79 – Back Home!
—————————
PART 1 – Countermeasures!
—————————
With Shunam's mission completed, Skarla duly received her reward and acquired a new talent for her land, Manuela. Not to mention getting a second legendary power.
Even though Shunam is far from Level 21, she has the power to kill Legends, she just doesn't know how to control it yet, but if it were a question of percentage, if she faced an average Legend, even if they are all extraordinary, she would have around a 30~40% chance of winning.
But when she masters the Martial Arts, she will better understand her body, its limits, its advantages and, of course, its Toxic Arts, something that Skarla has never had contact with in her past.
In the Murim there is the famous Tang Clan, known for their Poison Arts, the Murim's greatest experts in the last millennium when it comes to poisons. Skarla had captured some young people from this family and researched their bodies, as well as copying their Cultivation Techniques.
Skarla is able to cultivate the Poison Arts as part of her 8 Trigrams, which as well as giving her a deadly weapon, allowing her to store poison in her body and control it, will give her greater resistance to it.
She practiced the Poison Arts a lot in her past life, because she was always dealing with dangerous items and needed to be safe. But in this life she doesn't need it as much, as well as having the protection of her Inner Energy, she has a body magically enhanced to limits that would have been unthinkable in Murim.
Even though there are more poisons in this world than in Murim, she didn't see the need to practice the Poison Arts, because her body is strong enough to generate immunity and resistance against most poisons and as she gets stronger, this improves.
But on Shunam's account, Skarla, who has been storing up her precious Points, decided to spend them on improving [8 Trigrams] which has been at Level 1 all this time.
When she reached Level 2, she added [Water God Mantra]. Why that instead of [Venom God Mantra]?
Her body naturally resists poisons and the acid in Shunam's liquids isn't that dangerous, but it will become over time, so she needs something to combat it.
She already has Fire, Thunder and Metal. The first two serve as a means of “purification” for harmful agents inside her body, the last serves as a barrier, as poison is unable to affect metal... acid on the other hand...
Unfortunately, she doesn't know anything that combats acid, so she spent another point, raising it to level 3 and practicing [Wood God Mantra].
With the Wood Element, which represents nature, her natural resistance to poisons will increase. She has plans about each of the 8 mantras, unfortunately she can't change that to add [Venom God Mantra] to the sum.
As for evolving the Trigrams? She has no idea how to do that. Skarla is a genius, but even a genius can only create so many things without a base.
The [8 Trigrams] arose from her knowledge of Formation and Matrices, her in-depth knowledge of Martial Arts and various concepts, along with epiphanies and the knowledge acquired in this world.
It all culminated in the creation of 8 Trigrams. Now, why even after all this time has she still not finalized this skill?
(Author: Script?)
Skarla simply didn't see the need. She perfects the mantras she already practices and adding more wouldn't be that useful, not to mention that she never knows what she'll need the points for.
So level 3 at the moment will become a limit, if she needs other mantras, she'll add them, otherwise she'll continue as she is.
...
Why does Shunam need such countermeasures? The answer is simple. Why not?
Shunam is a person with feelings and goals, at any moment she could get fed up with Skarla, or simply be greedy for something, a better position or be bribed by someone rich and powerful.
The chances are low, but it doesn't change the fact that Shunam is a danger to her. In her entire life, apart from Sueika, Shunam is the first person in this world to really pose any danger to her.
Not even Gojira surprises or threatens her, but Shunam is different. Her stealth skills accompanied by the rules of this world can ignore her heightened senses.
Her skills that can ignore defense are a real danger that could kill her without her even noticing. That's why Legendary Assassins are the most dangerous and feared, Shunam is in that category.
Again, the chances of betrayal are low, but Skarla won't trust the low odds and will put up defenses, not allowing advantages to be taken.
Shunam naturally didn't notice this, she only sensed that Skarla was becoming more complex and stronger, but she didn't know it was her fault.
—————————
PART 2 – Return!
—————————
After months undercover, Skarla returned home and was happily greeted by her large family, with their children jumping into her arms, all of them full of longing and Skarla especially.
Gina was the eldest, holding a wooden sword. It seems she took an interest in these things while she was away.
