Chapter 245: Elusa

“Deep Blue, analyze my current body stats.”

Helag could feel an improvement, but it wasn’t a huge leap.

Name: Helag Merlin

Strength: 25.5

Agility: 25.6

Constitution: 27.2

Spirit: 55.6

Mana: 100%

Talents: Dark Heaven, Bloodline Perception, Advanced Fire Resistance, Dragon Language Mastery, Advanced Magic Affinity

“My spiritual power increased by two points.”

Helag glanced at the stats panel. The improvement wasn’t massive.

The two-point increase was likely due to the World Tree sap.

However, this didn’t mean that advancing to the liquid stage was the same as the gaseous stage.

Helag had just entered the liquid stage. Before his advancement, his spiritual power had been stagnant, unable to improve further.

But now that he had reached the liquid stage, his mind felt empty again.

He could continue cultivating his spiritual power through meditation.

Once his mind was filled with liquefied spiritual power, he could advance again, entering the crystallization stage.

Helag let out a sigh of relief. He had finally reached the liquid stage.

Before, he hadn’t known when he would be able to advance. It had felt like he was just one step away.

But that one step could hold many people back for years.

Helag adjusted his state, stabilizing his mana, and then opened his eyes.

“My lord, did you break through?”

Helag opened his eyes to find Asna standing beside him, her beautiful eyes filled with concern.

Since Asna was only wearing a bathrobe, and Helag was quite tall, when he looked down, he couldn’t help but notice the deep cleavage.

“Yes, I’m now a liquid-stage wizard,” Helag replied.

“You’re amazing, my lord!” Asna praised.

“There’s more where that came from…”

Helag reached out his hand…

***

Shatia, who lived next door, blushed as she listened to the sounds coming from the other room.

The walls were well-insulated, but Shatia, being an elf with naturally keen senses, could hear everything clearly.

Even though Asna was trying to control herself, she couldn’t help but let her emotions take over.

Shatia’s face remained red throughout the night, feeling increasingly strange as she listened.

The sounds from next door didn’t stop until nearly dawn, and Shatia had listened the entire night.

The next day, around noon, Helag carefully got out of bed.

Asna was still fast asleep, exhausted from the night’s activities.

After closing the door quietly, Helag noticed that Shatia was also sleeping soundly, as if she had just fallen asleep.

“Do elves enjoy sleeping in too?”

Helag chuckled to himself and left the castle, heading toward Brack’s garden.

“Helag, up so early? Didn’t you want to rest a bit more?” Brack greeted him with a smile.

“It’s already noon, how is that early?”

Helag smiled back and then got to the point. “Mr. Brack, could I borrow the family’s messenger?”

“The messenger? Of course,” Brack agreed without hesitation.

Helag was now an important figure in the Terchy family, having made significant contributions and with a bright future ahead.

In fact, even the Terchy family needed to maintain a good relationship with Helag now.

Helag was a full-fledged member of the Seranthiel organization, a force that few in the Barrens could afford to offend.

“Do you need the messenger summoned now? I can help with that,” Brack offered.

Helag thought for a moment. “Give me a moment. I’ll write a letter and be right back.”

“Sure, I’m not busy today. I’ll be here when you’re ready,” Brack said.

Helag planned to write a letter to Elusa.

After obtaining the World Tree sap, he had decided to send a drop to Elusa.

Elusa was, after all, his woman, and Helag wouldn’t neglect those close to him.

Elusa was almost an ordinary person, with a very short lifespan.

With the World Tree sap, she could gain an additional 300 years of life.

Strictly speaking, Elusa was the one who needed the World Tree sap the most among those close to him.

Since the Kingdom of Doris was located on the far western edge of the continent, and Blackrock Valley was on the far eastern side, the distance between them was too great.

The people from Seranthiel were expected to arrive at Blackrock Valley in about two months, so Helag didn’t have time to make the trip himself.

If he entrusted someone else to deliver it, the long journey would be filled with uncertainties.

There was no guarantee the World Tree sap would reach its destination, and if it were stolen, it would cause even more trouble.

After considering all his options, Helag decided that using the Terchy family’s messenger was the best choice.

The messenger could deliver items regardless of distance, making it the perfect solution.

Helag returned to the inner castle, where both Asna and Shatia were still asleep.

He sat at his desk, picked up a quill, and began writing about his experiences over the past few years.

At the end of the letter, he told Elusa about his upcoming entry into the Land of Dawn.

He promised that if he had the chance, he would return to visit.

Once he entered the Land of Dawn, he wouldn’t be as restricted as he was in the Barrens.

People from the Barrens were strictly forbidden from entering the Land of Dawn, but those from the Land of Dawn could enter the Barrens freely. It was just that most people had no reason to come to the Barrens, given its poverty and lack of resources.

After finishing the letter, Helag placed a drop of World Tree sap in a small box.

Once everything was ready, he returned to Brack.

Brack wrote down Elusa’s information on a piece of paper and chanted a few syllables.

A six-pointed star array appeared in front of them, and the small messenger fairy emerged once again.

“Deliver this letter and this box to Elusa,” Brack instructed, handing the items to the messenger.

The fairy glanced at the letter and the box, then accepted them and said, “One magic stone.”

Brack handed over a magic stone, and the fairy, satisfied, jumped into the six-pointed star array and disappeared.

Helag had originally planned to send two drops of World Tree sap to Emil and Melissa, but after thinking it over, he realized that since they were ordinary people, living for over a hundred years without aging would surely attract attention.

Until he had enough power to protect them, sending them the World Tree sap would do more harm than good.

***

Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Doris, in the city of Ryan.

Elusa sat in the courtyard of the city lord’s mansion, enjoying the breeze with her eyes closed.

Two maids stood nearby, ready to attend to her needs.

On the small table beside Elusa were several plates of fruit.

As she rested, Elusa absentmindedly fiddled with a ring on her finger—the fireball ring Helag had left her.

Since receiving the ring, Elusa had never used it, as she had never encountered any danger.

But she always wore the ring, even though she had many other rings that were far more beautiful and luxurious.

She knew that the man who had given it to her would probably never return, but deep down, she still held onto a small hope that one day, he would appear before her again.

“Watch out, my lady!” one of the maids suddenly cried out.

Elusa opened her eyes to see a six-pointed star array appear in front of her, and a cute little fairy emerged from it.

“Miss Elusa, this is a letter and a package from Mr. Helag. The delivery is complete, so I’ll be off now.” The fairy placed the letter and the box on the table before disappearing back into the star array.