The moment the Elf King distanced himself, Ellie immediately used Holy Healing on herself. All she needed was to break free from the controlled state for an instant!
"THE WORLD!" Having gained a momentary release, Ellie immediately followed up with Self-Time Acceleration, stopping time.
In the frozen world, Ellie tried to make eye contact with the frozen Elf King, but she wasn't controlled again. It was probably because after the control state was lifted, he needed to issue a command again to control someone!
This made things easier. Now that she knew the greatest weakness of his technique, the simplest way was to 'just blind him.'
And so... in this frozen world, Ellie generated two Ice Cones in her hands and aimed them directly at the Elf King's eyes, then threw them.
Naturally... in a frozen world, one cannot directly attack anyone, but one can prepare like this in advance. However, in this state, the power of the Ice Cones thrown with her brute strength was much weaker.
The pressure on her body was already immense under Self-Time Acceleration, but this was fine. After all, if she had used full power, let alone his eyes, the Elf King's head would probably have been blown apart.
Ellie's goal was to keep this guy alive. Although she could kill him and then package the corpse to revive later, her resurrection short staff was reserved for the unlucky Tilly. This item had a one-week cooldown. Would a corpse not rot after being left for a week?
Freezing it would be possible, but it was too much hassle. And as punishment for that pervert daring to touch her shoulder with his dirty hands, he had to suffer more.
After throwing the Ice Cones, Ellie deactivated Self-Time Acceleration. She then saw the two Ice Cones, which had been suspended in mid-air, instantly gain kinetic energy and fly straight towards the Elf King's eyes.
Facing the sudden attack, the Elf King indeed had some tricks up his sleeve. He once again generated vines to block the two Ice Cones. However, those weren't Tilly's magic arrows. The two Ice Cones directly pierced through the vines. The quick-reacting Elf King could only cover his eyes with his hands, and the two Ice Cones ruthlessly plunged into his arms.
"Tsk! It seems the title of Thirteen Heroes isn't for show; he still has some skill." Ellie was a bit displeased that her attack didn't achieve the desired effect.
"Look at me! Clementine!" The Elf King, enraged, moved his injured arm away and glared at Ellie, shouting.
"I'm looking!" Ellie replied in a playful tone. However, when Ellie saw the Elf King block her thrown Ice Cones with his arm, she had already pulled up the hood of her cloak and put it on, pulling the brim very low, directly covering her eyes. As long as she didn't make eye contact with the Elf King, it would be fine.
"As expected of her bloodline, to be able to break my Mind Control technique, hahaha! This is delightful! In that case, we'll just have to do this the hard way!" The Elf King said, looking very pleased when he saw Ellie covering her eyes.
"Oh ho! You never started soft, did you? But it doesn't matter. Feel free to use whatever moves you have." Ellie was naturally not afraid of him. Although he was one of the Thirteen Heroes, his tricks had already been deciphered by her. If it came down to pure strength, she had no reason to lose to him.
"Lady Clementine? You? Are you alright?" At this moment, Ti Du's voice came from outside the door. Ti Du was still hiding outside, not daring to show her face. It seemed she hadn't peeked at what was happening inside, otherwise, if she had seen Tilly frozen into an ice sculpture, she should have reacted somehow.
"Of course I'm fine. You stay put outside. I'll deal with this pervert first, then I'll deal with you!" Ellie said, a bit unhappily. Ti Du's abnormal behavior earlier had already made Ellie suspicious of her, but now the main target was the Elf King.
"You still want to deal with me? Not bad! Although you have her bloodline, however... a degraded version of you, can you defeat me without looking at me?" The Elf King said. Indeed, fighting the Elf King without looking at him, lest she be controlled again, would be difficult for a normal person. But was Ellie a normal person?
"No need, I can play with you and kill you without even looking at you, you large piece of trash!" Originally, she only needed to know his location. Why would she need to look at him? She had plenty of ways to torment him.
"Heh heh! Then take this! Vine Summon..." The Elf King immediately summoned countless vines around Ellie. Those vines, like tentacles, burst out of the ice and wrapped around Ellie.
Such a childish trick couldn't possibly affect Ellie. Ellie generated a greatsword made of ice in her hand and sliced through the vines around her with a single swing.
But in that very instant, Ellie saw that the Elf King had, at some point, opened a large hole in the wooden wall of his bedroom, and he was about to escape through that hole.
