Ellie's mischievous look was exactly like a villain's; any ordinary girl would have been scared to tears by now.
"At least... don't hurt my companions," Sir Xia Na said. Likely due to her forced composure, she didn't show any signs of fear.
Honestly, if it were Livia-san, she would probably be on the ground crying and begging for mercy.
"Your companions? With so many people in there, how would I know who your companions are? It's impossible for me to spare everyone. But, seeing as you're helping me hide this, I can let one of them go, like a certain old man or something," Ellie hinted so obviously, even laughing aloud.
"Yes! My companion is the old man; if you can spare him, that's enough!" However, Sir Xia Na, completely in the dark, had no idea Ellie was teasing her.
"Pfft, hahahaha! And you said you didn't like old men? Even at a time like this, you're still thinking about his safety, hahahaha..." Ellie burst out laughing, very loudly, completely unconcerned if the people in the cave would hear her.
"You're..." Sir Xia Na was dumbfounded by Ellie's reaction.
"Then I promise you, now go die! Ehe! Pfft, hahahaha..." Ellie laughed heartily while gently touching the ice sword in her hand to the spine at the back of Sir Xia Na's neck. As expected... the moment it touched Sir Xia Na, the ice sword immediately shattered.
"...What? What is this??" Sir Xia Na saw the ice sword at her neck shatter, then saw Ellie holding her stomach and laughing, completely bewildered as to what was happening.
"I'm not teasing you anymore, Older Sister Sir Xia Na. You only guessed twenty percent correctly. It's true that I'm categorized with those with ulterior motives, but don't worry, I don't have any ill intentions, nor do I mean to harm any of you. Please believe me on this," Ellie held back her laughter, trying to sound serious, but in the end, she couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
"Hoh..." Sir Xia Na looked down at the shattered ice on the ground, realizing her Absolute Defense Barrier was working. Her gaze towards Ellie sharpened considerably.
"I know! I'll explain everything clearly. You're probably thinking I'm playing dumb, right? That knowing the Absolute Defense Barrier was active, I'm deliberately playing dumb? But you're completely wrong. I knew from the start that I couldn't break your Absolute Defense Barrier. Just as Older Sister Sir Xia Na said, my level is very low, only level two. As for why I have such a strange amount of HP, I'll explain that too. First, please put down your staff!" Ellie quickly said.
After all, the purple gem embedded in Sir Xia Na's staff had already started glowing, a premonition that she was about to cast some magic.
"I'll give you ten seconds to explain clearly," Sir Xia Na said, but the light from her staff immediately dissipated.
It seemed she intended to listen to her explanation, as she had indeed played a trick first, so it was no wonder Sir Xia Na was angry afterward.
"First, let me clarify one thing: your transmigration truly has nothing to do with me. I should say that I, like you, am a victim. However... what's different about me is that I didn't transmigrate from that game world called Yggdrasil like you did. I am originally a native of this world," Ellie said. This was not a lie.
Indeed, she had not transmigrated from that game, and the claim of being a native was also correct; she had indeed been born here.
"Don't joke around. If you're a native, how do you know about Yggdrasil? How do you know about transmigration?" Sir Xia Na naturally wouldn't accept Ellie's statement so easily.
"That's because... my father, like you, is a transmigrator from that game. So, of course, I know about transmigrators, that is, you players. I also learned a little about Yggdrasil from my father," Ellie said.
"Then what do you mean by saying you're a victim like us?" Sir Xia Na continued to ask.
"This is where I'm different from you. I... transmigrated back from the future. To put it simply, I am a time transmigrator, while you are space and plane transmigrators. You should understand now, right?" Ellie said, completely unconcerned about revealing that she was a time traveler.
Ellie had thought about this; she knew that... here, she had no support from Nazarick, her magic scrolls were one less with each use, and she had lost her weapon.
Although she had Downfall of Castle and Country in hand, that thing was only a last resort. Besides that... she had no other cards to play.
However, she had to face dragons in their prime, and also achieve the arduous task of saving humanity without deviating from the original historical timeline.
Ellie understood... no matter how much she used schemes, her abilities had limits. Unless she became like a certain DIO-sama and stopped being human, uh... wait a minute, she didn't seem to be human right now, so! She still needed a companion. So Ellie chose Sir Xia Na, who had lived the longest among the Six Great Gods and with whom she felt a particular sense of familiarity.
"A time transmigrator, huh... But if you're a time transmigrator, how did you know we were game transmigrators the first moment you woke up?" Sir Xia Na still looked unconvinced. Her suspicion was not wrong; this was indeed the most suspicious point. If it were Ellie, Ellie would also be suspicious in the same way.
"Because I know about you all. The moment I saw you, I knew what was going on. So, my original plan was to quietly support you from behind, but unfortunately, you saw through me directly," Ellie said, shrugging.
"You know about us?" Sir Xia Na was very confused.
"That's right, you are the legendary great heroes! From the perspective of future humans, you are their saviors, their gods. Without you, future humans would probably still be like livestock!" Ellie said.
"..." Sir Xia Na fell silent after hearing Ellie say this, seemingly deep in thought, perhaps processing what Ellie had just told her.
"After understanding this, I intend to support you in achieving your goal. Otherwise... if you can't save the humans of this world, it might affect my existence in the future. Although I am a native-born local, I still know about time paradoxes, you know," Ellie continued.
"Then if you tell me this, aren't you afraid of a time paradox?" Sir Xia Na retorted playfully to Ellie.
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