Chapter 32 The Past

5 years before

The whole Ron tribe had a festive nature, kids were running here and there while playing, and elders were happily trying new sweets in the shops. It was the harvest season so, the city had become more lively.

"Haaaah~" A girl with blonde hair was attacking someone with her thin sword in the training grounds.

"Usha! Usha! Usha!" People were cheering her like crazy seeing her fluid nature of attacks but, her opponent wasn't bad either. Her tanned skin with her violet brown hair gave her a beautiful and fiery nature.

"You're not bad, Usha, too bad you're facing me, I'm going to defeat you," She said while pointing her big swords at her.

Usha just looked at her with a little mocking smile,

"You defeat me? Dream about it, Eva," She quickly ran at her with her precise movements avoiding her straight attacks.

Usha had the advantage of speed and accuracy but, when it comes to power Eva was several folds greater than her. One attack on her was enough to create a huge hole in the floor.

They tried to deal each other their finishing moves but suddenly they got district by a mature voice of a woman,

"Dumb daughter! We didn't come here to fight, come back here," She was cheerful at the same time her words had some kind of powerfulness to them.

Eva heard those words but she didn't want to stop her duel in the middle of it, she just continued to attack Usha like a crazy girl,

"Eva, don't make me come to you, I won't say it again," She was angry that Eva ignored her words. As chief and as a mother she had to keep her dignity.

Both Usha and Eva got intimated by her words as they quickly stop their duel and went to greet her.

"Aunty, it's good to see you in good health," Usha greeted her with respect.

"You've grown so much, darling, I'm sorry for my daughter, she's such a battle-hungry girl," a mature-looking lady with the same tanned skin and beautiful figure talked to her.

"It's okay, Aunty Carol, we are friends so I don't mind," Usha said causing Eva to glare at her.

"What do you mean you don't mind? Aren't you the one who wanted to duel with me?" Eva berated her causing both of them to fight again causing Carol to spank their asses.

"Come let's go Elisha is waiting for us," All three of them left the training ground entering the festive part of the city.

On their way to the mansion, both of them enjoyed all types of different cuisines on the side of the road. Carol happily looked at both girls who were enjoying themselves.

She was happy to see Eva being normal like this instead of her normal battle-hungry behaviour.

"Huh~ why can't she always be this cute?" She muttered to herself.

After trying for a few hours, Carol finally managed to grab both excited girls and visit Elisha who is waiting for their arrival. Carol promised to be there in a few minutes but, it has already been a few hours.

"If your mother asks why we are late, I'm totally shifting the blame on you," She said while grabbing them with their hands.

Usha now started to regret her decision of enjoying the festival in the middle of going to a meeting,

"Aunty, please don't tell her about this, let's just say Eva had a severe case of diarrhoea," Usha's words caused Eva to frown at her.

"Hah~ let's just do something about it," Carol couldn't help but laugh seeing their interactions.

After a few minutes of walking, they entered the big mansion which was almost empty giving it a creepy silence.

Carol knocked on the big door before opening it, they heard a female voice telling them to enter, Usha quickly identify who that voice belonged to,

"You sure took your time, aren't you?" Elisha had Alva on her lap feeding her some snacks.

"Chief! We are sorry for getting late," Usha's voice became more uniform making Eva squint her eyes looking at her.

"It's okay come sit," Elisha invited all three of them. She looked at Alva who was enjoying her time with her grandmother,

"Darling, go play with your friends, I have something important to talk about with your mother," Alva was more attached to Elisha than Usha for some reason. She obediently left the room smiling at her grandmother,

"She sure is grown up, ain't she?" Carol asked her after she left the room.

"Isn't that the same with your Emily?" Elisha knew Carol had a sweet spot for both Eva and Emily so she decided to tease her best friend and rival.

"I guess, she's my angel after all,"

"You two get close to your daughters without acting like this, don't let them get attached to their grandmother than their own mothers," Elisha told both Usha and Eva causing Carol to nod her head in approval.

"Anyway, why did you ask us to gather like this, Elisha?" Carol questioned her.

"This is an important matter but it's just a speculation," She paused for a minute before dropping the biggest bomb on them.

"I think there is something wrong with the Sacred impregnation, it's been three months since someone got a child," Elisha's words caused everyone to get up from their seats.

"No way! How's that possible?" Usha was the one to question her.

"Our tribe also experienced the same thing, do you think something happened to our goddess? Or did she-" Carol couldn't finish her words as Elisha hit the table making a nice noise.

"Impossible, she won't abandon us like this," She didn't want to believe it but, somehow they were now facing the most dangerous incident in their lives.

"Do you think this is a permanent thing?" Eva asked. She wasn't the smartest one like her sister Lydia but, she had the basic knowledge to understand that this is a disastrous event for them.

"We don't have information, that's why I think we should do something without staying idle like this," Elisha's words made sense to them but, none of them knew how to get information about it.

They never have even seen their goddess so they had no idea where to complain or at least get angry with. They knew about the sacred impregnation from generation to generation so, without it, they were like lost sheep.

While they were talking about these important matters someone quickly bragged into the room without getting permission or anything. She had a panicked look on her face as if something dangerous happened to her,

"Chief, there is a group in front of the gate trying to attack us, we don't know who they are but they are from the dark elves' race," She said while entering the room.

"What? Dark elves, what do they have to do with us?" She questioned her.

"They don't talk chief, she asked us to bring the leader or they will start attacking us," The guard girl said while giving a slight bow while leaving the room.

"What the hell is happening?" Elisha muttered to herself thinking about all the unfortunate incidents taking place one by one.

"Looks like another problem," Carol said with an annoyed look. She had her hand already full with dealing with all these absurd problems and now they had to entertain some dark elves.

"Let's go and see what this is about," Elisha got up from her seat and left the room followed by Carol and the other two girls. They quickly went to equip some weapons as it will be dangerous to meet someone claiming to attack them without weapons.

Girls were running here and there in the town with a panicked nature, as they had already got the news about the arrival of some strange group in front of the gate.

"Do you think they are here to declare war on us or something?" Eva asked Usha while quickly following their chiefs.

"It doesn't matter, if they want war, we will massacre them all," Usha motivated her.

They quickly got on the wall to talk with them and get a clear view, there were thirty or more dark elves fully armed near the gate looking at them with full hostile eyes.

"Who are you? Identify yourself or we will eliminate you," Elisha said with her proud voice.

Carol was on her side supporting her while observing the army of dark elves, she noticed many strange things among them, one was they had no emblem or anything it was almost like they were outcasts, second, they had huge monsters which she had never seen.

Taming monsters wasn't an easy job especially if that monster is a full-grown one, it's fairly easy to tame a monster as a child, so she had to guess that there were some powerful people in this army.

Elisha also noticed the strangeness but she didn't show it on her face.

At last, the one who looked like their leader yelled at Elisha,

"Handover light mage girl, we will leave without doing anything to you or else we will attack you," At first, they had no idea what they were talking about but Elisha quickly understood what they wanted.

"Tsk~ what's this problem now?" She thought while opening her mouth to answer them.