Chapter 217 The Dilemma.
Chapter 217 The Dilemma.
"Sigh, she might take a lot of time before assimilating the countless legacy that flows into my blood." Alvine was alone in the meeting room while he shared his magical energy with Assia to help her complete the merging lines process.
Three hours have already passed since Asaphir began the assimilation process. But the problem is that Alvine had not foreseen only the blood rituals, that he had thought it was nothing more than a kind of fidelity oath that vampires make to submit their subordinates... would turn into something of legacy sharing.
By giving her his blood, Alvine quickly understood that it was no longer a blood ritual since he had seen Assiahir wrapped in a cocoon.
Even if he was delighted to see this result more than perfect, he must first solve the problems that will happen during the process.
The first was the lack of magical energy in Assia's body; despite her being a high-ranking divine mage.
Just seeing this problem, Alvine guessed that she would die if he let her manage on her own.
'Sigh, even if I don't have the system to show me the magical energy amounts she absorbed me, I still know that it's more than twice the magic energy that Kimiko took from me when it was activated. In other words, this woman has absorbed more than 10M RE’; but...she doesn't look full despite everything.' He tells himself while looking at the cocoon.
Despite his countless complaints, he still had his impatient smile at the idea of knowing what Assia would become after absorbing such an amount of energy while she is at the top of the divinity rank.
'Sigh, you better become stronger than Ashia and the other maids after taking me so much energy.' He said to Himself with sweaty pearls.
At the same time, Sylvia and Sabrina returned to the meeting room to check what was wrong with Alvine; since he had taken as much time as planned.
But seeing the scene in front of them, the two instantly understood what Alvine was doing.
-Master, if you continue like this, you will run out of energy: Sabrina immediately said with certainty after seeing the pale face and dry lips of her master, who constantly provided Assia with magical energy.
"... I know. But don't worry about that, I still have an asset that I haven't used yet."
"..." The two no longer insisted on it after hearing Alvine's words.
"Otherwise, what brings you here? I thought I told you that we’d meet her after finishing what I had to do here?" He asked while continuing his energy-sharing process.
Sylvia: "...Master, what you fear about this girl eventually happened."
Alvine turns his head to look at her with a frown.
"...She threatens to kill all those who have remained on Alzania planet." Sylvia continued after noticing Alvine's confusion.
"Is she able to destroy Sabrina's barrier so easily?"
Sabrina shook her head: "She won't need to destroy my barrier to kill those that are inside. Since she's this planet’s owner, she can kill whoever she wants; because she can control the fate of each of her creations."
"Tsk, I knew she'd be the biggest trouble in war... but I would never have thought she would become so much. Why didn't you rather reveal to me that she was the owner of this planet?!"
Alvine's irritated tone increases as he saw more and more problems overwhelming him. The worst thing was that this problem could make them lose this war before it even began.
"Master, I thought you understood when...
"Sigh, let it go. We don't have time to discuss such topics. Tell me instead, how much time did she give us? And how does she even manage to locate us to convey her message to us?" He stopped Sylvia who wanted to explain herself and asked the urgent subject.
Sylvia: "... It's because of the Alzania natives who are on this planet. They are like spies for her."
"Sigh, it's... obvious." He sighed afterward after hearing Sylvia's words.
"And... how much time do we have ahead of us?" He asks once again.
Sylvia:- about two hours, it's about the time we have left!"
"...Fucking shit!" He swore out loud after understanding the dilemma he was facing at the moment.
At a glance, he can see that Assia was not going to complete her process even in three hours; without his support, she will run out of magical energy and will die after his blood has burned all her vitality. But if he stays with her, this psychopath may kill the others.
If it were two days rather, he would not hesitate to make a decision, but now that they have sworn loyalty to him and are part of his people, he can no longer afford to sacrifice so many people in vain for a futile reason.
Seeing his hesitation to make the choice...
"Master, I think the best decision would be to let her do what she wants. This girl is dangerous, just like other primordial beings; she's not a divine mage but a primordial being." Sylvia said, looking elsewhere to avoid meeting her master's eyes.
Even if she was telling the truth, she knew that her words could annoy Alvine.
