102~You Really Made Me Happy!
Divine Domain: 【Sacred Tree Shelter】
Tillysha couldn’t handle any bow other than her wooden bow. However, when she clutched that trusty piece of wood, she gained the benefits of a protective domain, deflecting any attack like a pro. The bow would gain some serious durability, and any damage taken would be shrugged off by the bow itself.
While wielding her wooden bow, Tillysha could gather up light arrows with her own power or go all out and overload to launch a more powerful shot, though that required a hefty chunk of her energy.
That’s the first part of the Sacred Tree Shelter effect.
If you only looked at the first part, you might think that if Tillysha’s bow got smashed, she’d be out of luck and unable to sh**t arrows, effectively losing her battle prowess. But hold your horses, that’s not the full effect of the domain…
When Tillysha’s wooden bow gets shattered, the domain enters a “broken” state. The protective effects dwindle to a trickle, but her speed and strength sh**t up like a rocket. She would lose her archery skills and instead transform into a close-combat weapon expert!
(Note: Damage from non-entities doesn’t trigger domain effects)
Cooldown: Five hours.
Third Divine Authority: 【Realm of the Collective Forest Authority】
This one activates when Tillysha’s divine creation weapon and her domain-linked weapon are shattered.
Energy cost: Extremely high
Cooldown: Nonexistent
Unlike the other two divine authorities, this third one comes with a vague line about how to trigger it with no detailed explanation. Tillysha was pretty clueless about this divine authority’s specifics until her bow met its doom—only then did she grasp the essence of the Realm of the Collective Forest Authority.
It’s not just a single divine authority or skill; thinking of it that way is downright shallow.
To get a bit technical, it’s like a priceless treasure trove of knowledge, containing records of all divine powers, divine might, and the skills that sprang from them, documented by ancient elf sages and mighty beings throughout history.
When activated, Tillysha would instantly gain three pieces of divine knowledge which she could pick one to use.
But these are just borrowed; once she’s done with them, they go back to the library of divine authority. The right to use them and the qualifications to do so are inherent to her as a Gold Elf.
Just like its name suggests, Realm of the Collective Forest Authority…
Mastering it means having the power of all forests in your hands.
This time, she decided to use a divine skill called Touch of the Roots.
The effect? It would pierce through the first hit target, and roots from the ancestral tree would sprout from behind her, stabbing into all enemies situated behind her.
Aha, so that’s how it works…
With a delicate flick of her white fingers, Tillysha lifted Anna and Yalin, who had been skewered by the roots, wriggling like fish on a hook.
“What… is this?…” The pain of having her chest skewered brought tears to Anna’s eyes.
Yalin wasn’t faring much better; she had never seen such a bizarre divine authority.
Beyond that, she couldn’t help but wonder just what on earth Tillysha’s divine authority was and how it could be so versatile. It felt less like a divine skill and more like several divine authorities working in tandem!
“Excuse me,” Tillysha’s voice was as graceful as a flowing river, and in the next moment, she clenched her fist.
The roots that had pierced Anna and Yalin instantaneously morphed into a giant skeletal hand, ready to crush them to bits…
Before the skeletal hand could tighten its grip, a shattering noise echoed, accompanied by a cold announcement declaring the elimination of both girls.
In the blink of an eye, Tillysha’s team was down to just Princess Filisia!
The stunning twist left the audience dumbfounded. Silence fell over the arena, with not a single soul, mentors included, being able to process what had just happened.
Seeing the divine boy being eliminated was one thing, but watching Anna fall, despite her divine protection, was downright terrifying.
“………Touch of the Roots.” Inside the temple, the striking elfin boy stared blankly at the scene. At that moment, a wild speculation began to take root in his mind with a crazy seventy percent probability.
If she really is…
The elf boy took a deep breath, the once-calm waters of his thoughts now stirred by a surge of waves.
Others may not recognize it, but he sure did. This was a divine skill, a derivative of a legendary elfin sage’s authority. While he still had no clue how she managed to tap into the powers of the deceased, her true identity started to make sense.
“Erica.”
“Yes, Elder, what do you require?” A beautiful red-haired elfin girl with waist-length hair appeared behind the silver-haired elf.
“In ten minutes, gather all information about this Tillysha.” The silver-haired elf pointed at the golden-haired girl on the screen.
“Understood, Elder!”
Back in the secret realm, after dispatching the divine boy and the priest, the Touch of the Roots effect was still in play.
Tendrils sprouting from Princess Filisia’s smooth shoulder blades quickly retracted, while two skeletal claws, like closing spike traps, pierced through Filisia, who was still struggling.
The effect of Touch of the Roots was that the first target hit would not take damage temporarily; after wiping out all enemy units behind them, the total damage dealt would be reflected back to the first target.
Anna may have been taken out, but her divine authority effect was still lingering right there.
Tillysha used Divine Analysis Technique to check, and discovered that Anna’s divine blessing still had nearly half an hour of duration left.
The skeletal claws clamped shut, one in front and one behind, skewering Filisia.
Not only the audience outside, but even Tillysha herself was slightly taken aback by the power of Realm of the Collective Forest Authority.
Anna had divine protection, and the domain effect was supposed to be a lifesaver; it would activate a survival skill if her life dropped below twenty percent. Unfortunately, Realm of the Collective Forest Authority obliterated her before she had the chance to activate it.
As for Filisia…
The skeletal claw in Tillysha’s hands quickly withered away, dropping to the ground and becoming a handful of rotten branches.
With her bindings gone, Filisia dropped down too.
She crouched on the ground, one hand propping herself up while the other braced against her massive sword.
Wait, she wasn’t eliminated?
Tillysha glanced at her palm.
The divine damage Filisia took was the combined total from Anna and Yalin, yet thanks to her nine-star divine resistance, she had weathered through it! Though it looked like she had sustained some minor injuries.
“………..What a terrifying divine authority.” Filisia sighed, standing upright. If she hadn’t seen the results showing her divine resistance still at nine stars, she might have doubted whether Anna’s divine authority had faltered.
“But with such a divine authority, even you won’t be able to use it a second time anytime soon, right?” Filisia fixed her gaze on Tillysha.
What caught Tillysha off guard was that Filisia didn’t seem scared, shocked, or amazed at all; instead, the excitement in her eyes grew even stronger.
“Tillysha, at first I thought you were a dark horse, but now you’re just a dark horse, aren’t you?” Filisia cupped her cheeks with one hand and dragged her sword with the other. At that moment, the once-glorious knight girl was sporting a faint blush on her cheeks, and her tone hinted at a strange, almost unhealthy enthusiasm.
“You really made me happy~”
