Meanwhile, at the damaged outpost, Vinea and Velvet stood listening to the empress who received information to return to the capital.
"The strange light from the world tree likely means that they succeeded." Empress Sarina spoke with a dignified voice, her trusted knights nodding while also curious about what they gained, as even in the books it never shone this bright.
"Though that is not everything, thanks to Runa and Orina's report we now know the forest that was once locked away, has been reopened." She looked at her elven knights with a smirk. Some of them were darker than the others, likely outcasts or descendants of the dark elves.
"That means that Asmodeus managed to do something we couldn't for thousands of years."
