strokinit Chapter 1364 Strange Little Spirits
Chapter 1364 Strange Little Spirits
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I was surprised they were prepared so well for this battle, but I already knew it would be pointless for them to go and die against Merlinus and his army of demonic sorcerers.
It wasn't something the people of the forest could handle by leaving the forest, they were inhabitants of this place, so I wanted them to stay here and protect it instead.
"But..." Acorn muttered. "We prepared so well and everything! You can't just say that... please let us help!"
"I know," I nodded. "That's why, stay in the forest on standby for the moment. I don't know if it'll happen, but it would be a golden opportunity to attack the forest while we are here so... You'll stay here and protect it. I don't want you to risk your lives pointlessly." Experience tales with My Virtual Library Empire
"Even us?" Acorn wondered. "But we've been fighting by your side this entire time, Lady Planta!"
"We can't go with you, milady?" Nieve wondered. "I have grown so much stronger..."
"I would prefer if you stayed here in the safety of the forest," I said. "Only Players... and Erebus will engage against Merlinus directly. Merlinus is a monster beyond monsters, I don't want you to risk your lives like it has happened already so many times! Just yesterday you almost all died! I don't want that to repeat itself, you will remain here in the safety of the new forest, and fight to defend it... And rest if possible. Alongside the forest itself, understood? And I won't take a "no" for an answer!"
I had to be strict here, I couldn't let them risk themselves. I didn't want them to push themselves even harder when they had such a large battle yesterday.
"This is something that we discussed with the Luminous Kingdom already, everyone," Mark suddenly stepped forward to voice his opinion. "Just yesterday we had a massive large-scale invasion from the Undead Army, and the same could happen even now as we battle Merlinus. We are not looking down on you all or something, if that's what you thought."
"If anything, we really need some strong people in here, you know?" said Rita. "Acorn, Nieve, Florie, Titania, all of you are mighty strong, so I would say you should stay here and defend the forest meanwhile. Those damn demonic bastards are all well known for attacking our bases while they are at their weakest when we are busy fighting a big bad."
"We Players are going to be okey dokey even if we die!" Lily smiled, nodding. "So please don't worry about us. If anything, this is a battle that was made for us. The people of this world is precious, appreciate your lives some more!"
"As they said, it doesn't mean I'm looking down on you guys..." I said. "Come here."
I quickly walked towards Acorn and Nieve, hugging them both tightly.
"You're my precious friends and my family," I said. "And I just don't want to push you even further, yesterday you did more than you should, rest, and then you can fight and help out another day."
As I was about to leave, I suddenly felt something touching my leg.
"Huh?"
"Fweehh! Pygyuhh!"
"Gaoowu? Bubu!"
"Pigiii!"
They were... Spirits?
"Oh my, you want to come along?" I wondered.
"Ah, right, I almost forgot!" Titania rushed back to me. "Can you spare a minute, Planta? I want you to know a bit about these little guys over here."
"The Spirits?" I asked.
"Yes, these Elemental Spirits aren't normal ones," said Titania. "They're a race of Spirits I thought were extinct... and they were, until you transformed the Forest by merging it with your World Boss Domain as you told us before."
"S-Special race of extinct spirits?" I wondered. "Wow, really?"
"Yeah, they're Ancient Divine Spirits," said Titania. "Perhaps the most prehistoric form of a spirit with a shape and not just spiritual energy moving around the world. They're the ancestors to mostly all other spirits except a few different ones. They're called Higgledingles!"
"H-Higgledingles?" I looked at the little guy on Titania's hand, whose little face made a cute smile, giggling.
"Piiigiiuuuu!"
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