Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest
chapter-164

BOOOM!

"UWAAAH! What the hell is happening with that damn crazy fairy?!" Rita cried, as we began falling down off the treetop and into the ground below.

BAAAM!

Crash!

Crash!

Crash!

Three barriers broke in an instant, the force we were sent into the ground would had surely killed us if we landed without protecting. I could had used whirlwind as well, maybe, but the darkness was too strong and it didn't allowed me to bring the spirits out. This darkness seem to scare them off, in fact.

I quickly turned off the barriers as I looked at my friends, Rita and Titan were fine, but Nieve was hit by the darkness directly before I was able to bring her to my barrier, and she was gasping for air while the darkness was spreading into her body, like a black tattoo over her skin!

"Uwah, Nieve!" I cried, quickly thinking, and taking out a potion.

If this is Miasma as I presume, then the potion that healed the squirrel-kin might mitigate the effects or even heal them before it spreads further! I forced Nieve to drink the bottle of potion until she swallowed it all, once more resting her head into my arms, she gasped for air, but the darkness was actually slowly fading away from her body!

After I showered her with healing spells, she finally regained her consciousness, looking back at me. A minute has passed since the house was destroyed though, but Florie continued unleashing darkness, is she just not able to control this power?

"Hahh… W-What happened? Ugh…" Nieve groaned. There was no more miasma in her body, thankfully. It seems that this wasn't as severe as the curse some people in here has. Or maybe if its healed prematurely, it won't advance into a deadly curse.

"Florie went insane!" Said Achlys. "She's still up there, what is she planning?!"

"We have to go there and stop her! It wouldn't be good if we let all the NPC die because of her. These people are still… alive to me, we can't just sit down and let her have her way." Titan said.

"I think the same, we have to knock her down at least!" I said.

"Florie… She was different… She changed… Just what… what happened to her?" Nieve asked to me, feeling heartbroken.

"For now rest here, I don't know what happened to her but I presume somebody else possessed her. We'll ask her more questions when we knock her down though!" I said bravely, standing up. "Spiritual Shield! Spiritual Shield! Spiritual Shield!"

I conjured Spiritual Shield once more in all four of us, while my Tamed Monsters and Summons seemed to share mine without the necessity of having to receive one for each, which was convenient, though it meant even more MP usage, my MP was already down before and I had to quickly drink an MP Potion inside my Inventory.

"Damn it… DAMN IT! FLORIEEE!"

Nieve desperately flew up, ignoring my words and suddenly flying all the way back home. She was being driven by her emotions and the frustration of having been betrayed by the one she trusted the most! …Most likely.

"Wait, NIEVE!" I cried. "We can't fly like you!" I sighed.

"Use Spiritual Leap, Planta!" Said Titan. "Afterwards I'll use my roots to wrap around the tree so we can get ourselves up high, trust me!"

Titan actually had a better ability with his body than me in terms of root and branch creation, perhaps due to being an Ent who are even more like literal walking trees than a Dryad, he was able to produce even more wood out of his body.

"A-Alright then! Dragon Vein Detection…! Wind Spirits, please help me out!"

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

The wondrous dragon veins revealed themselves to me, as several green-colored ones activated, glowing with bright light, several little clouds appeared, alongside a big and furious one! Jackpot, I got one of the strongest of the three I can summon!

"Spiritual! Whirlwind!"

FLAAASH!

I grabbed everybody by making Loki wrap herself around them and then, we jumped off out of the ground, directly chasing Nieve that was in front of us. Her Magic Rapier was infused by her Ice Element, suddenly unleashing a storm of freezing winds and small icicle spears that hit the remains of her house, freezing through the tree's bark as well!

CLAAASH!

"Big sis! Why are you hitting your little sister, huh?"

However, despite the power of her ice, the darkness blocked it with ease, as several dark tentacles began to emerge from the black cloud, shaping themselves into furious phantasmal snakes! What the heck?!

"Give me back my sister! You're not Florie!" Nieve roared angrily.

"How can you say that to me, big sis? Pff… hahahaha! I'll fill this entire city with darkness now that I've found out… this body shall be discarded! It has long ago accomplished its goals!" Laughed Florie, her selfish and maddening voice laughed off Nieve, as if completely changing who she truly was.

Indeed, there was somebody else taking over her!

Ding!

[Act IV] of the Event Quest has been completed]

[Moving towards [Act V]: [Defeat the Culprit!]

[Now that Florie has been revealed to be the culprit behind the Golem Sabotage and the Spreading of the Curse, you must defeat her! Something else has now possessed her body, showcasing their true intentions of bringing darkness to the city of fairies. Florie has become a Mid-Boss now of Level 25! Can you defeat her before she destroys the entire city with her darkness, and spreads the Curse to every citizen? Based in your actions and how you manage to "defeat" her, different scenarios will open and the story will branch]

Huh?! What is this?! Are you asking me to kill Florie now?! No way! I am going to defeat her in my own way… If possible, we'll take all that darkness she got, and free her from whatever is possesing her.

After all, Rita, a master of darkness absorption is with us!