As a magic user, your power bounded to magic stone, where you couldn’t do anything without it, but as a Serafim, it was different story entirely. Your divine power allowed you to have limitless power, you didn’t need such a thing like magic stone to support your power and the Sylph was a natural protector mythical creature.
They only had around ten magic users that came from the Holy Kingdom after the last attack of the monster and Nefilim in the Golden Light pack, more so with everything that had been going on, the supply of magic stone dwindled drastically. It was hard to find those stones nowadays, since there were attack after attack and power struggles.
Magic stone was scarce, even more when they learned the Red Claw pack had fallen into the enemy’s hand.
"Lou!" Iris called for the merchant, as Abby summoned the Sylph and it worked like magic when all the magic users absorbed the divine power that was catered by the Sylph, so did Lou.
Ther merchant and the remaining magic users created a transparent dome that managed to ward off the crows, which allowed them to breath.
Even so, the crows still tried to break the shield by doing the same thing that they had done when they tried to break through the pack house.
Lou felt this strange sensation again when he absorbed the divine power, he didn’t notice this feeling before when he did it the first time, but now it became apparent for him.
Meanwhile, Cane shifted back into his human form, as he stared at the dome that protected them and the Sylph. Everyone cheered because the Serafim saved them, but he knew better that it was Iris.
Cane stared at his mate from the distance, his expression was impassive, as he was deep in thought and right at the same time, feeling his intense gaze, Iris found Cane was staring at her and without a second thought, she rushed toward him and hugged him.
Iris was worried because she couldn’t find Cane among the people and the feeling of relief washed over her when she finally found him.
"Cane..." Iris breathed deeply when she hugged her mate and closed her eyes, relishing a sense of comfort that she could only get from him.
"You have done a great job, Iris." Cane hugged her and kissed her neck. He squeezed her body gently. "I am so proud of you."
That was right, Cane was very proud of his mate, to be the person she was right now. She didn’t really need his protection anymore and could shoulder this hard journey with him, side by side.
Iris became someone that he could rely on and it felt less desolate when you were not alone facing the adversity.
Cane kissed her head, while only a handful people in this main hall, who knew it was actually Iris that could make this happened and protected them, unfortunately, the rest of them thought it was actually the Serafim’s power that played the role and she was protecting them right now.
Therefore, what Cane’s said was very heartwarming and precious. It was very important to be acknowledged for your effort.
Iris couldn’t blame Abby to desire this feeling, because she too, wanted it so badly. She wanted to be acknowledged and accepted. The way Iris grew up had messed up her mind and self respect and confidence.
"Tell me, do you have any plan in mind about how to deal with this?" Cane whispered asking to her ear, his voice was soft and teasing.
Even in dire situation like this, Cane could find joy in his mate, which made Iris less anxious about what she was going to do, because she knew, she had her mate and whatever might happen, they had each other and of course... their little one.
"Excuse me, but I am the one, who created the shield," Lou said, as he stood behind Iris. His expression was ashen to watch the two of them were hugging each other, displaying their affection in front of so many people.
Meanwhile, Grace and Ardand started to help healing some people, who had been injured because of the crows. The protection around them looked strong enough, they could see those crows were still trying to break it, but it was sturdy enough under the assault.
Hearing that, Iris immediately released herself from Cane, there was a tinge of red on her cheeks, as she glared at Lou.
"What? At least, you can say; thank you my dear Lou... like that." Lou blinked his eyes innocently upon receiving Iris’s fierce gaze.
However, instead of saying that, Iris closed her eyes and there were little lights, like small fireflies, or shimmering dust that floated in the air, in which those lights went to the people, who had been injured and helped them recovered quickly.
Some of the people, who had never seen this, thought it was the Serafim again, who had helped them and healed them, but the children from the Black Market had seen this before, they knew who had created this.
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