"Huh—there's a bit of HP loss, but it's insignificant, isn't it? The light hasn't moved, but there are other people guarding the area. The highest level person in the building is level 23, and the rest are around level 8. Yeah, no problem."
After confirming that nothing bad had happened to Lucia, Ella couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and began to think about her next steps.
"There's only one entrance to the underground tower, so I have to go through the entrance procedures..."
Although it's not impossible to switch roles here and use "short-distance teleportation" to enter the underground tower, the problem lies in how to deal with it afterwards - no one witnessed him entering the underground tower, but he brought Lucia back safely from the underground tower. Probably no one would think that there is some kind of secret hidden in it. Therefore, the best way now should be to disguise himself as a healer and teleport to the vicinity of the entrance, then walk into the underground tower under the eyes of everyone, and finally bring Lucia back as Entarosphiel.
After thinking for a moment and confirming that there was no problem with this, Ella took out the disguise she had used before and Vita's magic potion from the storage. In less than two minutes, everything was ready.
"I hope you haven't done anything outrageous, or even I'd be angry. Short-distance teleportation."
Chapter 60 Infiltration
*Genesis 6187 March 20th at 13:11 PM, Morabi City Underground Tower 3th Floor
"message"
After entering the underground tower, Ella activated the "Message" magic in the Loli God state.
"Lotte, Camisia, can you hear me? Lucia's been captured by bandits in the underground tower. I'm on my way to rescue her. Please prepare in the mansion. An adventurer will come to notify you shortly. When the adventurer arrives, please meet me at the Hive. If possible, please help me prepare a reason that will convince the others. I have no problem with that."
Although she didn't receive a reply, Ella didn't care at all. The communication range of the "Message" magic was extremely limited, and she was currently in an underground tower with many defensive magic circles, so it was normal that she didn't receive a reply from Lotte and Camisia.
Of course, as far as I'm concerned, my "Message" magic at level 999 is not restricted by anything, so Lotte and Camisia must have received the message just now.
"Well then... next we'll go to Lucia's place."
According to the "Topography Search", Lucia is currently on the 15th floor of the underground tower. If she remembers correctly, undead with an average level of 14 have begun to appear there. Even if the Adventurer's Guild organizes a large army to encircle and suppress them, it will cost a considerable price. However, judging from the fact that the undead have only appeared in the past few months, these bandits may have been forced to move from the lower floors to the 15th floor where the undead are relatively weaker.
Positioning the coordinates directly above Lucia, Ella took a look at her current appearance—waist-length white twintails made of wigs, a girl's height disguised by "Illusion Creation," and scarlet eyes. Furthermore, her clothing had changed to a heavily embellished dark red evening gown, paired with white wings showing off her back. Nothing about her was the same as when she was a healer.
"'Hermes Wings', 'Short-Distance Teleport'."
In order not to alert the other bandits—if they were startled enough to harm Lucia, it would be disastrous—Ella deliberately positioned her coordinates mid-air when teleporting, using her wings and the "Wings of Hermes" to float upwards.
"Oh my, so you're being attacked by the undead? That's really helpful."
As can be seen from the field of vision, the bandit village is now under siege by hundreds of undead. The reason why Lucia was not attacked when she was brought back may be because these undead attracted the attention of the bandits.
Unlike most places in the underground tower, this is a very spacious space. The lowest point to the ceiling is nearly a hundred meters high, and the length and width are several thousand meters. The ground is not completely flat, and it feels a bit like a hill. There is a cliff on the north edge that leads directly to deeper underground. If you fall from there, you will definitely fall directly to the place after the 20th floor.
The bandits were located on the top slope that protruded from the north. The village was cut off on three sides by vertical cliffs, with only a steep slope of nearly 70 degrees on the front. It was a village built entirely by taking advantage of the terrain. It would be extremely difficult for ordinary armies to attack from the front. Even if the village was breached, the bandits would use the plank roads carved out of the cliffs to escape to deeper underground.
"Tsk, how cunning."
Ella couldn't help but click her tongue.
