Surviving The Fourth Calamity

Chapter 1499: Chapter 77: Lucimar Emerges Once Again

The Earl of Stelter, who spoke arrogantly, suffered the malicious gaze of his wife, and his soul index invisibly decreased by one, by one, until he could no longer maintain that dignified expression.

”Alright~ I shouldn’t have brought up things that have long been abandoned.” He spread his hands, ”But, I just wanted to persuade you to be happier. Now, while there’s still a big figure in the city that no one dares provoke, our Stelter Family should establish its position early.

In such chaotic times, no side would want to drag an irrelevant Great Sage into the water.”

He glanced at Helena, whose lips moved slightly, and smiled: ”Our King, although his way of doing things is utterly disgraceful, he actually knows whom he can offend; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so much fuss after the emergence of the Moon Clan.

Haven’t you noticed? He’s so arrogant because he’s certain that Ismael won’t easily take action against him due to their soft-heartedness.

And on Finch’s side, it’s even clearer that no Great Sage would choose him over Ismael. Maintaining the current state where Great Sage Belfran doesn’t care about anything is the most beneficial for them.”

Helena stared southward: ”But, can he really remain silent like this?

When the world is clearly heading for chaos?

Is there really someone who wouldn’t take advantage of this to gain something?”

”You’re overthinking it.” The Earl of Stelter said calmly, ”In Basia City, there’s nothing worth his staying for.

So, his calmness is a sign that he’s truly uninterested in anything.

The so-called sages are actually just Archmages close to level 15, they indeed might be attracted by some things in the secular world... The resources for promotion are always the greatest pressure.

However, the Great Sages, what they want, isn’t something that simple.

Everything appearing in human society clearly needs a sense of presence, and establishing one’s power is standard behavior.

Although we don’t know what they want, at the very least, they have some needs for the secular.

And it’s obvious that Great Sage Belfran is on a different path, so he just wanders around without any interest in establishing relationships with anyone.”

Helena sighed: ”Ellie...”

”Just a young girl’s thoughts, don’t help her.” The Earl of Stelter said calmly, ”She should have known from the beginning that it’s impossible when she first felt moved.

Unfortunately, the environment in Basia City gave her an illusion.

Helena, I know you’ve always doted on the children, even if they cross the line, you always complain while helping.

But before, the things our children did were within the range we could bear, so I couldn’t bear to stop you.

But... hasn’t Lind given you enough of a lesson now?

I’m certainly hoping to avoid a crisis of extermination due to the children’s excessive expectations of the family.

Naughty children need a whip, not someone who says they’re wrong but still helps them.”

Helena gently lowered her head, and finally could only sigh, completely abandoning that thought.

Hill didn’t concern himself with unnecessary people and matters. He sat cheerfully in the Cloud Realm, sipping juice while watching the battlefield below.

Anyway, in Basia City, every house locked its doors tight, and the buildings were extremely sturdy, especially those at the city’s center; even when a big fireball was thrown on them, it only left a black mark.

These Moon Clan people clearly weren’t very accustomed to this holographic-like combat style, especially the magic-based professions, who even stood still to aim!

And they didn’t even open shields.

Several people even had to look at a tablet to recall the names of the spells... My gosh, isn’t that the Ice Cone Technique?

What an unimaginable world... Mages turned out to be the ones who died the fastest.

But several priests, they actually huddled to the last.

However, the healing spells they cast while screaming, Hill couldn’t tell who they were targeting.

There was even one who stood in the middle of the street and released a Wind of Healing... Hill’s eyes widened: the fan-shaped healing spell indeed included her own people in the direction it covered, but obviously, there were more enemies.

Then Hill only realized afterwards... What’s going on? They really don’t kill the priests first?

The Undead Tribe’s priests sometimes survive to the end, not because no one kills them, but because they react fast enough and are ruthless enough.

Even seemingly gentle girls have claimed countless lives under their hammers.

But, looking at these... Hill blinked... Are they all from the cheerleading squad?

Both their forms and appearances are not bad, and their equipment is quite sophisticated, but obviously, they’re not mentally prepared for battle.

It’s not that they can’t fight, but that there are quite a few who don’t want to fight. Although they still chose a faction, they fight half-heartedly. If the other side didn’t have someone going crazy killing, they probably wouldn’t even be interested in resisting.

It seems that the Moon Clan has also been seriously affected by the suddenly initiated faction warfare.

I wonder if anyone went to Aesces’s game company to shout slogans like ’Refund and Compensation’ and protest against their domineering terms.