But in any case, whether she, Sabrina, or the other maids, no one would care about the other's lives when it came to preserving their master's safety.
"..." But despite everything, what made Alvine frustrated wasn't Sylvia's words, but the hidden truths they have.
"Sigh, just that because I'm too weak to face a primordial." He says in a monotonous voice.
"... Master, if it was only her, it won't be a problem; but I think it's a trap that is set by all of them." Sylvia continued her explanation.
Alvine's expression darkens when he hears her words. "I had the same hypothesis. By her audacious actions, I also thought that she could be bait left by our enemies; that's why I forbade Sabrina to go headlong to meet her. She’s... *cough! cough!!*
Before he finished his words, he suddenly spat drops of blood as his body weighed down and staggered back before collapsing almost to the ground; if it was not thanks to Sabrina who intercepted him before he reached the ground.
"Master, you are short of magic!" She shouted these words while taking out a small flacon containing a golden liquid nowhere.
'Ugh, I forgot to pay attention to this detail. This feeling of feeling like I'm choking to death...I don't even know how long I hadn't felt that.' His skin was paler than that of vampires and his visual fields became blurred as he felt the side effects of lack of energy for the second time.
"Drink This, it will help you stabilize your magical energy. It's the highest level’s magical energy restitution potion " She said, removing the small cork to drink it to Alvine.
Alvine did not insist, he opened his lips and let the thick golden liquid flow into his throat as natural as it was.
Following this, he felt like he was rising from the dead when dizziness, extreme headache, and all the symptoms related to the consequences of magical energy lack, faded as if nothing had happened.
Even though the potion was a high-level divine-grade energy restoration potion, Alvine felt that he did not regain half the magical energy he possessed.
Then, Greed and his clone appeared instantly near him, following their invocations by Alvine.
His clone wore not royal clothes, he was dressed in a black leather trench coat and black pants. As for Greed, he held a black orb in his right hand; it was the orb that had created and absorbed all the energy of the black hole that had been activated on the planet of the Keslpies by Greed.
This orb has a phenomenal amount of energy that Alvine wanted to purify to progress into the divine realm. But the current situation forces him to change his agenda.
He caught the orb and looked at his clone. "Sylvia, No one needs to go to Alzania Planet, my clone will go to meet this woman. She said she wanted to talk to me, didn't she? Then she will understand why we're cautious with them, in the worst cases, and this will save us time to better prepare a Strategy." Alvine proposes this plan following in-depth reflection.
One thing is certain, it was a trap set by the leaders for reasons he didn't want to discover.
"Sigh, why didn't I think about it instead? This clone even cheated on me during his first appearance. I'm sure the game would be worth trying if she discovers his identity; as you mentioned, he will still save us a little time." Sylvia agreed with his plan. As long as it wasn't Alvine who wasn't going to put himself in danger, then everything is fine for her.
Without further ado, he approached the cocoon and continued to assist Assia, who has not yet completed the assimilation.
"Don't worry about that, I won't send you to sacrifice yourself, I’d be able to cancel your invocation if the situation goes wrong; not to mention that you won't really die even if they kill you a thousand times." He gave this brief explanation to his clone who stood nonchalantly behind him.
*Now that the situation is becoming exciting, I don't have to complain about it, I’d make sure to find out more about a primordial being’s extraordinary power. * The clone answered instantly after hearing Alvine's explanations.
"Mmh." He nods his head in agreement while he looked at Sylvia.
"Sylvia opens a portal that leads straight into the green hell’s forest, it's the least watched place on the entire planet, but open the portal outside the barrier that protects this planet from invaders; in cases where they plan to take advantage of this breach to infiltrate into this planet."
A confident smile appears on her lips after hearing Alvine's suggestion.
She bowed slightly in front of him and nodded to Alvine's clone to follow her.
"You are forbidden to go to the planet of Alzania too. Your task is to send only my clone to this planet; close the portal after completing the transfer." He made this reminder to Sylvia who nodded her head.
"Well, I must now help this little demoness complete this process as quickly as possible. I'm not going to hold back anymore, so tighten your teeth and absorb as much energy as you can to assimilate this legacy power." He says by starting the energy contained’s absorption in the orb while providing Assia with the necessary energy she needs to complete her evolution.