This is the story of a magician and an elf girl.

"Wright! Wright!!"

"..."

"Not good... He lost too much blood... Just before you, Master Jack, fell, he even absorbed the demonic power to fight the hellhound. If this continues..."

"Demon power? This guy... doesn't he have anything else in his bones except perseverance... Hey! Cheer up! I'll..."

Wright, lying on the gravel, made almost no movement except for his last breath. If he didn't do anything, he would die at any time.

Jack, who was planning to use his divine power, also realized that he could no longer use the same power as before. Zeus' message also disappeared. Faced with the inevitable loss, he could do nothing about it.

"...Damn it...I can't use the power...I already..."

"No...Jack, the Goddess of Time has already branded your soul. Forcing yourself to use your power will only have the opposite effect...Do you want your soul to be torn into pieces?"

"But if Wright continues like this..."

"Lord Wright...Lord Wright..."

Light, whose body is eroded by the symptoms of magic vein poisoning, is gradually losing his immunity and vitality due to excessive bleeding. If he is not rescued in time, he will definitely lose his life.

For adventurers who have no knowledge or medical means, this symptom is like a terminal illness. Once you are infected, there is no hope of survival.

But Jack knew that in order to fight Cerberus, to fulfill the girl's wish, and to save the situation caused by the magician, Light's power was necessary.

"Damn it! Is there no... no way..."

"..."

Athena, who holds Aegis, naturally does not want to watch Light die. If she can use the power of petrification to temporarily seal his magic veins, the symptoms may be alleviated, but he will no longer be able to use skills related to magic particles. In that case, as a warrior... as an adventurer... he will be as good as dead.

"Hey... no... no way... am I blind..."

"What? Who's there..."

At the same time, Jack, looking back, suddenly discovered that the reflections stepping over the bodies of the adventurers were gradually approaching them. Even if the most difficult enemy had fallen, Zeus had said that Cerberus had not been defeated yet. In other words, the clones of the Hellhound would continue to appear.

The battle is not over yet.

"...Damn it...are there still some remnants..."

"No... that's a new batch... the big guy just now has already absorbed the corpses in this area, and now he has to do it again..."

"… Looks like this is the end… Hey…"

"Don't give up! Adventurers who still have strength left, stand up... and once again..."

"But... we no longer have any magic power... the magic veins have also started to wail... if this continues..."

"!"

Even if Jack still had some strength left, he would not be able to fight against the nearly one hundred hellhounds in front of him. If he had to protect the remaining adventurers in such a fierce battle - he couldn't do it. His experience told him that apart from using the power of authority, it was simply a fantasy to kill these monsters with weapons.

"In that case... I can only use Aegis once more..."

"No...wait...Goddess..."

"Jack... I understand your thoughts... but now that things have come to this..."

"No, I want to ask you...isn't it dark now..."

"...it should be dawn soon...No, don't you think your question is a bit..."

At the same time, Athena looked up at the sky and realized what Jack meant by his question. The other adventurers also raised their heads and looked up at the light that was brighter than the stars and starlight. It was getting lower and lower, and its outline was more like the moment before dawn than a meteor.

"bump."

It suddenly bloomed with colors, illuminating the dark and humid atmosphere. The adventurers who passed by the light only felt a warmth that gradually replenished their physical and mental vitality. In contrast, the hellhounds that were showered in the light fell down in the blink of an eye and turned into light particles.

"Hey...the hellhounds are..."

"Disappeared……"

"…This is…the power of authority…who is it…"

"There is a gentle touch inside my heart... This is..."

And just after the light descended, another pure white figure also descended from the distant sky along with the light. Jack, who thought he saw an angel for a moment, rubbed his eyes and looked up again. The girl with butterfly wings on her back descended to the adventurers as if she was walking in the sky. Every inch of the land she stepped on would grow natural grass and flowers, as if she was a god who left her grace wherever she went - it was so beautiful.

"...What? Don't you recognize me, Jack? Was it you who released the light just now?"

"...Hehe...How could that be...It's just that every time you appear, you overturn my sense of existence. Compared with the light just now, it's nothing. Your appearance has changed a lot. Don't you wear a cloak anymore? Now you are my acting president - Mr. Former President?"

The elf girl who returned to the Adventurer's Guild drove away the darkness, and the dawn that emerged from the edge of the sky lit up the vitality of the world.

"I don't mind such trivial matters anymore... That cloak was also taken away by that person. Now that I have these wings, it's not suitable for me to wear such clothes, right?"

"..."

Compared to when they first met, Jack felt that his current impression of Linnae was closer to her original character. It was just as Wendy said, she was just imitating the magician's tone and dress to commemorate him and inherit the will of that light - but now there was no need, because she had become another light, the only light that could confront the light.

“…It’s…really…Miss…Linna…”

"Wendy, long time no see...you..."

Wendy was a little afraid to hug Linnae, so she just gently held her delicate hands. At the same time, Linnae kept staring at Wendy's belly for some reason.

Now she possesses the power of the God of Living Things. She can use these eyes to observe or interfere with any order created by living things or natural laws - of course, even the fetus in her belly.

"Ok?"

"...No, nothing...Nothing...Long time no see...Did you take good care of Youzi and the others..."

"Master... is it... Master?"

"She's right here... As you can see... She's fighting very hard..."

"Well... you've really gotten stronger... That's amazing. Remember, you're my first disciple, okay? Youzi?"

"Yes...Master!"

The wanderer who stepped forward and hugged her tightly had always believed that his efforts and trust would be recognized by her, and that she would definitely return to this place, this guild belonging to adventurers and the goddess - that prayer was to call upon the power of the goddess.

"... Elf Goddess... Another person who has inherited the power has appeared... Ah ah... Please spare me... Zeus... I want to go back..."

"Why, aren't you glad to see me alive, Athena?"

"Stop joking... I was worried about you. Are you finally thinking of coming back after being away for so long?"

"Ahh... I'm back, Wendy, Jack, Athena, Youzi - everyone."

Until she announced her return to this place - the president of the Adventurer's Guild, Linna, showed a bright smile and a confident look, and the adventurers who were dancing with joy were so excited that they even forgot the fear that the hellhounds had just given them.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!! It's Miss Linnae!"

“You’re back! You saved us as soon as you came back, ahhhhh!!”

“We’re saved! We’re really saved! We’ve been fighting very hard until now without you!”

"Ms. Linna! Could you please shake my hand? I am a new adventurer! I joined this big family after you founded the guild! I have always heard about your name and deeds..."

Whether it was the adventurers who joined the guild after that or the adventurers who were already members, Linna's existence was like a spiritual pillar for them, hope and light - a companion for people and laws in this world.