“Calm down, girl.” Shien, his expression unchanged, held Maeve’s collar tightly. “Not to mention whether you can break into the temple guarded by the Old Demon Faction alone, just look at these evil beings everywhere and the ever-present evil aura. Aren’t you afraid of going crazy before you even reach the temple?”
In this evil aura, ordinary people definitely couldn’t resist it effectively and would quickly be affected and driven mad.
Maeve was still able to move around freely, partly because her level wasn’t low, just one step away from level ninety, and her resistance to abnormal statuses was somewhat higher than that of ordinary people. The other reason was that Lilith hadn’t completely broken free from the seal yet, and the evil aura released was only a small part of her power, its effect not very strong.
Yes, the evil aura released now was just a remnant of Lilith’s power before she was sealed.
Airi had also said that before being sealed, Lilith’s evil aura had spread across the land, even enveloping a continent. Presumably, this evil aura was from that time, sealed in the temple along with those evil beings by the Divine Race.
This evil aura, after nearly ten thousand years of being sealed, had already been weakened significantly.
If this were the evil aura released by Lilith personally, then the entire Stalim Duchy would have already been enveloped by it, and everyone would instantly go mad, unable to save themselves.
Shien had a feeling.
(I feel like I don’t need to be afraid of the power released by Lilith personally…)
Although he didn’t know why he felt this way, Shien knew that others definitely couldn’t be like him.
The same went for Maeve.
“You can barely maintain your sanity now, but if you stay here too long, or get close to the temple, which is the center of the evil aura, you’ll probably be done for.”
Shien said, but he didn’t manage to persuade Maeve.
“That’s even more reason for me to go!” Maeve shouted, “The temple is so dangerous, if Saintess Elise went there, she would definitely… !?”
“Definitely what?” Shien interrupted Maeve, sneering. “Definitely be in danger? Don’t you underestimate the messenger of the Goddess of Life too much?”
These words calmed Maeve down somewhat.
“Understand?” Shien continued, “Unlike you priests, the Saintess has indeed received the protection of the Goddess of Life. Even without the Goddess of Life’s blessing, she can use her power to protect herself and not be affected by the evil aura.”
Saying so, Shien released Maeve.
“As long as she isn’t discovered directly by the Old Demon Faction or attacked by the evil beings, Elise shouldn’t be in danger. And it seems she can use the power of the Goddess of Life to observe things. Avoiding the evil beings and the Old Demon Faction shouldn’t be difficult for her.”
Shien explained.
“Right now, the Saintess is probably much better off than you. You should worry about yourselves first before worrying about her.”
Listening to Shien’s words, Maeve calmed down and began to think.
Shien couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.
Based on his personality, he wouldn’t waste so many words on a group of people who might not even be his allies.
But it couldn’t be helped. He was about seventy percent responsible for this mess, and Shien couldn’t just walk away irresponsibly.
Although even without him, the Old Demon Faction and the mysterious mastermind would probably break the seal in the temple and cause all this, that was just hindsight.
In fact, it was Shien himself who weakened Lilith’s seal, not anyone else. Shien was aware of this.
Since that was the case, he naturally had to bear some responsibility for the trouble he had caused.
“I really wish I could just find someone to blame like before.”
Shien missed the days when he could just wander around carefree.
Unfortunately, that was clearly impossible now.
Therefore…
“Let’s go.”
Shien said to Maeve.
“Lead the way.”