A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods
Chapter 255: The Vile Priestess

Chapter 255: The Vile Priestess

Rakkan, Liliana, and the other adventurers who are fighting for their lives over at the monsters that continue to invade the lands were suddenly stunned when all of the Snow Men that they are currently fighting against suddenly disintegrated in thin air. Not only that but those Snow Men who are still attacking have also been included in the disintegration, leaving behind their tattered clothes, which is their only clue that they once existed.

"Looks like what Elaina said is true. And she managed to do it," Liliana smiled as she wiped off the snow in her robe.

"Indeed. Everyone! It seems that the battle is finally over. Gather the tattered rags the Snow Men dropped and patrol the area if any stragglers have not been killed. Otherwise, good job everyone. We have prevailed and survived the onslaught!"

Hearing this, everyone cheered, as their victory had been finalized. The only thing they needed to do was discern the damage done after the battles. Thankfully, it wasn’t hard to do so compared to the actual battle and everyone can now safely sigh in relief.

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Elaina and the group stare at the final tree glowing after Elaina supplies it with the final magic stones she collected, Turns out the number of magic stones she has collected so far has been sufficient enough to power the four trees at once. Due to her efforts, the attack was thoroughly ended by the sanctuary the trees created after they were powered up.

Not only that but as every tree’s sanctuary expanded more trees were activated and as a result, the whole kingdom was protected and the Snow Men that were terrorizing the area were killed in the process.

"It’s finally over..." Elaina slumped into the snow as she felt like she was drained of years of her life after the events were over.

"Even though the battle was not that long, it was the only time in my life that I have expended that much mana so far. Who would have thought fighting so many monsters at once would be this exhausting," Julia immediately grabbed a mana potion in her bag and started chugging it while keeping her face straight to endure the bitterness and disgusting flavor the potion had.

"You will get used to it if you are an adventurer. It is tough at first but the more you use mana, the more your body will be capable of recovering mana. It is some kind of proficiency training, I must say," Duke Darcy said as he holstered his guns into their respective holsters.

Elaina stood up and wiped off the snow from her pants as she looked at the glowing tree’s byproduct.

The Binding Vine Chain.

Before, those vines only shot up in the sky and joined together. But after the final tree has been supplied, a stream of energy shoots up into the sky, and another vine appears connecting with the previous vines up in the air. After connecting with each other, it then proceeded to shoot out another vine, following the light that was emitted before when the third tree was supplied with mana stones.

"Gods, are you guys sure that the one who is responsible for all of these has been captured by that vine? What if they cut the vine and escape?" Elaina asked.

"[Ha, cutting the vine that the gods made to capture the Ice Lord? If they are somehow someone who has the power of the gods or perhaps possess a tool that is capable of slaying gods, then that perhaps would be possible for them to cut it off. But other than that, no one else will be capable of removing that, aside from you, Dear Elaina since you are our representative, we gave you the authority to control that vine and decide the fate of the one causing the troubles.]" the Goddess of Taming explained.

"So until I get to the location of the perpetrator, they will be tied by the vine forever?"

"[Correct! If you wish they would perpetually suffer, then it is up to your choice and they will continue to suffer like that for a long duration and they will have no choice about it but to endure and suffer from it!]" the Goddess of Taming said with the hint that she was excited from the result. Elaina just didn’t know that much as she was just reading their responses.

The brutal winter has gone for long enough and even then, it should have been enough, and yet that was never it as the perpetrator decided that more monsters would need to spice up the boring winter. Elaina wanted to focus on some tasks while it is winter and do it while she is not busy with farm work and yet it was all ruined by the one causing this winter.

In short, Elaina is not happy with the perpetrator’s actions.

"Time to meet them. And revealing the truth should also ensure that they will be ashamed for the rest of their life as a result."

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The evacuation area where the patients and healers are gathered is currently crowded. Not because they are currently seeking healing, though many of them are doing that purpose in the first place. However, that is not their main reason for gathering and looking out for the current thing that is causing people to check the place out.

"F*CKING USELESS! What are you all doing? Cut up this stupid vine this instant!" the Priestess squirmed as the vines coiling around her body continued to tighten the more she struggled.

Earlier, the knights and her followers were already doing what they needed to do to free her from the bindings that were made by the vines that came from the sky. However, it was a sturdy vine, enough to even repel their attacks and render them dull enough that it was useless swinging their sharp weapons to the vines themselves.

As for magic, it was also used, specifically those magic spells that allowed the vine to burn and conjure some sharp magic tools that would cut things that they passed through. In theory, those things should also be effective but none of them works.

Due to this development, even until the situation was over, the Priestess was still struggling with this circumstance.

Dr. Fey who was shamed earlier by the Priestess herself has already managed to change her clothes and return with a fresh set, as she looked at the Priestess.

"What are you looking at, scum? Are you happy with my current predicament? You filthy muck of waste, you think I deserved all of this?!"

Words that are quite sharp, it should be enough to cut someone in half, and yet Dr. Fey felt sad about the situation of the Priestess. However, despite feeling sad, she has no idea how to free herself from that predicament so the only thing she can do is watch her situation unfold.

"Just you wait, once I am free from here. I will make sure to bash your face and make sure no one will accept you as another healer, disgraceful bastard!"

Many people witnessing the true behavior of the saintess are disgusted by this display. Her cussing tantrum is causing people to view her differently now. Her saintly figure in their minds is now switched to her devilish current self and now no one is even more willing to help her out.

As she continues to lash out and struggle to break free, the people that she considers her comrades soon arrive.

"What happened to her Ririna?!" the hero finally arrived after he was done with his hero work of defending the kingdom.

"Oh, my hero! You have finally arrived! Quick, cut this vine for me! It is binding me and I cannot move at all!"

The hero grinned and readied his sword. "Of course, my blade should be enough to cut these vines off. Here, let me free you at once."

In one quick swing, he lightly slashed the vines, thinking it would just be severed by his sword, however...

PENG!

"?!"

His sword bounces back, being repelled by the vine itself. It was like it was denying the attack and just didn’t bother to even make a single cut from one vine. It was like his sword had become dull all of a sudden.

Seeing the result, he decided to take this seriously and sliced the vine once more but this time, with force.

PENG PENG PENG!

His swings are full of force and even bystanders can see the effect of that. They even have to distance themselves to ensure they will not be included in being cut accidentally by the hero’s swings...but the vine seems to be toying with his attacks.

"Why is my weapon not able to slice through this ordinary vine? What sorcery is this?!"

At that time, Elaina, Julia, and Duke Darcy finally arrived near the location of the perpetrator. Their face-off is now inevitable.