Although he normally did not like to cause trouble to others, the current situation was an emergency. Both Camisia and Iris had told him that being too lenient towards bandits would only lead to more deaths. Moreover, even in the past world, there were strict laws against such people. Therefore, simply destroying the escape route was nothing. If possible, it would not matter even if these bandits were arrested together.
"It's not good to make too much noise, so let's use a simpler spell, the Eye of Loki."
Unlike the fifth-tier magic consumable, "Eye of Loki," that Lotte used in the basement of Marquis Sepro's residence, Ella is now using a type whose power can be controlled at will. In "F.Wing," although magical weapons are powerful, their distance and range cannot be controlled at will like ordinary magic. This is no different in this world. If anything, it is only that there is an additional negative effect of damaging the same team.
She opened her clenched hands, and an inconspicuous dark red ball floated from the high altitude where Bian Aila was to the cliff behind the village. At the moment of contact, the plank road dug by the bandits dissolved silently. And it seemed that because of the battle in front, they neglected to guard it, and the other party did not notice that the only escape route had been destroyed.
As for the bandits' battle, they just stood on the three-meter-high wall, using the simple weapons looted from the adventurers to resist the undead climbing up the steep slope. Occasionally, rolling stones and a few scattered magical figures could be seen. Perhaps it was because the undead lacked wisdom and could not climb up the city wall. The defense line showed no sign of collapsing. It would only take a few hours for these undead to be eliminated.
After a brief observation, Ella sighed.
"Right now, it's more important to ensure Lucia's safety. 'Complete concealment'."
『Complete Concealment』 is a supplementary magic that can eliminate the user's aura in various ways. Unlike the invisibility magic of this world, 『Complete Concealment』 not only makes the user invisible to the naked eye, but also makes them disappear from smell, sound, and touch. In other words, it's somewhat similar to a higher-level version of 『Ghost Transformation』, but the downside is that it consumes a lot of mana, and it's a high-level skill above level 900. It can only be used once a day, and the usage time is also extremely limited.
The reason why Ella chose to use "Complete Concealment" was because she was worried that her movements would be too dramatic, which would allow the opponent to see her purpose clearly and use Lucia to threaten her. Although it would be no problem to use a wide-area suppression magic like "Ice Freeze" at the beginning, it would be very troublesome if the opponent had someone with special abilities. After seeing Menea and Eve, Ella could hardly guarantee that the opponent did not have the ability like "Ignore Control Magic", so it would be better to start with herself.
At least compared to the sixth-level "Ice Freeze", the ninetieth-level "Complete Concealment" is more reliable. The same is true in "F.Wing". Unless the opponent uses a super-standard skill of super-level magic level, "Complete Concealment" is a disguised invincible existence that is immune to all damage.
Because he had locked onto Lucia's location from the very beginning, his next goal was very clear - to rescue Lucia as the messenger of God of Entarosphiel.
Chapter 61 Rescue
In a state of "complete concealment", Ella sneaked into the interior of the bandit village. Since the front gate was being besieged by the undead, people running around holding wooden boxes or weapons could be seen everywhere in the village. However, these bandits were more like demons than humans - their skin was pale, almost like that of the dead, and their hands and feet were extremely thin. If a normal person was this thin, they would definitely not be able to even stand, but these people could move freely.
"Is it because they've lived underground for so long? But there's a lot of miasma in the underground tower, so it could be the miasma."
Until now, I still haven't figured out the source of the miasma. I just know the fact that the miasma is thicker the deeper you go, so the source of the miasma should be underground. At present, the most likely result is that the person who summoned the undead is creating the miasma. Of course, whether the miasma can be artificially created remains to be studied.
After passing through two intersections and then entering the room through the half-open wooden door, Ella arrived at the cell where Lucia was imprisoned. Perhaps the robbers had used sleeping pills or something like that on Lucia, and now Lucia was lying limply behind the wooden fence.
From the position of the wrists, you can see a few shallow bruises left by the struggle. Although the clothes have a few cuts, they are still well worn overall. So the robbers must have left Lucia alone after bringing her here and turned to deal with the undead.
I have to express my gratitude to the undead here.
