Farewell

Little Eldrin slept for seven days. When the sun shone into his bedroom on the seventh day, he opened his eyes. The first thing he did when he woke up was to rush out of the bedroom and look for his mother all over the floor. When he saw his mother in the study, Eldrin immediately rushed to her, shouting, "Mom, guess what I got in the Sanctuary of the Moon Goddess?"

Irene turned around, gently touched Eldrin's head, and asked, "Let me guess, my Eldrin has always wanted to be a magician, so you must have gained the 'Elemental Affinity', right?"

Eldrin was suddenly stunned, because the woman who turned around was a woman he had never seen before. However, he had his own way of identifying her. He sniffed hard and smelled an extremely familiar and friendly scent, so he asked hesitantly: "Are you... Mom?"

"My Eldrin, this is what mother really looks like. Does mother look good?" Irene asked with a smile.

Little Eldrin nodded vigorously and said, "Mom is the most beautiful!" In his mind, his mother was the most beautiful woman. Moreover, now that Irene has restored her original appearance , the beauty of the Silvermoon Elves is as famous as their divine magic.

The boy's patience is always limited, and the teenager's patience does not increase much, so little Eldrin did not wait for Irene to guess twice more , and hurriedly said: "Mother, I have gained wisdom and truth!"

"Reality?" Irene was surprised. She knew about wisdom , but she had never heard that there was such a thing as reality in enlightenment.

Young Eldrin frowned, and tried to explain with his newly acquired wisdom: "Reality is... well, the ability to understand the world more clearly. It seems that it can be improved. It is not very useful now, but it allows me to see farther and hear more clearly."

Irene hummed, held Eldrin's shoulders, and carefully told him to cherish the abilities he gained from enlightenment and remember the teachings she taught him. Her instructions were detailed and a bit wordy, and it took more than an hour to finish. Many things were repeated, making little Eldrin secretly make faces to protest. Little Eldrin was originally very smart, with an excellent memory and improved wisdom, so there was no need to repeat anything a second time.

Irene finally realized that she was being too long-winded, so she smiled and asked, "My Eldrin, would you like to meet your father?"

Eldrin frowned and tried to think, but he couldn't come up with an answer. Before he could figure it out, Irene said, "You will see your father soon. The people he sent should be here soon and they will take you to see him. You have to be obedient on the way. Remember?"

"Ah?" This was a very unexpected news. Eldrin didn't know how to react. He just nodded in confusion. Then he remembered something and asked, "What about Mom? Will she go with us?"

"No, Mommy's not going."

"Then I won't go either!" Eldrin said resolutely.

Irene smiled and said, "My Eldrin must go, because mother has another wish that needs your help to fulfill!"

Eldrin straightened his chest and said, "Don't worry, mother! I have grown up and I will definitely do it! Oh, what is your wish?"

Irene looked at Eldrin deeply and said slowly, "If one day in the future, my Eldrin becomes a truly great man, then bury mom in dad's family cemetery, on the highest floor!"

Little Eldrin nodded vigorously. At this time, he did not understand the true meaning behind this wish and the difficulty of realizing it. But even if he knew, he would not back down. The boys in the mountains never lack courage.

Rutheran Village were always peaceful and tranquil, but this morning the tranquility was broken. First, the ground of the entire village began to shake inexplicably, and then the shaking turned into a violent sway. Even the most insensitive old man felt something was wrong, so he walked out of the house and looked at the end of the road outside the village.

The wind in the mountains was still a little chilly. When it blew, even the bravest and strongest hunters shivered involuntarily. They did not feel the low temperature, but an irresistible chill in their hearts, as if some irresistible disaster was about to happen. The earth was still shaking. All the people in Rutheran Village walked out of their homes and stood silently in the open space at the entrance of the village. From here, smoke and dust could be seen rising in the distance. In the forest, old trees would fall down with a roar from time to time. The flocks of birds in the forest had already flown high. They did not even dare to stay in their nests and flew directly to the mountains.

A devilish heavily armored knight rushed out of the forest!

the dark full body armor , and a ferocious devil's head was carved on the chest. The warhorse under his crotch was extremely strong, half a meter taller than the wild horse kings that the mountain people had seen. The horse was covered with heavy horse armor, and the sharp steel spikes on it showed that it was not just for defense. A two-handed giant sword was hung on the left rear side of the warhorse. The style was a common horse-slashing sword, but what was unusual was that it was a full meter longer than an ordinary horse-slashing sword and was much heavier. The weight of this weapon was at least more than 100 kilograms, and the power of swinging it was almost unstoppable.

The gravel-based mountain road groaned under the iron hooves of the war horses. Gravel flew everywhere, mud splashed everywhere, and deep pits were left behind, exposing the mud under the base. Behind the knights, there was another team of twenty heavy cavalrymen, and then nearly a hundred light cavalrymen. But even the light cavalrymen were wearing well-made full-body mail armor, and more than half of the cavalrymen were equipped with magic longbows with flashing light patterns. They were extremely well-equipped. Such an army was enough to capture Baron Tuck's castle, but now it was rushing towards the small Rutheran Village at full speed!

