The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 493: “Still Not Good Enough?”

“Sister Carol…!?”

Seeing Carol raise her staff and point it at Shien, Melika panicked.

Lucy, Airi, Lilith, and Lasha’s expressions turned serious, and the surrounding air instantly became heavy.

A deadly pressure filled the air.

“—!”

Feeling the terrifying pressure, the expressions of the elven girls in the Elven Corps changed, and the playful atmosphere instantly vanished.

Even Carol’s eyes flickered.

This scene told Carol that the human youth she had stopped seemed to be the central figure of this group.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t all have such serious expressions and emanate such astonishing pressure when she tried to stop him.

Especially the little girl, who had seemed innocent and naive, constantly looking at them with curiosity, now showed no trace of her previous demeanor, instead emanating a suffocating evil aura.

It was as if someone she cared about deeply had been bullied, and she was about to go on a rampage.

Even the short-tempered black dragon stopped roaring, staring coldly at them with her big eyes, her silence even more terrifying than her previous roars.

The area was enveloped by an astonishing pressure, making all the members of the Elven Corps realize that they seemed to have poked a hornet’s nest.

Melika hurriedly tried to say something, but Shien stopped her.

Shien finally stepped forward and looked at Carol.

“Why can’t I enter?”

Shien asked innocently, as if he didn’t understand.

Carol stared coldly at Shien.

The reason she stopped Shien was simple.

“There’s something strange about you.” Carol said frankly, “You’re a man from another race, yet for some reason, your magic power and aura are closer to nature than even our Elven Race. If you enter the Elven Homeland, I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on us.”

Carol pointed to the surroundings.

“Look, those children are reacting very strongly.”

Carol was referring to the fairies who had just been scared away by Yulin.

Those fairies peeked out from behind the glowing trees, looking at Shien, their expressions strangely excited.

“Those children seem to like your magic power very much. Even we elves, who possess intelligence, feel that you’re special and have a sense of closeness to you.”

Carol spoke directly and frankly, without any pretense.

“If you were to do something in the Elven Homeland, it would definitely have a huge impact on the Elven Race.”

“And I want to prevent such an impact, because I don’t know if it would be a good thing.”

“Therefore, I won’t let you enter.”

Carol’s serious expression and tone showed her straightforwardness, decisiveness, and sense of responsibility.

This made Shien stunned and speechless.

“That’s it?” Shien rolled his eyes. “Just because I give you a good feeling, you’re going to drive me away?”

“Yes.” Carol answered firmly, without any hesitation.

At this moment, Shien really wanted those protagonists with halos, who could easily attract beautiful and cute elves with their natural charm or gentle aura, to come here and see what reality was like.

Did they think that with a flex of their muscles and a release of their domineering aura, those aloof and pure beauties would instantly fall to their knees and beg for their favor?

In your dreams.

The truth was, he was someone they should be wary of, yet he was emanating a friendly magic power and aura. This would only arouse their vigilance, making them think he was up to something.

Melika was like this before, and Carol was the same now.

And compared to Melika, Carol was a vice-commander of the Elven Corps, whose duty was to protect the Elven Race and their homeland.

Even if she didn’t have any hostility towards Shien, for the sake of her race and her homeland, she would fulfill her duty, be impartial, and eliminate all potential threats.

“But, Sister Carol…!”

Understanding this, Melika wanted to tell Carol that Shien would definitely not harm the Elven Homeland.

But Carol’s actions were even more decisive than anyone imagined.

“I know what you want to say, Melika. Since he was invited by you, it means you’ve acknowledged him. Although our Elven Race is exclusive and doesn’t have a good impression of men from other races, during the Peace Festival, anyone recognized by a member of our race is still worthy of our hospitality.”

Carol’s gaze, however, never left Shien.

“But setting aside everything else, just the natural magic power emanating from him is a natural temptation to those immature fairies who don’t have enough willpower and consciousness yet. I don’t want to see so many children, who haven’t become members of our race yet, unable to resist this temptation, follow him out of the Elven Homeland, and eventually be harmed in the outside world. Do you understand?”

