Chapter 703: Earth Dragon Shook the Ground (2)
Chapter 703: Earth Dragon Shook the Ground (2)
"Long time no see, Tree of Life. Your avatar looks a lot younger than I thought. You really have been reborn, huh..." Oceanid examined the green-haired lady from top to bottom several times.
This old lady had turned into a young lady full of life. Her frail body and wrinkled face were no longer there. She currently looked hot and radiant, typical of a woman in her twenties. The dull white hair that used to be in a bun now regained its greenness and flowed down to her back.
"Oh my, long time no see, Sea God. You still look the same as I remember. However, yes, I have been reborn. Perhaps, I returned to my youth?" Lifa replied with a tender smile.
Ella, Evelyn, and several other girls blinked their eyes in surprise. It was the first time they saw the Goddess of Life's avatar. The Tree of Life was really still alive.
"Fufu, why are you all looking at me with such confused looks, sweetie? I presume you know who I am, and please keep my identity a secret. It would be rather troublesome if the fairies or elves found out." Lifa turned to the side with an amused look. She then at the fairies in the distance.
"Fairy Empress and her imperial guards are coming!"
"Has she decided to directly intervene to deal with the sealed area head-on in light of the grisly battles three days ago in the south?"
"Who cares about that, moron. We can all exterminate those cursed monsters with Her Imperial Majesty here with ease."
"Yeah, we will achieve victory without any casualties!"
"Everything for Her Imperial Majesty!"
"Oh!"
The hundreds of fairies guarding the sealed area of the Plain Slope cheered excitedly when they saw the arrival of Empress Yralissa and the hundreds of her elite troops.
"Silence!" Yralissa raised her palm with a firm sentence. After calm returned to the situation, she continued her speech. "What's the situation? Give me the report."
A gallant fairy came closer to the Fairy Empress and knelt in mid-air. "Report, the earth stakes supporting the underground sealing formation were detected to have a lot of cracks. According to the earth elves' statements, the sealed area under this ruin will collapse in a day or two."
"One to two days, huh... Then, Gio can act here." An angel-like fairy suddenly appeared out of nowhere and approached while muttering casually.
Several fairies questioned the newcomer's identity, but they gradually realized it was a divine being with a golden aura. The Goddess of Blessings, the human-fairy Goddess of the Human Continent, also came here!
"Yralissa, we want you and all of your troops to keep a safe distance first. Gio is going to do something about the sealed area down there." Nell gave an order, ignoring the reverence stares from the fairies.
"All right." Yralissa didn't know who the Goddess of Blessings was talking about, but she complied with the order.
She ordered all the troops to stay a few hundred meters away. Unfortunately, it was still too close, and the Goddess of Blessings told them again to stay away at least two or three kilometers and stay in mid-air.
"Hey, I don't understand why we were told to stay so far away." One of the fairy knights scratched her head in confusion. That question represented almost all the questions in the minds of the other fairies.
"Who knows. Who is that Gio, in the first place?"
"Perhaps, a Goddess vassal?"
"Yeah, that Gio will be sent to destroy the underground sealed area and the monsters buried there. The divine vassal!"
"That could be."
"Yeah, let's watch with great interest what happens next."
"Hum-mm, we can only follow her order right now. If any monsters happen to escape, I'll crush them with my bow of explosion!"
The fairies exchanged words with each other enthusiastically. Their morale had increased drastically just because of the arrival of the Fairy Empress. Still, now it had soared high into the sky.
However, all the fairies immediately gaped in astonishment with complete surprise when an enormous brown earth dragon jumped out of thin air.
*Boom!*
An earthquake shook the land just because of the earth dragon's landing. Several figures appeared out of nowhere and landed on the earth dragon's back. The Goddess of Blessings joined a group of individuals there as well.
"Who are they? And, is that Gio, the Goddess vassal?"
"Is the Gio in question that humongous earth dragon?"
"It's a moving mountain! That creature can flatten any city with that body size!"
"Will that earth dragon destroy all the monsters that are sealed underground?"
"That's for sure, right? Some anti-curse mechanisms have already been installed, so everything will be fine."
