"Master Reilo!"
Moon Lily Gana, the [Moon Eye], suddenly initiated a private mental communication and called out to Reilo.
With the great battle imminent, Reilo glanced sideways. The Half-Elf woman, who stood somewhat taller than he did, looked troubled and anxious.
"Master, the goddess once issued a Divine Decree concerning the Central Academy seat: the Life Tree Academy must obtain it at any cost. This Moon Well Water represents years of accumulation by the Life Tree. Please accept it as compensation for what happened with the academy's Giant Wood Tree Man army, and show us some leniency."
The Half-Elf secretly handed Reilo a Sea Shell, from which an astonishingly pure energy radiated!
It was clear that if the Sea Shell hadn't sealed in the liquid, its astonishingly pure energy would long since have spilled out uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Reilo's palm flashed with light, and a strange drop of liquid slipped into the Sea Shell and vanished.
Then he returned the empty shell to Moon Lily Gana.
Moon Lily Gana looked at the empty shell in her hand, then recalled the strange liquid from moments before. Her expression changed; she seemed to have realized something.
Reilo had used the Sacred Demon Artifact, Tears of Dawn, to absorb all the Moon Well Water. Beneath his Capricorn Mask, he replied coldly, "I think you should understand one thing first: the Central Academy belongs to Half-Elf scholars, not the goddess of life. Since the great goddess of life is supposedly determined to obtain it, surely the Life Tree Academy has more to offer than this pure energy liquid and the Giant Wood Tree Men?"
Reilo's words made Moon Lily Gana shudder!
The Life Tree Academy's expedition did indeed have another, even more powerful trump card.
But it was only a last resort, to be