The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 501: “Don’t Spy on Me While I’m Bathing, Okay?”

Shien was quite satisfied with having a natural hot spring all to himself.

It was just a pity that Diere wasn’t here to enjoy it with him.

Thinking of that proactive and decisive girl, Shien felt a pang of longing.

“Well, it’s only for half a month.”

Shien put aside his longing and turned to Carol.

“What? Is there a problem?”

Carol asked immediately, noticing Shien’s gaze.

Shien simply replied,

“It’s not that I have a problem, but that you have a problem.”

Shien said with a smile.

“???” Carol was confused. She frowned and asked, “What problem could I possibly have?”

“You don’t have a problem?” Shien nodded knowingly, then changed the subject. “Then why are you still here? Do you want to watch me undress?”

“You…!” Carol blushed, annoyed, and finally unable to maintain her serious and rigid demeanor, glared at Shien.

But she didn’t say anything, just turned around and left.

Shien looked smug, then as if remembering something, he quickly said,

“Wait, no one will come here, right?”

Shien had to confirm this first.

“Are you worried?” Carol said sarcastically, “Don’t worry, no one will come and peek at you.”

Did this man really think that elves would be interested in such a thing?

Who were they?

Elves who valued purity!

Elves would never peek at a man bathing!

However…

“Am I worried about being peeked at?” Shien retorted, “I’m worried that you unreasonable women will barge in here, take advantage of me, then pretend to scream and attract everyone, and then accuse me of being a pervert. Who would I complain to then?”

These words truly angered Carol.

But Shien wasn’t joking.

Similar scenarios had happened countless times in cliché novels. Whether it was accidentally seeing something beautiful, or being seen by others, the male protagonist always ended up suffering in the end.

Shien didn’t want to fall into such a cliché trap and be falsely accused.

Otherwise, with the special treatment of men from other races in the Elven Homeland, he would never be able to clear his name.

And with his temper, if that happened, he wouldn’t be like those cowardly protagonists who didn’t dare to fight back when targeted, pretending to be righteous and not wanting to bully or hit women. That wasn’t righteous at all, but foolish.

If he encountered such a situation, then he would apologize, capture them all, and teach them a lesson.

Only after subduing them would he have the right to speak. Otherwise, how could he expect a group of angry women to be reasonable?

“Anyway, I’ve said my piece. If someone barges in later and causes trouble, I won’t be polite.” Shien said with a smile, “We haven’t finished our fight from today.”

Carol stared at Shien, her gaze as if she wanted to pounce on him and bite him.

After a while, Carol finally gritted her teeth and said,

“Only Her Majesty comes here. Lady Leia and Lady Nia sometimes accompany her, but during the Peace Festival, none of them will come.”

After all, bringing Shien here and letting him use this hot spring was Sophie’s instruction.

Under such circumstances, Sophie naturally wouldn’t come here, and the two legendary commanders wouldn’t come either.

“I’ll wait for you outside. You can rest assured now, right?”

Carol said, then as if she didn’t want to talk to Shien anymore, she turned and left.

Until…

“Waiting outside is fine, but don’t spy on me while I’m bathing, okay?”

These light words made Carol stumble, almost falling.

Finally, Carol stomped away angrily.

She didn’t notice the smug smile on Shien’s face.

“Trying to act all high and mighty with me? I’ll piss you off.”

Clearly, Shien deliberately said those annoying words.

…

“Ah~~~ so comfortable~~~”

With a comfortable sigh, a figure entered the natural hot spring.

“This hot spring is something special.”

Shien soaked comfortably, looking at the hot spring thoughtfully.

If someone with the [Magic Perception] skill were here, they would discover that this natural hot spring wasn’t just emitting heat and steam, but also dense magic power.

Shien noticed this as soon as he arrived and instantly understood.

“This isn’t a hot spring, it’s a source of magic power!”

Indeed, this wasn’t an ordinary hot spring, but a natural source of magic power.

The hot water in this magic power source was entirely condensed from the magic power of nature, not ordinary hot spring water.

With the perception of [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree], Shien saw through many things.

“This magic power source, while expanding, must have absorbed the special magic power from the deepest part of the Tegor Forest, causing some changes and transforming into a hot spring-like form.”

Magic power sources varied in scale and level, some small, some medium, and some large. Depending on their scale and level, the quality of the spring water within also differed.

This hot spring-like magic power source was originally a small one, having expanded towards medium size over countless years, but because of the special magic power here, it didn’t become a medium-sized magic power source, but transformed into this hot spring form.

“That special magic power should be the reason why the Elven Race was born from nature here, right?”

Shien sensed his surroundings with [Outer Awareness of Heaven’s Decree].

Generally, magic power was converted from life force, and the same went for natural magic power, which was naturally converted from the life force emanating from the “world,” the largest existence.

Therefore, magic power was closely related to life force. If there was a problem with life force, there would be a problem with magic power, and vice versa.

This meant that all magic power contained a dense life force, just not as pure.

But Shien discovered that the natural magic power in the Elven Homeland not only had a life force as pure as life force itself, but also a special pulsating sensation.

If ordinary magic power flowed like air currents or rivers, then the magic power here, while flowing, also pulsed like a heart, very rhythmically.

That feeling wasn’t like the air currents or rivers of ordinary magic power, but more like blood flowing through blood vessels, very special.

It was because of this special magic power that elves were born from nature, becoming natural lifeforms.

The same went for this hot spring-like magic power source. Having absorbed the magic power here for many years, it underwent a peculiar transformation.

“If one frequently bathes in such a hot spring, it would definitely activate the magic power within their body, accelerating its growth, even benefiting their life force, making them live longer, and even healing serious injuries.”

Shien mused.

“This is far more precious than ordinary magic power sources.”

Shien was certain that if this magic power source appeared in the outside world, it would be fought over by countless forces and even nations.

Many countries wouldn’t hesitate to go to war to seize the land containing such a miraculous magic power source.

Its value was limitless, a true priceless treasure.

“No wonder even elven royalty comes here.”

Shien turned his head and looked to the side.

There, several unicorns were drinking the spring water, their heads lowered.

The levels of these unicorns weren’t low at all, the lowest being level eighty-four, and there was even one at level eighty-eight and another at level eighty-nine, just one step away from the legendary level.

Being able to drink the spring water here must be a great benefit to these unicorns, right?

“The world only sees the Elven Race’s strongest magician corps, but they don’t know that the monsters and fantasy creatures under their command, having drunk this spring water for many years, are also of high levels.”

Shien curled his lip, easily imagining that in the Elven Homeland, besides the Elven Corps, there was also a high-level monster legion no less powerful than the former.

Although the Elven Race had a small population, not only were they long-lived, but they also coexisted peacefully with, and even managed, so many high-level monsters.

Shien believed that if necessary, the Elven Race could definitely command this high-level monster legion.

At that time, with powerful monsters charging at the forefront, and the elves supporting them from behind with their powerful magic, their combat power would be no less than any other race in the human world.

Note, it was “race,” not “nation.”

If it was just a single nation, even the Kingdom of Mitra or the Ragna Empire, against the Elven Race, Shien felt that they wouldn’t be able to gain any advantage.

Of course…

“No matter how strong, in the eyes of transcendent beings who have surpassed the limits of life, they’re all just ants.”

The current Shien clearly understood the huge gap between those who had transcended and those who hadn’t.

“Without transcendent beings, even a powerful race like the Elven Race would still have to fear Airi and Lilith.”

Shien saw through this.

Just then…

“Airi…?”

A very soft voice suddenly reached Shien’s ears.