"But what if the earthquake reaches our capital forest city? For the world's sake, it's a humongous, enormous earth dragon!"
The fairies mumbled to each other with various dilemmas. However, Yralissa immediately interrupted the commotion. "Silence! Stay calm and see what will happens. We'll help out if needed. It's a divine group consisting of several divine beings. Don't make the gods view you as impolite fairies. They know what they are going to do."
Since the Empress had spoken, the fairies no longer made any fuss. They only prepared to fight if necessary as they knew that the monsters would soon be free.
Meanwhile, at Elena's request, Elysia just distributed the anti-curse mechanism to everyone in her group.
Their first experiment would start, and everyone would be involved to make sure everything would run smoothly without any problems, especially on Gio's side.
"Gio the earth dragon has a massive size. Ely and I might be late in burning all the curse energy. Therefore, all of you, please guard your posts with an activate anti curse mechanism." Elena showed me a simple plan with magic for everyone to understand easily.
"We fully understand. However, I will be by your side, and my daughter will be by Elysia's side to make sure everything goes well." Lifa suggested an additional idea.
"Good. Then, everyone, please guard your posts and make sure you don't fall off Gio's back when he goes berserk. Can you do that?" Elena looked at everyone in her group, especially the girls.
"I can do it!" Evelyn put her hand on her upper chest.
"It is an easy thing. I will do my part without fail or error." Sylvia puffed out her chest confidently.
"I have a method of not falling. You need not worry, o the Goddess of Light." Ella gripped the anti-curse mechanism tightly.
"I can fly. So, I won't fall." Yuuki felt that there were no other obstacles to worry about. So, she would do her current task perfectly.
"I can also fly if needed. There's no problem whatsoever." Vanessa looked at everyone with a subtle smile. She could see that everyone looked enthusiastic.
"If this goes as expected, then Gio can assist us in eliminating all those cursed monsters while they are still sealed. All the sealed areas on the mainland will probably be cleared quickly." Oceanid stared at the earth dragon for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Gio's earth elemental skill isn't completely magic, after all. His innate ability has been with him since he was a little earth spirit." Rhea crouched down and touched Gio's back with her hand.
She checked Gio's condition for a moment and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Gio was in good health. Thanks to Elena and Elysia, there was no detectable corrosion or contamination like a few weeks ago.
"Okay. Then, I'll go to my post." Elysia looked at Elena for a moment before going away to her post. Rhea immediately followed her.
Everyone immediately rushed to their posts at various points on the massive earth dragon's back. Their main job is to make sure the anti-curse mechanism doesn't crash and works as it should.
Elena glanced at Elysia for a moment. The distance between them was only about a hundred meters. Still, she felt that she didn't want to be far from Elysia.
"Gio, everyone is in their position now. You can 'play' with what is hidden underground. Those monsters are our enemies that need to be exterminated before they cause chaos or destruction. Leave none left." Lifa crouched down and patted the earth dragon on the head.
"???" Gio felt a little surprised. He clearly knew that what he heard was the same language his master spoke. Still, he could understand this mysterious woman's every word without a hitch.
He wondered who this leafy green-haired woman was. Was this woman close to his grandmaster? Even after using his scanning ability to check, he couldn't find anything... He just could not recall this woman ever existed in his memory. And yet, he seemed to feel an unknown inner connection between himself and that woman, which was odd.
'Gio, it's showtime. Show us the Immortal Earth Dragon's Emperor power that reigns supreme on land.' Elena sent telepathy to Gio's mind.
That sentence was like a green light to Gio. He was honored and happy because he was the one who was very reliable on this mission. Not only by her master and his senior but his grandmaster too!
Having said that, he wouldn't let them be disappointed with his performance.
An Emperor-level earth dragon with a body size of over a hundred meters stepped forward to reach the epicenter of the ruins. His current objective was the monster that was sealed deep underground.
"Roar!" Gio roared and stomped his feet on the ground.
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
A centered massive earthquake instantly shook the earth with a tectonic shockwave that spread for more than ten kilometers.