The two sisters cuddled for a long time, while Elashia just stood beside them, watching them gently.
As it was approaching noon, Elashia remembered she needed to return to discuss upcoming matters with Candice, so she had to temporarily interrupt the sisters' bonding.
"Alright, I'll need to leave in a bit."
Both sisters looked at Elashia.
"I'm going to start the first treatment now, and you sisters can catch up properly afterward."
"Ah, Sister Ela, are you going to heal my legs yourself?"
Sophia was a bit surprised, since as royalty, Elashia in Sophia's expectation should have brought in some powerful doctor.
Cecilia also looked extremely surprised.
"Your Majesty... do you really know how...?"
Cecilia's eyes were full of doubt.
Although her recent interaction with Elashia had slightly improved her impression of Elashia, royalty was generally very mediocre in magical abilities.
Although the royal family controlled the best resources, cultivation was an extremely painful process. Both warrior and mage branches repeatedly altered the practitioner's internal form, a process painful beyond words.
Moreover, a considerable number of practitioners died directly during cultivation due to backlash or going astray.
So anyone with some power didn't want their children to cultivate fighting energy or learn magic.
Faced with Cecilia's skepticism, Elashia rolled her eyes at her.
"Alright, step aside first."
Cecilia obediently moved aside.
"Sophia, relax your whole body."
"Okay!"
Extending her right hand toward Sophia, Elashia activated [Dead Wood Comes to Life].
A scene Cecilia would never forget appeared before her eyes.
First, points of green light appeared around Elashia.
Then the green light gathered above her head, forming a small magic array.
But above that magic array appeared an even larger magic array...
Until the ninth magic array appeared, Elashia's arrays finally stopped expanding.
The topmost array even completely blocked the midday sunlight, as if it had swallowed the sun, plunging the earth directly from noon into night.
The nine emerald magic arrays flickered in the sky, becoming the only light in this darkness.
"This..."
Isn't this ninth-tier magic?
Although Cecilia had never seen ninth-tier magic firsthand, because she was acquainted with Candice, she knew some rumors about ancient magic through her.
And this was the ninth-tier magic that Candice said "could never appear again."
So when she said earlier she couldn't beat me, she was lying?
In fact, this seemingly harmless girl before her could probably kill her with just a flick of her finger.
Cecilia felt her heart instantly seized by fear.
Elashia didn't know that Cecilia's misunderstanding of her had deepened...
"Wow, Sister Ela's magic is so beautiful!"
Compared to Cecilia's fear, Sophia seemed very excited seeing such a magnificent magic array.
Only such a powerful Sister Ela would be worthy of her sister! ↖(^ω^)↗
Actually, Elashia was also confused.
Damn! These effects are too scary!
Doesn't this look exactly like ninth-tier magic?
In the game, no one except the Undead Lord could use ninth-tier magic, because using ninth-tier magic had a prerequisite—level must reach ninety.
She checked her status panel again.
[Character: Elashia]
[Age: 16]
[Mage Level: 4 (Apprentice Level)]
[Magic Power: 8]
[Energy: 10]
[Warrior Level: 4 (Roughly the combat ability of a soldier)]
[Strength: 15]
[Agility: 10]
[Occupation: Empress]
[Faction: Elasia Empire]
Skills:
[Dead Wood Comes to Life]: Infuse powerful life force into the target's body, capable of healing injuries and disabilities. Note: Using this skill consumes a great amount of physical strength, please use with caution.
[Appraisal]: Can view information about others
I'm only level three, hey!
Why did the system give me such a frightening special effect?! (>_<)
Although she was scared, the treatment had to continue. Stopping midway through spellcasting could lead to magical backlash.
The nine magic arrays began to rotate, spinning faster and faster, and the light on the arrays became increasingly blinding, forcing everyone around to close their eyes.
Suddenly, all nine arrays flashed for an instant, piercing the sky with emerald light!
The arrays converged into an energy flow, gathering around Sophia and completely enveloping her.
Cecilia, not far away, revealed undisguisable concern in her eyes.
However, soon the energy dissipated, as if nothing had happened.
The surroundings returned to silence.
Sunlight illuminated the earth once more.
"Eh!"
Sophia's exclamation broke the silence.
The sensation in her legs was truly returning bit by bit!
This feeling, both familiar and strange, made Sophia more excited than she had ever been!
"I can feel my legs!"
Sophia exclaimed with delight.
"Sister! I can feel my legs!"
Hearing Sophia's words, Cecilia's face also showed an expression of unexpected joy.
Elashia hadn't lied to her! She was telling the truth when she said she could heal Sophia!
And Cecilia could clearly sense that Sophia's aura had become much more stable than before.
This meant her sister's weak and sickly constitution had also improved under Elashia's spell!
Wild joy gradually climbed up Cecilia's cheeks.
This is wonderful, her sister's legs really could be saved!
Tears burst forth, and Cecilia tightly embraced her sister.
The two sisters held each other tightly.
But unfortunately, Elashia couldn't appreciate this beautiful scene.
"Oh no..."
Compared to the sisters' wild joy, Elashia's experience wasn't so good.
After the skill ended, Elashia felt as if the blood in her veins had been drained in an instant—her limbs were weak and cold, her brain was both painful and dizzy, and her heart was racing almost out of her chest...
She recalled that time in college when she stayed up all night for a physical test to run two thousand meters—it felt just like this afterward.
She suddenly remembered—in the description of [Dead Wood Comes to Life], there was this line:
"Note: Using this skill consumes a great amount of physical strength, please use with caution."
Oh no! I was too excited and didn't notice!
Last night I was strangely woken up by Candice who asked a bunch of bizarre questions, and after she left, I barely slept all night!
This is bad.
She really couldn't hold on anymore. Elashia crashed headfirst toward the ground.
In her daze, a flash of silver-black appeared before Elashia's eyes, and then Elashia felt her head hit something soft.
Cecilia's surprised voice came to her ears.
"Candice?"