Liam became the leader because he was the eldest and he lived with the human knights in the Prince's mansion. So, he can control the situation better than others.
Natalie held the sword and stood in front of Alice. Bryan had a shiny spear in his hand. Alex was holding his staff that looked a little different from Alice's. Adam also had the staff in his hand.
I had to say, of the seven children, four children's weapons were staff. If my sceptre were included, more than half of our group was using sticks to fight.
The leader was standing behind the back. Obviously, he didn't want us to hurt badly. He was a fire mage, so he was very good at offense. They had exactly 22 people.
With the leader's command, they started the assault. They tried not to use the spells but engaged in melee. They were seasoned fighters but they met us unfortunately.
Natalie and Bryan attached the holy light on their weapons. Their attacks were quite ruthless. Alex poisoned the enemies silently, shuttled between them, taking advantage of his small body. Adam beated the attackers with his staff, draining the life force of whoever he touched.
Noah waited to add healing spells but get bored without the injured person. He took out his daggers and engaged in the fight. Liam's arrows reaped the lives of enemies from time to time.
In a short time, the traffickers were beaten and two-thirds of them ended up dead. The rest were not much better in shape, their life force drained by Adam and poisoned.
Alice didn't participate in the melee but kept an eye on the leader, waiting for him to move. I could see…that their fighting instincts were formed like a wolf pack, each one of them had a role..
The leader frowned. He didn't take this small group with two healers seriously, especially the two children as they were all young and lacked experience. They looked like rich kids, without suffering in their lives.
He thought,
How can the rich kids who didn't suffer in their whole life reach a high level? Even if their levels are high, they won't have rich combat experiences.
Judging by the ears, they are not humans. However, he hasn't seen or heard about the race with long ears in his life. Either they are coming from an unknown race or humans in disguise. Anyway, he would get a very high income with their extra high face values.
Despite having more people, they are on the losing side. He could see the force of the small group was very high but he couldn't discern their levels as their fighting styles were very different from them.
The leader decided to take action himself. His eyes fell towards the small group, a girl was tightly protected inside. He remembered she was the level 5 healer.
"You must be the one with the highest status here.."
He decided to arrest this girl first as a hostage and capture the rest.
"Sea of fire.."
He threw a bunch of fireballs towards the boys protecting the healer, intending to separate them forcefully. His idea was great but the reality was far from what he thought.
"Holy Light Shield.."
Alex and Alice joined hands and stood in front of me, forming a holy light shield. Theoretically, it was very hard for two 6th ring Intermediate Mages to stop the attack of 7th ring Advanced Mage.
I said theoretically because twins are not ordinary. Their aptitudes were as high as S and SS. They were typical cases of one plus one greater than two.
"Purification.."
The twins chanted at the same time. The bloodline power flowing in their body resonated with the spell and erupted towards the leader.
"No!!!"
A white light flew from the twins and touched the leader. Leaving only a scream, he disappeared from the world. The fight ended a short time after the leader died.
"What a great spell!! The spell is great but my babies are greater. How can you be so strong? Muah..muah.."
I picked them up one by one and gave them a lot of kisses. I couldn't pick up both as I was not much bigger than them.
"All of you!! You are great. My children are very powerful. You can already fight without me.."
[ As if you fought with them before..]
[ Shut it, Veronica ]
Adam and Liam searched the dead men and stacked the bodies.
"Sunlight.."
Bryan and Natalie lift their staff and burn them to ashes with a spell.
"What happened to the new spells?Mother hasn't seen you use these spells before."
Alex : "We just know. When we thought we wanted to protect our mother, the spells appeared on our mind."
Natalie : "Actually, it should be bloodline talents. It was like an instinct. We knew it in our heart."
[ The twin's holy light is not just holy light. It leaned towards Purification. The three children's holy light leaned towards sunlight...]
"I see.."
The younger siblings are very talented with dual attributes. I am worried for Liam and Noah. What if they feel inferior? They only have one attribute without bloodline talents.
Despite being weaker than the other children, Liam's proud eyes didn't dim. And Noah still has a soft smile. I hugged both of them and said in a soft voice.
"You will always be a mother's proud child. You both are my first children and companions in this unfamiliar world. I love all of you…equally.."
