Chapter 524 - Purifying Operation
The sea area below was frozen, and the fierce storm was dispelled. Shortly after, Nell ordered her magic carpet to bring everyone down.
Elysia and Elena then flew out of the barrier to approach the frozen black octopus. Rhea also followed right behind to guard them.
"What are we going to do with this giant ink octopus, Ely?" Elena looked up to see up close the size of the giant creature before her. One in a hundred when compared to her body size.
"Since it"s only one being, then our job will be effortless, master. Let"s try purifying the curse energy from it. Sea G.o.d must have a way of taking care of these hundreds of fused avatars of his." Elysia examined the frozen giant creature with her sacred vision and suggested an immediate rescue action.
"Hm, okay. This will indeed make our job easier." Elena nodded in agreement and went closer to the frozen giant creature together with Elysia.
The two of them performed a curse energy purification in just ten minutes until it was all over. It was a short amount of time and was surprisingly effective than helping Oceanid"s avatars one by one.
"Wow, this is way faster than I thought. This gigantic creature was formed from over two hundred Oceanid"s avatars, right? Looks like we just found the best method to help his avatars, hehe..." Elena rubbed her hands to get rid of the snow dust and dew.
"Mm, we can save time and effort at this rate." Elysia breathed a sigh of relief to stare at the gigantic creature in front of her was no longer ink black but water blue.
"Did you level up, Ely?" Elena asked with a sweet smile. She was expecting good news from what they had just done.
Elysia also felt excited to check her current status. Unfortunately, it only lasted for a moment because she couldn"t see any changes there. "Err... Nothing"s changed."
"There is not any? Oh well... We need to understand it because this is e+9." Elena sighed. She then invited Elysia to land.
After landing on the icy land, Rhea felt that the giant creature had been cleansed of the curse energy. However, she cared more about Elysia and Elena"s condition. "Are you okay? How do you feel now? You don"t feel any pain or other discomfort?"
"Thanks for your concern, but we"re in good shape. Our job has become a lot easier because the contaminated avatars have merged into one existence." Elena smiled a little in appreciation.
"Then, thank goodness." Rhea put her hand on her upper chest with a sigh of relief. She then invited Elysia and Elena to come back. "Let"s leave the rest to Sea G.o.d to take care of everything. Let"s get back to the magic carpet. You must be feeling cold. Allow me to pour you a cup of hot tea."
"Hehe, thank you." Elysia rubbed her hands together and raised the ambient temperature with her convenient magic. She did feel quite cold despite being enveloped in the anti-cold barrier.
"Sea G.o.d, we"ve already cleansed that octopus from curse energy. Please take care of the rest. You can thaw that frozen creature, right?" Elena threw the rest of the matter to the concerned one.
"All right, thank you for your cooperation. I didn"t expect this to be over so much sooner than expected." Oceanid gave a satisfied nod and walked out of the barrier leisurely.
"Here, hot tea for you. Thanks for the hard work." Rhea handed a cup of tea to Elena and Elysia.
"Mm, thank you." Elysia accepted the cup of tea and sat down next to the others. Elena also followed and sat next to her.
"Wow, you and the G.o.ddess of Light are truly amazing. If things were like this, then the Sea G.o.d"s avatars could be saved, and it would be finished before tomorrow." Sylvia muttered in admiration.
"Hehe, but things don"t always go as expected." Elysia shook her head. She then looked at a nearby tea set. "Are you all having a tea party?"
"Yeah! They"re having a tea party, and this fox girl is bothering me again." Sylvia grumbled and pursed her lips to look at Yuuki.
"Oh my, what do you mean by that? I don"t understand." Yuuki just sipped his tea in serenity.
"Ely... Did you expect this kind of punishment for me?" Sylvia asked with a pitiful expression.
"Hm? Don"t you want to get forgiveness from Yuuki, Ella, Eve, and the others because you"ve made them worry? If it"s just me, I"ll just train you not to repeat the same mistake. It"s not as simple as a punishment." Elysia answered with a mysterious smile and took a sip of her tea.
"Eh, eh!?" Sylvia was stunned for a moment, but a burst of excitement gushed from her heart. Elysia was willing to train her? The G.o.ddess"s disciple would train with her!?
