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"But there are still some regrets. Perhaps I should have stood at the very top and firmly remembered the scenery of the entire city of Herod. Perhaps I shouldn't have missed the exciting parts in the middle. Perhaps I should have gone earlier to prepare souvenirs for the tourists..."

"The way you're saying it makes it sound like regret is what makes memories beautiful?"

Latis chuckled and pinched the half-elf's cheek, saying:

"I must remember more than just these things back then, right? Regretful things can't be undone, but beautiful things can still be recreated with effort."

“Hmm…” Ateliers rubbed her cheek against Latis’s large hand, thought for a moment, and said:

"I remember the last skit that was performed was called 'Miludo's Starry Sea.' By then, most of the people had already left. I really liked that performance..."

boom!

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt herself being thrown into the air, shaken violently for a moment, before regaining her senses. Grabbing at whatever was beside her, she cried out in alarm:

"Big...Big brother?"

"I'm here, little elf."

Latis’s deep voice came from beside her, and she quickly turned her head to look, then her eyes widened in surprise.

The giant Titan, who had just used the "Heaven and Earth Transformation" technique, was adjusting his leaf bikini and grass skirt. When he saw her looking over, he leisurely gave her a thumbs up and grinned.

"Cough cough!"

Latis cleared his throat loudly, then raised his hands, looked around, waved them at the inhabitants throughout Lundia, and shouted:

"All eyes are on me, I have something to announce!"

"What the hell is this?" Such grumbling echoed from inside and outside the city. Latis laughed heartily, ignoring the comments, and turned directly to Ateliers, raising his hand and singing passionately:

"Oh Miludo, thank you for your love..."

"My older brother's singing is awful too..."

Amidst the booming Titan song, the half-elf rubbed her forehead in exasperation. Her ears twitched slightly, then, after a moment of swaying, straightened up with pleasure.

"But I like it so much."

Past memories, like a stack of yellowed pages, began to swirl in Atelier's mind. It was because these beautiful things had existed that she cherished the people in front of her even more and remembered everything in the present moment more carefully.

Ding……

After an unknown amount of time, the bells of Lundia suddenly rang. Of course, this bell rang because some restaurants like to use countdowns to attract customers to buy food or some shops that deliberately hold clearance sales. However, it still reminded Latis and Artemis that a new moment had arrived.

"Big brother?"

Ateliers smiled gently as she landed on Latis, who had stopped wailing, stroked his massive head, kissed his cheek, and said:

"Thank you for your company... my Latis."

"Of course, I love you too."

Latis laughed heartily and, in his booming voice, made a casual confession in front of everyone. He was about to release "Heaven and Earth" and return to his room with Atelier to complete the mission that this costume was supposed to fulfill when he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned to look at the crowds watching him on the streets of the inner and outer city.

The crowd was completely bewildered; the performance of the giant titan was so abstract that it felt like their minds had been subjected to a violent storm.

“Ate?” Latis couldn’t help but bar his teeth and exclaim.

"Big brother, I'm here!"

He and Ateliers exchanged a glance, then laughed, cupped their hands in a gesture of respect to all the inhabitants of Lundia, and then shouted:

"Happy New Year!"

Chapter 282 Elf Side Quest 11: Return to Dragonhorn Lord's Mansion

"Have you heard? Uroda's son is coming back!"

"Damn, so fast? Damn it, life without the lord was so pleasant..."

"Who says otherwise... Sigh, if I weren't so old, I'd pack up my things and go participate in the apprenticeship program. I can't stand staying in this Dragon Horn Territory anymore!"

"You still have belongings?"

"..."

"Why don't you speak?"

"It's nothing, I just felt your words were too sharp... Sigh, if only I had remembered to go to the lord's manor to stock up when Uroda first died..."

"You know what, I actually went... Although I didn't find anything valuable, I had a backup plan, you see..."

"Holy crap! What the hell is this?"

"My lord's hand, I dug it out of Uroda's sauce and specially asked a mage to make it into a back scratcher for me. When he heard it was Uroda's hand, he even waived the labor fee... Here, let me scratch it for you."

"Gaia! What are you doing with the potion? Don't touch me... Hmm? It feels kind of good..."

"Right, right..."

……

Artemis peeked out from the shadows of the alley, glanced at the two drunkards who had just walked by with their beer in their hands, and couldn't help but twitch her ears.

"What is that...?"

She muttered something to herself, tightened her hood, and looked at Jinnang City under the night sky, her expression gradually becoming calm.

Although this city led her to Latis, it was merely a fortunate event born from countless evils. Here, misfortune and oppression were the main themes. Therefore, even though this was where her lover's relationship began, she had no fondness or expectations for this place.

Although some of the Dragonhorn Lord's former subordinates are still acting as administrators in Golden City, it seems that no substantial new order has yet been established...

Recalling the chaotic scenes she had witnessed after infiltrating the City of Gold, Artemis pondered for a moment and nodded silently.

"It seems that Golden Nugget City is now basically unguarded, which makes it easier for me to investigate."

With a surge of magic, numerous climbing plants with suckers sprouted from her body, silently carrying her up the building. Then, with a graceful flip, she lay on the high rooftop and took out the Mage Guild's quest scroll from her pocket.

