Chapter 373

373 Western City-state

Selma Payne’s POV:

Just as I expected, Sandora’s situation was extremely bad. Although her spiritual world wasn’t riddled with holes due to the corrosion of the demonic shards like Frank’s, she had also fallen into a dangerous situation that couldn’t be quickly resolved.

The evil power that was lingering in her spiritual world was still. Even so, their roots were deeply rooted in the vast forest in Sandora’s spiritual world. The river representing his mental state was almost dried up, and the surrounding towering trees were bare and struggling with their withered branches towards the sky. Their vitality was weak.

Without any resistance, devouring the evil power became very easy. I tried to use the black-gold moth to repair Sandora’s spiritual world, but it failed. It could only repair physical damage.

So when I told Chena City’s mayor the truth, the young father showed a happy and sad expression.

“At least she survived... ” Ignoring the presence of an outsider, the tears of Chena City’s mayor fell on the flowers wrapped in the gap of the coffin. “It’s good that she survived. It’s good that she survived. We can think of other ways.”

Ever since I entered Chena City, I had never seen the lady of this city. I thought there must be a reason for this. The lack of a mother’s role made Chena City’s mayor see his only daughter as a pearl in his palm.

Chena City’s mayor silently calmed his emotions for a while, then said to me, “Thank you for your selfless help, Your Highness. I don’t know how I can repay you for saving my life. I swear to the goddess of nature, Chena City will be your most sincere and loyal friend from today on. We will help you with anything you need!”

It was extremely precious to gain a friendship with the xenophobic elves. However, this excited father didn’t have the intention of having a long chat with me. Thus, I bade him and his sleeping daughter farewell.

Dorothy was tidying up today’s log. Seeing my return, she asked, “Where have you been?”

“Chena City’s mayor wanted to see me.” I didn’t hide what happened tonight. “I helped his daughter purify the evil power that had contaminated her body.”

“It’s true that I’ve heard Chena City’s mayor has a daughter. I was wondering why I didn’t see her today. How is she?”

“The situation is not good. The evil power has already caused damage to her spiritual world. This damage is irreversible, and I have no way to repair it. She’s still unconscious, and it’s hard to say if she’ll wake up in the future.”

“Huh?” Dorothy suddenly thought of something. “Just like how it was with Frank back then?”

I nodded and said, “There are indeed many similarities. However, Sandora’s condition is not as serious as that of Frank. At least her soul is still intact.”

I had already done my best for Sandora’s situation. As for what would happen next, it would depend on whether Chena City’s mayor could find a way to save his daughter.

We only stayed in Chena City for one night, and we had to continue our journey the following day.

Chena City’s mayor seemed to be in much better spirits than yesterday. He provided us with many portable supplies and even sent a team of guards to protect us. We accepted the supplies, but the guards were rejected.

I knew Chena City’s mayor had good intentions, but as a werewolf, I couldn’t get involved in any of the internal affairs of the elves. What was the point of swaggering through the city with a group of guards from the temporary Alliance?

Kaya looked back and forth between Chena City’s mayor and me. I was certain she could tell that there must be some secret between us that caused Chena City’s mayor to be so friendly toward me. However, she chose to remain silent and didn’t ask anything.

She had indeed changed a lot. At the very least, the impression she left on me had taken a 360-degree turn. It was as if the proud leader of the third patrol team that I knew had disappeared. All that was left behind was a tired and taciturn, strange elf.

Not all the city-states were as friendly to us as Chena City. Some were indifferent to us, and some even had ‘unwelcome’ written on their faces.

Many western city-states who were dissatisfied with the interim government didn’t care about the diplomatic documents issued by the interim government at all. Even if they had to receive me out of respect, they still had a strange attitude.

After all, traveling in the forest wasn’t as flat as traveling in the plains. If it wasn’t for the fact that we had to stop at a nearby city for our safety when night fell, I would have lain on a tree and fought for a bed with the monkeys. It was better than being bullied in someone else’s territory.

Finally, after leaving the western region, we entered the city-states scattered around the elven capital. This place was very close to the capital, and the attack’s impact was relatively serious. Many city-states were inhabited by elves who had run out of the capital city to take refuge. Both the nobles and the civilians were talking about the attack.

Here, the person responsible for receiving us would be changed from the mayor to the envoy sent by the interim government. This messenger had the same worried expression as Kaya and had an underlying melancholic aura.

The atmosphere in the capital must be very tense, which made me even more cautious.

It was already nighttime when we arrived at the city-state near the capital city, so we didn’t travel overnight. We waited until the next day to set off for the capital city.