These words left Melika speechless.

Lucy, Airi, and Lasha also frowned.

It couldn’t be helped.

Carol was speaking from her own standpoint. Although it seemed unreasonable, inflexible, and overly conservative, if they were in her shoes, they might make the same choice.

Therefore, the three of them turned their gazes to Shien, seemingly letting him decide.

Only Lilith didn’t care about these things.

Her thoughts were simple: just kill anyone who tried to bully Shien.

She didn’t care about others’ thoughts, positions, or difficulties.

There was only one thing she cared about.

That was, no one could bully Shien.

That was all.

Lilith extended a small hand, and a terrifying evil aura began to swell.

“…!”

The members of the Elven Corps all paled.

That evil and chaotic power was undoubtedly the most abhorrent and terrifying thing for elves, who were close to nature.

Just now, Lilith had restrained herself, and they hadn’t sensed the threat, but now that Lilith’s power was activated, if they couldn’t feel that deadly threat, then they would have lived all these years in vain.

“Defend!”

Carol shouted without hesitation.

“Hum!”

The elven magicians raised their staffs, chanting spells as magic power surged like a gale.

The next moment, thick barriers shimmered into existence, protecting all the elves, the glowing trees, and the fairies.

Those magic barriers radiated a dazzling light, looking like giant flower petals, the magic power within incredibly dense.

It was easy to imagine the defensive power of a barrier cast collectively by the world’s strongest magician corps.

However…

“Boom!”

When the terrifying evil aura surged out like a storm, striking the barrier of light, the barrier flickered a few times, then cracked.

“What!?”

“Impossible!”

“This is a lie, right!?”

The magicians of the Elven Corps widened their eyes.

Even Carol was shocked.

“The [Pure Flower Curtain], the strongest defensive magic unique to the Elven Race, cast by ninety-nine elven magicians above level eighty, actually…?”

Carol couldn’t believe her eyes.

Carol didn’t know that Shien and the others were also surprised.

“It actually blocked it?”

Shien raised an eyebrow.

“Interesting.”

Airi seemed intrigued.

“Is this the legendary [Pure Flower Curtain]?”

Lucy looked at the flower-shaped barrier of light that was resisting Lilith’s evil aura, her eyes flickering.

Lilith, seeing her attack blocked, was stunned for a moment, then twitched her nose and extended her hand, as if giving an order, making the surging evil aura even more terrifying.

“Rumble…!”

The storm of evil aura transformed into a black torrent, continuously impacting the flower curtain of light.

“Crack, crack, crack…!”

Cracking sounds came from the barrier of light, and cracks finally appeared on it.

“Vice-Commander…!”

“We can’t hold on much longer!”

“This is bad!”

“Ah!”

The elven magicians cried out, their faces strained with effort, and the magic power fluctuations around them dimmed.

With this dimming, wisps of black, smoke-like evil aura leaked from the cracks in the barrier.

“Bang—!”

Finally, with a loud shattering sound, the flower curtain of light vanished.

“Boom!”

The evil aura, breaking through the magic barrier, surged forward like a black avalanche, a terrifying mudslide, about to engulf the delicate and terrified elven magicians.

And at this moment…

“Alright, stop, Lilith.”

Shien’s voice finally rang out.

“—”

Almost instantly, the surging evil aura froze in mid-air.

Then, like snow melting under the sun, the evil aura slowly dissipated.

The elven magicians, their faces still filled with fear, looked forward subconsciously.

There, Shien, patting Lilith’s head, making her beam, looked at Carol.

“As you can see, if I really wanted to do something in the Elven Homeland, I wouldn’t need to resort to such roundabout methods. I could just force my way in, and you wouldn’t be able to stop me, right?”

Shien declared.

“Will you let me in now?”

“Still not good enough?”

“Then I can only use my own methods to prove myself.”