Chapter 509 Revenge
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"We did not kill Lahokse, and what you saw was just a lie fabricated by this woman, whom we once saw as our clan's beloved daughter,"
"It was she who killed her father, all for the family heirloom so she could use it to return to her origin realm, never to return, and as every father, Lahokse did not want to be separated from his only daughter,"
"But she refused to respect his demands, and when he did not agree, she killed him in cold blood and ran away with the family heirloom, only to discover the artifact she held was not complete, so she returned with outsider help to complete her desire,"
"We started a power struggle for the clan patriarch position, only to gain the support from the clans of the surrounding islands because we did not know what sort of strength the unknown individual and the power backing him wielded,"
"The unknown individual wanted to enter the ancestral realm, and while invaluable to us, we were willing to give it to him, but we can not allow the traitor who killed our beloved child to leave unpunished," The scarred face elder named Salarth said making the gathered crowed erupt into whispers.
"I understand you have your doubts, and they will be cleared in due time, but for now, we need to deal with this traitor," Kavoc said before letting his aura wash over the surroundings, making the agitated crowd turn silent under the dreadful pressure.
Many of the gathered elves believed the elders' words and an equal number harbored doubts, but in the end, it did not matter what anyone believed because who could question the authority of the two elemental Rulers.
Alex knew the elders were lying and could see that they were informing him of their desire to kill Zahra and agreeing to let him enter the ancestral realm in exchange for his corporation.
It was clear to the two clan elders that Alex was an outsider, his only goal being to enter the ancestral realm, and with his unknown means clear to them, they were willing to give him what he wanted and not antagonize him anymore.
However, Alex was also well aware that he posed a great threat no matter where his allegiance lay, and knowing that the two old monsters would never put themselves in the open, knowing he could very well be working with Zahra or outright wanted to kill them and could easily take the opportunity to do so.
So Alex expected countermeasures in place in case he decided to attack, and it could be anything from a quick escape to a skilled assassin lying in wait to take his head off.
But too bad for them, Alex had a bag full of cheats that he had no problem wasting because he would not be able to use a single one of them inside the ancestral realm.
Wherever the light passed, everything from air to land was frozen solid in bone-white ice, and seconds later, only Alex had a few feet of free space surrounding him inside a massive thousand-meter block of ice.
'Zahra had sacrificed her life to avenge her father and kill those two, and having ruined it, I can not just walk away without at least ending their life,' Alex thought, feeling some complicated emotions at the abrupt turn of events.
But ignoring that, Alex raised his hand with the rune and began to move toward the direction of the trio, the dense expanse of ice vanishing to create the same zone of a few meters for him as one whose mana was used to invoke the skill.
'Now, this is unexpected,' Alex thought, seeing the astonishing sight that welcomed him.
Alex anticipated everything to be frozen, seeing how the ice easily froze the ashen energy and instantly erased its effects, but fifty meters of the area around Zahra had no ice.
The two elders were now mere husks, their bodies devoid of vitality, and their skin clung tightly to their bones, giving them a skeletal appearance.
Their eyes were sunken deep into their sockets, void of any light or life, as their figures, once full of life and power, now appeared as hollow remnants of their former selves.
Zahra was no in no better condition as her eyes were barely open, a smile spread across her face that showed a parturient husk at the verge of death, and not the ethereal beauty.
Zahra looked at Alex before her eyes closed, her head dropped, and the pulsing runes covering her body began to dim and vanish as she began toward the ground.
Alex was quick to react and caught her in a princess carry, with his senses invading her body to feel any pulse, and while very dim and dying, he could feel life still clinging to her body.
Alex used the consumable teleportation ring to teleport to his safe area, the effects of the Glacial bastille not affecting him because he was a user, but the moment he vanished, the ice began to disintegrate, turning into the base form of law that game its form.
In less than sixty seconds, the elves had experienced one of the worst days of their lives. At one point, they felt nearer to death than ever before, and a mere moment later, they were frozen in place, unable to move to feel the cold.
Now that they were freed from what seemed like a nightmare, they were going to see their two elders, the once mighty figures now turned to husks of skin and bones who would draw their last breaths before their very eyes.