Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"Is it enough to just find a magician named 'Ake'?" Filia asked. "Is there a portrait of him? At least I need to know what he looks like so I can confirm whether I have happened to see him."

"Ah? Of course... I'll go ask Hannah..."

"I'll go with you."

Since it was Vivian's request, Filia didn't intend to refuse.

she thinks.

After all, we are friends, so this may be a suitable way to say goodbye.

"Really... is it okay?" Vivian looked at Filia, a little worried. "Filia, you seem a little... different from usual... Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

There was no need to cause trouble for others with the half-elf's own affairs - and the other people in the village would not want to see humans either.

……

On the other side, Elsa and Tricia came to the depths of the magic circle under the Knights' headquarters.

Before their eyes, a dark sapling was stirring up a black miasma.

"Should I say...as expected?"

Tricia was not at all surprised by the scene before her. Everything was exactly as she had expected.

She shook her head and looked at Elsa: "Elsa, is this what you saw under the Mage Corps?"

"Yeah, exactly the same."

As she spoke, Elsa squatted down, grasped the dark sapling, and pulled it up. Tricia also unfolded a magic circle to detect it, and observed it carefully. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sapling to slowly turn white from the roots, and in just a moment it turned into completely white branches.

Tricia frowned, staring at the sapling. "Sure enough, the power of the earth veins was destroyed here, but... what exactly is this plant? - Anyway, let's repair this place first."

Tricia began to repair the magic circle, and Elsa stood back and watched.

At this time, Tricia said, "Elsa, leave everything to me. These black branches are not only here. If my guess is correct, there are also such things in the Magician Corps and the Lord's Mansion. I will remove them one by one and repair the magic circle."

"Don't you need my help?"

Tricia glanced at Aisha and smiled: "Just go to the ground and take care of Vivian and the others. Vivian is very important to you, right?"

Aisha felt that Tricia had something else in her words.

"Hannah and the others are on the right track. Give them enough time and they'll definitely find the necromancer behind this—assuming he's actually inside the fortress."

Tricia continued.

"Finding someone in such a big city is no easy task, and they won't sit idly by. Vivian might get into trouble if she goes with Hannah."

Elsa was a little worried: "Are you really okay on your own?"

"Don't underestimate me, I'm a sage after all," Tricia said with a bright smile. "You're the only one in this world who I can't do anything to, Elsa."

This doesn't seem to be the first time I've said this.

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242. Philia’s Past

The letter was sent from a familiar person in the half-elf village where Filia once lived.

but……

Filia knew better than anyone that the village she lived in was no longer there.

The half-elf village is very small, with only about thirty people in total. They huddle together for warmth in the deep forest far away from human habitation. It was the settlement where the forest elves lived before the Demon King War. The broken magic circle left behind drove away foreign beasts and became the only home for them as half-elves.

Filia was born and raised there.

At that time, Filia was still a minor.

Then, that destination was destroyed with the arrival of human slave hunters.

Those slave hunters—

Filia learned archery from the best older hunter in the village. Together they drove away the wild beasts approaching the village, but met them on the way. The slave hunters, the older hunters told Filia to stay away from these humans. Filia listened, but they didn't expect that they would be followed without anyone knowing and brought these people into the village.

Those slave hunters - each of them wore clothes that seemed valuable to Filia, but had an unbearable stench, and their dirty but expensive leather boots trampled on the fruit fields that Filia loved most. They arrogantly barged into the village, making infuriating and unreasonable demands, and their hypocritical appearance was disgusting.

In a rage, Filia shot an arrow through the slave hunter's palm.

Then the slave hunters ran away. Filia was proud of her archery skills, but the others' faces were full of worry.

Filia asked them why they were unhappy. Some of them said that Filia should not attack humans, some said that Filia did the right thing, and some said that they must catch up and kill those people.

That was the first time Filia heard the word "murder".

There were only two hunters in the village. The older hunter left Filia behind to look after the other people in the village. Then they left with their fine bows and knives and chased deep into the forest.

But none of them came back.

