Sitting around the command centre, Lyrica leaned back and sighed out heavily. Since the fight was something outside of their capabilities, the best that they could do was sit tight and hope that everything went well.
Glancing down at her hand, Lyrica couldn’t help but shake her head.
‘Madi is able to reach Queen Tier and now she’s helping Shiro with her weapon. And here I am stuck at tier 5.’ Lyrica thought with a sigh.
Shaking her head, she decided to go toward the training hall since she wanted to clear her mind.
Walking over to the control terminal, she had the training hall create five dummies for her to fight against. Thinking about it for a moment, Lyrica turned the difficulty to the highest but just as she stepped into the arena, she glanced down before clicking her tongue.
‘Fighting these dummies won’t give me any EXP…’ She thought to herself before canceling her plan of training.
Walking through the tower, Lyrica wondered what it’ll take for her to become something akin to or equal to a Queen.
‘I need to reach tier 6 but my power is lacking. Most of the monsters here are higher than level 500 so it’s risky for me to fight them alone. If I fight them as a group, the EXP I gain will decrease, drawing out the time needed to reach tier 6. If I take too long, I’ll keep lagging behind them in terms of levels. Even if Silvia, Chen Yu and Helion aren’t tier 6, their abilities allow them to be useful.’ Lyrica thought to herself as she summoned a dagger and started to twirl it around.
‘Maybe I should leave the city and venture out for a bit.’
Stretching her body, she decided to think about that later.
Feeling her phone vibrate, she pulled it out and glanced at the message that she had just received.
Seeing that it was sent by Shiro, Lyrica raised her eyebrow since it was a private text rather than in a group.
[Lyrica, I had just teleported a set of people into the city. They’ll be on floor 15 hall 3. There’s someone that I want you to meet there too. I won’t be present since I have to deal with the relic.]
Reading the message, Lyrica replied before making her way to the hall.
“Who does she want me to meet?” Lyrica muttered curiously.
Leaning on the railing on the elevator, Lyrica watched the numbers tick down.
Upon reaching floor 15, she made her way over to hall 3 and opened the door.
The moment she opened the door, her eyes widened in shock seeing the silhouette of the elf that had his back turned towards her.
Her body became numb as all she could feel was her heart beating faster with each second that passed.
Taking a step forward, she was a bit hesitant to see the appearance of the person who stood in front of her.
Noticing that someone had entered, Edvimar glanced back and saw Lyrica.
Memories flashed through his mind as the vision of a little elf girl that was barely up to his waist appeared.
Opening his mouth, Edvimar didn’t know what to say as he approached Lyrica. Pulling her into his embrace, he couldn’t stop his tears from falling as his voice quivered.
“You’ve grown so much.” Edvimar said as his voice cracked with emotion. There were a million and one things he wanted to ask her. How she had been, if she’s been eating well, if she had friends and so on but he wasn’t able to ask all of them at once.
Feeling her father’s embrace, Lyrica’s worries disappeared as she returned his hug.
Biting her lip, she didn’t think that she’d also be able to meet her father.
Unable to control her emotions, Lyrica cried out in happiness.
“So…. Do you want to err… step out of the room for a bit?” Gordon asked as he folded his arms. He didn’t want to burst their little bubble but it was also a little awkward for them to stand there while everything was happening.
“Can’t you see that the exit is behind them? If we leave now we’ll interrupt their reunion.” Cadmi rolled her eyes.
“Yeah but isn’t it more awkward for us to be here?” Gordon asked as Cadmi glanced over at the father daughter duo.
Hesitating for a moment, she nodded her head.
“That’s…. also true.” She admitted.
“See? Let’s find a good chance to leave then.” Gordon suggested but Asher shook his head.
“Why don’t we make ourselves comfortable in the corner for now. Try not to make any loud noises.” He smiled, happy to see that Edvimar had found his daughter.
“Mn, speaking of which, if Edvimar is King, then does that mean she’s the princess of the elven race?” Gordon asked as he pointed at Lyrica.