Tsk! When her vision was blocked by her hood, had this scoundrel already decided to run away? He even used a bluff! How could she let him escape! However, the severed vines regenerated and surged towards Ellie again. If she were held back by these things, that scoundrel would truly escape!
"How could I let you, a piece of trash, escape! Stop right there!" In her haste, Ellie directly activated the Ruling Spell.
Ellie hadn't really held much hope. The Ruling Spell was ineffective against targets of slightly higher levels. She didn't know the Elf King's exact level, and he was a king, after all. He should also have some kind of accessory to resist mental magic, similar to the Blood Emperor, right?
However... he didn't. The Elf King remained frozen in place, motionless, in the posture of wanting to step out of that large hole.
"Damn it... You, you actually know this trick too! As expected of her bloodline." The Elf King said, maintaining that strange posture.
Ellie unhurriedly cut down the vines again, then revealed a very wicked smile.
Since the Elf King was now facing away from her, Ellie naturally wasn't worried about his mind control skill. So, the Elf King actually fell for the Ruling Spell, which meant his level wasn't too high after all, hm! In that case, she could take her revenge on this scoundrel however she pleased.
But before that, there was one more thing to do, and that was:
"Ti Du, it's alright... The Elf King has been controlled by me, you can come in now." Ellie looked outside the door and said to Ti Du.
"That's truly great... If that's the case, I'll go inform Pan and the others to come over first..." Ti Du seemed to have heard something in Ellie's slightly angry tone and wanted to slip away directly.
"Get in here obediently!" Ellie directly activated the Ruling Spell. Ti Du obediently walked in. Her Ruling Spell was completely different from the Elf King's inferior version. It could be activated on targets nearby, without the restriction of needing to make eye contact.
"Ah! Tilly!!" Ti Du, upon entering the room, naturally saw Tilly in that state, tied up by vines and frozen into an ice sculpture.
"Speak, what exactly are you planning! Otherwise, I'll turn you into Tilly as well!" Ellie said, glaring at Ti Du with great displeasure.
Ti Du was part of what Ellie felt was amiss earlier. Ti Du's consistently strange behavior since arriving here made Ellie suspect her of having ill intentions, making it seem as if she deliberately arranged for Ellie to meet the Elf King. Could Ti Du be in league with the Elf King?
"..." Seeing Ti Du remain silent, but instead glare at Ellie with an angry expression, it seemed to be about Tilly. In that case, she shouldn't be in league with the Elf King. And she remembered that when she first met Tilly, didn't Ti Du take a sword blow for Tilly and was gravely wounded, almost dying? If they were in league, there would be no need to go to such lengths, right? How strange.
"Don't worry, even if she's completely dead, I can revive her. The condition is that your answer satisfies me." Ellie said to Ti Du. There were indeed too many things she didn't understand, and Ellie didn't like this feeling of being kept in the dark and used.
"..." Ti Du put away her angry expression and instead looked at Tilly with great guilt, then glanced at the frozen Elf King.
"Alright! I'll tell you everything, but you must save Tilly!"
"Of course!" Ellie immediately agreed. Even if Ti Du hadn't asked her, she would have revived Tilly anyway. After all, when she was controlled by the Elf King earlier, Tilly had indeed tried to help her. Based on that alone, Ellie had no reason to refuse to revive her.
"Actually, my real name is Ti Du Dora..." Ti Du hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
Hmm? The surname Dora, she felt like she had heard it somewhere before? It seemed like someone had mentioned it these past few days? Ellie thought back carefully, but she just couldn't recall.
"When did that old geezer get a bastard like you?" The Elf King said something quite offensive at this moment. It seemed the Elf King knew Ti Du's surname... Hmm? Ah! Right! Isn't this the same surname as Tilly? They really are involved, right. Ellie finally remembered.
"I am the true granddaughter of Gufta Dora!" Ti Du shouted at the Elf King with great resentment.
Then Ti Du and Tilly weren't biological sisters? Why would one be a young lady and the other a maid? Could it be that their elves have some tradition where only one can inherit the family business, and the other must become a servant?
"Then you and Tilly are biological sisters, right? Why are you a servant?" Ellie asked the question in her heart.
"Yes, Tilly and I are indeed sisters, but..." Ti Du once again glared at the Elf King with a deeply resentful look.
"It's just that my father was Enzo Dora, the former captain of the Forest Elf Kingdom's Royal Guard, and Tilly's father is..." Ti Du didn't finish her sentence, but instead glanced at the Elf King.
Uh... At this point, Ellie seemed to understand something. This sin-ridden Elf King!
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