Chapter 305
Lucky 305
"Antonio! You have to make sure that your siblings are safe."
"I promise mother."
A teenage boy nodded, determined to protect his siblings.
"You older brothers are on the frontline with your father. Compared to the kingdom, the frontline is better because your father and brothers can protect you."
Esmeralda hastily explained. She was sweating a bucket and was worried.
-- Baam!
Suddenly, a strong tremor shook them and they almost lost their balance.
"Uwaahh! Uwaahh!"
"Toshi, hush hush!"
Esmeralda rocked the little baby in her arms. She sang a lullaby, though her voice was hoarse. Then Toshi slowly stopped crying and closed her eyes.
"Take Toshi with you."
Esmeralda handed the baby to Antonio. His younger siblings behind him were determined to protect their youngest sibling, Toshi.
"Don't worry mother, I will protect her."
"That's right, nothing will happen to Toshi!"
The siblings did their best to smile and reassure each other.
"Hm."
Esmeralda nodded, holding back her tears.
-- Baam!
Another explosion, and this time it was closer.
"Go! You have to leave now!"
"Mother... Please be safe."
Esmeralda nearly collapsed when she saw their expressions. She hugged them once more before turning around. Their warmth made her strong.
Esmeralda closed the secret passage of the palace. It was an emergency passage in case the palace was breached by the siege. She heard the footsteps of her children and sighed with relief. She swallowed her sobs and did not look back.
She used her power to tear down the room to make sure the secret passage would not be found.
"Here she is! The Dark High-Elf Esmeralda!"
The mortals found her and began casting spells upon spells. Esmeralda used the darkness around her to create a barrier.
"Use fire and light spells! She is weak against anything that brightens the environment!"
"Tch!"
The enemies knew her weakness. She had no choice but to fight them.
"Aaahhhh!"
She roared and created dozens of black spears under their feet. She stabbed most of them, but those that escaped used the momentum to reach her.
"Ugh!"
A fierce man wielding a deep blue longsword struck her. Esmeralda crashed into the wall, her vision blurred.
"We know your children are using the secret passage to escape. It will not be long before we find them."
The man had a devilish grin as he raised his sword.
"You!"
Esmeralda tried to rise, but the blade pierced her chest and she screamed in pain.
"Arrggg!"
Her mouth filled with blood as she glared at the man who had stabbed her.
"When we find them, we will kill your children. No one will survive."
He said, cackling like a bastard.
"..."
Esmeralda wanted to speak, but she was slowly losing consciousness. She regretted not training and keeping her power at 3rd Advanced. She believed in love and that her husband would always be there to protect her.
'If I were stronger, maybe this would never have happened.'
Elves are proud of their lineage. They know that the longer they live, the stronger they become.
Esmeralda was a Dark High-Elf. She thought it would only take her a few decades to reach Demigod, which was not long in their dictionary.
Because of her laziness and overconfidence, she lost...
Esmeralda looked at the man who stabbed her.
The man had gray hair and his eyes were pure black, with no pupils to be seen. This man was the leader of the humans who had taken over the kingdom.
"Do not worry, unlike your children who are not yet mature, we will keep you alive. You are a High-Elf and your body will be a useful tool."
That was the last she heard before she closed her eyes.
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"What happened?"
Esmeralda asked herself. She woke up in an abandoned facility, naked and cold. There were dozens of tubes in her skin and her mind was groggy.
"Kuh!"
She groaned as she squeezed her aching head. She was confused, lost, and angry.
"I need to find my children."
Esmeralda remembered that she blocked the mortals so that her children would survive. She ripped off every tube in her skin and walked out of the room.
The facility looked old and abandoned, she saw signs of battle. Burned and destroyed walls.
"... Hehe, maybe I'm going crazy."
A pathetic laugh came out of her mouth as she left the facility.
She realized she was in the middle of nowhere. The tall dark trees that loomed everywhere, the eerie sounds from the forest.
Esmeralda had an idea where she was.
"The Forest of Death."
An ancient forest inhabited by powerful Aberrants. Before Esmeralda was born, this forest terrorized the Hulian kingdom.
The Aberrants that came out of this forest were strong and fierce, not even a Demigod could eradicate this place.
She began to gasp. She did not know what was happening. Her head hurt. The cold breeze grazed her naked body as she knelt.
Tears began to fall. It was driving her crazy.
"Grrr..."
In her despair, a devil wolf growled, crouching a few feet from her. The wolf was salivating as he found tasty prey in this forest.
"..."
Esmeralda just stared out of nowhere. Her mind was blank. Then she started laughing like crazy.
"Hehe... Hehehahahaha!"
The wolf lunged forward, showing his deadly fangs. But before it could reach her, black tendrils grabbed its foot and slammed it to the ground.
The creature whimpered, but Esmeralda did not stop. She continued to pound the wolf until its body was torn apart.
"Hehe-hahahahahaha!"
Was something funny? Maybe everything was funny to Esmeralda.
Another group of monsters appeared and Esmeralda faced them with a crazy smile. Her tears blurred her vision, but she did not stop fighting. She realized something important... She became a Demigod.
This simple fact explains that many decades have already passed...
"Graaaahhh!"
She moved like a beast. She tore up every Aberrant she found.
She kept moving forward, slashing her way out of the vast forest.
As she emerged from the forest, she confirmed that everything had changed.
[Arc 6]
[Rare Steak is Raw Steak Arc]
[This arc is a bit short. It focuses mainly on Esmeralda. We also met Laura, Nikki's despicable mother. Overall, I'm happy with this arc because it's the introduction to the other countries around Dellia. Now we know the reason for the friction between the countries. Thank you for subscribing to my Patreon, I hope you will continue to support me. The next arc will probably be about Junian, of course there are also new members of the harem. This is a harem with smut tags and it's impossible not to expand the harem... And forgive me if my grammar sucks. This novel has 76 chapters on Pat reon and you can check it out if you are interested in supporting me].