At night, Filia was awakened by screams. She saw many more slave hunters than during the day rushing into the village and destroying the repelling magic circle left by the elves. Then, they drove countless wild beasts to break through the village fence, destroying the crops and farmland. The shining knives were stained with blood in the moonlight. Filia had finally escaped. The people in the village died, and the people who fled with her also died, just to lure those people away.

The slave hunters kidnapped the survivors in the village. The cries were so frightening that Filia had no choice but to keep running. She stayed alone in the dark forest in fear until dawn. When she ran back, there was nothing left in the village.

That period of time had passed so long that Filia herself could hardly remember how she had gotten to where she was today.

The long time allowed her to hone her archery skills. She searched the rooms of the older hunters and found enough weapons and clothes. The weapons were of various kinds, and most of the clothes were stained with blood and had arrow holes. There were also dry food that she had never seen before, nameplates engraved with human characters, and letters. Only then did Filia realize that the clothes they wore, the weapons they used for hunting, and various bottles and jars of medicine were all taken from humans.

Nothing is a coincidence. Where do so many coincidences come from in this world?

Filia told herself not to care. She picked up the best bow and arrow she had ever dreamed of and became a better hunter than anyone else in the village. She left the forest and entered the human city. She began looking for those bastards, those slave hunters, and the abducted half-elves. She also met other half-elves and went to where other half-elves lived.

But the person she was looking for was nowhere to be found, and it was too late.

Gradually, after spending more time with humans, she felt that her arrows had become weaker - humans were not all bad and hypocritical. This became the weight in Filia's heart, who should die and who should not.

Hatred does not disappear, but becomes dormant.

She traveled aimlessly from one city to another, never staying for long each time. Perhaps she was just walking and stopping, or perhaps she was waiting for the day when she would encounter those slave hunters.

However, Filia never expected that this letter from the past would come before revenge.

Because the letter came from the old hunter, who was one of the few half-elfs in the village who could write. She taught Filia to read and learn archery. Filia always thought that she died in the forest, but it seemed that was not the case.

That's why she was surprised and excited about the letter, and couldn't bear the ups and downs of her emotions.

The other party invited her to meet, and Filia had no reason to refuse.

However, Filia had no plans to tell anyone about this matter for the time being, because it was a bit sudden and strange, and she knew what the person who wrote the letter had done, and she couldn't judge whether a person was right or wrong, so she planned to leave Dammas alone for the time being and go to the place mentioned in the envelope to confirm it.

But before leaving, Filia wanted to do Vivian one last favor, even if it was just to say goodbye to her friend.

Filia cherishes friends like Aisha, Vivian and Ruth.

……

Vivian didn't know what Filia was thinking, but she was just happy that Filia was willing to help.

However, Filia didn't know much about the current situation. She only heard from the adventurers about what happened on West Street. That was where Renee and the other members of the investigation team fought with the puppets, and it was also where the fireworks serving as signal flares were set off.

As for the unusual movements in the central city, many people noticed it, especially Elsa's forbidden holy light spell. The people of the entire city were bathed in the light of the holy crown, and it was hard not to talk about what was happening in the central city.

However, the news has been blocked so far, so Filia, who has been in the Adventurer's Guild, does not know the reason.

So Vivian told Filia about the attack on the Magicians' Corps and the reason why she invited Filia for help.

After hearing this, Filia frowned slightly.

"Attacked? Is your mother okay?"

"It's okay... Thanks to Elsa. She not only saved Mom, but also saved those affected magicians." Filia saw Vivian's eyes curved into crescents, her face flushed, and she almost counted on her fingers. "Elsa is amazing, beautiful, and gentle... Um... You saw it too, right? That 'sun' thing!"

Filia nodded.

It was said to be an accident, but it was not too surprising. Filia had felt that light twice, but Filia suddenly remembered that Elsa did not seem to use holy light magic when she was in the underground palace.

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243. How far is far enough to hear?

With Elsa around, many problems can be easily solved.

Vivian and Filia both agreed with this.

But they don't think that everything will be fine as long as they leave it to Elsa - people always have to walk on their own.

Filia asked Vivian for some details, her eyes lowered, thinking.

