LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 159: Thalenia Home
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Two weeks later.
17th floor.
The light stone on the 17th floor glowed bright blue, the blue light pillar soared through the sky and attracted a lot of attention from the people around.
They had just finished the monster raid and noticed a group ascending the floor from the previous one.
The 13th squad arrived at the 17th floor with ease, Sara and the others finishing off the maze monsters while Arthur focused on defeating the floor boss.
Arthur's abilities made everything seem fast to do, whether it was exploring the raid or killing monsters.
"Eight floors left to arrive at Lilith City."
Sara stepped forward away from the stone of light, she stretched her arms in relief, the exhaustion of the previous raid paid off when they arrived at this floor.
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Karen smiled, although the appearance of each floor in the Dark Pillar Tower was similar, the floor numbers were different. It was a great achievement for her to arrive at the 17th floor in less than half a year.
[Map used]
[Number of group headquarters: 34]
[Number of Green Zone: 14]
[Number of Red Zones: 26]
The map panel before Arthur displayed the entire floor layout of the 17th floor. The blue dot marks the location of each group's base, with the group's name written below it.
The red dot in the shaded red area indicated the red zone, with the name of the forest or lake or hill where the red zone was located.
What was on Sara's mind when she arrived was to go to the 17th Sky Sword base to stay overnight. She was still carrying the mandate letter that Andrew had given her, a letter that had the power to show the identity and priorities of an envoy group.
Arthur had a different objective. Thalenia had previously said that she wanted to visit the Sylph Forest on the 17th floor, after her previous request was fulfilled when Thania met Miki again.
[Servant Activated]
[Race Mythological Servant]
[1. Thalenia (Nymph)]
[MP -10000]
[Name: Aaron]
[MP: 1330000/1375000] [-10000]
The figure of the Nymph servant Thalenia appeared in front of Arthur in an array of ascending vines. Her face looked content and happy, her heart skipped a beat as she massaged her hands in agitation.
She remembered the 17th floor, she remembered the trees in the tropical forest before her, she remembered how she played with her friends here.
However, what appeared ahead of her was quite shocking to Thania. The presence of humans in this place had changed the shape of the forest and all the living things in it.
"Where are you, Mom?"
Arthur squinted, continuing to stare at Thalenia's back. The girl flew off without telling Arthur, Miki following behind with a worried look on her face. Sara stepped up to the man, curious about Thania's response.
"I don't know. Probably, this place was her house in the past."
"I'd better go after her, just in case something bad happens to her," Arthur said.
Sara agreed. She and the others would wait for Arthur at the Sky Sword 17th base. The woman only hoped that Arthur, Thalenia, and Miki were okay, considering the direction Thania's flight path was heading north, there was no green zone there.
"I'll be careful."
Arthur flew fast with his Venerable Sage ability, a tail of purple light could be seen trailing behind him, the scene visible to anyone from below.
His flight speed accelerated with a boom of magic energy that increased every time Arthur accelerated his speed. Arthur's flying speed could not be matched by anyone below the Venerable Sage level, not even servants could keep up.
Arriving near Miki, Arthur whispered to ask about Thalenia's surprising behavior. Miki kept her distance from Thalenia's pace, reluctant to let the woman hear her talk with Arthur.
"This is her hometown," she said.
"That explains why she seemed emotional earlier," Arthur chimed in.
Miki went back to explaining the previous situation. She was a frequent visitor here and knew the Thalenia family well, and even the Nymph tribe welcomed her as a kitsune. But things changed drastically when humans started entering the Dark Pillar Tower.
The first generation of humans or what they called the first invaders waged a great war against the Mythological Race.
The Nymphs were the race that controlled the 1st-20th floors, they were the first to be destroyed by the human invasion.
At that time, Miki was on the 17th floor and heard of the human invasion. She couldn't return to the 76th floor because of the Kitsune tribe chief's policy of banning travel.
That's why she was trapped for hundreds of years in the waterfall, waiting for someone who could take her home.
Unlike Thalenia, she hated the invaders and entered the Dark Pillar. Because of her status as a powerful Nymph, the authorities of the Dark Pillar Tower placed Thalenia as the boss on the 10th floor.
During her time there, she never knew any news about her family and tribe. All she could think about was how to kill the humans who challenged the floor boss, as the only way she could get revenge.
"Until she finally met you and arrived here. You are a special person to Thalenia, Arthur."
"Even so, I don't deny that greed for the power of my race put you all at risk," Arthur replied.
"We may hate humans, but we were born when the law of the jungle prevailed. We value strength, that's why we want to get back at you when we're strong," Miki explained.
Thalenia's flight path came to a halt over a dense forest with wet leaves, Arthur reached out and turned his palm over, the weather was unique.
Before they arrived, the air was dry to the nose and throat. The leaves on the trees and the grass on the ground were withered due to the lack of rain.
However, when Arthur arrived at the Slyph forest, the rain swept down so heavily that his clothes were instantly wet.
"Is this the place?" asked Arthur, Miki nodded.
"Right here. They used to form a domed house in the middle of the forest, light a fire at night, and dance together to the melody of songs from their traditional musical instruments," Miki explained, describing intently.
"This rain, does it always happen?" asked Arthur, Miki shaking her head.
"The last time I was here, it didn't rain as hard or as long."
Arthur was silent. He watched as Thania continued to shout the names of her family, as if she still believed they were alive. The sound of Thalenia's screams invited the many monsters in the forest to greet her.
"Miki," Arthur pleaded.
"I understand."
Miki did her duty, taking care of the monsters that could threaten Thalenia's life. With her skills, Miki eliminated the monsters with ease. Arthur focused his eyes on the area around him, feeling strange about this rain.
He brought out the purple light on the tips of the two fingers of his right hand, ready to use his Sky Power ability.
The man pointed his hand upwards, letting the purple magic ball shoot up and explode in the sky.
The Sky Power ability created its own manipulation of the weather. Arthur controlled the weather and told it to stop raining. The rain slowly stopped, surprising Miki and Thalenia.
But what Arthur did not know was that the rain was not regular rain, but a magic to manipulate the eyes and mind.
When the rain magic was over, they could see the existence of a small village with a total of 17 dome houses made of wood and bamboo sticks.
Thalenia smiled widely with tears that she could no longer hold back. They were a tribe of the Nymph race, the tribe Thalenia had belonged to when she left. The people in the village were taken aback, the eternal rain that had always protected their village was stopped by a human.
"A human!" said a woman, wearing a sexy suit with emerald green pupils.
Not one, but three women flew with their skills above the skies of the Nymph village, staring at Arthur in hopes of intimidating him. Arthur squinted, preparing to attack if they attacked first.
"Calm down, I didn't come to destroy you," Thalenia insisted.
"Who are you? Why are you with him? Are you a traitor?" said one of the three women of the Nymph race.
"I am Thalenia, my mother's name is Chania," Thania replied.
"Thalenia? Were you the one who went to the Dark Pillar 200 years ago?"
Thalenia smiled and nodded, explaining that she was indeed the Thania who went to the Dark Pillar. Anger turned to joy, happiness radiating from their faces when one of their families came to return home.
"Welcome home, Thalenia."