“My little princess, how about being just like your mother, destroying all your enemies with your fists?” - Skarla didn't hesitate to show off in front of her children, exposing her muscular arm, the veins popping and the power exuding.
“Swords are cooler.” - Gina in her childish voice waved the wooden sword, Skarla's heart breaking.
'No, there's no way... she wouldn't do that to me...' - Skarla blinked, not believing it.
“Nice swords? Honey, if you want something cool, it has to be on that level.” - Skarla pulled out her Dadao Sword. Even though it's called a sword, it's closer to a saber.
Gina looked at the Mountain, blinked and didn't hesitate to hit it with her wooden sword... the result was to be expected, the wooden sword broke.
Skarla blinked, others blinked, Gina began to cry and Mountain flew away while Skarla desperately ran to calm her daughter.
Theya, who was following her older sister, ended up crying too. Luckily, only the two of them were crying. It was easy to calm them down, Skarla just had to go to a table and with a punch to one of the legs, her Inner Energy circulated, fragmented it and a new wooden sword was created. She shaped the hilt with her fingers to prevent splinters from getting into Gina's fingers.
This made Gina stop crying; the wooden sword was identical to the one she had broken. - “See, Mom's fists are the best.” - Skarla kissed her fists.
Humph!
Gina snorted and turned away. Skarla felt defeated, and even Theya imitated her sister, huffing and backing away, but not without running back, hugging and kissing her and following her sister again.
Skarla laughed at how adorable her daughters were, but she needed to pay more attention to the others.
Her gaze fell on her little prince with his beautiful, expensive clothes, silver-white hair just like his mother's, and pale skin. - “Are they feeding you properly? Viper, I'm finding Lohan very thin.” - Skarla growled and picked him up.
Lohan is unusually calm, he seems curious, looking at her. - “What's wrong?” Skarla smiled at her son's curious look. - “Have you forgotten Mommy?”
Lohan blinked, then looked at Viper and held out his hands, as if he wanted something. - “Do you want to go to the other mommy's lap? Okay.” - Skarla smiled and led him over to Viper, who was approaching.
But Lohan didn't want to go into her arms, Viper handed him a notebook and that's what he showed Skarla.
“Oh, you want to show me something?” - Skarla smiled and Lohan opened the notebook, showing several confusing words and strange drawings, but the most recent, there are drawings of who she believes to be her.
“Is that me?” - Skarla smiled as she pointed to the large stick figure. Lohan nodded adoringly. - “Can Mommy have that drawing?” - Skarla asked smiling and Lohan nodded again.
With a gentle tug, the sheet came perfectly into her hand. - “Mom will keep this treasure, no evil monster will be able to take it away from me.”
Lohan nodded with a serious expression, clenching his fists tightly, showing that he too was going to fight. Skarla smiled and kissed him, smoothing his hair and handing it to Viper.
“Who is this little giant?” - Skarla moved a finger upwards and the little girl flew away, making Skarla look up and observe Belisandre. - “Wow, she's tall, she'll be taller than her mother in no time.”
“That's the least I can hope for.” - Letiphia snorted and Belisandre fell into Skarla's arms.
“Mom, I'm strong, very strong.” - Belisandre showed off her biceps. - “Mommy cool, fists are cool.”
Skarla let a tear fall. - 'At least one didn't betray me.
“Yeah, mom's cool and fists are the best.” - Skarla happily put Belisandre on her bicep, making her laugh and then put her down, stroked her head and with a snap of her fingers pulled Thron into her arms, her youngest.
...
“How's their development going?” - Skarla asked, looking at her children being cared for by the maids downstairs.
“They're all strong and healthy, as you may have noticed.” - Ilyria said calmly.
Skarla nodded and looked at Viper. - “Has he stopped talking? Did something happen while I was gone?” - Her eyes narrowed.
“Lohan had an accident and fell from a very high place and hit his head.” - Viper said calmly, looking ashamed and guilty.
Skarla closed her eyes.
“The doctor said he had temporary memory loss, but as he's only two, it doesn't affect him that much. But it seems to have compromised the part of his brain that allows him to speak.” - Letiphia said calmly.
