Elena's golden-white shoe touched the ground, causing a small thud. Almost everyone did not understand what she was doing until the earthquake occurred.
*Tap*
*Rumble* *Rumble*
Elena stomped the ground once again, then used her magic to amplify the vibrations that took place to exert tremendous pressure on the earth.
The ravaged ground immediately became a solid, hard flat ground that was almost rock-like. The tremors of the earthquake spread up to four kilometers as the epicenter. However, the effects continued to spread hundreds of kilometers away.
Elena stomped the ground several times to make sure no living thing could survive down there within a radius of two kilometers and a depth as far as the eye could see.
"Goddess, please have mercy!"
"Goddess, please have mercy!"
The dwarves begged for mercy, and some even prostrated on the ground. They thought the Goddess would destroy a continent just because of annoyance.
Nevertheless, some still continued their words of praise. Nuraddir was the most enthusiastic among the three Dwarven Emperors.
"Illustrious Goddess praised be your name, self-satisfaction and arrogance took hold of us in a moment of weakness. We were stupid. We passed judgment where it wasn't our right to do so. Forgive us for our mistakes. Please bring your divine light to our darkened soul. Cast your judgment so we may spread your glory to others!"
The corner of Elena's lips twitched at that exaggerated exclamation. But, she ignored those dwarves nonetheless. 'Looks like the thousand rotations per minute earlier made them change their attitude 180 degrees.'
'Well... At least, those dwarves aren't that arrogant anymore. We can use their advanced technology to fight the accursed monsters. We just need to give them a few tips and tricks on how to deal with accursed monsters.' Elysia commented positively despite the generally negative situation.
'Yeah, I'll share these three camps a little bit of information before sending them off. All right, Ely, the curse energies are coming to us. Please help me burn it to nothingness.' Elena made herself float one meter off the ground, just in case. After all, the ground on which she stood was cursed land full of negative energies.
'En, leave it to me.' Elysia prepared herself to deal with the incoming curse energies.
A moment later, numerous black energy shot out of the ground and hurtled toward Elena.
The clueless third parties could see that the Goddess of Light was attacked by several dangerous pitch-black veils of mist that came right after the earthquake had stopped.
However, those evil energies were instantly extinguished before they could even touch the divine. The divine light protected the divine. None of those black mist could get any closer.
"What kind of black mist is that? I feel nothing good about it."
"Why did those evil energies shot from the ground and immediately attacked the Goddess of Light? What happened in this place?"
Hearing the murmurs of the nearby Elven Empress and Elven Emperor, Ashera brought up the conclusion of her decision. "Let's take a look at this incident first. We will ask her divine self later. We don't know anything about what happened to the Tree of Life. Something that is beyond our imagination has happened."
On the other side, the fairies also came up with their speculations. The dwarves were no different either.
Nevertheless, they had one thing in common. Elves, fairies, and dwarves presumed that the Goddess of Light was involved since the Tree of Life fell apart and disappeared... Something about the Goddess of Life's sufferings?
'That's the last wave, Ely. Now, we just need to shed some light on these ignorants, and we can escape to a safe and comfortable place to rest!' Elena breathed a sigh of relief.
'En, even those brittle roots have crumbled out of shape. Eh?' Elysia glanced further down. She could only see the dead ground with no sign of life in as far as her eyes could see.
But, an odd occurrence made her dumbfounded. There was a crushed accursed monster, recovering rapidly like a liquid that had formed into a whole existence.
Furthermore, that accursed monster immediately shot to the surface as a black liquid slime!
'Sister Elena, please don't feel relieved just yet. There's an accursed slime monster coming to the surface!' Elysia exclaimed urgently.
"Huh?" Elena peered into the ground right away.
A black slime was already so close to the surface. It passed through the rock-like soil with ease. The ground that was traversed instantly melted into the mud.
*Fwoosh*
The giant black slime jumped out from the ground. It immediately focused its full attention on the Golden Divine Goddess and shouted out loud in the cryptic ancient language. "Lowly creature God!"
"Perish." Elena flew back a few meters and cast her magic to create several explosive shock waves around the slime.
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Several small notifications popped out in the corner of their vision. Still, Elena and Elysia ignored them as if they didn't care.
Truth be told, they often ignored those small notifications that appear automatically every time they lose EP, HP, or LE.