"No wonder. When I returned to the monastery today, I felt the atmosphere around here was strange. There were more soldiers on the road than usual. So, is there a traitor inside the monastery?"

Both of them looked towards the end of the corridor at the same time, but there was no one there.

"I can't rule that out... but things like this will soon have a conclusion, so don't worry." Vivian smiled and looked at Filia. "Speaking of which, has Filia been in the guild until now?"

Filia thought of the letter, shook her head, and then nodded.

"Yeah, I went to the guild to do some business."

The light in Filia's eyes flashed briefly, and was caught by Vivian. She tilted her head curiously and asked:

"Didn't Filia hear anything at the guild?"

"Well... although some people talked about the fireworks over West Street, I happened to be busy, so I didn't pay attention. I only saw the defensive magic circle in the sky open for a moment."

"I had just finished the selection at that time, and that was when the Magician Corps was attacked."

The distance from West Street to the Guild and then to the Magician Corps headquarters in the central city is very far, separated by two towering city walls. If you don't ask, you won't be able to get the news of what happened in the central city so quickly - of course, the main reason is that the letter occupied Filia's mind. She did hear someone discussing something loudly, but she didn't listen at all. All her attention was on the letter.

In the past, she would never do this. Archers must always be alert and observant of their surroundings.

"Then take me there."

Filia said.

At this time, a figure came from the end of the corridor. It was Mary, followed by two fully armed church knights.

"I heard you were back, and Bishop Pittman sent me over to check on the situation—"

In fact, Mary only came to ensure the safety of Vivian and Filia, because there were too many strange things happening recently, and the church couldn't relax, especially since Vivian and Filia were Elsa's friends.

After exchanging a few words with Mary, Filia and Vivian left and went to the Magician Corps headquarters, where Renee, Hannah and others were waiting for them.

……

At the same time, after leaving the underground, Elsa did not go to find Vivian and Hannah immediately, but directly cast invisibility magic on herself and used magic to come to the sky above the fortress - Elsa roughly estimated the effective area of ​​the air defense array to avoid being hit.

She hovered in mid-air, surveying the vast city—everything within her reach was under Elsa's surveillance. Vision was more direct than hearing, but it couldn't penetrate buildings. If someone tried to hide, finding them simply by sight wouldn't be easy.

In fact, Elsa's hearing is also very sharp, but she has tried, and it is still unrealistic to monitor the people in the entire city, because the sound itself is easily attenuated. When propagating in the air, various sounds are mixed together. It is common for them to quickly attenuate or interfere with each other as the propagation distance increases. In the end, when it reaches Elsa's ears, only the sounds from relatively close places are basically clear.

Elsa wondered if there was any magic that could prevent sound from being interfered with and attenuated. If so, she could now monitor the voices of people throughout the city and easily identify anyone who was suspicious.

Or, embed a metal tube every few meters, and then collect all the sound through solid sound transmission like a water pipe?

This is so weird, and it would only alert the enemy, right?

But can the same purpose be achieved using invisible magic channels?

Elsa tried it, one or two, two or three, or even four, five or six would work. The transparent magic tubes extended from her hands, and no one would notice anything unnatural, and Elsa could also clearly hear sounds from far away.

But if Elsa wants to build thousands or tens of thousands of such magic pipes at the same time, she is still unable to do it - lack of magic power is one aspect, but more importantly, her control over magic power is not enough. When she makes the tenth one, the first one will easily disappear. When she makes longer and farther ones, the close-range end will easily collapse.

It's a little magic that's somewhat useful, but not very useful.

But before considering these, there is actually a question that is still unclear: Is the mastermind behind all this inside the fortress? If the other party is not inside the fortress at all, these strange assumptions are meaningless.

If they weren't in the fortress, then where else could they be? If they were remnants of the Demon King's army, would they be in the Demon King's territory?

Come to think of it, I haven't been to the Demon King's Territory yet.

If the Demon King shows up again, can we just go to the Demon King's territory and kill her? Then there won't be any war?

Is it really?

If peace were so easy to achieve, war would not happen.

However, if I have the chance, I will still go to the Demon King's Territory.