Skarla clenched her fists, she was angry. - “I'll try to find a way to reverse it. But the sketchbook... is it drawing memories?”
“Yes.” - Viper nodded, his eyes growing moist.
Skarla sighed, it's her coming out that bad things happen. She smiled slightly and said to Letiphia. - “Belisandre is bigger than Gina, what's been feeding her?”
Letiphia understood and smiled. - “It's her mother's fault, passing on those giant genes to her, now she eats more than an elephant. I wonder where she'll end up.” - Letiphia rolled her eyes.
Skarla laughed and kissed her forehead, then Viper's.
“Ah... what's this about swords being cool? Are you the one who corrupted my daughter Hackel?” - Skarla narrowed her eyes.
“Yes. She taught Gina a few sword moves and gave her that wooden sword, ever since then she's been walking around with it.” - Ilyria growled, not giving Hackel time to speak.
Hackel snarled at this traitor. - “What's it to me that I'm prettier and more impressive?”
“I see. Ah, I heard from a little bird that a certain someone wore things he shouldn't have on a certain hunt.” - Skarla smiled grimly.
“Ah, speaking of hunting! You tramp, we need to sort some things out here!” - Hackel howled in fury. - “We almost died because of that giant albino monkey and you wanted us to kill it without using magic items? Fuck you! Even legends would need one or two high-level magic items.”
“I'm just listening to the complaints of a pathetic weakling.” - Skarla snorted.
“I have to agree with her on that.” - Talya suddenly stood next to Hackel. - “It was extremely dangerous and irrational.” - Talya crossed her arms.
Skarla frowned, Viper took her side too. - “Irrational. Not to mention that it was against magic items, not consumables.”
Gakai stood behind the trio with her arms crossed, being the tallest, she was the one who appeared the most.
“So it's the quartet against me? I've already left that monkey injured and they're still complaining?” - Skarla laughed, the four frowned.
“Did you hurt the Yeti?” - Viper asked seriously.
“Did you think I'd send you four to face a legendary monster without due precaution? I went a few weeks earlier and beat it up a bit, so it must have had fractured limbs and a lower lung capacity. Let's say it was only able to use 40~60% of its full power. It also destroyed part of his energy circulation, preventing him from using several powerful magical abilities.” - Skarla said calmly and they all fell silent.
“Wait...” - Skarla smiled mockingly. - “Did you think you four alone would kill a Legendary monster? Sorry to pour cold water on your egos, but I'm not that irresponsible. And if you've had such a hard time with it, thank you, I'll be more careful to give easy missions to the weaklings.”
With a few words Skarla wounded the pride of four proud and confident women. Even Viper lost her composure at that moment.
Skarla laughed. - “You girls are so cute thinking you're strong.”
“Enough, aren't you hurting our pride enough already?” - Viper growled.
“And on top of that, you keep throwing these barely perceptible energy spheres around. How about you stop testing us? This is humiliating!” - Hackel shivered.
“Really? I've suddenly started forcing them to detect their surroundings and you don't know why?” - Skarla laughed.
“What is it now?” - Talya growled.
“I think she can show you.” - Skarla rolled her eyes.
“Hello.” - A cheerful voice sounded, but the features of everyone except Skarla changed.
Talya drew her daggers and chains, Hackel his magic sword, Viper jumped, moving away and getting a view of the source of the voice and his children, Letiphia activated a protective spell and ran to stand with her back to the children, drawing her staff, Gakai automatically attacked by drawing his axe as the voice came from his side.
Ilyria took a while to react, she's the weakest one there. Calah had just arrived and saw all the commotion, blinking and only not reacting because he saw Skarla smiling.
BOOM!
A bang rang out and Gakai's axe was easily defended by Shunam smiling with a dagger in his hand.
“WHAT'S THAT?!” - Hackel roared, looking intently at Shunam.
“I see your reaction is fine, but your senses are garbage.” - Skarla snorted. - “Shunam has been among you since I arrived, he was when I interacted with my children and from the beginning of the conversation.”
