The Elven Queen of Yggdras

In the Elven continent, Yggdras. A few hours after the incident, and after the world meeting.

The elven queen and her court ministers, as well as generals, were all present in the meeting room, the atmosphere heavy. The elves had tense looks on their faces, some were genuinely confused, unaware of the situation, some were nervous about how they should approach the recent problem.

Seeing everyone quiet, tense and nervous, the elven queen, who just finished up with the meeting set by the members of Ete continent and Ria continent, decided to start the meeting.

"According to the meeting I have attended, another magic wave appeared from the country of Eta, and radiated to every inch of the Ete continent, blessing everyone with magical affinity, comprehension of the elements, and even talent. At the same time, all of Ete's demigods were severely injured, with Mythic-9 magicians currently taking the helm of the conglomerates and clans, with some ancient groups and clans having their Divine magicians leaving their seclusions and doing damage control."

"Clarissa, please give us the information that you have managed to gather." The elven queen looked at one of the court aides, Clarissa. This petite elf was in charge of communicating with the great Heavenly Tree Sprite alongside the Elven queen. In truth, the elven queen and Clarissa were the closest of friends, confiding to one another their secrets and problems. She was considered to be the second-in-command, able to command the generals of the kingdom as well in the stead of the elven queen.

"Yes, your majesty. The information I gained from our ancestor the Heavenly Tree, he once again detected the appearance of several Mythic sprites and even several mythic magic beasts whose energy fluctuations seemed to be foreign, indicating a species of magic beasts never recorded in Eteria. It also included a familiar signature: the two sprites that appeared 2 weeks ago, sprites at the Legendary class, were now at the level of Mythic class. He detected that 3 of the mythic class beings signed a master-servant contract with one of the high-profile targets we have placed, Xander Cloverfield. This is the same high-profile target we believed to have contact with the outside traveler, Homer Simpson. At the same time, Because of his roots extending to the Ete continent, he was also severely injured, causing several branches to fall and even the luster of his leaves decreased. I fear that we might not have our centennial event of the fruits bearing open, the [Blossoming] in 3 months' time." Clarissa bowed and stopped talking.

The elven queen nodded, and said,

"I must also inform you all, according to Camelia, our head intelligence officer, all those demigod elves we placed in Ete continent are also in critical condition, while those in the Mythic class, they are currently in a coma. We are not sure why this didn't happen to the Mythic class magicians of humans, or dwarves present in the continent. It might be that the humans are creating a new spell that targeted specific beings, or probably our unique relation to that of sprites resulted in this situation."

Her words dropped a bombshell of doubt and fear amongst her royal subjects, which disappointed her in how some of them reacted.

"What we need now is clarity. I believe that we must invest more resources into our intelligence gathering department, as well as utilize our connections that have been strategically placed to gather information and if needed, disrupt the chain of command. All of you in favor?" The elven queen asked authoritatively, allowing no dissent amongst the subjects to occur.

After everyone had agreed, the elven queen nodded. "Alright, you are all dismissed. Varis, ensure that the media outlets in the continent have information about the issue, but make it sound like it's possible that the humans and dwarves might be developing a magic spell array targeted to elves. At the same time, ensure that their hearts remain very loyal to the elves." She looked at the shrewd-looking elf near the end of the table.

"Yes, your majesty. May I also suggest showing some pictures of the elves in a coma? This would add more visual effects to the story we are showing to the elves." Varis responded, giving his own suggestions as well.

"Hmmm.... approved, but modify their looks for safety." The elven queen agreed, seeing no downsides to it.

"Alright your majesty, good day." Varis bowed and left the meeting room as well, leaving Clarissa and the elven queen alone.

After a few minutes, the elven queen sighed. Clarissa stifled a giggle, causing the elven queen to glare at her.

"What's supposed to be funny?" the elven queen asked, looking 'angry' at Clarissa.

"Nothing, your 'highness'. Tee hee." Clarissa said, barely holding in her laughter. Seeing her face, the elven queen sighed.

"Yeah, whatever go laugh." she waved her hand as if indicating, 'whatever, do what you want' to Clarissa, who immediately burst into laughter.

After a while, she stopped laughing, then said,

"Carla, don't you ever get tired of doing that thing in front of your political advisors? Every time you do it, I have to act solemn and dignified, ugh." Clarissa bemoaned, looking at the elven queen, Carla Syn. Carla just rolled her eyes.

"As if. I know the Heavenly Tree sprite wanted you to tell me something else privately. So, what is it? Spill it, spill it!" As she said those words, she was pinching Clarissa all over, causing her to attempt to evade some but ultimately being pinched, causing her to snort out loud, losing all decorum.

"Teehee, stop I give, I give! I'll tell you what grandpa tree wanted me to tell you privately." Clarissa raised her hands and arms in defeat, acting like a salted fish. Carla stopped and crossed her arms, waiting for Clarissa's explanation.

