Erii: A Journey Through the Heavens Begins with Frilian

The sun sank completely behind the rolling mountains, and a full moon cast a gentle light.

The town became quiet, with the occasional lazy meow of a kitten.

Mary's Hotel.

The battlefield at the dining table is already over, with four figures sitting around it.

"Just give us a triple room, we don't need three single rooms. And how much is this meal?" Philon asked, taking out his purse and rummaging through it.

"No need to pay! No need to pay!" Mary hurriedly grabbed Philon's hand. "I'm extremely grateful that you accepted the commission."

"Tell me the specifics of your daughter's disappearance," Frillian asked.

"That night she rushed to the next town, probably leaving around eight o'clock. Alas, my headache flared up, and only the medicine prescribed by that doctor worked... It's all my fault, I should have just endured it." Mary covered her face with deep regret, tears seeping through her fingers.

After calming down, she continued, "But the next day I waited until night, and she still didn't come back. On the third day, I asked someone to ask the doctor, and the doctor said he had never seen my daughter."

"Before this, there were already rumors about ghosts, so I suspected that my daughter had also encountered a ghost... I hope she was just... sigh..."

Monsters are extremely dangerous and brutal; an ordinary person with no strength would have very little chance of survival if they encountered one.

Mary wanted to say it was some other unexpected situation, but whatever it was, being missing for so long was not a good thing.

Bandits, wild beasts, or someone accidentally falling off a cliff?

Choose one?

Mary dared not choose.

Then she recounted the other two items on the power of attorney.

In an attempt to find his grandson, an elderly man took out an antique sword that had been sealed away for hundreds of years.

In order to find their parents, the young children took out the candies they had kept in a jar that they were reluctant to eat.

"We will do our best," Philon said.

"Thank you, thank you," Mary bowed again in gratitude. "It's getting late, you should go and get some rest. Just let me know if you need anything."

"Hmm." Frillie got up and went upstairs.

Erii walked at the back, looking back at Mary sitting alone on the empty first floor. Under the warm light, she was motionless, like a stone statue with its heart hollowed out.

"Auntie," Erii turned back, took a piece of chocolate from her pocket, "have some candy."

……

The next day.

The three entered the forest early in the morning and arrived at the scene of the incident with the help of a local.

"My lords, I'll be taking my leave now; I have matters to attend to at home." The local man left with an awkward smile, clearly filled with fear of the unpredictable and mysterious monster.

This is a dried-up riverbed revealing scattered rocks, surrounded by nothing out of the ordinary trees and vegetation. Along the way, we encountered many birds, beasts, insects, and fish.

"Nothing seems amiss," Philon said, narrowing his eyes slightly, "but there are traces of magic used."

Frillie already knew the answer, but she still asked, "What do you think it is?"

Philon said with certainty, "Illusion magic that can create illusions."

Seeing Erii's confusion, Philon explained, "Some monsters use illusions to lure their prey. Hmm, you guessed it, right? Just like the Netherworld Whale Demon. Of course, the book says that the Whale Demon's illusions are even more powerful and terrifying, and almost no one can escape them."

Erii, who had experienced it firsthand, suddenly understood.

She deeply resented those ugly bastards who dared to disrespect her brother, otherwise she wouldn't have given them icebergs to eat.

"In the forest, the Phantom Demon," Frillian revealed the answer, "among those monsters skilled in illusion magic, it is considered greedy and cunning, and most importantly, it is very picky about food, only eating humans."

Erii thought to herself, "Is this what you call being a picky eater? This is an absurdly monotonous diet!"

"It can peek into some memories and use magic to create phantoms of the dead in order to hunt them down," Frilian demonstrated the knowledge of this ancient being. "The solution is simple: the phantoms can't withstand magical attacks and will break with a single blow."

"Is that all?" Philon suddenly felt that the Phantom Ghost was nothing special.

"Can you really kill someone you cherished in the past?" Frilian retorted.

The three of them continued walking up the mountain as they talked.

Huhu~

Gradually, Erii noticed that a dim fog had appeared.

The once lush foliage, filled with golden fragments of sunlight, now resembled a gloomy midnight, with an eerie aura creeping up my feet and upwards.

"I'm here," Frilian said calmly.

Philon gripped his wand tightly, but suddenly turned around and stared blankly, as if he had seen someone unbelievable.

"Mr. Haita..." she murmured to herself.

Frillie looked ahead, her eyes widening in surprise, then she couldn't help but smile. "Finally, it's not the teacher I beat down and begged for mercy. It means I've changed too... Take action? Hmm, that's definitely something he would say."

However, neither Haita nor Simmel appeared to Erii; they were simply talking to thin air.

She realized that the Phantom Ghost had made its move!

"And what about me? What about my illusions?" Erii looked around.

"An important person who has passed away." Frilian's words echoed in her mind.

I see~

Erii has very few people she cherishes, and they are all full of life. Perhaps her older brother is at the construction site with his two younger brothers.

The phantom can only peek into memories related to the dead.

Just then, a faint, hoarse voice rang out from not far away, filled with jealousy and resentment.

"You are such a lucky person."

Erii stepped towards the source of the sound and drew her sword, slashing straight down.

hum-

The illusion magic had no effect on her, so a casual movement shattered the illusion.

The sunlight once again illuminated the view, and the eerie mist that had enveloped Erii was no longer present.

She stared intently at the bushes behind Philon and Frilian, her eyes gleaming with malice.

A gaunt figure with gray skin stood there, his hands, shackled, covered his face. Compared to his pointed ears, his cascading white hair was the most striking feature.

The space touched by the white hair was occupied by purplish-black magic, forming an illusion of the dead that only he could see.

Monster - phantom ghost!

Goodbye, Simmel.

Frillie moved, conjuring a wand from thin air and waving it casually.

bang——

A powerful beam of magic was fired like a laser cannon.

Under Erii's astonished gaze, it forcefully pierced through hundreds of meters of forest, sending rocks and soil flying dozens of meters into the air.

The illusion was shattered by the destructive power of the Star Destroyer bombarding the mosquitoes!

"Only Philon remains," Frillian said, looking at the Phantom and raising her wand. "Still can't bring yourself to do it?"

Just as she was about to kill her, Philon made up her mind and unleashed a demon-slaying spell that blasted the sea tower apart, pulling her consciousness back from the illusion to the real world.

Swah——

Erii sheathed her sword, and the phantom demon's head was severed from its body, turning into ashes.

She lowered her eyes, and the words "You are such a lucky person" echoed in her ears.

A closed, windowless room where the sun never shines; a room full of silent friends; a serum injection that must be endured every month; people's eyes filled with fear and rejection; a lifespan that can be seen from the beginning and a loneliness that can not be seen from the end... Is this considered happiness?

rustling~

My head feels warm.

Erii raised her head.

Phyllen was reaching out and patting her head, saying softly, "What's wrong? It's okay, we're here~"

Frilian stood on tiptoe, but found that the altitude was still not high enough, so she simply used flight magic to levitate in mid-air. She also reached out and patted Erii's head, "You were the first to break the illusion. Erii is very brave, even more so than me."