“Impossible.” - Viper growled. - “I'm literally wearing magical devices to strengthen my senses, it's impossible that I wouldn't notice an assassin by my side for so long.” - Viper's pride at this point was being destroyed.
“Shunam has achieved metamorphosis and has recently stabilized her cultivation and martial arts. She is formally the 2nd strongest person in the entire Krugar nation. Her attributes were already high and she never invested her points in attributes, allowing her to strengthen her skills or have more of them, in the end, with metamorphosis, she got rid of several useless skills and learned several others, strengthening them and here we are.” - Skarla laughed. - “Even I have trouble detecting her, as for your detection devices, unless it's an artifact, you won't have much help detecting her.”
“How? What did she do to achieve metamorphosis? I've been training for over 10 years, Gakai has practically destroyed herself to achieve it, Viper is no different.” - Talya frowned.
“Don't forget me.” - Hackel frowned, Talya ignored her and continued looking at Skarla.
“Metamorphosis isn't just about talent or meeting the requirements, it also involves luck. Shunam literally fell into a bag of acid and had her entire body corroded and it was on the brink of death that she achieved metamorphosis and even created her own Martial Art, one I've never seen or experienced in my life.” - Skarla said calmly, her words full of praise and pride.
Silence overtook the place.
“Guys...” - Calah said quietly. - “What's going on?” - She blinked, full of confusion. - “Since when does Skarla like furrys?”
—————————
PART 3 – Back to work!
—————————
Skarla loved spending time with her family, missing her girls with a lot of ass spanking. Playing with her children, helping them to strengthen their little bodies and Dantian.
But after a week of enjoying herself, the work she had accumulated began to give her a headache.
She went back to spending hours problem-solving, something she used to do before and is doing again now. The one who was ecstatic about her return was Leslye, even though she didn't complain, it was obvious from the huge bags in her eyes that she was exhausted.
Skarla told her to take a few days off, spend it with her family and relax. In the meantime, Skarla easily took care of everything; having such a high intellect greatly helps her solve all kinds of problems she knows about.
As she solved things, in just a few days, the accumulated work of months was taken care of with precision. Skarla even had time to play with his children and wife.
......
The economy was growing, which was to be expected, but not solely because of the method of government. Even though it has all sorts of advantages for entrepreneurs and outside investors, it is still in its early stages and only money is circulating.
Because of the government's constant high spending, buying resources from various parts of the world, the constant need to use teleportation portals, which if only used a few times a month wouldn't be a big deal, but because it's used constantly, spending only increases.
But what keeps the economy stable and growing is the constant investment that comes in from outside, along with the sale of various special products, especially its revenues, which are worth millions.
Skarla wanted to keep the recipes for herself, use them to the full and benefit from them, but there are several problems, from a lack of manpower, the resources to create them not being easily acquired, among other complex factors.
At the end of the day, Skarla is just one person and even though it has a nation growing in economic and military power, it is still in the early stages, it needs to develop for a few more years, it needs to accept more refugees.
And with how fast Krugar is growing, it's only natural that it has alarmed many others on the Seahorse continent, the empire has started to influence the groups of war refugees coming to Krugar, they've also caused groups of immigrants to be turned away.
Skarla needs people, everyone knows that, which is why they are reducing the number of people coming to Krugar. As a result, Skarla has had to take people from the north, who are wilder and rougher people, not useful for what it wants, but they can be educated and socialized over time.
Besides, we have food. The plantations are growing, but it takes time and the space used for plantations is constantly expanding, so we don't need to import food from elsewhere.
But that's for the future, they need capable farmers, a group of agricultural scientists to modify the grains so that they grow faster, juicier, more nutritious and in greater quantity.
In the end, human civilization evolved and became the apex of the world, not by being strong, but by being intelligent and shaping the world around them into what suits them best.
Plants and animals, everything has been genetically handpicked for the best human sustenance. An example would be sheep.
Sheep in the past had natural methods of reducing the amount of hair on their bodies during warmer seasons, but there were those with genetic defects that, as well as generating more wool, had no biological methods of reducing its volume, forcing the need for human interference.
And they used these sheep for reproduction, extinguishing the sheep that didn't need human interference for their sustainability. In the end, an entire species adapted to human tastes.