Alice and Alex hugged my legs..
"Mother, what about the children that will come later?"
"Oh, do you want to be the bullies' elder brother and sister?"
"Hehe…it's not like that."
"You can bully them a little but don't let them be bullied by outsiders, okay?"
"Yes. Mother.."
From the traffickers, we found four coats of arms of noble houses. I don't recognise any of them but keep this matter in mind. I sent the twins back into the small world.
[ Living in the Prince's mansion, I didn't know the conditions of the weak people living in this world. What a sin!! ]
[ It was obvious that nobles are involved in the trafficking industry. Should you hide your features?...]
[ No use. Greedy humans are cruel equally towards humans or other races. They can even sell their own children if the benefits are in place. ]
"Children! Which way will we choose? Let's vote. Avoiding the cities on the way or going wherever we want?"
"Tell us the pros and cons first, mother."
I told them there was nothing. I couldn't assure them that the bad guys won't pop out by avoiding the cities and entering the cities won't make us be targeted by the bad guys.
It all depends on fate. Clear, right?
We decided to follow our heart. We are not afraid of trouble. Anyway, the 8th ring Advanced Mage are on the front line or sitting in the capital preventing the foreign strong men. With my 7th ring Advanced Mage's strength, we could walk through the border in a straight line.
Hmm.. I won't talk about walking sideways. You know? It's ugly… Not a match for my fairy-like beauty.
In a week, we passed most of the cities and villages and were ready to enter the Cursed forest in a few days.
"We passed by many cities. Both Sylvia and Grizzlehold… Say children, which Empire is more corrupted?"
"You didn't add Bright Sun Empire in the list."
"No way, we ran too fast. I didn't have enough time to look around. It won't be much better though.."
Along the way, we saw many things that opened our eyes. The refugees came from the two Empires. The cities refused to accept the refugees except some wealthy individuals. Some cities simply closed the city gates, ordered by the nobles.
They wanted to drive them out of the Empires. Homeless and penniless refugees are burdens for them. It's not that they can't afford it. They just didn't want to take money out of their pocket.
"As far as we can see, there is no Empire without corruption, Mother. A little more and a little less…not much different.."
"Yes, You got the essence. I want our kingdom to be free from corruption and class differentiation. I know..it will be hard, very hard. But you are all my children, I hope we can build a paradise."
I looked at my children…
They are just blank pieces of paper, not dyed by fame, fortune and materials..at least, not yet.
Before we start the foundation, we need to talk about things frankly. They are loyal to me and will execute all my commands, but they are not mindless followers.
As a Princess of 'Kingdom of Heaven', I don't need power, fame, fortunes and materials of this world to feel good. However, for them or their descendants, I can't be sure because they are natives of this world and… they haven't seen much of the world..
Every damn thing can change with time..
Who can grantee ? Not me anyway…
"Mother, we are independent and separate individuals from you. But our roots are you. We are born on the basis of your thoughts and beliefs. You don't need to worry. Your offspring won't disappoint you."
[ Master, your offspring's hearts are based on you. The only thing you must beware is half-blooded elves. Otherwise, ban the marriage between elves and other species?...]
[ I just talk about no class differentiation. It includes species differentiation too.]
[ Oh. Ok…]
******
In the Palace of Bright Sun Empire..
Griffin had dark circles under his eyes. He hadn't slept well for nearly a week. The arm with the vine tattoo was bare…
He lifted the sleeve and looked at the tattoo all the time. The two flowers are very well-behaved, not as bright as that night.
Last week, he woke up from his sleep by the throbbing from the tattoo. His bloodline resonated with his offspring and the bloodline spell was activated. His young children, most likely infants, used the bloodline spell "Purification".
Are they in danger?
Who are the enemies?
Griffin couldn't think about it. All he knew was, he must find them at all cost..
They are still alive. And he knew they were not in the capital anymore. The bloodline resonation that night showed him the direction of the offspring roughly but disappeared in a few minutes.
"I thought about it the whole time, even in my sleep. The only time I lost my vigilantism was the night I got assassinated. I slept in Evan's courtyard without guards. But the timing didn't add up…"