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A new beginning, a new arc.

-Chapter 28, DGM-

Daybreak had finally arrived.

When the dark elf army begin to slowly retreat, Link sighed in relief. The 'murmur of magic' effect was beginning to slowly fade, and he could feel fatigue starting to plague him.

With the side effect of 3 months of 'mana deficiency', he had to prepare an escape route in advance.

This morning, he had been too ostentatious.3honestly quite p.i.s.sed this thing had me waste 20 minutes. There's a serious misconception here, I have no idea if Lai'en is the name of the kingdom or the name of King Ryan cause of a typo. Will edit after finding out From then on, Norton Kingdom begin to thoroughly crumble apart. The southern trade union had also begun to face the threat of the dark elves.

In those months and years, times were dark for the humans.

From the game system's point of view, the act of saving Glaston city was a huge step and accomplishment. Naturally, he would get rewarded with a copious amount of free points.

"Fine. It's really hard to make sense of you."

Despite her words, Celine continued flying towards the south, speaking as she flew, "The dean of eastern valley magic academy is Earl Anthony, a level 7 magician. There are no fanciful magic prints all over the academy. Instead, the entirety of the academy and the forests in its vicinity are monitored by a magic tower which is extremely susceptible to the darkness. It'll be extremely difficult to hide my ident.i.ty there, so I'll only be able to send you to the edge of their nearby forests."

This was somewhat out of Link's expectations. He had wanted to enter the academy with Celine. If this was the case, he could only part ways with her.

Feeling the warmth of her body from behind him, Link was slightly reluctant. He remained taciturn for a while.4do you find Link the type that does not express his emotions well too?

Celine seemed to sense his mood. She a.s.sured, "Even if there were no magic tower, I would still have to disappear for a period of time. You also know I left a few traces behind. My father's lackeys would start finding trouble with me. I should start preparing to throw them off my trail."

"Be careful." Link's bubble was burst. That's right, her life was constantly dogged by danger. Link needed to quickly grow stronger.

"I'm used to it. Besides, those dogs of his are stupid. Hehe." Celine chuckled.

The duo made idle chatter while travelling. Celine's speed was extremely fast. After 3 hours, they could see a green sea of oak trees stretched out below them. This was the Gwinnett forest, also known as 'G.o.d's garden'.

A verdant landscape stretched out as far as the eyes could see, lush green and full of life. Birds sang and fragrant flowers bloomed. A s.p.a.cious road extended through the forest. Glades could be spotted by the road from time to time. These were agricultural farms. In the heart of the forest, a small but bustling village could be spotted. A clear stream flowed by the small town. This was river valley town.

Viewing the forest from an aerial view, the beautiful scenery seemed like it was taken out of a painting. Link’s heart was filled with both regret and delight.

In the previous game world, the dark elves used a powerful device to conquer the south. When they reached Gwinnett forest, the eastern valley magic academy was forced to employ powerful magic enchantments to force back the dark elves. The battle between the two parties had wrecked the beautiful Gwinnett forest. Where the forest once stood was now a desert and its nutritious soil had turned into arid dust.

‘In this run, Glaston city has been saved and Annie has also been rescued. History should change.’ Link was unsure whether his actions could alter history. Although he could vaguely feel that some details in history had been altered by him, he knew that the future was not so easily changed.

Within moments, they arrived at the west entrance of the Gwinnett forest. Celine descended, “We’re here.”

“Thanks.” Link grinned. Although he hated to part ways with this beautiful demon princess, he first needed to catch up to her.

Celine was also reluctant. She regarded Link as a true friend in her heart, and he was suffering from ‘mana deficiency’. She began to worry.

After consideration, she gritted her teeth and plucked three feathers from her wings. Her feathers were grown unusually firm, and her body trembled slightly as she plucked it out.

She handed the soft feathers to Link. “Take them with you. If you run into problems, burn one. I’ll come and rescue you.”

Link received the simple dark feathers. Information emerged in his vision.

‘Demon princess Celine Lotus’s feathers

‘Quality: Epic

‘Use: After burning, it is able to summon the demon princess to fight for you.

‘(Note: symbol of friends.h.i.+p)’

Link carefully tucked the feathers into his robes. This made Celine’s face turn slightly red.5literally translated, Link kept the feathers near his body, somewhat personally. difficult to explain in english[/footnote[

“I got it.”

Celine held up a silver pendant. “This is a s.p.a.ce equipment shaped as a pendant. Most of the magic books from Glaston city are stored inside. Your crescent magic wand and your fire crystal magic staff which cannot be revealed can be placed inside it.”

s.p.a.ce equipment were costly. An estimated price that this pendant could reach would exceed 2000 gold coins. However, all of them were essential to Link, especially the magic books. When he was alone in Glaston city, it was extremely dangerous. He did not expect Celine to prepare everything for him so readily.[footnote]awwww

“You…then I’ll keep it.” Link did not stand on ceremony. Small words of thanks were not needed when accepting such a huge favour.6this is slightly hard to explain, but when someone gives you a huge gift like a car and you aren’t able to return him anything, its better to keep this favour in your heart and repay him later instead of profusely thanking him

Watching Link put on the pendant, Celine stepped forward and kissed him on the forehead, before retreating a few steps. A red flush crept onto her porcelain cheeks. "I'll make a move first."7hehe…don't mind me *wipes drool*, i'm just building my s.h.i.+p…

Link only felt the faint brush of her lips against his forehead. He blankly nodded to her as she left. By the time he came back to his senses, Celine was long gone.

Feeling like he lost something, Link caressed the pendant and the feathers on him. The presence of Celine seemed to linger. Finding comfort in it, Link turned towards the entrance of the forest.

The wide road that cut through the forest was also known as the King's road. It stretched southeast along Gwinnett forest, cutting through river valley village and eastern valley magic academy before it ended at Norton Kingdom's capital hot spring city.

This was the only path to the capital city of Northon Kingdom.

"I'm guessing the hot springs are in a mess at the moment." Link sighed.

In the previous game world, the fall of Norton kingdom was not merely attributed to foreign invaders, but also internal discord and civil unrest. The mess in the capital was mainly due to the power struggle between King Ryan and his younger brother, the Iron duke.

The chaos in the capital city had eventually led to the upheaval of Norton Kingdom. For instance, this Gwinnett forest looked perfectly fine on the surface. However, beneath that beauty and tranquilness hid menace and peril.

Link followed the road. After walking for a dozen kilometres, he met with an unusual sight.

An emaciated horse lay collapsed by the curb of the road. Its neck was slashed by a weapon, and the bloodstains on it had not congealed yet. It should have died not long ago.

Listening vigilantly, Link could faintly hear sounds of battle from the groves.

A notification popped up in his field of vision.

Triggered mission: Support.

Mission description: Rescue the owner of the dead horse.

Reward: 5 free points.

There was actually a mission!

Link was originally already curious. He accepted the mission without hesitation before casting a ‘silence’ spell on himself before following the sounds of battle, moving into the depths of the forest.

-Chapter 28, end-

Ayyyyy breaking the stereotype of the female lead who doesn’t initiate the relations.h.i.+p.

I feel that they rushed into this arc way too quickly though. They should have settled things by talking about the deaths of the human soldiers and other stuff.