The same goes for various other breeds, from horses to be stronger, always choosing the best genetics to breed. Larger cows and pigs, with tastier and bulkier meat, among others.
Skarla has invested heavily in this area of study to increase food production and greatly reduce the need to buy abroad.
This and many other expenses result in the production and sales of the products being far less than the annual expenditure. But the only reason they don't go into the red is because of the investments that come in constantly and Skarla selling projects that would make anyone rich.
Time is an enemy and his other enemies and rivals know it, hurting him in every possible way.
......
It was a rather cold day, there had recently been heavy rain which had left the mountains rather chilly, the cold that came from the north meant that it was necessary to wrap up warm or illness could result.
Skarla was smiling and personally came to the teleportation portal, waiting patiently until there was activity and the portal activated, moments later a large entourage arrived.
A flag with a tree emblem emblazoned on it, elves advancing proudly, watchful eyes peering everywhere, some with astonishment and surprise.
Myriel appeared, leading the entourage, looking at Skarla, but deftly made way and bowed, everyone did so and Grisaliel, stunning and stealing all the attention, appeared, her beautiful long azure dress trailing on the ground, the plants around vibrated, looking more alive, even they were welcoming Grisaliel, The Elf Queen.
“Queen Grisaliel, I welcome you to Krugar, the Land of Progress!” - Skarla smiled politely, Grisaliel laughed sweetly, licking her lips at the sight of Skarla.
—————————
PART 4 – Fun & Unexpected (+18)
—————————
In Skarla's luxurious office, overlooking the huge garden and the magnificent mountain range unfolding in the distance.
Aaahh~
A loud scream of pleasure is audible, accompanied by the intense, wet sound of flesh being struck.
We can see the following scene. Skarla is sitting in her large, sturdy chair, which has endured many battles, succeeding her ancestors who perished one by one before the visits of certain ladies.
Skarla is leaning back in her comfortable reclining chair, her legs raised to the window, legs open as she has a perfect body with skin as white as milk, her back to Skarla, looking out over the garden and mountains, but her focus is on pleasure, not on the landscape.
Skarla's hands rest on her hips and ass, moving her up and down continuously, her tight, soft pussy being continually pulled and pushed hard.
Grisaliel, the queen of the elves, rolled around happily, resting her hands on Skarla's knees, squeezing that monstrous cock hard into her pussy and feeling it strike deep into her womb.
She laughed, rolling her eyes. - “I missed that! God~”
She had lived for a long time, had countless sexual partners throughout her life, but only Skarla made her feel this much desire.
PLAP! PLAP! PLAP! PLAP!
The continuous and intense astonishment was shattering, at the door, outside in the corridor, we have the royal guard with their eyes closed and in position, preventing anyone from entering.
And because Skarla wants them to listen, she hasn't erected sound barriers as she normally would, making Myriel wonder if she misses that intensity too, because as an elf, few things appeal to them and a woman capable of satisfying dozens of elves with ease is something that one would hardly give up.
But at the moment it's the queen who's inside, they're just her guards, no matter how prestigious their lineage, there's a hierarchy. They can only feel their pussies getting wet and the desire rising, but they hold back.
PLAP! PLAP!
The rhythmic sound, the screams and howls of pleasure, all unlock memories of the time of the auction. All of them here being the guards Skarla once fucked for pure fun.
Back inside, we have Grisaliel being held by the neck, her torso arching as Skarla rolls her hips, her massive cock making a huge mess, but Grisaliel just growls in pure euphoria, bubbles of saliva rising from her teeth due to the force she was exerting in the midst of her smile and clenched teeth.
Skarla gasped, moaned and trembled slightly, then took hold of the queen's lips, thrusting her tongue inside, Grisaliel sucked, then felt his lips being bitten.
With a howl, Skarla suddenly turned her around, bringing her legs together to rest on his shoulders, hugging the queen and violently hammering his cock deep into her pussy.
Howls, moans and screams mixed together. Their mouths coming into aggressive contact, lower lips being bitten, tongues sucked and the ecstasy growing, howls becoming louder and with two huge testicles pulsing, squeezing and jumping, Grisaliel felt the thick, hot spurt flooding her womb.
