Chapter 166. The Attack

A female fairy descended toward the ground, the fluttering of her wings dwindling as she grew closer. Just as her bare feet met the sand, her wings dissipated into dust and diffused into the surrounding air. She held a wooden bucket in her hands, the minute crystals that adorned her sky-blue dress sparkling beneath the afternoon sun. Her long, blond locks cascaded down her back and shoulders like a stream of silk. Her sky-blue eyes sparkled like diamonds, dimples denting her cheeks as her bare lips curved upwards softly.

She paced quickly toward Elena, who was just serving a troll woman a bowl of porridge, and said to her, her voice soft and almost ethereal. “Miss Elena, the water reserves have run out. I and the others were wondering if there was somewhere in the Hidden Path we could get more water.”

“Oh.” Elena dropped the large ladle into the cauldron and rested her hands on the pot's rim. She slowly turned to the fairy, her brows furrowing—her face betrayed just how