"No need to scout elsewhere, just head straight to the mission location."

With that thought in mind, Artemis rubbed her hands together and opened the scroll. She lowered her head and, in the dim moonlight, reread the quest description.

"Mission Objective: Investigate the ritual magic traces in Golden City, the capital of Dragonhorn Lords."

Difficulty Assessment: Five Rings

"Mission Description: While investigating the cause of death of Lord Uroda of Dragonhorn, guild members discovered traces of 'Wood Tiger Oil,' a ritual magic material, spilled in a training ground in the backyard of the Lord's Mansion in Golden Bag City. Since this involved ritual magic, exceeding the capabilities of this member as a mid-level mage, it was merely recorded and not investigated further."

She stroked her chin. Uroda's death was directly related to her and Latis, and the lord's mansion was where they had taken the teleportation array.

Although Arterifus saw information about the offerings in Uroda's secret letter at the time, she didn't investigate further due to the urgency of the situation. Only now, in retrospect, does she realize that it might have been materials for ritual magic.

"But the list of offerings also seems to include the name of the Dragon Horn Lord's own son. What's going on? ...Never mind, I'll think about that when we get there..."

She took a breath, looked up, and locked onto a circling "Dragon Horned Vulture" in the night. Then, with a flash of her eyes, she activated "Dominate Beast".

Flutter, flutter, flutter…

The vulture paused for a moment, flapped its broad wings and circled twice, then revealed an intelligent look. It spread its wings and glided over the rows of houses in Jin Nang City. When it passed a rooftop, its body suddenly dipped slightly. It didn't seem to care and flapped its wings twice before continuing to fly towards the tallest building in the city, the Lord's Mansion.

Artemis, still invisibility, gripped the vulture's claws with one hand, squinting in the cold night wind as a chilling atmosphere began to settle over her.

"I've heard that in the elven realm where the Mother Tree and Mother Goddess returned, there exists a subspecies of elves called 'Druids,' who possess the ability to transform directly into various wild beasts. Their combat power is far greater than that of ordinary elves..."

She shook her head slightly and smiled.

"However, even if I am just an ordinary half-elf, I can still become fiercely independent for the sake of my beloved."

Artemis bit her glove, pulling her slender hands out of it one after the other. A surge of magic power coursed through her body, and the grimoire at her waist suddenly began to flip.

As the pages of the book froze on the word "Transformation Technique," her fingers suddenly extended, and her fingertips gradually became sharp and hard—this was the effect of the "Natural Weapon" in the "Transformation Technique."

[Second-Circle Spell - Metamorphosis: Change your form and choose one effect from the list to buff yourself. Effects: "Aquatic Adaptation", "Appearance Change", "Natural Weapon".]

"Duh—ga! Cluck cluck cluck..."

Suddenly, the vulture overhead cried out, and Artemis snapped out of her daze, realizing she was already close to the dark and desolate lord's manor.

The enormous mansion, nearly twenty meters high, stood somberly in the darkness. A desolate void remained where the red dragon had previously crushed it, and from a distance, one could almost see traces of Urodar sauce.

After being purchased for free by commoners, the lord's mansion looked empty. The night wind blew in through the holes in the roof, seemingly passing through the hall without any obstruction, making a strange, mournful sound like a flute.

Artemis's gaze followed the roof ridge, and she saw a huge gaping hole at the end of the mansion. It was a horrific sight caused by the collapse of the teleportation array by the red dragon, which had also caused the entire corridor to fall to the ground floor, leaving only ruins.

Like a demon lord descended from heaven, truly a tyrant on earth, this Serfa...

The half-elf couldn't help but complain a bit about the silly dragon at home when she was thrown out of the teleportation space. She sighed, put aside these chaotic thoughts, and looked at the shadowy crowd in the backyard of the lord's mansion.

Yes, she had noticed it just now. Although the lord's manor was not protected or repaired, it was still heavily guarded. Clearly, the lord who was rumored to be acting as the administrator had not given up on this area.

Are they still continuing that ritual?

Artemis narrowed her eyes, took a deep breath, and released her grip on the vulture's claws, landing silently.

"Giggle... Wow!"

Two or three vultures that were perched side by side on the roof were startled and flew away, but this did not cause any ripples in the dark flock of vultures.

The half-elf, entirely black, tightly bound his hooded coat to his body with thin vines, his sharp fingers pressed against the roof ridge, and he sat like a black cat among a flock of vultures, casting "Animal Conversation" with a flick of his magic.

The vulture's shrill cries gradually turned into a muffled, sharp conversation. Ateliers glanced around, her ears twitching slightly.

"I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry!"

"Where's the food?"

"I've smelled blood for a long time."

"How did the lunch I was thrown out at noon get stolen?"

"They made a mistake; it seems they read the experiment in the wrong order."

"Damn, how can humans be so evil..."

"Forget it, I'll go pick up trash to eat."

"Baldy, who's that cat next to you?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm just naturally outgoing."

"Keep an eye on her, don't let her snatch the food that's already been prepared."

"I hit a cat, really?"

"Will win..."