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
Critical hit. It was super effective. The slime took tremendous physical damages. It instantly became tiny pieces of liquid and scattered on the ground.
"Hmf, brainless, disgusting mucus. God is for men, whereas I am a lady." Elena retorted with a subtle snort.
At that moment, the scattered black liquid instantaneously moved back to form a single giant slime existence like before. It once again jumped to get close to its enemy. "Mucus!? You-"
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Unfortunately, Elena released several more shockwaves to destroy the slime without the slightest intention of listening to the slime's angry shout.
"You-" *Boom!*
"Can't-" *Boom!*
"How da-" *Boom!*
"This ma-" *Boom!*
*Splat*
The slime reconstructed itself several times, but Elena mercilessly skipped each slime's cry with shockwave explosions. She didn't give the slime any chance to finish one complete sentence.
At this moment, Elena and Elysia were merely staring passively at the puddle of black slime moving into one entity once again. However, it was so slow this time, unlike the previous ones that were so instantaneous.
'Is this nasty thing really immune to physical attacks too? Then, how do we destroy this disgusting mucus?' Elena thought for a moment to find a suitable solution.
'Continuously destroying it with physical attacks? Look, that slime is moving so slowly now. It's our first time facing a monster that keeps coming back to life. Still, I'm sure its regeneration ability keeps dropping every time its body is destroyed. What do you think, Sister Elena?' Elysia made a suggestion and pointed out the obvious.
'Absolutely brilliant idea, Ely. Let's do that. We can also destroy this cursed land with a meteor at the same time!' Elena's mind was enlightened in an instant. She raised her hand as she looked up to reach a space rock outside the planet's atmosphere.
'Wait, wait! We need to secure Nell, Vanessa and the others first! Take them with us. We also need to warn those elves, fairies and dwarves to stay away from here.' Elysia immediately prevented Elena from doing that.
'Ah, you are right, Ely. Let's do that after we destroy this slime once again with a few bigger shockwaves.' Elena lowered her hand, then she and Elysia waited for the slime to become whole again.
At that opportunity, Elena tried to check the slime's status screen. She and Elysia forgot to do that before.
'This disgusting black mucus is actually a phantom snot? Hahaha... What kind of rotten name is this?' Elena covered her mouth. She almost laughed out loud with her voice.
'En, let's check this monster's status when it is destroyed and regenerates. This Slime Emperor doesn't even have a weakness or anything...' Elysia muttered helplessly. Nevertheless, they needed to do a trial run to make sure their guess.
'That's a lump of snot, Ely. Black Snot Emperor, to be precise, hehe... This is our first Emperor-level accursed monster.' Elena chuckled in her mind to correct Elysia's statement.
When the black slime returned to normal, it did not immediately attack its enemy like the previous attempts. It didn't move but just screamed in annoyance. "You presumptuous lowly creature Goddess! How dare you to destroy me before I finish my words!"
'Kaboom?' Elena lowered her hand from her mouth, getting ready for ka-doom. She didn't even want to listen to the slime's angry shout. After all, that slime had previously tried to attack her.
Elena just grinned at the talking slime, then snapped her fingers. The slime froze for a moment in confusion, but several large shockwaves exploded right after.
*Kaboom* *Kaboom* *Kaboom*
The Emperor-level accursed monster once again shattered into tiny liquid and scattered.
Elena and Elysia saw that the slime's EP had indeed decreased significantly. The slime's movements also became slower than the previous one.
'Let's summon a meteoroid. One meteor to settle this mess.' Elena raised her hand. She had locked a space rock target to become the finisher.
'En, let's summon it. Please don't forget to warn everyone first.' Elysia didn't forget to remind Elena.
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Elena immediately pulled the meteoroid from outer space with strong gravity magic. Then, she flew to Nell's group and took them with her.
'Elena, are you Elena or Elysia? Is your current form actually your Goddess form? You look fabulous and excellent with that wings and halo. What's with that black slime monster? It continuously regenerates? Where are we going, nee?' Nell threw out a barrage of questions telepathically.
She and the others were still inside the bubble-like barrier. They were taken to fly beside Elena without knowing what happened.
However, Nell felt something was approaching from above. Her eyes widened because she saw a big blue star heading toward them!