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Kronos shrugged. "But there's nothing I can do, I have to do what she says."

Cronus spoke quite casually, but his attitude of "only one can be brought" actually implied a very firm stance.

"Hmm... I'll think about it first."

Susie Yun was somewhat unsure, so she could only reply in this way.

"It's alright, please feel free."

Kronos waved his hand. "I'm going to the street corner for a smoke of hookah. Just let me know when you've decided."

It has to be said that Cronus is never relaxed, no matter the time. He can just casually stroll out and slack off whenever he wants.

If you didn't know better, you'd think this guy was just passing by picking up his kid from school.

Ella, using the crows placed at the door, saw that Kronos had indeed run to the street, found a hookah, and started playing. She then discussed it with Susie Yun.

"What... what should we do next, Sister Ella? Should I use the system to send her a message and ask her what's going on?"

"No need,"

Ella shook her head. "She deliberately added this restriction, I think, to test your thinking."

"my thoughts?"

"Yes, because it was already clear from the first meeting that if she really wanted to make a move, it wouldn't make any difference whether there was one more guard or one less guard."

"I see,"

Susie Yun immediately realized, "So Miss Samael wants to see if I truly agree with her idea, rather than just pretending to agree and actually siding with you, Sister Ella. Therefore, if I insist on bringing a guard this time, that guard is definitely problematic."

"That's right, so if you message her, she'll realize it and immediately end the meeting."

"Then... I'll go to the appointment alone?"

Su Xiyun asked hesitantly.

"No rush. It would be too risky for you to go alone. Neither Ye Xiao nor I would feel at ease."

Ella took Susie's slender arm and squeezed it.

"But there's another way: I can disguise myself as you and go there."

"But I remember Greta said she could easily tell the difference between players and natives, didn't she?"

Susie Yun was a little confused.

"Well, the fact that travelers from other worlds don't have the Thread of Fate is hard to fake. So I'll have to trouble you to send a message to Ye Xiao and ask him to ask Greta if there's any way to hide the Thread of Fate."

Of course, asking Susie Yun to help ask was just Ella's excuse; in reality, Ye Xiao had already begun asking Greta for a solution.

"Hmm, trying to pretend you don't have the Thread of Fate?"

In the sandbar fortress of the western frontier, Greta, dressed in a black and white maid's dress, sat on the towering battlements, her little feet dangling as she pondered.

"There are still ways. The essence of the Fate Thread is the depth of its connection with the laws of this world. We just need to use some means to weaken this connection to the point that it is difficult to observe."

"That's what they say, but I don't know how to tell her how to do it."

Ye Xiao scratched his head.

“It’s a bit troublesome to learn on the spot, and it’s not easy to explain things like prophecy magic in a short time, but you can give this to that wicked woman.”

After rummaging in her skirt pocket for a while, Greta pulled out a small, round stone carving with a necklace attached and handed it to Ye Xiao.

It was carved with a two-headed eagle that looked rather silly.

"Wow, did you carve this yourself? It looks kind of cute..."

As Ye Xiao spoke, information about the item popped up in his field of vision.

[Item: Scepter of Atal'loth]

[Quality: Epic]

[Description: It is said to be the product of the angel of fate being extracted and refined, and the demons of hell once used it to deceive the gods' prophecies and hunt down the remnants of the old gods.]

Ye Xiao's smile froze on her lips.

"Once this talisman is infused with magic, it can be used to block the perception of the Threads of Fate..."

Greta was still gesturing with her little hands about how to use the talisman. "Hmm? What's with that expression?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

Ye Xiao's lips twitched, and he handed the stone talisman containing some profound stories to the crow squatting beside him.

Meanwhile, Ella and Susie teleported back to the temple on Lyre Peak and changed their clothes in a small room.

Susie Yun took off her black dress, revealing her fair and slender shoulders and the inner lining that covered her full upper body.

Although Ella had noticed that this quiet girl's long, slender legs and graceful figure were probably quite extraordinary, she hadn't realized before that the girl's upper body curves were surprisingly well-endowed despite her simple and elegant attire.

However, Susie Yun didn't think too much about it. When she folded the clothes she had taken off and handed them to Ella, she inadvertently noticed that Ella's face was flushed.

"What's wrong, Ella?"

"Hehehe."

Ella, with a sly look in her eyes, hugged Miss Su and rubbed against her, then activated the Ring of Myriad Manifestations, transforming into the other's image.

"They really are exactly the same."

Susie looked at Ella, who had transformed into her own image, and curiously poked her arm. "Is this a physical change?"

"It's not that powerful; this is just an illusion created by magic."

Ella changed into Susie Yun's clothes, and then, with Susie Yun's help, slipped her small feet into long boots. "If you touch and examine them carefully, you should still be able to find some clues."

Susie Yun listened, then cupped Ella's chest with her hand, "Oh, it is indeed quite different."

"..."

Ella pouted at Susie Yun's cheek in annoyance, then slashed open a spatial portal with her fingers, took out the talisman that Greta had given her, and put it around her neck.

A deep blue glow flickered faintly on the talisman before fading away.

"That should be fine."

The item itself was rather eye-catching, so just to be on the safe side, Ella tucked it into her collar.

After quickly completing the replacement preparations, Ella, disguised as "Susie Yun," hugged Susie Yun one last time before opening the spatial portal and returning to the imperial city alone.