...
Grisaliel comfortably got off Skarla's lap and relaxed on the chair begging for mercy. She staggered happily over to a table, filled two glasses with whisky and brought them over, along with the bottle.
Skarla grabbed her ass, Grisaliel sat down and she was easily pulled up and placed on his lap, her big, soft ass pressed against that fat, flaccid cock at the moment, but always ready for combat, just give the order.
Skarla gratefully took the glass, Grisaliel snuggled into her lap, Skarla began to drink. - “I'm pregnant.”
PFFFF~
Skarla spat a strong gush of whisky at the wall, almost knocking over Grisaliel who had been expecting it. - “Uwo, that was surprising and sudden.” - Skarla laughed. - “I wonder who was lucky enough for you to lower your defenses. Some high-ranking noble?”
“No. It was accidental, even I was surprised.” - Grisaliel said calmly.
“Really? Even with High-elves that's possible?” - Skarla laughed. - “Who was the lucky one who managed to impregnate someone of your size? That person must have magic seeds.”
“I think so too, because this person's seeds were able to not only force me back into my fertile period that I thought was over ages ago, but also made my body instinctively deactivate my defenses and this person's magical defenses. I have to say, when the real queen finds out, she'll go mad.” - Grisaliel smiled.
Skarla laughed, then something clicked in her mind. - “Wait... the sudden visit...” - Skarla stopped and rolled her eyes, Grisaliel laughed.
“That doesn't make sense to me, I'm not calling you a liar, you wouldn't be crazy to lie about that, knowing how much I love my children and that I have methods of knowing if the child is mine or not.” - Skarla laughed bitterly.
“But as far as I know, your body was full of barriers, not just the tattoo to prevent pregnancy, I also felt that your body at that time didn't have fertile ovaries. I also had an active tattoo, so the math doesn't add up.”
Grisaliel laughed and his neck rested between Skarla's breasts. - “I've been to a few doctors to understand this better, but it must be how we High-elves were born.”
Skarla thought and remembered. There is the “World Tree” which is like the heart of the planet, the richest and densest natural energy must exist there, the tree is so powerful and rich that it is capable of generating life and that's how the High-elfs were born.
High-elves are born like fruit, when they come out, they practically live forever. It's almost impossible to see an old High-elf, as they don't exist. If they do, they're probably one of the most powerful and ancient beings in the world.
“I know that you High-elves are born from fruits of the World Tree, at least, the originals, their descendants, which I believe is you, are born from copulation.” - Skarla scratched her chin.
“Yes. I was born from 2 High-elfs and not from the Mother Tree, but I'm still a High-elf, the difference is in our hierarchies.” - Grisaliel laughed lightly. - “But we High-elves have bodies closer to magic and nature, so our biology works differently, as if they were animal and plant instincts, always in the pursuit of preservation, procreation and evolution.”
“I've felt before that your semen is incredible, I've never seen anything like it before and it makes me want it.” - At his words, she slipped a few fingers into her vagina and brought the semen-smeared fingers to her lips, tasting them, the result was a big cock ready for another battle, Grisaliel laughed and stroked the fat head.
“I've had enough children, which should be my biological limit, High-elfs tend to have 3 to 4 children at most in their lives, I've had 4 and I've never heard of any High-elf getting pregnant more than 4 times, and know that in the case of twins or triplets, which are extremely rare for us High-elfs, it counts towards the maximum sum of children.”
“Your semen somehow reactivated my fertility, which I thought was impossible. I felt it, but I ignored it at the time, I thought it was just excitement, because it's hard not to go crazy with this huge thing destroying me.” - She leaned over and kissed his head.
“Your seeds turned me into a fertile woman, that's why my sexual appetite increased so much when you were with us, that's why I hardly left your side and didn't even notice. And because of how our bodies react, I instinctively deactivated any and all defenses I had, just as I had to deactivate yours too.”
Skarla was surprised, not understanding how this worked, but in the end, it's a fantasy world, there's no point in looking for logic where there isn't any.
