credit.

She was cute, but also terrifying.

What could be more terrifying than acting cute while destroying everything?

Nothing.

“Well, that’s how it is.” Shien pretended to be calm and said to Melika, “Tell me the location of the Elven Homeland. We’ll fly there directly.”

How arrogant.

“O-over there…”

Melika raised her hand, trembling, and pointed in a direction.

“Roar!”

Yulin roared and, without waiting for Shien’s instructions, spread her wings and flew off, as if hoping for a legendary ancient magical beast to appear and fight her.

So reckless.

Therefore, on this day, all the legendary magical beasts that had existed for countless years in the Tegor Forest trembled in fear, hiding in their habitats, not daring to come out.

Some even fled, clearly terrified.

Of course, there were also some foolish legendary magical beasts who, seeing Yulin flying over their territory, charged at her fiercely.

Their fates were usually tragic.

Shien witnessed the legendary saying come true.

“Dare to provoke me? I’ll scatter your ashes!”

In the end, these foolish monsters were completely obliterated, leaving no trace behind.

This made Lucy feel distressed for a long time.

“Many of these legendary ancient magical beasts are extinct in the outside world, and the materials from their bodies are each worth a fortune. Why not keep their corpses instead of vaporizing them?”

Well.

Hearing this, Shien also felt a bit of heartache.

Because of this, the monsters that came looking for trouble later all had their corpses preserved.

The valuable parts of their bodies were unceremoniously collected by Shien and the others.

Therefore, Shien’s group started carrying a lot of things, looking like they were looting.

It felt quite exhilarating.

…

After about half a day’s flight, Shien noticed something unusual.

“Stop, Yulin.”

Shien called out, and Yulin flapped her wings, stopping in mid-air.

“Another legendary monster coming to offer itself?”

Hearing the commotion, Lucy blurted out without thinking.

Her calm and casual demeanor showed that she had been “corrupted” by Shien and the others.

But this time, Shien shook his head.

“I think we’re close to our destination.” Shien looked towards the depths of the forest ahead and said, “I sense a barrier.”

These words made everyone perk up.

Melika hurriedly climbed onto Yulin’s head, looked ahead, and her expression brightened.

“That’s right! That’s the barrier of the Elven Homeland!”

Melika said happily.

As mentioned before, to prevent those with malicious intentions from entering the Elven Homeland and harming the elves, they set up various barriers around it.

Now that these barriers had appeared, it meant that the Elven Homeland was close.

Since that was the case…

“It seems we can’t continue flying.” Shien said, “If we continue, we won’t be able to find the Elven Homeland.”

The barriers around the Elven Homeland had various effects.

Illusion, concealment, obstruction, and even isolation. If they flew straight ahead, they would either be trapped within the barrier or get lost, unable to reach the Elven Homeland.

Unless they broke the barrier.

“Should I do it?”

Airi’s words were startling.

“P-please don’t!” Melika was terrified, almost crying. “That would destroy the Elven Homeland!”

This poor child, having witnessed various acts of violence along the way, was completely scared.

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Shien also patted Airi’s head and said with exasperation, “We’re here as guests, not to cause trouble. Why are you so bloodthirsty?”

Shien wouldn’t admit that at first, he almost blurted out, asking if they should just fly over and break the barrier, then calmly enter the Elven Homeland.

The constant fighting and killing along the way had almost made him think he was here to cause trouble.

“Then let’s land in front of the barrier.”

Lucy also seemed to feel that her thinking had been led astray and quickly corrected herself, making a righteous suggestion.

“Let’s go then.” Shien nodded and said to Yulin below him, “Yulin, land in front of the barrier.”

“Roar!” Yulin responded and flew forward again.

After flying for a while, under Shien’s instructions, Yulin landed before the barrier.

It had to be said that landing in this sea of trees was quite troublesome.

Yulin directly crushed quite a few trees before landing heavily on the ground with a loud crash, creating a cloud of dust.

The surrounding monsters, sensing the aura emanating from Yulin, fled in panic.

Shien and the others got off Yulin’s back and landed on the ground.

“What should we do next?”

Lucy asked expectantly.

“Melika.”

Shien didn’t answer, but looked directly at Melika.

Melika ran from the group to the barrier.

“—O corridor of the forest, O labyrinth of the fairies, by the command of the wanderer, open—”(This is a rough approximation of what the ancient Elven language might sound like. The actual words might be completely different.)

Melika extended her hand, closed her eyes, and chanted towards the barrier.

It wasn’t the common language used in Omnipotence, but a very ancient and difficult-to-understand incantation.

Shien was confused.

Lucy, on the other hand, stared intently at this scene.

“That’s Ancient Elven Language, the language used by the ancestors of the Elven Race tens of thousands of years ago. It was gradually replaced by the common language of the continent after the Elven Race came into contact with other races, but it’s still used in some very ancient magic. Various countries have institutions researching Ancient Elven Language magic, including our Kingdom.”

Lucy explained to Shien.

“I think I’ve heard of it.”

Shien suddenly realized.

He had also memorized countless magic spells and had some knowledge of magic.

Shien had indeed seen descriptions of Ancient Elven Language in books, but he had never seen magic cast using this language.

“Magic that uses Ancient Elven Language is very ancient magic, either lost or treated as forbidden treasures, all kept in restricted sections of libraries. You naturally wouldn’t find them among the books available outside.”

Lucy, seeming to see through Shien’s confusion, explained.

“Alright.”

Shien shrugged and didn’t ask any further questions.

He didn’t want to get too involved in magic.

With Bestowal Magic and Celestial Magic, Shien was content and didn’t want to research other types of magic.

If he had the chance to learn other magic in the future, Shien wouldn’t choose ancient lost magic, but something like Bio-Creation Magic.

He hadn’t given up on his dream of creating anime characters with magic.