Chapter 1462: At Each other’s Throat
Mathilde looked serious, but Arad wasn’t a fool to take her words for granted. He knows that she fought Sylph in the past and won multiple times, but that is only while Sylph doesn’t consciously pull the plug. All angels lived and thrived on the divine magic given to them by their god, and Mathilde wasn’t any different. If Sylph stopped feeding her, she’ll fall like a witch’s broom that ran out of mana.
So while Mathilde is objectively as powerful as Sylph when she goes all out, she also can’t defeat her in a death battle.
This means that Arad only has himself and Kali to count on. He has many powerful wives and allies, but besides his brother, most of them can’t stand face to face with a higher god.
Thinking about it, Arad wondered which side Kayden would take if he started a battle with Sylph. If Kali sided with Arad, Kayden most likely would join her, and he is known as the God Slayer.
Arad sighed, "How long do we have until we reach the top of the tree?"
"Not that much. We should be there in a day or two, if we don’t run into anything that stalls us." Mathilde looked around at the maids and vampires, and her eyes quickly shifted back to Cerilla and the others. "What could stall us, them probably."
Cerilla smiled, "You think I’ll let my desires get the better of me? You’re wrong. We’ll move straight away without wasting any time. We’ll have our fun after."
Arad looked at them with a passive face. He would rather slow down and have more time to plan and prepare. As much as Cerilla trusts Sylph, he doesn’t share that. He might be just paranoid, but the fact that he is flying two of his wives to a place where he can’t protect them is already a risk.
Granted, normal people live through that daily; danger is a part of life. But when humans talk about danger, most of it is manageable with reason and clear thinking. Dealing with a god is anything but simple.
Sylph isn’t just a random thug on the street that could be avoided by staying close to where people gather, and she isn’t a petty thief who hides in the shadows. She is a divine being with enough power to kill, brainwash, control, and bend the world to her will. She is the goddess of the elves, meaning the elves are to her what fire is to the fire goddess, a mere extension of her divine might.
This might be the calm before the storm, their last chance to relax before reaching the elvish heavens. What if Yggdrasil wanted to kill Plum? What if Sylph wanted to do something that would drain Cerilla’s life like what happened to the kings before her? What if Elis, the Dark Elves’ goddess, wanted to do something that could harm Jasmine or Grace?
Can Arad deal with two goddesses and the world tree at once? The answer was simple and clear: he can’t.