“So my semen is so incredible that it subdued the womb of the queen of the elves.” - Skarla laughed. - “That'll be a great story to tell.”
Grisaliel laughed, rubbing her pussy against his huge cock.
“But know that I'm going to be a part of that child's life.” - Skarla said seriously and held his face.
“I wouldn't dare take that right away from you.” - Grisaliel laughed, not feeling offended.
“Or you thought it would be more of a problem if I found out in the future and caused chaos, right?” - Skarla smiled and Grisaliel looked away.
Snorting, Skarla threw the glasses away and stood up, then pushed Grisaliel against the wall. - “I feel there's something strange in your body, but I don't see any signs of development in your uterus.”
“High-elves don't conceive children like normal humans or elves. Life force is accumulated in our hearts~” - Her moan rang out, she growled as she was invaded. - “When the vitality is enough, a seed will emerge and I will plant it in my homeland, under the care of the Mother Tree... it will be born in 10 years after planting...”
“Huh?” - Skarla frowned. - “What do you mean planting it in the Mother Tree? That doesn't make sense.”
Grisaliel smiled. - “I know, this child is being conceived as a High-elf, not as an elf or a half-breed, as was the case with my other children, only my first son didn't follow that rule. You somehow - aah~ managed to make me conceive something close to a High-elf.”
Skarla blinked in confusion.
—————————
PART 5 – Assumptions!
—————————
There are 4 main categories of elves:
High-Elf First Generation: The first born elves, born every 3,000~6,000 years from the World Tree, take 10 years to sprout and 100 years to mature sufficiently.
High-Elf Second Generation: When 2 High-Elves of the first generation copulate, one of the two, regardless of whether it is the man or the woman, will form a unique sequence of vital energy that will accumulate in their hearts, join together over time, where it is necessary for both parents to inject their vital and magical power into the seed.
After 1 year of this process, the seed will be ready to be planted, but it can only be planted under the care of the World Tree. So after planting, it will take 10 years for the entire gestation to be completed and a healthy, perfect baby to be born.
The difference between the two types of High-elfs is that the first lives twice as long, their affinity with magic is uncommonly high, among other advantages. The second type is conceived by 2 of the first generation, who have lived for centuries or millennia, accumulating impurities and complications as they live and this all affects the formation of the seed.
So a seed generated by the World Tree or by 2 High-elves will obviously not be the same.
After all this we have the last 2 types.
Elves, Third Generation: While 2 High-elves, whether first or second generation, will always conceive High-elves, when they end up copulating with other species, the elven blood is diluted, but remains strong and so the first Elves were born.
They live much less, but they mature relatively quickly and the whole gestation process takes place inside the body, the World Tree has no influence, unless it is to give blessings to pregnant women.
In other words, the first Elves, who are the most generic and well-known type, came about because some High Elves found other species attractive and wanted to fuck them, so they got them pregnant and refused to do so. The children born have the characteristics of the High-elf father, with little or no characteristics of the other species.
You could say it's like goblins. They copulate with any female species and no matter how powerful or great the race is naturally, the children will always be goblins, with mutations rarely occurring and the racial characteristics of their mothers hardly ever inherited by the goblin child.
Elves, Fourth Generation: Here are the ones we know and who spread throughout the world, where 2 third generation elves copulate and result in another of their kind, with characteristics of both parents, but more predominantly the one who is older or stronger, with strength gaining from age.
The difference between the third and fourth generations is similar to the first and second. The 3rd generation are stronger and more talented than the 4th generation.
There is a 5th generation, but the elves hardly categorize them in their hierarchies, even if they welcome them. We're talking about half-breeds.
Grisaliel is 2nd generation, with her father being a 1st generation High-elf and her mother being 2nd generation. She has 4 children, her firstborn who was conceived to maintain the purity of the Divine'Wood Family lineage and lives in the sacred land of the elves where the World Tree is, as for his father, he is one of Grisaliel's cousins.
His three remaining children are all women, Tifariel being the youngest. Each of the 3 children was conceived strategically to create bonds.
