Chapter 43: Elvenia Again
Loki met with Athena at the Portal Station. They had decided to leave early so they booked an early portal ticket.
After fifteen minutes, they entered the portal room and disappeared, leaving the Beastia City.
woosh
They stepped out of the portal room and arrived at the Elvenia City.
Elvenia was as usual a quiet and peaceful city a vast contrast from the Beastia City which was always loud and bustling with people.
They left the portal station and roamed around the City.
"Athena, Do you know how to contact the Elves?" Loki inquired with a puzzled expression.
He couldn't find any noble elves here. The elves around this city were mostly common elves as this was just a normal city.
"Hmm… I know someone," she replied scribbling with her phone.
I patiently awaited as she called someone through her phone.
"Hello, Could you help me out with something?"
"..."
"Alright, I'm at Elvenia. Hmm… You're here too. Let's meet up then."
"..."
She ended her call and arrived before me.
"Let's go, She is waiting for us at the Adventurer Guild." She replied,
We approached the Guild and entered inside. It was a lot more active than usual, Lots of adventurers could be seen inside the mission hall picking various guild missions.
We arrived before the main counter and Athena had a brief talk with the counter lady.
The counter lady stood up and took us to the second floor.
On the second floor was an office, two people could be seen sitting face to face and having a chat with each other.
One was a middle-aged man with brown hair, hazel eyes, and a short brown beard. He was wearing a typical office outfit with his white shirt and grey pants.
The other one was a young lady similar age to Athena with luscious silver hair, emerald green eyes, and a beautiful face. She had pointed ears that indicated her race and was wearing a beautiful white gown with golden stripes on it.
Upon our arrival, they ended their conversation and turned towards us.
"Inspect."
[Name: Will Sanders]
[Age: 35]
[Title: The Brawler, Branch Manager]
[Tier- Epic]
[Rank: high-Platinum]
[Affinities: Earth, metal]
[Abilities]
[ Host's strength is too low…]
[Cannot access the abilities…]
[Copy condition: Defeat him.]
[Name: Sylvia Havenwood]
[Age: 15]
[Physique: Lifebloom Essence Physique]
[Title: Heavenly Beauty, Elven Princess]
[Tier- Rare]
[Rank: high-Silver]
[Affinities: life, wood]
[Abilities]
[Forest Haven] [Life Steal] [Nature's Grace] [...]
[Copy condition: Befriend Her.]
Loki glanced at their status and was shocked. He hadn't thought he would visit the Elven Princess. It was said that the Elven Princess was a gorgeous lady blessed by the World Tree itself.
He became sad and depressed glancing at her Heavenly Beauty Title.
Athena stepped forward and appeared before the young lady.
"It has been a long time No?" The lady stepped forward and gently hugged Athena with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, It has Sylvia," Athena smiled accepting her hug.
"Princess, Shall I issue the mission then?" the middle-aged man spoke. Disturbing their reunion.
Athena recognized the middle-aged man, He was none other than Will Sanders—the man who gave them a special card after witnessing their duel.
"Hello Young Lady, Nice meeting you again." He smiled and greeted her.
"Thank you for that gift." She responded.
"You know him?" Sylvia inquired gazing at her.
"I've just met him once a while ago." Athena clarified.
Sylvia nodded her head and glanced at Will.
"Yes, You can issue the mission now," she ordered and left the room. Athena and Loki followed her, similarly exited the room and stepped outside.
Sylvia invited them to a wonderful restaurant and ordered some food for them.
Loki introduced himself before her and had a lively chat with her. He learned of the relationship between Athena and Sylvia.
They were childhood friends and enjoyed each other's company.
The three of them happily chatted with each other while enjoying their meal, everyone except Loki as he was controlling his expression so as not to appear rude in front of Sylvia.
After the meal, Athena got straight to the topic and explained Loki's curse to Sylvia.
She also told her about the trials though she omitted the rewards part since she herself was quite confused about them.
Sylvia calmly listened to her explanations and glanced at Loki from time to time.
Loki just stood there awaiting her decision.
The explanation went on for almost an hour as Athena narrated their whole journey.
It seems she was quite excited to meet a friend after a long time. Her voice was quite lively as she narrated the story.
"Athena, so you were saying that his five senses are shackled and are currently unusable?" Sylvia inquired in a deep thought.
"Yes, He is currently disabled," she muttered as Loki nodded his head.
"How is he understanding us then?"
"Umm… He told me that he had a sensory skill that acted as his sixth sense for now. He could use it to sense his surroundings and also understand others using the sound waves of their vocal cords. I don't know much about it, you could ask him." she replied pointing towards Loki.
Loki nodded his head and explained," It's as Athena said, I could understand you through the sound wave produced by your vocal cords. Though my skill can only allow me to sense and understand others, it doesn't help me with taste and smell."
"Hmm… does the curse affect anything else?" she inquired.
Loki thought about all the things that he had missed due to this stupid curse and almost blurted out 'everything'.
He took a deep breath and shook his head.
"I don't think I can cure you," she remarked glancing at him.
sigh~
He released a deep sigh and with a saddened expression nodded his head.
"Wait, let me finish. I meant I can't cure you but maybe someone else could cure you." she responded misunderstanding Loki's expression.
"Who?" both Athena and Loki inquired simultaneously.
Sylvia slyly glanced at Athena and smiled at her. Athena slightly blushed and looked away.
Loki being blind was cluelessly looking at Sylvia with a serious expression.
cough
"Maybe the guardian could cure you. Though with the current situation, the chances of meeting him are quite slim." she helplessly exclaimed.
"Huh?!... What's happening at Haven City? Is everything alright?" Athena inquired with a worried expression.
Sylvia hesitated a bit before responding," An unknown organization has targeted us and was planning on stealing some Life Essence from us. I was sent here to recruit some Adventurers for protection and confrontation with the organization."
"Hmm… What about other elven powerhouses? Aren't they in the City?" Loki inquired. Haven City was the core city of the Elves and was heavily guarded by various elven powerhouses. He couldn't understand how some random organization could attack it.
Sylvia heaved a sigh and explained,"They were currently out of the City. The Alliance had issued a meeting to discuss some affairs regarding the Asuras, so most of them had went there to attend the meeting."
"Ohh…I can help. Even though I am disabled, I'm still strong enough to battle some rare-tiers." Loki announced with confidence.
Sylvia glanced at Athena to which she nodded her head.
"Alright, We can set off now if you don't have any problem with that. I'm in a hurry since I need to do some preparation." Sylvia questioned.
Loki and Athena exchanged glances and nodded their head.
Sylvia took out an orb from her space ring and gently tapped on it.
The orb lightly glowed and the three of them instantly disappeared from the room.