Chapter 54 Part 2) Lock Down Part 2 (Patreon)

“Congratulations on your evolution and realm advancement.” Juna was currently kneeling on one knee with a fist pressed against the ground. Right now her goddess truly felt like a true goddess. Her aura made her feel otherworldly.

“Thank you, but please get up. We do not have time for this. How are things going?” Desaray took her seat at the meeting table. The entire room now was a solid ice block. On her head Hina was lounging about as if she was on vacation.

“We have some issues. The wood elves are not very happy about a quarantine. When I tried to explain this was to keep them safe until we figured out what the bells were they were stubborn and told me to leave. The elves, fairies, and the dragons all agreed. They know you would not put them in harm’s way for no reason. I also told them if things get too bad they will need to evacuate to Serenity which they agreed upon. The Dragons said they would be willing to do a full evacuation now just to be safe. The fairies were the same but said they would need time to get things in order. As for the dwarves, they live in a mountain so their defenses are already good. Now that mountain is also surrounded by my roots. They said they would be willing to be used as bait if needed to get information on the enemy if there is one.” Juna reported. She had expected more push back but only the elves were unwilling to listen.

“Then that works. If anyone were to be attacked first it would be the wood elves. Set me up a connection to the wood elf ambassador. I want to talk with him personally so he can understand the situation better.” Desaray decided the only way to really deal with this would be to try to talk to them personally. Since no one could get near her now unless their ice resistance was completely maxed out she could only use the new magi vision as a means to communication between herself and the other leaders and their proxies.

While Desaray was trying to do some diplomacy, large grotesque eyeballs with human-skinned wings were making their way Across Africa. Any bipedal females were caught and had their souls sucked from their bodies. Even if they were not fully sentient they were still being captured.

One after the other they would be captured in this golden light and sucked into the eyeballs, their bodies then ejected from a hole under the so-called angel. Word quickly spread across the continent and the survivors were doing their best to keep the women hidden. But houses had no affected on detecting a female, only those who were hidden underground were safe. As words of this spread all females were slowly being pushed underground.

A lone man stood in the sky as he watched the happenings below. He rubbed his chin when he saw how these so-called angels went about their destruction. “I see… so they only go after the women eating their souls. That old man sure has a sadistic side. Wipe out all women and lose full reproduction. He did not kill the men because females would still be able to reproduce on their own. He made natural selection so he knows how to defeat it.”

The man began scanning other areas around the world before suddenly stopping when he felt a set of eyes staring back at him with an icy pressure. “Oh? Chione is here? No… she is slightly weaker than the goddess of ice. This person though…. To think there was such a strong being in this world. I do wish to take a look but it seemed she had noticed me and was only giving me a warning.”

Erebus shook his head and looked at the angels once more before turning and disappearing in a different direction. “I should leave things be first and figure out who this person is.”

Back on Desaray’s side of things, she had suddenly stopped talking to the wood elf ambassador, causing Juna, who was in the room with her, to ask, “Your Holiness?”

“Someone just used magic to scan this area. I think it is the man the Darkness was talking about. I have no idea how I did it but I sent back my own pressure back towards him. This seems to have scared him off.” Desaray did not know how it worked but she instinctively knew how to send a warning to him.

“Anyway…” Desaray looked back at the screen, “Talk with your king and try to get him to listen if not, the Holy Kingdom of Serenity will not be sending any assistance.”

“Understood, Your Holiness. I am not sure if I can get my point across to him, but I will try.” The wood elf ambassador replied. He could not understand what his king was thinking. Did he think that just because one issue was resolved another was fine to deal with on their own? If even a powerful figure like the Ice Goddess was worried about this threat that the wood elves would be able to deal with it themselves? This way of thinking baffled him. “Your Holiness…. If I may ask.”

“Go ahead.” Desaray was curious as to what the wood elf ambassador wanted.

“Is there a chance you can extract my family from my kingdom and bring them here? I do not wish for something to happen to them.” This was his main worry. His family was still in the wood elf kingdom. He would abandon everything for his family.

“I will have Juna bring them here soon. Don’t worry, those in my kingdom even if you are an ambassador will be treated like every citizen. We will do what we can for you.”