Tifariel being descended from a powerful tribe of Ice Elves, in order to strengthen relations between families and races. It turned out that the father was much stronger than Grisaliel, even if the other party wasn't a High-elf, so Tifariel is predominantly an Ice Elf, she being 3rd Generation.
Her other children were similar. Where of the 4, only her first child was conceived as a Seed, the other 3 came out of her womb.
Her ovaries were supposed to have shriveled up or been deactivated, which is normal for all High-elves, but we're in the situation where a few days with Skarla made what should have been impossible possible and got her pregnant.
But not an ordinary pregnancy, but a 2nd Generation pregnancy. When the upper echelons find out about this, it's going to be a real mess.
......
“But that doesn't make any sense!” - Calah howled on hearing all this, naturally the most sensitive of all here.
“Exactly. Skarla's human, you're a High-elf. What do you mean something like a High-elf is being born?” - Letiphia rubbed her temple.
“The answer I get is that it's about martial arts... Doesn't Skarla say that martial arts and the cultivation of internal energy are related to nature? Elves are born from the earth itself, I think the two resonate somehow and... remember that Tifariel has only been practicing for a short time, but is already surpassing most who have been training for years.” - Letiphia said quietly.
Silence arose.
“Well, I'll take the opportunity to do some research.” - Skarla said calmly.
“Are you going to use me as a lab rat?” - Grisaliel narrowed his eyes.
“Yes. I'll take the opportunity to give you my vitality and energy, I want a strong child like all the others I have. I'll also take the opportunity to see if I can replicate this phenomenon.” - Skarla said calmly and looked at Calah, who trembled at the sight.
An alternative method of pregnancy, as her uterus doesn't seem to have the stability to conceive children, this would be a great opportunity.
“I don't think you're seeing the bigger picture. I don't mean to be insulting to Your Majesty, but the high-ranking High Elves are extremely arrogant and I doubt they will look kindly on this child, so they probably won't allow it to be planted.” - Letiphia said seriously.
“I'm already in touch with my family, they're coming to the mainland right now, in a few weeks they should arrive. I trust my family and they will support me, my father is on the Queen's council.” - Grisaliel said calmly.
“There's no need.” - Skarla said calmly, all eyes on her.
“Don't make it up!” - Hackel pointed out. - “I'd accept it if it was Gakai or Talya suggesting it, but not you. Don't go to war with the elves without trying other alternatives first.” - She growled and they all took her side.
“Who do you think I am? Humph!” - Skarla snarled at them. - “I'm just going to talk to the world. The World Tree is nothing more than an extension, a way for the world to connect with its most beloved race, the elves, so I'll talk to it later.”
They all blinked and relaxed, knowing that Skarla had already talked to the world a few times.
“What? What do you mean talking to the world?” - Grisaliel blinked.
“Skarla has communicated with the world a dozen times, literal conversations.” - Letiphia said calmly. - “I know it's absurd, but she has no reason to lie.”
“IMPOSSIBLE!” - Grisaliel shouted. - “There's no way, even the Queen who is the first and the strongest, probably the strongest person in the world, is not able to communicate lightly with the Mother Tree and you, without having contact with her, can communicate with our Mother Earth?”
“Yes. I've even received several missions.” - Skarla pointed to Shunam nearby. - “Shunam is one of the protected daughters of the World, which wanted me to find a way to help her and would reward me generously as a result. There are a few other geniuses and important people I've recruited traveling around the continent, all marked by the world to be trained and cared for.”
“You... you're the emissary from Earth?” - Grisaliel's jaw dropped.
“I'd be more like a servant of the Earth.” - Skarla laughed, because there are many jobs that the world asks her to do and she does them, receiving fat rewards and skilled staff.
Grisaliel felt weak, falling into a chair. She blinked. - “Skarla... I think you'll give the Queen a heart attack and... you might cause a war.”
“Don't overdo it, I'm sure the world will manage. There's no way the world will allow us to get into a conflict, because it knows that I would annihilate your kind if you stood in my way.” - Skarla smiled gently, the mood becoming heavy.
On the other side of the world, the World Tree shuddered and an ethereal beauty with her eyes closed slowly reacted, her eyes opened and the whole palace shook. - “Important visitor? I see...”