The devil girl misunderstood Elysia"s meaning a bit, but she didn"t know about it. She just glared at the fox girl with a snort. "Okay, you were just playing with me. Ely didn"t expect this kind of punishment, actually. It"s just a way for you to bully me, right? But, it doesn"t matter. This situation will definitely change tomorrow."
Yuuki and Sylvia started bickering again. Ella and Evelyn just chuckled as if they weren"t so afraid of devils anymore. It was all thanks to Sylvia, who they knew was still the same Sylvia.
"You want to train your half-demonic dragon, Ely? What kind of lesson would you give her, hmm? I wonder." Elena hummed to tease.
"Manners, common sense, and n.o.ble character? And maybe, some other things? Sylvi is over five centuries old, but she is like a naive and playful little girl no matter where I look at her. Yuuki is similar too." Elysia smiled slightly, seeing the two girls little bickering.
"Is it like that, hmm? But, well... They don"t seem to have had a good time or a chance to play around when they were younger. Their character development was hampered by many factors." Elena looked at Yuuki and Sylvia before coming to a conclusion.
*Crack* *Crack* *Rumble!*
The sound of ice cracking rumbled suddenly and was immediately followed by an avalanche of ice. Oceanid has just freed the liquid blue octopus from the shackles of extreme ice.
"Hahaha! I"m glad to see you back, precious. It must have been a tough time for all of you. Now, come back to me and let"s bear it all together." Oceanid opened his arms wide with a loud laugh.
"Drizzle, bloop, bloop..." The liquid blue octopus didn"t say much, but a gleam of joy could be heard in its tone.
It simply pointed one of its gigantic tentacles at the Sea G.o.d. Its entire body was gradually absorbed into him voluntarily.
"Huff..." Oceanid took a deep breath and let it out slowly. The memory of more than two hundred avatars of his came to mind, and it was quite a burden on his mentality.
Not because of his inadequate strength, but because of the many heavy things being processed at one time.
After standing for three minutes doing nothing, Oceanid decided to return to Nell"s magic carpet.
"Are you okay, other me? You look tired even though we still have over a thousand avatars waiting for help." Oceanid"s avatar conveyed his concern casually.
"I"m fine. Rather than that, can we do some help to my avatars in the next spot? After that, let"s say it"s one day, and we can resume our operation tomorrow." Oceanid patted his playful little avatar on the head and asked his saviors.
"That"s not too difficult for us. However, do you have a way for your avatars to merge into a single existence? Just like the giant liquid octopus just now. That way, we can save our time and energy for other things." Elena glanced at Elysia before responding.
"I"ll think of the best way when that related situation comes. Then, let"s go to the northwest." Oceanid asked Nell to take them away from the frozen ocean.
And, of course, Nell didn"t say anything and only complied because she understood Oceanid"s mood.
Their destination was a large river with electromagnetic waves and high-power electric currents. Several large purplish-blue slime creatures were hanging around there as if it was their paradise.
Elysia and Elena just stared downward in consideration. After all, they could be accidentally electrocuted during the operation to purify Oceanid"s avatars.
"Hmm... What are we going to do with the high-power electric current down there? Freezing this area alone won"t be enough to guarantee that my disciple and I are free from electrocution." Elena put her hand on her chin while thinking.
"In that case, I"ll also jump in to protect you guys while you focus on purifying those bluish-purple creatures from curse energy. My big sister and I can guarantee your safety down there without fail. So freezing this river area won"t be a problem." Nell put her hand on her upper chest to volunteer.
"Is that so? Then, we"ll be counting on you two." Elena didn"t mind that solution.
"Just leave it to me!" Nell patted her chest with some relief as Elena"s intonation became softer to her.
"But, before that... Yuuki, you may try the technique from the G.o.ddess of Nature earlier. This is a golden opportunity for you, and you should take advantage of it while it"s still warm." Elena pointed her palm at Yuuki, who was hugging the white bow.
"I, I will do my best." Yuuki felt a little nervous.. Even so, she immediately stood up and mentally prepared herself not to disappoint anyone, including herself.