Why must the devil be Defeated?-Chapter 1097 - 961: At the Brink of Disaster

"Stop that elf!"

"Don’t let her escape!"

"Hurry up and chase after her!"

The departure of Geno shocked the magical beings commanding the undead, causing them to issue anxious cries.

"Ho!"

"Gah!"

The undead responded intensely, as if echoing the emotions of the magical beings, growling while turning to pounce in Geno’s direction.

However, Carol and the other elf mages were equally dissatisfied with their reaction.

"Didn’t I say you’re dreaming!?"

Carol raised her magic wand high, with magic power surging from her body, releasing an extraordinary-scale spell as if beyond the limit.

It was an upper-level flame spell known as the largest attack range wide area annihilation magic — [Fire Meteor Torrent].

Instantly, a blazing red storm appeared.

They swept across the battlefield like crimson hot winds, igniting everything they touched and causing fierce flames to burn.

The earth was set ablaze.

The trees were set ablaze.

The air was set ablaze.

The dry branches and leaves were also instantly ignited, burning up into a fiery hell.

In the blink of an eye, a corner of Taiger Forest was set on fire, turning into a scorching sea of flames.

"Gah!"

"Awoo!"

The riotous undead were surrounded by the scorching flames, either ignited themselves or forced back by the hot winds, emitting smoke from their bodies like being burnt by high temperatures, howling in pain.

Even the elf mages were inevitably affected, one after another being attacked by the hot wind, with some of their clothes catching fire, leaving them barely covered, their pretty faces pale.

Especially Carol, who not only consumed a large amount of magic power but also concentrated excessively to control the hot wind, causing sharp pain in her mind and quickening her breath.

[Fire Meteor Torrent]— Though this upper-level wide area annihilation flame magic among flame series spells had the largest attack range, it also involved the most severe consumption and highest difficulty to control, easily injuring allies or even oneself.

Thus, generally, mages of the flame series would not easily use this spell.

Especially on the battlefield, considering the safety of fellow soldiers and avoiding harming their own side, this magic appeared very rarely.

Given that it could injure one’s side even on the battlefield, it showed how vast the attack range of this magic was and how difficult it was to control.

But now, to cover Geno and complete Her Majesty’s assigned mission, Carol couldn’t care less.

"Everyone, be careful! Unfold your defense magic!"

Carol shouted, pale-faced.

"I’m going to give up control!"

With this shout, the fiery hot wind sweeping a corner of the forest went out of control.

"Boom!"

The hot wind exploded in this area, letting the flames rampage and spread around.

This part of the world turned into a continuous burning sea of flames.

All the undead and those few magical beings were consumed by the fire sea in terror.

...

"Ahhhhh...!"

On the other side, Geno was desperately running when she suddenly felt an intense wave of heat hit her from behind, and she too was blown away by the sudden blast of hot wind, as if exploded and together with flying sparks, like a kite with a broken string tossed towards another distant corner of the forest.

"Thud!"

With a dull thud, Geno fell heavily to the ground, rolling over several times awkwardly, even crashing into a tree, letting out a cry of pain.

The intense pain attacked Geno’s entire body, almost bringing tears to her eyes.

As for the package in Geno’s arms, it naturally was flung far away, already out of her hand.

"Ugh...ah..."

Geno could only endure the intense pain, crawling on the ground and reaching out towards the package.

This was something that the teacher and companions risked their lives to make her bring back, under any circumstances, it must not be lost.

Although Her Majesty had said the task could be abandoned if it became unfeasible, as long as everyone was safe, neither Geno nor Carol and the others ever thought of giving up on the task.

The reason was simple.

The images of the near destruction of the Elf Country from the invasion kept replaying in all the elves’ minds.

Recalling the fear and deep helplessness of that time, both Geno and Carol and others hoped they could be of use, contributing to the propagation and survival of the Elf Clan.

No matter how trivial, as long as it could help the Elf Clan and the Elf Country, they saw it as necessary to exert all effort, even risking their lives.

At least, they couldn’t let the enemy succeed.

From the relentless pursuit of the other party, it was clear that this item was also very important to them.

If that’s the case, there was even less reason to give up.

Thinking of Carol and the others, Geno, while shedding tears, strained to reach out, intending to grab the package.

Perhaps it was still not too late.

As long as they returned to the Elf Country in time, a rescue could still be sent.

They had to save Carol and the teachers before anything happened to them.

With such thoughts, Geno disregarded the pain in her body.

Unfortunately, just when Geno’s hand was about to touch the package, a pair of feet appeared in front of her.

"...!"

Geno’s heart trembled.

The owner of the feet bent down to pick up the package.

"Confirming recovery of target item."

A black-robed magical being, arriving unnoticed, picked up the package and looked down at the prone Geno, speaking softly.