Everyone, including the village chief, turned pale. The hunters were brave, but even the bravest hunters knew they could not resist these knights who were armed to the teeth. The village chief saw something unusual from the exceptionally tall warhorse of the leading knight. His past military experience told him that only an Arcane Knight could have such a tall warhorse!

The heavily-armored knight rushed into the Rutheran Village, reined in his horse, and the huge horse stood up, with its front hooves landing heavily, leaving two shallow pits on the ground. When the horse stopped, the hot air from its nose had already rushed to the village chief's chest. The knight lifted the visor of his helmet, revealing a resolute and majestic face. He coldly glanced at the villagers in the square and asked, "Who knows where Irene lives?"

The villagers looked at each other. There was no woman named Irene in Rutheran Village. The blacksmith and the village chief remembered something but did not speak. The knight's face became even gloomier. He was about to speak when the door of the pharmacy not far away suddenly opened. Irene walked out and asked calmly, "Did Gordon send you here?"

The knight stared at Irene, his expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly jumped off his horse, landing in front of Irene like a flying iron mountain. He knelt on one knee, took off his helmet, revealing his entire face, half lowered his head, and said in a deep voice: "I am Mordred, the knight in front of Lord Gordon. I am here to take my wife back on Lord Gordon's orders!"

Mordred had short dark red hair like steel needles. Although he knelt in front of Irene with his head bowed, his aura was released uncontrollably. The entire magic potion shop was trembling slightly under his majesty. In his huge body, it was as if there was a volcano that could erupt at any time.

Irene's dress also fluttered, but she did not retreat. She stood in the air flow calmly, nodded, and said, "With you here, I feel relieved."

Mordred grinned and said, "Thank you for the compliment, ma'am."

Irene pulled Eldrin behind her, placed his little hand in Mordred's, and said, "He is the one Gordon wants the most. His name is Eldrin..." After a pause, Irene said, "... Eldrin. Malificus ."

Mordred looked at little Eldrin carefully before closing his hands and gently shaking Eldrin's little hand, smiling and saying, "Mordred is willing to serve you!"

The knight looked up at Irene again and said, "My dear lady, have you packed your things? Let's set off now. Lord Gordon will be very anxious to see you!"

"I have to get something very important. Wait for me for a moment." Irene said, then walked into the magic potion shop and closed the door.

At this time, little Eldrin was looking at Mordred, and the bloodthirsty lion-like knight was also looking at him. The two looked at each other, their eyes wide open. After a while, Mordred grinned again, and no one knew why.

But his smile suddenly froze on his face!

The flames burst out from every window of the magic potion shop without any warning, and even broke through the roof, and the flames rushed directly to a height of more than ten meters! The flames were so fierce and sudden that even Mordred did not notice it!

The knight roared, took a step, and rushed into the pharmacy. The wall made of bluestone was no different from cheese in front of him, and the raging flames could not cause him even the slightest harm. When he rushed into the pharmacy, he saw Irene sitting elegantly, with flames gushing out from every part of her body and burning everything in the room! Mordred was stunned. He wanted to save Irene, but he didn't expect that all the fire was erupting from her body. She had basically burned herself!

Seeing Mordred rushing into the flames, Irene smiled at him, and then completely turned into flames, burning, sublimating, and no longer leaving any trace in this world.

Mordred stood silently, letting the flames lick his body. Irene's last smile was deeply engraved in his mind, that smile was so beautiful, so elegant, and so complex.

Little Eldrin screamed frantically, kicking and hitting the armored knight who was holding him, trying to rush into the fire. But all his efforts were in vain, and the flames were so fierce that the entire pharmacy collapsed in an instant!

Mordred slowly walked out of the ruins and looked at the little Eldrin who was crying hysterically. He was silent for a moment before saying, "You have a good mother. Come on, I will take you to see your father."

The sudden change also shocked the villagers of Rutheran Village. They stared blankly at the ruins where the flames gradually died down and only wisps of smoke were rising. They couldn't believe that a few minutes ago it was the pharmacy that had been with them for ten years.

The heavy cavalry formed a line and slowly left the Rutheran Village with Eldrin. Mordred and the light cavalry stayed behind. He did not hide his thoughts about Irene, because she had completely turned into flames. Only a pure and crazy genius could completely burn herself, so Mordred was full of respect for this woman he had only met once.

Gazing at the ruins, Mordred raised the corners of his mouth imperceptibly, and said in a voice so low that only he could hear it: "This is the woman worthy of you, my Lord!"

At this time, a knight rode up to Mordred and asked, "Sir, what should we do with the people in this village?"

Mordred looked at the men, women, old and young gathered in the square, stroked his iron-hard beard, and said calmly: "There are quite a few adult men. The adults would not like to see men living here. So, kill them all!"