Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

"Can't sleep."

"Is it because the pain is keeping you awake at night?"

Hearing Elise's words, Lily chuckled, "You really do know a lot."

From the moment she stuffed the World Tree leaf into her own hands yesterday, she knew that Elise was fully aware of her secret, or rather, the secret of the Elven race.

"Find a chance to break free from your symbiotic relationship with this tree, or you will die."

The Elven race possesses a secret technique that allows them to coexist with the World Tree; only the chieftain can master this technique.

If the World Tree is at its peak, the benefits of coexisting with it are numerous, and within the area protected by the World Tree, it can even be said to be invincible.

However, given the current state of the World Tree, Lily's symbiosis with it will only bring harm and no benefit; take yesterday's accident as an example.

The World Tree's protection was torn apart, and Lily felt the pain deeply. That's why, when the tremor occurred, she couldn't even stand up and fell into Iris's arms.

However, it is precisely because of Lily, the only ninth-tier elven, who coexists with the World Tree that this tree has been able to survive until now.

"I know, but I won't give up until the very last moment."

Lily forced a smile, then placed her hand on the tree trunk. The World Tree seemed to sense something, wanting to respond but unable to do so.

"I know, I know, I'm too young to die with you." Lily muttered a few words, then withdrew her hand and looked at Iris again: "Since we've run into you here, let's go to the clan's collection vault together. You can choose anything from there."

"Aren't you afraid I'll choose the fruit of the World Tree?"

"If you want me to, there's nothing I can do. At worst, I'll just die. But you definitely wouldn't want someone as cute as me to die, would you?" Lily gave a pitiful look.

"At this point, you should be asking me why I know there is a World Tree Fruit in the treasure vault."

"You already know about my symbiotic relationship with the World Tree, so it's only natural that you know what's in the treasure vault, right?"

Elena, who was standing nearby, overheard their conversation and said at the opportune moment, "Since you're going to a treasure vault or something, I guess I won't follow you?"

"It's alright, you can come along. It's good to have a good look, after all, the person standing next to you is a ninth-level expert."

Hearing what Elise said, Elena was also stunned for a moment, and then looked at the petite and cute Lily beside her. No matter how she looked at it, Lily did not seem to be a ninth-level expert.

"I don't look like a ninth-tier powerhouse at all. I'm just a weak little elven girl. Don't listen to her nonsense."

Elise didn't speak, she just quietly looked at Lily.

After realizing that the two of them were unmoved, Lily also pouted and then grabbed their hands in annoyance.

With a moment of disorientation, the two of them found themselves in a dark corridor after descending from the World Tree. Lily snapped her fingers, and the corridor instantly became bright.

"This is the elven treasure vault. The items are in the rooms on both sides of the corridor. Would you like me to show you around?"

"Need not."

For Elise, coming here felt like coming home.

She walked forward with light steps, her purpose clear: to retrieve a life-saving item. But after walking a short distance, Elise seemed to sense something and stopped.

She turned to look at the room next to her, where a magnificent longbow was displayed on a table.

"This is a longbow made by the Goddess of Life in imitation of her own weapon. Let me remind you, no one can currently gain her approval."

Why did the goddess of life copy her own weapon?

"I don't know. According to the records, this longbow was made right after the War of the Gods began, and it has been kept here ever since."

"Can I go in and try?" Elise felt as if the longbow was beckoning her.

This thing exists in the game, but it's just a model; there's no detailed information available, so it's impossible to obtain.

"Suit yourself, but if you fail, you might get shot a few times. I'll keep you from dying, but you'll definitely experience pain."

"Thanks."

Elise walked up to the display stand and reached out to grab it without hesitation.

Seeing this, Lily's eyes turned serious, and she prepared herself to save Elise. She couldn't let Elise die here, or something terrible would happen.

However, the scenario of being pierced by a thousand arrows did not occur, and Elise successfully grabbed the longbow.

The system also marked the name of the longbow the moment the hand grasped it.

【Elois】

Upon seeing the name of the longbow, Elise instantly realized why she had reacted to this weapon. It turned out that it was a weapon made by the Goddess of Life for Eloise, and as Eloise's successor, she was reacting to it.

She absolutely refused to believe that there was no shady dealing between the goddess of life and the god of love.

"How...how is this possible!?" Lily stared in disbelief at Iris, who was holding a longbow, her eyes filled with astonishment.

"The name of this bow is 'Iloise'."

Hearing what Elise said, Lily realized what was going on. She scratched her head and said, "No wonder even I couldn't get her to accept me. So that's why."