After a brief mental prayer for the undead, Ella began to observe the other people in the cell. While 'Complete Concealment' was very convenient for infiltration, it also made it impossible to attack people due to its complete transparency. Whether physical or magical attacks, they would pass directly through the opponent's body, wasting magic power and being useless. Therefore, if she wanted to contact Lucia and defeat the guards later, she would have to cancel the 'Complete Concealment' state first. Therefore, now was the best time to observe the environment.
The entire cell was only the size of an average family's living room. Not only were there many scratches on the walls, but dried and charred bloodstains could be seen everywhere. The main body of the prison was a wooden fence connecting the ceiling and the ground. Not only Lucia, but several other ragged women were also imprisoned here. Apart from these, there was nothing in the room except the cold mud and the rotten and smelly smell.
As for the guards, there were two people less than level 5 sitting at the door - so rescuing Lucia and the others wouldn't be difficult.
"Are there a few more facilities like this around here... If so, let's just rescue them all."
After confirming the bandits' movements once more on the 'Terrain Search', Ella breathed a sigh of relief and deactivated 'Complete Concealment'.
Since these women were all in a coma, they didn't notice even if someone suddenly appeared in the room. Of course, this was a good thing for Ella. If their shouting attracted robbers, things would become very troublesome.
"Wind Blade."
Ella casually waved her hand, cutting the wooden fence with a green wind blade, and looked at a blonde girl who was awakened.
"ah--"
"Quiet."
Ella gestured with her hand to silence the woman who almost screamed out in surprise, and continued explaining.
"I'm here to rescue you. I'll use teleportation magic to take you to the hive. Once you're there, don't wander around. Someone will come to rescue you."
"Beehive? I see."
The tattered blonde woman nodded gratefully. Although she still had some doubts such as "How could someone use teleportation magic so casually?", she would rather believe in a miracle than wait to be toyed to death by the robbers.
After seeing the conscious woman nod, Ella breathed a sigh of relief and waved again to make the matter more credible.
"'Blessing of Clarity', 'Blessing of Vitality', 'Healing', 'High-Level Iron Wall Strengthening'."
Various auxiliary and strengthening magic flew out from Ella's hands. With the effects of the first three skills, all the women in front of her, including Lucia, woke up from their coma and their physical condition returned to their best. As for the final "High-level Iron Wall Strengthening", it was an insurance to prevent them from being attacked by surprise.
“Eh—mmmm!”
"Quiet, this gentleman is the one who is here to rescue us."
Before a woman could scream, the blonde girl who had come first immediately covered her companion's mouth with her hand and warned sternly. At the same time, Lucia slowly opened her eyes. Just in case, Ella asked in the cold tone that Entarosviel would use.
"You didn't get anything done, did you?"
"Eh? No, no... They left me here and then left in a hurry."
"That's good."
After confirming this, Ella turned her gaze to the other people in the room. Their eyes were filled with fear, terror, tension, worry, and hope, but one thing was certain: all of their eyes were on her.
In order to emphasize Entalosphiel's cold character, Ella deliberately snorted coldly, and after seeing these women tremble all over and disappointment in their eyes, she continued to add.
"Get ready. I'm going to use teleportation magic."
"Sir, where are you sending us?"
A woman crawled on her knees to the floating Ella's feet.
"You'll find out once you get there. So, short distance—"
“Who is that?!”
Just as Ella waved her hand and prepared to send the group of women, including Lucia, to the hive, two guards outside the door noticed the movement and rushed in with spears in hand.
"Tsk, trouble."
Frowning, Ella turned around, but Lucia reacted faster than Ella.
"My lord, leave this to me. Please use teleportation magic to get them out first!"
Thanks to the previous recovery magic, Lucia, who had recovered to her full state, stood up and prepared to rush out from behind Ella.
"Ah~ah, if Lucia were put in a manga, she would definitely be the protagonist, but if she gets hurt, it would be putting the cart before the horse."
Although letting Lucia take action here will make these women feel good about her and improve her reputation, after all, the main purpose of his visit this time is to rescue Lucia, so it would be better to skip this step. It is more important to seize time, not to mention that Lucia has no fighting ability at all.
Reaching out to stop the unarmed Lucia, Ella looked at the two skinny, almost monstrous men in front of her. They seemed to be stunned by seeing her, but now they came to their senses and licked the corners of their mouths with a lewd expression.