"Ok. This is exactly what Grandpa Tree said: Carla, I have two things to tell you: first, you must not break through to Divine class in Eteria. I'm sorry for telling you this now.

There is a magic array that suppresses and disorders the elemental energies and particles in this planet, which can distort one's creation of the Elemental Essence stone seed, causing untold damage to be present.

"It was established when I went into hibernation for a couple of millennia, after attempting to find my friends without success. When I woke up, the magic spell array had been laid down, using the planet as the foundation of the spell."

"In the past hundreds of thousands of years, peak demigod elves were escorted by the previous generations that have surpassed and reached Divine rank and higher to exoplanets nearby our planet; however, according to the schedule imposed, they will only arrive 3,000 years from now."

"Of course, the humans and the dwarves have their own channels of leaving and breaking through, but I am not sure if you are willing to communicate with the ancient clans still thriving if they have their own methods of bringing their descendants out of the planet. You cannot completely trust them, especially beyond the planet."

If you truly want the opportunity to break through, you must find a way to leave this planet along with other demigod elves and look for a habitable planet where the elements are stable and injunction with the universe, and breakthrough to Divine Class there. The problem is, the journey would be far, taking hundreds of years and you need to reach an exoplanet with a biological ecosystem already established, not a barren planet, which is harder to find in the vast universe.

Of course, you can risk it and breakthrough to Divine class here in Eteria. No matter what you choose, once you break through, you must abscond your throne to someone else.

Second, relegate all information concerning Xander Cloverfield to the highest priority and class, 0. No direct contact shall be initiated unless it is the other party that comes to initiate it.

If you plan to strike, make sure it cannot be traced to the elves or the sprites at all. If you strike, make sure the target will really be eliminated; 100% chance is the only percentage allowed for the strike to proceed concerning Xander Cloverfield.

At the same time, place everyone related to him under Class 1 priority level, and under strict surveillance. If we can pull them to our control, do so, but make it discreet. He is more than he seems to be on the surface; be careful, Carla." Clarissa said to Carla, her voice monotone.

Carla, upon hearing this, had her face visibly whitened. After all, she was half-step to Divine class. She had a domain fusion of 92%, making her more powerful compared to her peers. She dominated most of the current leaders of various countries, of now elders of numerous clans for the past centuries, or equally tied with them in various competitions when they were still younger.

Even now, she still spars or competes with a few of her non-elven and elven friends, exchanging insights in cultivation without overstepping one's nation and interests.

Now, she faces a decision of whether she should leave the planet on her own or wait for around 3,000 years when she was at the prime of her cultivation life? After all, she's just 2000 years old. She became queen after she had won the championship 3 centuries ago. For elves, the younger they break through, the more potential they have to reach beyond the Divine stage.

Clarissa, on the other hand, stayed quiet. She knew how much of a blow this was for Carla. After all, they had known each other's dreams and aspirations.

Carla, even as a young elf, wanted to explore the wide, wild universe that lay beyond the confines of Eteria. Clarissa had aspirations simpler than Carla: Just being happy and safe. Being with Carla, playing with her, talking to her... She was happy. She didn't need anything else. She only cultivated because she didn't want to be left behind by Carla.

This news was a turning point for Carla, and whether she would proceed with exploring the nearby exoplanets on her own or risk it all and breakthrough to Divine rank in Eteria. Unless she could find a way to travel to the exoplanets within the 3000 years, it's was not going to be worth it. What is worse is that she can't fully trust the humans or dwarves to grant her safe passage, even after paying a large number of resources.

After all, they were of different races, of a different country and ideology. The planet is not unified in one banner.

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The deadline of 7 days of school leave wasn't even close to finishing, so for the remaining 3 days, Xander decided to travel to the Galactic Empire, specifically, the nearest planet under their control, which was 8,000 light-years away. If a Divine rank magician traveled from Eteria, it would take them, with an average speed of 0.05 light-years per minute, roughly 112 days to reach this planet under the jurisdiction of the Empire.

If it was a Sage rank magician, with an average travel distance of 0.25 light-years per minute, it would take them 22 days to reach the planet.

Of course, these values were not the limit perpetually; stronger or talented magicians or creatures would be capable of moving faster. Special magic beasts could move faster than Divine or Sage rank magicians even at Demigod realm due to unique adaptation or abilities. The same goes for humanoids and sprites; spells can help with movement across the universe, but the boost is not that much, with multiple of 1 to 5.

If they were traveling through space normally, they would then have to pass a series of checkpoints, proving that they are a citizen of the empire and not an outsider or a fresh, unregistered Divine magician entering the borders of the Galactic Empire.

This was, of course, a precaution and necessary process for the empire to retain control and sovereignty.