1296 My ability to heal you will never fail me.
“You are back.”
Placing his queen on the bed, Nux sat next to her, gently held her hand, and spoke with a smile on his face.
“And you look breathtaking.”
He spoke with a smile on his face. Evane smiled back as she blushed. Then, she suddenly fell down, her head on Nux’s lap, and “I missed you.” She spoke.
“I did as well.”
Nux replied in a low voice as he started playing with Evane’s blonde hair.
“Was the Trial difficult?” Nux questioned.
“It wasn’t.” Evane shook her head. The Elven Trials were based on Illusions and unlike the Demon Trial, where they made the Trial Taker ‘live like they intend to’, the Illusion inside the Trial Tower attacked the Trial Tacker’s vulnerable mind.
While the Demon Trials showed one a possible future, the Elven Trials showed one the illusion related to the past, mostly related to the moments the trial taker often regretted and sometimes even dreaded. It tested one’s mental strength and how calm one’s mind is.
It was a torturous Trial, especially for someone who has lived a difficult life.
This was also the reason why somewhere in his heart, Nux didn’t want Evane to take the Trial. After all, his Queen didn’t exactly have an easy life. First, the brother she loved tried to kill her, later, she was the one who was forced to kill him, she then also proceeded to kill her second brother and her husband killed her father.
As someone who loved her family and was stupidly naïve, Nux knew that even to this day, Evane has nightmares related to her family.
If someone like her took the Elven Trial, Nux was one hundred percent sure that the Trial would definitely try to scratch these old wounds.
“It wasn’t?” Nux raised his eyebrows.
“Mhm, I managed to pass all the levels, even the ones related to my family.” Evane obviously knew what Nux was worried about, so she gave him the answer he needed.
“Then how were you eliminated?”
Nux questioned.
The biggest ‘scar’ that the Trial Tower could scratch in Evane’s case was her family, if she was able to pass that, then nothing should have stopped her from getting the Primordial Blood, unless… “If the Trial was only about facing one’s regrets in life, the number of Primordial Level Elves roaming around Yrniel would be in thousands.”
Evane spoke with a wry smile on her face.
“They stopped showing me Illusions related to my past after passing the fourth level, if I had stopped there, I would have only gotten Exceptional Level Bloodline.”
“You came out with a Saint Level Blood then…”
“I cleared three more levels. The Illusions that were created by what the Trial perceived would be too difficult for me to handle.
In the Fifth one, I was tortured and killed by my brothers.
In the Sixth one, I rejected you and proceeded to live alone despite having the current feelings I have for you.
The Seventh one was when you separated from me because you didn’t want me anymore and that I was becoming a burden to you.”
“You know that couldn’t possibly happen, correct?”
Nux questioned in a gentle tone.
“That is the reason I passed the level, I cleared it without having to put any effort, it was a piece of cake.” Evane chuckled like a little mischievous child. “They couldn’t have made it more obvious that it was all an illusion.”
Nux smiled as well, continuing to ruffle his Queen’s hair as he questioned,
“What was the last level?”
The level Evane failed.
The level that had Evane cleared it, she would have come out as a Primordial Level being, Nux wanted to know just what did the trial show to his wife. He wanted to know what defeated his wife and to what extent these illusions go in order to break one’s mind.
Hearing his question, Evane’s expression turned grim.
“Evane?”
Nux called out, worried. Then suddenly, Evane grabbed his hand that was playing with her hair, and as she looked right into his eyes, her eyes lost all their shine and, “I saw your death.”
“What…?”
“I saw that all of us were fighting against this strange being, you were on the frontlines together with Astaria, Thyra, and Ember, but with one attack, Astaria was killed and you lost control.
You then rushed towards the being, only to be tossed around in helplessness. It was to the point where even your regeneration stopped kicking in. As if to torture you, that man killed all your wives one by one, the more he continued, the louder you shouted in rage, however, the helplessness on your face couldn’t be more visible.
In the end, you looked at me with those helpless eyes and… and said…”
Before Evane could even complete her words, she choked as tears welled in the corner of her eyes, she still vividly remembered just how horrifying the sight in front of her was. Nux’s screaming helplessly on top of his lungs, while the being’s laughter echoed throughout the area.
Honestly, rather than Evane’s nightmare, the thing seemed more like Nux’s nightmare, unless, one saw it all from Evane’s perspective, who watched everything while having the power to heal her Nux, but for some reason, her powers weren’t activating.
She was the reason Nux and the others were dying.
She, who had mastered the power of healing, couldn’t do her job at the last moment, weakening their entire team and causing their destruction.
Of course, Evane understood perfectly well that all of it was simply an illusion, however, the power of the Trials was so strong that Evane couldn’t help but be led on by the Illusions.
In the end, unable to see the sight anymore, she caved and gave up on the trial.
On the other hand, Nux didn’t know how to react, he simply cupped Evane’s cheek as he started gently kneading them to tell her that he was here with her.
He was trying to calm her nerves, Evane also tried to take breaths as she tried to think about everything.
Honestly, the Tower had already pretty much blurred away most of the memories of the Trial from her mind, that was the only reason she was even able to talk. If it weren’t for the protective measures inside the Trial, the Evane that would have come out would have been a completely different person.
This was simply how strong the illusions shown by the Trial Towers were, after all, the one who managed all these illusions was… the Sucubi Progenitor, Lilith Origin.
The woman who lived in dreams, a scary being who could make a mess out of most of the beings in the entirety of the universe just by looking into their eyes.
The woman Nux had bravely made a bet with.
This was also the reason Faustina came the moment she heard what her son was doing.
Lilith Origin wasn’t the one to be taken lightly, even the other Progenitors didn’t let their guards down in front of her despite living together with the woman for millions of years.
“Don’t worry, everything is alright, nothing like that can happen.
Even if a being that strong appeared, we all would simply hide in our Core, nothing would happen to us.”
Nux spoke as he continued to knead Evane.
Yes, after his talk with Faustina, he knew that [Core] wasn’t exactly the Safe Heaven he expected it to be, however, Evane didn’t know that and for his wife’s sake, Nux decided to not reveal this fact to his wives for a while.
“We also have Mother protecting us, don’t we? Even if a being like that appeared, I doubt Mother would let it approach us.
You have nothing to worry about.”
Nux continued to try different things, he could feel that Evane’s rushed heartbeat had started to calm down.
The shine in her eyes slowly returned then suddenly,
“That is correct… something like that would never happen anyways…”
Evane spoke up with a determined look on her face.
“Exactly, with all of us working together, we couldn’t possibly lose a battle.” Nux nodded.
Evane however, was thinking about a completely different thing.
‘My ability to heal you will never fail me.’
She spoke as her green eyes shined intently and suddenly,
Rumble Rumble Rumble
The world bellowed.
Nux looked around with a confused look on his face, he looked outside and saw bright clouds forming over their building, the ground beneath had started trembling, “E-Evane?”
Noticing an unbearably strong energy coming out of Evane, Nux blinked in surprise, however, before he could understand anything, BOOOOM
A huge amount of Mana gushed into Evane’s body, a strange force pushed Nux away from her, and Evane’s body started floating in the air, Crack
Then suddenly, Nux heard a cracking sound coming from Evane’s body.
Her bones had broken.
She was rebuilding her body,
Evane Leander was breaking through the Semi Saint Stage.
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