Hill tallied it up, those dozen people who suddenly joined Finch’s faction clearly had grievances with some people here... Perhaps that person who randomly threw the Wind of Recovery was loudly questioning why such a pretty girl had to be a curse.

These past few days, Hill saw her going on dates with different gentlemen every day.

Of course, she hadn’t established any official romantic relationship with any man, she just entered their habitual dating time with several simultaneously.

The chosen gentlemen were not unaware, but they couldn’t hide their hostility toward each other.

In their customs, this was the time for the gentlemen to fight to the finish... In the past, they could reduce competitors through duels, but in modern society, they could only win the lady’s favor by showing off their strong physique, wealth, and gentlemanly demeanor!

However, Aesces provided them with an even better opportunity.

Hill happily took a big gulp of juice, oh my, it had been a long time since he had seen such a scene that could delight bystanders!

The Basia people also didn’t quite understand how the situation suddenly reached its current state.

Hill had long noticed the faint observation from those seemingly airtight stone houses... Clearly, they were no longer the original residents watching.

Of course, they were more likely there to observe the Moon Clan’s fighting style.

But Hill could tell from the irregular fluctuations of shadows in several corners how large the thieves’ psychological shadows were.

Such a foolish and rigid fighting style... If they weren’t undying, thieves of the same level could slash ten per one!

However, no matter how dumb the opponent was, when numbering over ten thousand, coupled with endless dangers, they could only grit their teeth in secret and curse inwardly, unwilling to resign.

Hill suddenly raised his eyebrows.

How did Ellie Stel get mixed up with that Prince Alexis?

Wasn’t that Prince Danboro just looking dejected when he came out of the castle? How could a smile from the beauty immediately rejuvenate him?

Huh?

Hill tilted his head, observing Alexis’s gaze... Was this guy looking at Ellie’s face or the Wendy on Ellie’s shoulder?

This little Wind Goddess, is she planning to make a move?

Indeed, Aesces’s approach must have caused Danboro to emit elemental fluctuations everywhere; if a bit more wind suddenly appeared, would Aesces notice it?

Hill laughed and glanced at Ellie again... Although this girl was smiling brightly, it was clearly a polite smile, unaffected by Prince Alexis’s compliments.

Hopefully, she can keep it up.

Hill quite liked the environment of Basia City at the moment and didn’t want to move into the deep mountains or forests.

After all, the Moon Clan and the Undead Tribe are equally fond of wandering about; the more remote the place, the more they want to go.

Now, having integrated into the city’s environment, he wouldn’t have too many issues.

After all, the buildings on Mage Street are dangerous enough; those of the Moon Clan weren’t free of idle hands before, but the consequences were quite dire.

Originally more than forty people came; with new members joining every day, they still hadn’t reached fifty.

Aside from embracing the sea, most died on Mage Street.

But since they started the trouble, even if someone wanted revenge, under the deterrent of losing experience and money for attacking innocents, most wouldn’t sacrifice their interests to help them.

Currently, in Basia City, there’s no one worth that; as for Hill’s Great Sage residence, although those Moon Clan people always hung around outside trying to get a good quest, they disappeared after only a few days without him showing up.

For the Moon Clan, Basia City is clearly a place where the quest chain hasn’t started; apart from those who want to see the sea and the scenery, most troops had no plan to trek mountains to come here.

But if Prince Alexis and Ellie formed an engagement, that wouldn’t necessarily be the case.

After summing up the information from the Moon Clan and several intelligence agencies, Hill thought this prince was very likely the final victor; after all, besides him, the others were already stuck in the Royal Capital... But in the player’s war, in the end, witnessing none surviving would be the norm.

Hill quickly reconfirmed his thoughts... That guy from the Ishmael Household, who claimed to be ingeniously wise but clearly liked playing dumb, had appeared.

Even though Lucimar had been as good as dead and hadn’t appeared all this while, he emerged when this prince might be in danger... The Moon Clan’s battle had made some progress, and the side with fewer people, without killing the Priests, was falling behind and retreating while fighting.

And there, amidst their inevitable path, was Prince Alexis chatting with Ellie.

Ellie glanced around at the two gentlemen who were having a lively conversation and lightly furrowed her brows but understood that the Ismael Family and the Royal Family had always had a close relationship, so she just slightly bowed, said goodbye, and left.

Watching Alexis’s gaze linger on her departure, Lucimar pulled him in the other direction: ”Stop looking! The eldest daughter of the Stelter Family has very high standards!

”The one she’s interested in is the Great Sage.”