“Indeed. What about it?” Asher replied as Gordon shook his head.
“No just a little surprised. I’ve seen posts about the elven royalty but I didn’t see much about this one.” Gordon shrugged.
“Well it’s his family business so it’d be rude for us to snoop around.” Asher said as he sat down by the corner with Nitha.
Closing his eyes, he decided to rest for a little bit since he felt a bit tired after so many dangerous close calls in one day.
Looking at each other, Gordon and Cadmi shrugged before sitting next to him.
After taking a moment to calm her emotions, Lyrica looked at her father in front of her. While she was overjoyed that he is alive, there was the question of how he was alive.
“I’m sure you have a lot of questions right now and as much as I want to tell you everything, I need to find your mum first. She’s in a lot of danger.” Edvimar said as he could see the confusion in Lyrica’s eyes.
“Mum’s in danger? She’s a tier 6 Queen. What could endanger her?” Lyrica asked as Edvimar sighed.
“It’s something more dangerous than anything a tier 6 could handle. Plus, it’s directly related to the system so it’ll be hard to fight against. We need to get your mother away from here as soon as possible or else she’ll be killed.” Edvimar warned as Lyrica furrowed her brows before nodding.
“Alright, I’ll send a message to Shiro since mum’s with her right now.”
“No need. I’ve already heard everything. Edvimar, why don’t you tell me who’s after her life right now?” Shiro’s voice rang out and they could see a small hologram appearing next to Lyrica.
Nodding his head, he explained his story to Shiro as she listened silently with a serious expression.
“This… Is quite the serious problem. So according to you, we have to keep Isilia out of the watchman’s sight or else she’ll be captured?” Shiro asked as Edvimar nodded.
“As long as the watchman doesn’t see Isilia, there isn’t much he can do.”
“I see… Alright. I think we have a pretty safe spot for her right now since we’re in space. I doubt the watchmen will see us here.”
“No, when I talk about bringing her away, I’m talking about a different dimension entirely since that’s the safest option. I don’t know the watchman’s range but the safest guess for now is sending her to a different dimension.” Edvimar replied as Shiro furrowed her brows.
“Alright. I have a place in mind. Lyrica, I’ll need you to turn up the defences of the city just in case since I’m not sure about the collateral damage. Let’s just say that even in tier 8 form, it’s getting a bit hard to control so it wouldn’t be bad to prepare.” Shiro smiled as her hologram flickered for a moment.
“Yeah I can’t spare more energy for this. I’ll keep Isilia safe. Once the weapon is done, I’ll teleport her away to a new dimension.” Shiro reassured as the hologram cut off.
Furrowing his brows, Edvimar wanted to say something when he felt pain surge through his body.
Gritting his teeth, Edvimar was forced to kneel down as Lyrica quickly held onto him, preventing him from collapsing.
“Are you ok? What happened dad? You’re injured?” Lyrica asked in panic but Edvimar shook his head.
“It’s fine-”
“It’s not fine. Come with me, I know a good healer she might be able to help us.” Supporting her father’s weight, Lyrica immediately dashed out of the room as Asher and the party could only sit there with a dumbstruck expression.
“So like… do we just wait here or are we supposed to follow her?” Gordon asked as Asher didn’t know how to respond.
“I think we stay here?” Cadmi replied after a short pause.
As they were discussing what they should do, a portal opened behind them as a purpled haired girl looked at the group with surprise.
“Well I suppose if Lyrica saw her dad then it’s only normal that she forget about you lot. Don’t worry, mum’s already sent me a message about you lot so I’ll take you to your rooms for now.” The girl smiled before looking at Nitha.
“Say, if you’re tier 5 already, how come you don’t have a human form like me? Do you need help?” She asked while eating an apple.
Surprised at the sudden appearance of this girl, Asher couldn’t help but ask about her identity.
“Me? I’m Yin, guild master of the food hall.”
