Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Chapter 183 Exploration

Cecilia looked at Demetra in surprise. Ellard now looked to be only about forty years old.

She thought that Ellard found the black magician ten years after she left, but now it seems that is not the case?

Or is it that Ellard has a short life and will die in his forties?

This question is actually easy to confirm, and Demetra can answer it.

"When I separated from him, he had just celebrated his 39th birthday."

Are you dying at the age of thirty-nine?

Demetra thought for a moment and then elaborated, "I don't know how they told you, but two years before you disappeared, or perhaps five years to be more precise, we searched all over the continent for your traces, but naturally found nothing."

"We traveled the entire continent again, asking people we knew to keep an eye out for news about you, and also asking them to send any news to the Magician Guild headquarters as soon as possible."

Cecilia imagined the scene of that year from Demetra's description.

The headquarters of the Magicians' Guild in Petra was actually the base for one of their teams.

No matter what these people have become now, my sudden departure without saying goodbye really caused them a lot of trouble and worry.

"In the end, we even searched the Mermaid Kingdom and the Elves, and the only thing left on the entire continent was the Demons."

When Cecilia heard about the Mermaid Kingdom, she asked, "Did you go to the Mermaid Kingdom together?"

Demetra shook her head. "No, to save time, Ellar took half of the people to the Mermaid Kingdom, and I took the remaining half to the Elf Tribe."

Cecilia continued to ask, "Who were the people who went to the Mermaid Kingdom with Elar and others?"

Demetra thought for a moment and counted the names on his fingers, "Abeluna, Bernadotte, Soldas..."

Demetra was suddenly stunned as he spoke, as if he realized something, "These people eventually became dark magicians."

Except for Ellard and Abeluna, Cecilia had not seen any of the others since she returned.

"Are you sure?"

Demetra nodded very seriously, "I am very sure that it was not Ellar who first proposed to find the black magician, but Soldas."

Cecilia was not surprised. When Soldas joined the team, he used a little cleverness.

He is a somewhat opportunistic person and has no stance. He only considers whether something is beneficial to him when doing things. He is a fairly thorough egoist.

To put it nicely, he is a very rational and calm person.

As for who among them was the first to suggest looking for the black magician in private, Cecilia didn't think it was Soldas who proposed it first.

From Soldas's perspective, finding himself was not a very favorable thing.

At that time, the war on the entire continent stopped, the demons rolled back to their own territory, and humans had just established their own regime.

The only hidden danger may be the threat posed to humanity by the other three regimes.

This may be very small.

For that era, they could barely be considered heroes.

My presence would only overshadow the rest of them.

Demetra, Calista, and even Abeluna might not think so, but Cecilia couldn't guarantee 100% whether some other people would think so.

Cecilia still wanted to believe that when she first disappeared, these people sincerely wanted to find her back.

But at the same time, she had to admit that for some reason, some of them began to lose their original intention to find her back.

"Did Thordus mention going to find the black magician as soon as he returned from the Mermaid Kingdom?"

Demetra shook her head again. "No, after they came back from the Mermaid Kingdom, Ellal kept saying that you might have been abducted by the demons, and then some people said that the demons didn't have the ability to do that."

For Cecilia four hundred years ago, the demons still had some of this ability.

There was no need for Demetra to continue. Based on her understanding of those people back then, Cecilia had guessed what would happen next.

"Of course, some people also say that if you were really abducted by the demons, you haven't come back for such a long time, and something might have happened to you."

as predicted.

"At that time, Abeluna couldn't stand them saying these unlucky words. She would quarrel with them every time she heard them."

Cecilia could imagine Abeluna's red face when she was arguing with others, and she smiled helplessly and shook her head.

"At that time, Abeluna had almost mastered divination. Later, when she predicted your fate four hundred years later, many people laughed at her behind her back for not being good enough."

The smile on Cecilia's face disappeared, and she shrugged, "Maybe we should really show them how accurate Abeluna's divination is."

Demetra nodded in agreement.

"But in fact, several people, led by Ellar, believed in Abeluna's divination results in their hearts. I don't know why they never expressed their belief in this result."

Demetra could hear the thoughts of all species, and she knew this, and Cecilia was not surprised.

"I even think that this was the reason why Abeluna changed her mind and decided to go with them to find the black magician."

Cecilia agreed.

If Ellar said something like "We believe in your divination results, but in order to find Cecilia, we have to find a black magician to trade for 400 years of life", Abeluna might really change her mind and agree.

"Looking for a black magician is not a glorious act after all. The discussion and communication between them is only among a few of us. Those who are slightly outside the circle may not know about this matter."

Of course, just like in modern society, who would openly support a cult?

"Then, it was time for me to part with them. Before they left, I could sense that many of them were about to die. We were already going to separate, and I told them directly. They didn't get angry or furious when they heard it, but were calm instead, as if they knew they would die sooner than I did."

Cecilia looked a little solemn. After a while, she spoke, "They do know that they will not live long."

Demetra looked at Cecilia strangely, not understanding the reason.

"Elar and the black magician killed the leader of the mermaid tribe in the Mermaid Kingdom, and Elar cut up the body himself."