"Elf life form obstructing the mission detected, executing extermination."

Saying that, the black-robed magical being reached out in Geno’s direction.

"Boom!"

A pitch-black explosion swept towards Genom, blasting him away.

"Uh... ahhhhh...!"

Genom let out a wail of agony, his entire body was blown to another corner, crashing onto the ground, shrouded in a thick cloud of dust, his whole body battered and bruised.

In the end, this Elf girl was still caught by the enemy.

Even though there was only one of them, the things they desperately tried to protect ended up in the enemy’s hands.

"Target life form is still alive, continue executing extermination order."

The black-robed Magic Life lifted its steps, slowly walking towards the direction where Genom lay.

"Ugh... uh..."

Genom tried to struggle to her feet, wanted to resist, but found that there wasn’t a single part of her body that was intact, making it impossible for her to get up no matter what.

The black-robed Magic Life spared no mercy, attacking with the intent to kill Genom.

Therefore, Genom was already on the brink of death, with just one last breath remaining.

Realizing this, knowing that her mission along with the rescue plan she intended to execute would become a pipe dream, Genom shut her eyes in despair.

"Merica..."

In the end, the last thing the Elf girl thought of was her childhood friend, her best fellow clansman.

"Extermination, execute."

The black-robed Magic Life arrived in front of Genom, raising a magic power-filled hand.

Then...

"Boom!"

A rumbling sound echoed.

It wasn’t the final strike from the black-robed Magic Life on Genom that caused the rumbling.

It was the wailing of the atmosphere disturbed by the sudden surge of magic power in this section of the world.

Magic power filled with a natural aura overflowed, instantly filling the entire space.

Under the influence of magic power, a wondrous phenomenon occurred.

The surrounding trees suddenly seemed to come alive, rapidly growing while causing the ground to rise, thick tree roots bursting forth, filling the entire space.

"...!?"

The black-robed Magic Life seemed startled, stopping the final strike it was brewing, and quickly retreated. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

But at this moment, a furious voice reached its ears.

"What do you intend to do to Genom...!?"

Under such an angry shout, an Elf girl draped in an emerald magic robe, clutching a branch-like magic wand, descended from the sky.

She stood upon a thick tree root, and under the movement of the tree roots that resembled both snake and dragon, she descended from the sky.

The black-robed Magic Life clearly felt it.

Felt the terrifying magic power on the other party that was impossible to contend with.

"Third party intervention, third party intervention."

"Target life form and obstructive target are both Elf Clan life forms, according to current situation analysis, there is over ninety-nine percent probability of being an enemy, a supportive entity for the obstructive target."

"Analysis, impossible to overcome, success rate is zero."

"Immediate retreat, immediate retreat."

The black-robed Magic Life then quickly turned around, prepared to flee without hesitation.

Alas, the angry Elf girl, although not losing her sanity, would absolutely not let it leave at its leisure.

"Daring to harm my friend, harm my clansman, is unforgivable!"

The usually well-behaved and timid Elf girl at this moment became the most terrifying Nature Controller, in response to the rising magic power, raised her magic wand.

"Rumble...!"

This section of the world immediately emitted a rumbling sound as if the heavens were collapsing, while quaking intensely.

The earth collapsed.

Numerous trees frantically grew out from underground.

They were like dancing swarms of serpents.

They were like roaring dragon bodies.

The fleeing Magic Life didn’t even have time to react, as the ground beneath its feet directly crumbled, making it fall into it.

Then, countless trees frantically surged toward that direction, like a Demon army pouncing on a tiny prey, instantly engulfing the figure of the Magic Life.

"Squish!"

The next second, from the location of the crumbled ground, within the frenzy of innumerable trees, came the sound of flesh and blood being crushed to bits.

By the time numerous trees surged out, at those tree tips, bright red blood was hanging, appearing starkly glaring.

Genom had long opened her eyes, lying on the only piece of ground that remained intact, dumbly watching the Earth-shattering scene before her for a long while.

Until, the Elf girl standing on the thick tree root, carried by the root, moved to her front.

"Genom!"

The Elf girl leaped off the thick tree root, rushing toward Genom.

Genom finally reacted, looking at that familiar figure, tears streaming down her face.

"Merica...!"

The Nature Controller who descended from the sky was Merica.

At the critical moment, Merica arrived in time, saving her childhood friend’s life.

Seeing Genom’s bruised and battered state, barely clinging to life, Merica didn’t even dare to reach out to hug her, distressed to the point where tears almost spilled over, she hurriedly shouted towards the sky.

"Mr. Shane! Quickly save Genom!"

The near-death Genom then saw it.

In the sky, besides the descending Merica, was a familiar pitch-black giant dragon, slowly approaching.

"[Celestial Breathe]."

On the back of the giant dragon, such a voice sounded, causing starlight to shine.