RISE OF EROS

While Elder Vilmon invited Andrew and the others to the elven village, Elder Afilis reported what had happened with the men mobilizing the artifacts of destruction and Andrew's appearance.

Regarding the artifacts the elder informed the village chief who immediately deployed several guards to the places the elder had reported the artifacts were.

He was also preparing to receive Elder Vilmon with his guests. Although the chief of the elven village did not know who Andrew and the others were, the mere fact that they were guests of the two elven guardians was reason enough to receive them with veneration.

It is necessary to know that not even Augustus himself would be received as Andrew and the others would be received. While all the preparations to receive them were being made, Elder Afilis gathered the entire council of elven elders to discuss the matter.

All the elders thought they had gathered to discuss countermeasures against the attackers that Elder Vilmon and Elder Afilis had decimated, but when Elder Afilis began to tell them about Andrew and the others, so they were confused.

"Elder Afilis, I don't understand, shouldn't we discuss the subject of the attackers? What does this group of human guests have to do with the meeting?", one of the elders asked confused.

Understanding his companion's doubt Elder Afilis began to explain, "How do you think we became aware of this attack?", he asked and then all the other elven elders understood the reason.

"I see, those humans you invited are the ones who warned you of the attack," exclaimed the same elder who had spoken before and Elder Afilis continued, "Indeed, one of them did warn us, but that is not what is important."

Again Elder Afilis' words confused the others, but before they could ask, Elder Afilis said, "The importance is in the method used to inform us."

"The method?", asked another of the elders and nodding his head at Elder Afilis continued his explanation, "That young man used divinity." By the time Elder Afilis' words were finished, everyone else was so shocked that they did not utter a sound.

After a few seconds of shock one of the elders managed to recover and asked in alarm, "Divinity? Are you sure about that?", to which Elder Afilis responded by nodding his head.

The surprise of the elf elders was not abnormal, for divinity is not something that just anyone can have. It is common knowledge that the most powerful experts on the continent are demigods and they reach that level because they attain divinity.

However, this divinity is very different from that of Andrew, his wives, and his guardians. The divinity comes from the same place and is the creator god, the initial one, but the difference lies in the quantity.

As all the sapient beings of the different universes were created by the initial god, all their souls have divinity, only that to reach it requires a monumental effort and luck, that is why the demigods exist.

A normal that a mortal can ascend as a god, although their abilities will be very limited concerning the born gods or those ascended as candidates.

That is to say, in theory, the two elven demigods could ascend as gods, but once they do so they would be the lowest link among the gods. On the other hand, the divinity granted to Andrew is greater and it is easier to ascend as a god and even when he ascends he could continue to grow.

Andrew did not know this, but Fluffy was explaining it to him as they traveled to the elven village. While in the elf council, everyone was asking the elder Afilis if they were demigods too.

"They aren't. They are quite weak in comparison, even you are stronger than the most powerful expert among them, but if we talk about their divinity, even Elder Vilmon does not reach their level," Elder Afilis answered.

Again the elders were shocked. They could not even imagine the reason for this, they even doubted Elder Afilis' words, but seeing the seriousness on the elder's face, they had to believe.

For this reason, they decided to receive Andrew and the others as esteemed guests because they wanted to unravel the mystery. Meanwhile, Andrew and the others in the company of Elder Vilmon arrived at the village.

Although they called it a village, it looked like a city, but there was not a single building in it. Only lush trees of great vitality could be seen and in them could be found the homes of the elves.

When Andrew and the others saw it, they were amazed because it was magical. The beauty of the city could not be described in words. The range of colors that could be seen in the place was indescribable, but the green color of the leaves of the trees was what stood out the most.

While they were still admiring the beauty of the place, Elder Vilmon said, "Welcome to Evergreen." As the elder Vilmon's words fell, a young-looking elf approached to welcome them.

The elf wore a light green and white robe. His skin was flawless white, his hair golden as gold, blue eyes, and pointed ears, he was the embodiment of beauty.

It is known that elves are one of the longest-lived and most beautiful races in the world and this man in front of them was evidence of that. "Welcome, honored guests," the elf said respectfully bowing slightly.

"This is Ifiris, the village chief. Ifiris, this is young Andrew, his wife Aki and their guardians, Oliver and Marie," the elder Vilmon made the introductions and added, "They were the ones who warned us of the danger."

Ifiris was immediately surprised because although Elder Afilis had informed him of what had happened, he did not know the details and upon learning that it was all thanks to Andrew and the others, his attitude became more respectful, "Then you are the saviors of the village. Accept my heartfelt thanks."

"No need for such a ceremony, Chief Ifiris, it was just a coincidence, we just did what we had to do," Andrew replied just as politely. The elder Vilmon nodded slightly at Andrew's words.

He was becoming more and more at ease with Andrew's performance. While it was true that he was struck by the divinity of Andrew and the others, he appreciated the respect and decorum with which Andrew expressed himself.

"Ifiris, I will go and inform the council of what has happened, please entertain our guests," the elder Vilmon said, and turning to Andrew he spoke again, "Young Andrew, I will retire for the moment to attend to some business, I will see you later."

Andrew just nodded and the next second the old man disappeared. Ifiris led Andrew and the others to one of the lushest-looking trees in the village and only later did Andrew learn that it was the house of the village chief.

Impressively, these trees were not unlike human houses in a city. While every piece of furniture was carved from the same tree and there were no apparent luxuries, it was very comfortable and cozy, not to mention much more spacious than it appeared on the outside.

All the elves who watched as Andrew and the others were greeted by Elder Vilmon and the village chief were surprised and began to whisper among themselves trying to understand what was going on.

Elder Vilmon was the most revered person in the village and was rarely seen by the village elves, so to see him bring guests was surprising. Everyone wanted to know who they were.

Soon after a group of guardian elves, arrived in the village carrying 10 strange and malicious-looking artifacts. All the assembled elves noticed this and furrowed their brows because every minute that passed, something new was happening and they understood less.

One of the village elves, the wife of one of the guards approached her husband and asked the question they all wanted to know, "Honey, what are those things? And who are the humans that Elder Vilmon brought?".

The guards didn't know about Andrew and the others, so he was confused at his wife's question, but still answered, "I don't know what you mean by guests, but these are artifacts of destruction that some humans were planning to use to attack the forest."

The elven guard's words exalted the others. However, after the initial surprise, anger came over them because they valued the forest too much, and learning that it might have been destroyed upset them.

At that moment, one of the elves deduced and asked, "Could it be that Elder Vilmon's guests discovered the attackers?". Everyone upon hearing this immediately tied their knots and concluded that this must be the reason Elder Vilmon had brought them.

While the assembled elves were talking about it, Andrew, Oliver, Aki, Marie, and Ifiris sat inside the latter's house and while drinking the most delicious fruit juice they had ever tasted they discussed this topic.

Ifiris did not know the details, so he asked Andrew and the others, who did not hide anything and told him everything that happened, but they did not talk about the fact that Andrew used his divinity.

While the elders might know, Andrew did not want to divulge this information and since the elder had not mentioned it, he preferred to hide it. It was better to be cautious, although, in this situation, it was not important.