Chapter 15: Two Spirit Beasts Fighting Each Other
The sun rises from the horizon to welcome the morning with fresh air and warm light.
Elysia"s eyelids trembled slightly before awakening from her rest and opened her eyes to see the beautiful view of the sun rising with her golden eyes.
She stood up from her leaning position in the branches of a large tree to double-check her surroundings. The gentle air blew her golden hair gently as if nature was combing her delicate self.
"Morning has come. I must immediately go north to the Aeddoterra Kingdom, the Academy of Magic and Knights there can give me a lot of help." Elysia murmured in her mind before using her [Light Step] to walk in the air toward the north.
There are still many things that she has not yet found the answer to, and regarding magic that she has not yet fully understood, but one thing is certain, she can use magic only with a strong imagination and enough energy.
"Sister Elena, are you awake?" Elysia tried to connect her inner self with Elena who was still in her [Soul Realm].
"Is it morning? Um, I just woke up." Elena rubbed her eyes gently and released Elysia"s spirit that had been hugged all night as a hug pillow.
Right now the two of them are sharing the five functions of their five senses.
"Where are we going?" Elena saw Elysia rushing to a place with a confused face when she just woke up, she released Elysia"s spirit floating beside her before asking.
"We are going to the Aeddoterra Kingdom, where all the young generation will forge their knowledge and talents. Maybe there can help me with many things." She chatted with Elena while continuing her steps in the air.
"Eh? Weren"t we just stranded in this world? How do you know so many things now? What did I miss last night? Tell me... Tell me."
Hearing the happy voice of Elena made Elysia smile slightly. Elena spent the night peacefully even though Elysia spent the night with worry.
"Sister Elena you know, last night it happened like this..."
Elysia began the story she experienced last night to Elena who listened with enthusiasm while throwing a few questions, maybe this was the first time she had told her experience to someone after such a long time or maybe there had never been anyone asking that.
"Aw. My poor Ely. You have such a hard time on our second night in this world. Come here. Let this Big Sister spoil you a lot~" Elena teased her as if she really cared.
"Spoil what? Oh right! Sister Elena, do you know how to change my form to its previous form? Look at my body which is now exactly the same as you, not only the features of the body but the dress and the accessories too..."
Elysia giggled a little, thinking Elena"s words were just a joke, even though she actually would have done it if Elysia returned to [Soul Realm], but that was for later. Currently, Elysia returns to the topic of problems that have not been solved since last night.
"Ara... Do you now hate me? *sob* Lil Ely began to hate me..." Elena pretended to be sad as if she was going to cry.
"Uh. Ah. No, that"s not what I meant! I don"t hate you or anything, but isn"t this strange? My entire physical form changes without energy or magic. I even still shine like fireflies if I come out of this invisible magic. Maybe you know something?"
Elysia was a little panicked to hear Elena who sounded sad, worried that her words hurt her, not knowing that Elena was just pretending. Since knowing Elena who is always with her, maybe Elysia will consider Elena as the closest and most trusted person in her life.
"Hehe... Is that so? Then let me think. Hmm... Your spirit form in [Soul Realm] is still the same, a black-haired girl. How about you stop first and concentrate fully on her image." Elena thought for a while before seeing the form of Elysia"s spirit floating beside her.
Hearing that, Elysia immediately stopped her [Light Step] and descended to the ground before trying Elena"s advice.
Shortly after she concentrated and stopped channeling her energy which made her come out of the invisible state, her body began to change along with the dresses and accessories she was wearing.
Her body shrunk slightly in some parts, her hair became black and slightly shortened until it stopped behind her thighs, and her dress became white as before.
After a while, Elysia opened her purplish-blue eyes like a galaxy in s.p.a.ce and began examining her body form using her "advanced perception", the ability to thoroughly detect the environment around her, including herself.
"I really changed again... This is amazing, all of this takes place without energy or magic." Elysia looked at her hands as if she had just found a new continent. When she uses her energy, only white energy aura emitted from her body, she no longer emits dark gold energy aura even when she is not using her energy.
From Harold"s story last night which was asked implicitly by her, Elysia used her understanding to know more about energy and magic from him.
A mage can cast magic on his own body to disguise himself, but what Elysia is currently experiencing is very different from that.
She knew that what had just happened to her body was miraculous and absurd, but it really did happen to her body, she had two bodily forms that were maintained without energy or magic as if it were her own body.
Magic itself is the conversion of energy in the body that is transformed into something else depending on the ability of the user"s body. In contrast, Elysia only needs to use her imagination and focus strongly to make magic happen.
"Thanks to your Big Sister. Hehe..." Elena giggled softly, feeling happy when Elysia also felt happy.
"Um. Thank you, Sister Elena. You are so helpful." She expressed her grat.i.tude.
"No need to be so formal with me. I"m glad I could help you. Weren"t you the one who told me before about magic that can be realized with imagination, why did you suddenly become confused?"
Hearing that question seems to provide a ridiculous reality that is completely overlooked.
"Uhh... I can"t deny it. Maybe because last night"s incident made me focus on something else." Elysia felt a little ashamed to admit it.
"That"s good, you realize it now than later."
Shortly after Elena said that suddenly there was a roar from the north. The birds chirped in fear and immediately flew high in all directions as if they were running away from something.
"This is bad! Elysia, quickly fly high and get away from the forest!" Elena felt danger from that direction and told Elysia to fly high after seeing the birds that also flew into the sky.
Elysia immediately tried to fly without question by remembering her previous state of being able to float and fly against gravity as when she was in her spirit form.
She immediately shot to the sky and saw the cause of the commotion that made Elena scream in panic before she even realized anything.
Visible from 2 kilometers to the north, a large white tiger with a pair of wings on its back is fighting against a pitch-black lizard that is no less ma.s.sive than its opponent.
Elysia looked with focus on the two beasts with her purplish-blue eyes to see their status.
[| Lv. 155 | Spirit Beast | Heavenly Winged Tiger | HP: 235,000 / 248,000 | EP: 126,000 / 152,000 |]
[| Lv. 153 | Spirit Beast | Earth Komodo Dragon | HP: 266,000 / 272,000 | EP: 119,000 / 141,000 |]
"Uhh... What is this? Beast with such a high level again... Harold said last night about Avrora Forest which is quite rare to find beasts above level 100, but in two days I came to this world, I have found 3 of them..." Elysia murmured as if she was helpless about her current encounter.
"Hey. I can see their status too. Look at that white tiger, although he has a higher level, he is on the disadvantage." Elena added before watching a fight between two Spirit Beasts trying to kill each other.
"Um. It seems like every living thing in this world has a different status even though they are on the same level and they have different measurement parameters for several reasons."
Elysia agreed with that as she approached a little to see the battle of the two beasts clearly. This is her first experience seeing a direct battle since coming to this world, and her curiosity this time would only bring her trouble because she seemed to forget one important thing.