The next day, Ellie had planned to divide the elves into two groups: one group to be taken to invade the Elf Kingdom's Capital, and the other as hostages.
Originally, Ellie didn't want such trouble, but to make Tilly obedient, she had no choice but to do so.
Although she had scared her with Despair Aura yesterday, who knew if that fellow would stab her in the back at a critical moment?
However, when Ellie proposed that they split into two groups, one group would be led by Tilly to guide her, and the other would be led by Bell to leave the camp first and find a safe place for them.
After all, Bell could use teleportation magic, which was more convenient. Invading the Elf Kingdom didn't require so many people; too many people would only get in the way. Besides, Ellie didn't want to involve too many people.
Naturally! This was Ellie's superficial explanation; her actual intention was for the group Bell led to become hostages, simply to make Tilly behave.
So Ellie suggested that Ti Du lead Bell's group. The Elf King only wanted Tilly, after all. However, Tilly had no objection to this suggestion; it seemed she didn't want Ti Du to have another accident, did she?
But Ti Du strongly objected, insisting on coming along and not letting Tilly bear the risks alone.
Well! Since Ti Du was so eager to go along to her doom—no, to face danger together—Ellie could only reluctantly agree.
Thus, Ellie's group only had Tilly and Ti Du accompanying her. All other followers went with Bell. Although those followers were indeed very uneasy, after recalling Ellie's terrifyingly powerful skill from yesterday, none of them dared to voice any objections.
Since Ellie's Despair Aura from yesterday was mentioned, let's talk about the aftermath of yesterday!
Yesterday, Ellie only activated Despair Aura for a short time, and many soldiers in the Slane Theocracy's camp directly lost their combat ability. Now, the camp was in utter chaos.
Although there was no mist within the camp, treating the many soldiers who had lost confidence due to Ellie's Despair Aura would take a considerable amount of time.
Furthermore, Ellie had warned Shu'enbeimu not to interfere with her affairs, so Ellie swaggered out with Tilly and Ti Du, and no one dared to say anything. This could be considered a lucky coincidence!
After pretending to escort the elves out of the Slane Theocracy's camp, as previously agreed, Bell took the other elves and teleported to another location to await rendezvous.
Bell wasn't entirely willing to such an arrangement, but since it was Ellie's command, there was nothing she could do but comply. However, Bell said she would return to the camp immediately after settling the elves.
However, according to Ellie's calculations, Bell had not set up any teleportation pads nearby (as Bell herself stated), so long-distance teleportation might consume all her MP in one go. Even if it was to the nearest teleportation pad, several round trips would likely take several days, which would be enough time for Ellie to flatten the Elf Kingdom multiple times over.
Ellie had originally wanted to bring Sticky Rice Cake, as its deterrent power was immense. However, the vacuum zone above the mist was not conducive to flying.
Although Ellie felt nothing from the vacuum zone, these two elves couldn't handle it. Flying too low could easily lead to an ambush.
Although Ellie thought Sticky Rice Cake was at least a level 60 dragon, right? Even if it were ambushed, it wouldn't suffer any harm.
However, remembering how Tilly had previously used forest fairies to monitor her without her knowledge, it was possible the Elf Kingdom had some special things they hadn't revealed yet, so it was better to be cautious.
So Ellie decided to leave Sticky Rice Cake on standby in the Slane Theocracy's camp. Anyway, now that it was contracted, like Little Black and Little White, Ellie could summon them to her side at any time.
So, where they were placed made little difference. Oh! On a side note, Ellie's Little Black and Little White had been undergoing training under Aura since returning from the Empire.
Ah no! They were in training. After all, as pets of the Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom's princess, they naturally needed to be distinguished from ordinary Soul Eaters.
So, Little Black and Little White were personally taken by Aura for training. It's likely Sticky Rice Cake will suffer the same fate in the future. However, at this point in time, Aura should be accompanying Ainz Papa to play with the dwarves, right?
Thus, they could only choose to travel on foot. However, according to Ti Du, the Elf Kingdom's Capital, New Moon City, was actually nearby. Due to the presence of the mist and the protection of a barrier, people who didn't know the correct entry method simply couldn't approach it.
Even if one tried to force their way in, they would merely circle around nearby. This was quite an interesting barrier!
The effect was quite similar in nature to the World-Class Item - Shan He She Ji Tu owned by Nazarick, but the effect was much weaker.
After all, the Elf Kingdom couldn't possibly possess a World-Class Item, could it? It should be the effect of some divine-grade or lower-grade item, right?
Natives shouldn't have the magic power to maintain a barrier that covers an entire city. If it's truly an item's effect, Ellie would certainly want to get her hands on it. After all, she is Ainz Papa's daughter! It's understandable to have the same collecting Hobbies as him, right?
However, not long after leaving the camp, Ti Du became alert and reminded Ellie and Tilly to always be careful. They had already entered the patrol range of the Elf Kingdom's guerrilla forces, which surprised Ellie.
It's that close? At Ellie's casual walking speed, she had only walked for less than half an hour and had already entered the combat zone?
What has the Slane Theocracy been doing all these years? Are they that incompetent? Are you truly sincere about avenging Zesshi Zetsumei?
Since they built such a large front-line base outside the combat zone, why didn't they push the front line further forward? Since Ti Du said the Capital was nearby, even with a barrier protecting it, wouldn't a human wave attack be enough to break through?
Speaking of which, yesterday she seemed to have encountered Tilly and the Elf King's subordinates fighting nearby. It seems they hadn't fled too far at that time.
If she hadn't intervened, Tilly would probably have suffered a terrible fate by now. For this alone, that fellow should thank her properly.
Ellie didn't take Ti Du's words seriously. While thinking about how to deal with the Elf King after invading the Elf Kingdom's Capital, the only information she had was that he was a pervert; everything else was unknown.
After all... that fellow was capable of luring away someone the Theocracy considered a precious divine being from their hands, so he shouldn't be an easy opponent.
She had to be careful. This wasn't fighting wits with thin air! This is called caution! Do you understand caution?
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