Erica sat with Christina for about two hours, listening to her and calming her down. After Christina cald down, Erica put her down to sleep in her tent.
Erica soon left the area and flew towards Azaroth's camp. She wished to express her gratitude to him for saving Christina.
No matter what motive he had in mind, the fact remained that he saved Christina.
Erica was quite aware of what Christina would have to endure if the Night Mountain Sect got their hands on her.
She would be tortured daily and maybe even do so despicable things to her.
After nearly 15 or so minutes, she reached Azaroth's camp. Azaroth sensed her presence and had already co out of his tent.
"Greetings, what brings the Sect Mistress here?" He asked with an amused tone. He knew perfectly well why she was here, but he wanted her to speak it from her own mouth.
"…I have co to thank you for saving my daughter," Erica spoke at that mont, "If not for you, the Night Mountain Sect would have tortured her to break my willpower."
"The Black Lake Sect would have most likely lost this battle against the Night Mountain Sect. Thus, I sincerely thank you," Erica spoke as she bowed slightly.
Azaroth smiled slightly while remaining silent. He knew what she was trying to do. She was genuine while thanking him. However, Erica was thanking him in such a manner that he wouldn't request anything excessive for this favor.
She wanted him to feel slightly embarrassed. When an individual wants sothing from a person who genuinely respects him, he would feel reluctant to ask for sothing excessive and ruin that respect that the other person held for him.
However, Azaroth was far above this sort of awkwardness. He spoke out with a clear tone, "You owe an enormous favor. After all, I was the one who rescued your daughter. And I've heard that nothing is more precious to a mother than a child. This must be true even for a sect mistress like you."
Erica gazed at him with a serious expression and then nodded. This was a fact, after all.
"To return that favor, I want your Black Lake Sect to assist my Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect whenever we require it." This was a rather fine condition in Erica's eyes. It was akin to forming an alliance with the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect.
Although the Black Lake Sect won't gain anything from this deal, Erica was willing to form this alliance. This was the least she could do to return the favor she owed Azaroth.
However, Azaroth wasn't done yet.
"There is one condition to that statent. You can't say no to aiding the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect as long as you remain the sect mistress."
When Erica heard those words, her eyes widened. She understood what this condition ant.
With the previous condition, the Black Lake Sect would be in an alliance with the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect. However, if she agreed to this condition, the Black Lake Sect would more or less beco a subordinate to the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect.
At the least, as long as she remained the sect mistress, she could never go refuse Azaroth's order. This was akin to selling herself and her whole sect.
"…Aren't you being a little too excessive with that demand?" Erica asked with a cold tone.
Azaroth didn't appear to be affected by those words, "The favor you owe is just that huge. I am not soone who is willing to suffer a loss."
"Heh. Really? And if I don't accept this condition?" Erica asked while coldly snorting. She wasn't going to sell her sect away to this man. Personally, kneeling to Azaroth was one thing, but betraying her entire sect was another matter!
Azaroth spoke with a calm tone, "I understand." He took a small pause and added with a cold smile on his face, "You should return to your daughter's side then. You will understand everything."
Erica didn't understand what he ant. However, Azaroth had already turned around and left the area.
After a couple of seconds, Erica realized what Azaroth was talking about. She took an about-turn and rushed towards her daughter's side.
At this ti, Christina's Variant Fla Root had erupted with an unreal fla Ardor.
The warriors of the Black Lake Sect utilized their best Water Ardor techniques, but the flas continued to burn.
Christina's body was burning from the inside. Moreover, the fla was burning rather slowly.
Around 5 or so minutes later, Erica arrived, and she gasped in shock as she saw what had occurred to her daughter.
"Christina?!" She shouted with her voice full of concern and anxiety.
She then recalled Azaroth's words and his cold smile. She now realized that this must have been his motive to save Christina.
He had sohow managed to trigger Christina's Variant Fla Root without Erica realizing it. Not just Erica, but the Golden Crow and the Great Kun were also caught off-guard.
This ant he had expected Erica's response and prepared this ti bomb for this situation.
At this mont, Erica created a colossal water sphere and struck Christina with that attack.
Christina's body subrged within that water sphere and the fla ardor around her beca weaker.
Erica frowned as she sensed that she couldn't permanently suppress the Fla Ardor that was released from Christina's Variant Fla Root.
Erica raised her output and tried to forcefully suppress Christina's Variant Fla Root.
At that mont, the Great Kun Spirit within her spoke 'You can't suppress her Variant Fla Root using my Water Elent. It seed as though sothing is actively triggering her Fla Root.'
'If you don't purge that thing which is triggering her Fla Root, your daughter would continue to release energy till she dies.'
"How do I deal with it?" Erica imdiately asked the Great Kun Spirit. Her voice displayed her urgency.
The Great Kun Spirit responded a mont later 'You would need a Heavenly Herb that is on the sa rank as that of the thing triggering the Fla Root. However, you should give up on that thod.'
Erica's eyes widened when she heard the Great Kun Spirit asking her to give up. She asked with her voice filled with anxiousness, "Why?! Do you want to give up on my daughter?!"
'That's not the case. It's just that whatever is triggering her Fla Root is an existence even greater than mine. And this ans you would need a Seven Star Heavenly Herb that can suppress Fla Elent! Moreover, you would need to gather this herb in less than a day. Since that's how long your daughter can last. However, you should realize the difficulty of this mission. Moreover, even after you get a Heavenly Herb that can suppress Fla Elent, I cannot guarantee that it would work.'
Tears began to well up in Erica's eyes as she heard the Great Kun Spirit's explanation.
The Great Kun Spirit continued speaking 'Another thod would be to ask an Array Expert to create an Array that would suppress her Fla Root. However, this would be a temporary thod, and Christina would need to reinforce that array periodically.'
The more Erica listened to the Great Kun Spirit's words, the more she realized how awful the situation was.
'You don't need to be so disheartened. You do have a way to save your daughter. And I suppose I don't need to ntion it to you.'
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