Just as Elise was about to put the longbow into her spatial ring, the longbow suddenly resisted and then turned into a beam of light, imprinting itself on the back of her hand.

Looking at the mark that resembled a lily, Elise raised an eyebrow. The mark was very similar to the mark of the Goddess of Life. However, since this weapon was created by the Goddess of Life, it was normal for such a thing to happen.

Elise didn't take it to heart and quickly left the room, returning to the two of them.

"Now that you've made your choice, I'll take you out."

“I thought you would take me on a further tour?” Elise said with a smile.

"What's the point of looking at it if you can't have it?"

"I also have information about the elven settlements. Would you like to hear it?"

Lily, who was about to teleport the two of them, suddenly stopped and said with some heartache, "Then... then I'll let you choose another one!"

"Then I won't be polite."

I woke up this morning and realized I missed updating a chapter yesterday. I'll try to make it up in the next couple of days. TT

Volume 1: Chapter 145 As long as you pay me, that's fine.

Originally, Elise was looking inside to see if there was anything that could trigger her reaction, but after wandering around for a while, she didn't find anything like what had just happened.

Lily took out a glass of juice from somewhere and sipped it slowly, her cute little face full of impatience: "Have you made your choice yet? My mouth is dry from talking so much, and I think you know everything here very well, so why do I have to introduce it to you?"

"Because your voice is so pleasant, I'd like to hear it a little longer," Elise said casually.

Lily paused for a moment, then stomped her foot in anger and turned her head to the side, deciding to ignore this wicked woman for the time being.

Seeing Lily being teased by Elise, Elena also twitched the corners of her mouth. Generally speaking, shouldn't she feel smug when she sees Elise teasing others? Why did she feel a little annoyed?

Since there was nothing that could trigger her senses, Elise followed her original plan and went into a room to retrieve a necklace.

Lily glanced at the necklace in Elise's hand, her expression slightly surprised: "You actually chose this?"

This necklace is called "Protection of the Goddess of Life". Wearing it regularly can ensure good health and immunity to all poisons. If you are injured, it can also increase the speed of recovery from injuries, both physical and spiritual. The most important effect is that when the wearer suffers a fatal injury, it can consume the life force within to recover. It is an extremely useful life-saving item.

But this item was only average in the treasure vault. She thought that given Elise's knowledge of this place, she should have chosen something better.

For example, the arrow of the goddess of life, or fragments of the body of the wind of calamity.

"Better doesn't necessarily mean more suitable; this necklace is fine."

Moreover, with the intelligence she possessed, emptying the elven treasury would be a piece of cake; she just didn't want to reveal too much at once.

This necklace wasn't for herself either; she now has plenty of ways to protect herself. This necklace was for Vivian.

Among the many main characters, Vivian's own strength is average. Moreover, as the emperor's illegitimate daughter, she often engages in assassinations and poisoning. She wouldn't feel at ease without a life-saving item on her person.

“Since you’ve made your choice, let’s go back.” Lily reached out and grabbed the two of them, then initiated the teleportation.

Because she coexists with the World Tree, she can teleport freely within the World Tree's protected area without needing to master spatial magic.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them appeared at Elise's residence.

Lily, who had just been teleported over, frowned slightly. At this moment, she was experiencing tearing pain all over her body. It was a side effect of her symbiotic relationship with the World Tree, and she had not yet recovered.

Seeing this, Elise knew what had happened to Lily. She activated her succubus form, and her demeanor became mature and alluring.

"I can help relieve your pain, but you shouldn't resist."

Looking at Elise, who had transformed into a succubus, Lily said warily, "You wouldn't be taking advantage of me when I give up resisting, making me fall in love with you without me even realizing it, would you? Or is your way of alleviating my pain by carving some strange mark on me and then doing something weird to me?"

As Lily continued speaking, she became more and more excited, and her words became increasingly outrageous. Even her pale face flushed with an excited pink.

Elise didn't interrupt him, and just watched quietly.

Soon, Lily realized that she had lost her composure. She gradually lowered her voice and finally lowered her head, not daring to look at Elise.

"Why did you stop talking? I didn't even know there were so many ways to play if you hadn't told me." Elise crossed her arms and looked at Lily as if she were some kind of pervert. If it were Rumia being looked at like that, she would probably have already started to get a fever.

But Lily wasn't Rumia, so she could only plead softly, "Stop talking, just try it already, I won't resist."

"What a pity, I wanted to hear you tell me more." Elise said, and activated her perception shielding ability. Lily, who had no resistance, instantly found that the tearing pain had disappeared, and she felt much more relaxed.

"Your ability is quite amazing."