"I haven't seen you before... I really want to ask how you got in, but—"
"Enough of the small talk, 'Despair's Coil'."
Chapter 62 The Miserable Girls
Without wanting to communicate with the other party, Ella flapped the wings behind her, and the black tentacles that she had used on the Dragon King Phoos on Dragon Island reappeared. Countless ominous black soft bodies grew from the walls and the floor, and then crawled up the ankles of the two robbers. In just less than a second, the man's previously wretched face was filled with fear and despair.
“Aa ...
Screams escaped from their wide-open mouths, but the black tentacles reached into their throats the moment they opened their mouths, suppressing the sound to a minimum. Only the fear-filled stammering, the slight trembling of their facial muscles, and the saliva flowing from the corners of their mouths because they could not swallow, could show that they were still alive - the area below the neck was completely wrapped in black, as if they had entered a cocoon.
"Well, after all, 'Despair Coil' only causes the target to fall into a terrifying illusion. After doing so many bad things, this punishment is probably the lightest."
After a moment of inward contempt, Ella took a step towards the main entrance, but because there was no movement behind her, she turned her head in surprise.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
If these girls had shown expressions of fear, he wouldn't have been so surprised as to forget to maintain his character of Entarosviel. After all, the appearance of "Despair Entanglement" looked extremely ominous, just like a skill a demon king would use. Add to that the miserable performance of the bandits now - an unknown liquid could be seen flowing down their legs - so it was natural for these girls to regard him as a terrifying figure. But the problem was that now, including Lucia, these girls all had a fanatical look of hope and admiration, as if stars were about to burst out of their eyes. The previous uneasiness and tension had completely disappeared.
Not receiving a response, Ella continued to ask.
"What's wrong?"
Awakened by Ella's words, the blonde girl who had originally spoken to Ella took a small step forward, clasped her hands to her lips, and spoke in a trembling voice.
"Excuse me, sir, what is your name?"
"Hmm? Just asking for your name, Entarosviel?"
"Thank you so much for telling me your name! N'talosviel... N'talosviel..."
Wiping away her tears with a look of gratitude, the blonde girl continued to recite the name silently as if to engrave it in her heart.
"If you keep doing this, I'll be in trouble. There are other people to save... Well, since we've been discovered, why not just take out all the bandits around here as well?"
After two dry coughs, Ella waved her hand, letting "Despair Coil" move the two thieves to the deeper part of the room. Then, to show that Entalosphiel was inaccessible, she kicked the wooden door open roughly.
"Come out, there are other people to rescue next."
“Yes, yes!”
No one resisted or expressed dissatisfaction. They all followed Ella to the outside. In addition, perhaps because she hated the two guards, one of the girls could be seen picking up a simple spear from the ground and stabbing it hard at the motionless robber. However, because the robber was wrapped in "Despair Entanglement", the girl failed to achieve her goal. In the end, she just spat and followed Ella.
After walking outside, Ella looked around.
[Hasn't it been discovered yet?... Then let's go to the next place. There are three more locations like this.]
When Ella was about to walk to the right and take the shortest route to another hostage-holding location, the blonde girl from before shouted.
"Wait, Master Entarosfiel! There's a slime trap over there that will swallow anyone who passes by!"
"Hmph, it's just a little trick."
Ella's words made the blonde girl lower her head and apologize embarrassedly.
"I'm...I'm sorry."
In response, Ella simply tilted her head to the side.
"I'm sorry, but Entarosphiel is just like that. I'll make it up to you later, as Ella, of course."
As for the trap the girl mentioned, he had actually already discovered it on the "Terrain Search". The reason why he went in that direction was because he thought of using the "Ice Freezing Technique" to freeze the ground, so that the slimes hiding underground would not be able to break through the surface. So he ignored it and went directly in that direction.
Perhaps because there were traps on this road, no robbers or the like were encountered on the way. In addition, the room where Lucia was imprisoned was located in the corner of the village, so even if a group of nearly ten people were walking on the street, no one noticed.
In order to get more information, Ella asked the blonde woman following her.
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