There, Cronus was leaning against a road signpost, smoking a hookah. Hearing a noise behind him, he turned around and saw a tall, slender girl with waist-length black hair standing alone on the street, greeting him.

"How's it going? Have you decided?"

"Yes, thank you for your help, Mr. Kronos."

Ella smiled gently and replied in a voice that mimicked Miss Su's elegant tone.

"Then come with me."

Without further ado, Kronos pinched the end of the hookah pipe, which was emitting wisps of smoke, and led Ella deeper into a side alley.

Half a minute later, a thin beam of white light shot into the clouds from the deep alleyway lined with towering buildings.

Chapter 43 The Purpose of the Company

As the white light generated by the spatial magic array dissipated, the original streets and alleys of the imperial city were no longer visible in Ella's vision.

She and Cronus seemed to be on a towering cliff, with only an endless forest stretching out below.

But at this moment, the sea of ​​trees that spread across the land was not green, but scattered with countless flames burning fiercely.

The sky was dyed red by the flames, and several plumes of smoke rose into the air. Large numbers of terrifying demons, like swarms of bats, could be seen, densely packed like dark clouds, emitting sharp howls.

"here it is……?"

Ella looked somewhat taken aback.

"The westernmost point of the continent of Meya, the Elf Tree Sea."

A cool, clear female voice came from behind Ella, answering her question.

Ella and Kronos turned around together and saw a girl with long, dark purple hair and an icy demeanor walking towards them.

Samael, this time the demon girl was not late.

However, she no longer had the heroic appearance she once had; her exquisite mithril armor and fur cloak were now stained with blood.

Her fair, jade-like face still had some unwashed red and black bloodstains, but the expression in her eyes remained as cold and arrogant as ever. Only when she saw Ella disguised as Susie Yun did her expression soften slightly.

"It's a pleasure to see you again, Ms. Su."

Samael walked up to Ella and reached out his hand, but when he saw his blood-stained arm armor, he quickly withdrew it and then wiped it on his skirt armor, seemingly a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry it took so long to contact you again. As you can see, I've been busy with other things since last time, and I finally found some free time."

“It’s alright, Miss Samael.”

Ella smiled gently, "It's a pleasure to meet you too."

The two girls chatted "familiarly" over to each other, while Cronus tactfully turned his back to them and walked to the side, looking at the burning forest below. He then took out his hookah from his pocket and slowly began to smoke.

"Have you recently become obsessed with these harmful human products, Kronos?"

He was blowing smoke rings through his nostrils when a deep, resonant bass voice came from below the cliff.

But then a huge snake head slowly rose up, its calf-sized eyes staring wide-eyed at Cronus.

“I was once human, Hydra, or rather, I have never abandoned my identity as a human being.”

Kronos chuckled, taking the pipe from his mouth with his fingers. "You guys seem to be making pretty good progress. I think most of this forest has already been burned down."

"Ah, how can pampered creatures that only know how to enjoy themselves resist the fires of hell?"

Hydra's enormous vertical pupils narrowed slightly. "They're all insects. Compared to the stubborn humans who are as ubiquitous as cockroaches, these elves are as fragile and laughable as butterflies."

"However, I do prefer elves. As food, only a small number of humans with delicate skin can barely eat them, but elves are all delicious."

"And you should really see the horrific sight of the Elf King begging for mercy before my lord twisted off his skull. That beautiful scream made my blood boil..."

"Alright, alright, you can enjoy these things yourself, you don't need to share them with me."

Kronos frowned slightly and said with a hint of helplessness.

"Tsk, you tasteless guy, you don't know how to appreciate killing, all you know how to do is smoke your crappy cigarettes."

Hydra flicked her tongue, seemingly dissatisfied with the perfunctory tone in Kronos's voice, "I think you'll break your brain sooner or later."

Kronos often visits Samael's place and has now gotten used to Hydra's inexplicable aggression.

He ignored the other person's foul language and looked at the towering tree on the horizon, its outline barely visible, obscured by the billowing smoke and sand.

It was a colossal tree that could only be described as magnificent. Its enormous canopy almost covered half the sky, and the broad trees that made up the forest below looked as tiny as leaves around it.

Of the entire forest, only the area where the giant tree stood remains untouched by the war, but judging from the thick smoke rising from all sides, it's probably only a matter of time before it's destroyed.

A complex expression flashed across Cronus's deep eyes, but it was only a fleeting one before he continued to smoke his hookah.

……

Meanwhile, Ella and Samael were heading towards the camp set up on the cliff.

Looking at the scenery below the cliffs along the way, Ella couldn't help but ask softly, "Are you... attacking the elves?"

“Except for the Eternal Mother Tree in the distance, most of the elven settlements in the Sea of ​​Trees have been burned to ashes by us.”

Samael replied casually.

"...Is this also for returning to Earth?"

Samael couldn't help but turn to look at Ella. "Hmm...? I didn't think you were the sentimental type."

"I'm not,"

Ella smiled slightly. "I just find it strange."

“We need the Eternal Mother Tree as a medium for the ritual, but the elves naturally wouldn’t allow it, so they destroyed them… You don’t need to feel sorry for them. The world was broken, and they were going to die anyway; it was only a matter of time.”

"Sacrifice?"

"You can think of that as the ritual that opens the door to the return."

Samael briefly explained, "Remember the civil war in your royal city back then in Loren? The Tree of Life located in the Howling Mountains, this, like that, is one of the mediums."