(II?) Investigating the cage-warming mountain wife? (Lingmeng)

"It is indeed quite amazing, but there is something I forgot to tell you. The pain has not been eliminated, it has only accumulated. When my ability disappears, it will all be reflected back to you in an instant. Be careful."

"That's fine too. It's better to be in pain for a while than to be in pain all the time. I can also take this opportunity to get some sleep."

After saying that, Lily disappeared from Elise's sight, but reappeared in less than three seconds: "Wait, I almost forgot something important. What about the information you promised me?"

"I thought you'd forgotten." Elise took out a pen and paper, wrote down the information Lily needed, handed it to her, and then Lily disappeared from Elise's sight again.

After Lily left, Elena asked softly, "How long are we planning to stay here?"

"Let's stay for a few more days. It's probably very crowded outside now, and it's easy to run into trouble if we go out."

The appearance of the Ark will naturally attract the attention of the Eternal Church. Returning now is very dangerous. Elise estimates that Sally should be able to return to Amos in a few days, and the Insect Nest should be able to serve as a transit station in a few days. She plans to have Sally teleport here to pick people up.

This way, one can avoid those people in the Eternal Church and go wherever one wants.

"Should I go out and gather some information?" As an adventurer, she shouldn't attract attention if she goes out.

"No need. Going near the Ark would make you vulnerable to the effects of battle. You would die if you were caught in the crossfire of that level of combat, and I can't bear to see you die."

Hearing Elise's words, Elena couldn't help but recall the memories of the two of them in the Endless Ice Plains. No matter what she did, Elise would always remind her to be careful first, and that concern was never fake.

"Actually, with your current strength and with Rumia and Vanessa by your side, you probably don't need me as your bodyguard, right?"

Although her current strength is quite good, she is only at the fourth level after all. When facing enemies at the fifth level or above, she may be somewhat powerless.

"What are you thinking? You're my most important bodyguard. You promised to protect me. If you dare to leave..." Elise waved her little fist in front of Elena.

Elena saw no threat whatsoever, and even found it somewhat cute. A smile involuntarily crept onto her lips: "Anyway, I'm just an adventurer. As long as you pay me, that's fine."

……

Volume 1: Chapter 146 Fishing Master Elena

Just kidding, Elena is the main character, and one of the main characters with extremely high combat power in the later stages. How could Elise possibly let her go?

Moreover, her current strength is quite good. After activating her angelic or demonic transformation, she can easily defeat even fifth-tier enemies, though she can't last long.

Elise waved to Elena and said, "It's time to eat."

Here in the Forest of Sanctuary, the meals were all prepared by the elves. After eating like this for several days, it was too bland for Elise and the others. Since Elise had nothing to do today, she decided to take everyone out to improve their meals and collect some rare ingredients from the elves.

After the meal, Elise led everyone directly to the outer area of ​​the Shelter Forest. There was a lake there where you could catch a type of fish that could only be found in the Shelter Forest, called the Emerald Bass.

The meat is delicious and rich in life energy; even simple cooking and consumption can increase attributes.

Upon arriving at the lake, Elena suddenly had a bad feeling, which reminded her of some unpleasant memories. When she saw Elise take out her fishing gear, her expression became subtle.

Just as she was about to make herself inconspicuous and run away, Elise walked up to her with a smile: "Fishing Master, could you recreate your feat of catching several buckets of fish in one night last time?"

Elena stared intently at Iris, trying to discern whether she was mocking her. However, she couldn't tell if the other woman was being genuine or just putting on a good act. Instead, she felt too embarrassed to refuse because of the admiring look in Iris's eyes.

Elena thought her luck wouldn't be as bad as last time, so she silently took the fishing gear: "I'll give it a try, but don't get your hopes up too high."

“I believe you can do it.” Iris’s eyes once again shone with admiration.

She knew, of course, that Elena had caught so many fish last time by frying them, but she didn't care. All she needed was someone to work for her.

Elise then took out several sets of fishing gear and handed them to the others, while she went into the woods to change into a swimsuit.

The maid had already prepared a recliner and a parasol. Iris lay comfortably on the recliner, enjoying this rare moment of peace.

Rumia was fishing seriously, but as she fished, her eyes were unconsciously drawn to Iris, who was wearing a swimsuit. Her flawless white skin, her perfect figure, and her languid expression made her drool.

Just then, Elise seemed to remember something and said, "If you want to go swimming, that's fine too. I've also prepared swimsuits for you."

The little maid was already prepared. She took off her maid outfit, revealing a maid-style swimsuit underneath, showing how much she cared about her maid identity.