Ember Dragon

Chapter 760: Fairy Mother Goddess
"The Eight-Armed Mother Goddess is the great Majesty Sehani. She looks like a spider, kind and majestic. I have always been her most devout believer. I have given her everything, and she has granted me divine grace."

"Praise the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess! Holy! Holy!"

"His first pair of arms are the hands of the moon, which can release moonlight and embrace the earth; the second pair of arms are the hands of the night, which can brew darkness and bring sleep; the third pair of arms are the hands of the future, which can weave a big net and decide the fate of all living beings; the fourth pair of arms are the hands of chaos."

The fallen elf was still complacent, his expression was fanatical, and his tone was full of piety.

“What the hell?”

“What a mess!” The surrounding Silver Moon Elves frowned and talked among themselves, feeling extremely puzzled.

No matter which era, their Holy Tree Mother Goddess did not have the so-called eight arms, nor did she have the ability to brew darkness and weave chaos.

"Spider Lady, Eight-Armed Mother Goddess, Chaos Weaver."

Catherine savored these strange titles carefully, and suddenly realized something. She murmured, "It's Spider Queen Rose. How dare that evil god impersonate the Holy Tree Mother Goddess! This is blasphemy! Naked blasphemy!"

She looked at the fallen elf with anger in her eyes and said angrily: "Don't you understand yet? There is no such thing as an eight-armed mother goddess. What you believe in is not the Moonlight Goddess, but an evil god of the abyss! It is the traitor from tens of thousands of years ago - Spider Queen Rose!"

The fallen elf screamed and struggled hard, roaring: "Impossible! You must be deceiving me! I have seen the sacred posture of the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess on the Holy Tree!"

During his violent struggle, the cracks on his skin grew larger and larger, dark red poisonous blood gushed out, and there was a crisp sound of flesh being torn.

"Thorn-"

The elf's skin was torn to pieces, and a half-human, half-spider monster crawled out of the abandoned skin, making a hoarse cry and pounced towards Catherine.

"It's hopeless!"

"Kill this filthy monster! Protect His Majesty!"

Rhea took a step forward and slashed down with the silver sword in her hand, neatly splitting the spider monster into two pieces. The faint light of twilight caused wisps of black smoke to emerge from the spider monster's body.

"Rest in peace, my former people."

Catherine remained calm and composed, not panicking at all. She just stared at the spider corpse in front of her with a cold expression: "How dare you replace the Holy Tree Mother Goddess with the evil god faith, distort the minds of the people, and corrupt their bodies."

"That group of elders is even more filthy, shameless, and disgusting than I imagined! They are no longer worthy of being called Silver Moon Elves - they are clearly a group of vicious and evil demons!"

The ancient golden dragon circled several times, then flapped its wings and landed beside the Elf Queen. It nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty Catherine, righteous people from all over the world have gathered here. We will fully support you to regain the throne and become the true King of Serenia."

The shield dwarf king Zen also rode over from a distance on his argali and smiled heartily: "Yes! Your Majesty Catherine, those treacherous villains are not worthy of being compared with you!"

"On behalf of the Harper Alliance, I fully support your uprising!"

"In the name of Mount Paradise—"

In the sky, giant eagles were circling, emitting loud cries. On this devastated battlefield, creatures from the good camp, including humans, dwarves, elves, dragons, angels, etc., gathered together and surrounded the elven queen like stars surrounding the moon.

The pure white unicorn took graceful steps, stepped on the bridge of rainbow light, soared into the air, and appeared in mid-air.

Catherine rode on the unicorn's back, holding up the elven scepter, her flawless face showing determination: "Everyone - those elders shamelessly surrendered to the abyss, replaced our faith with the Chaos God, and turned our people into half-human, half-spider monsters!"

"This is a betrayal! An unforgivable betrayal!"

"Today, on this holy night of sacrifice, we will take back the sacred tree and let the silver moonlight shine on Serenia again!"

With the help of the power of divine magic, Catherine's voice was heard hundreds of miles away, and almost half of the elves in Serenia heard her passionate words.

A breeze blew, the branches swayed, and the leaves fell fluttering, causing a commotion among the Silver Moon Elves living in the forest.

"By the grace of Sehanine, how dare those corrupt creatures do such a thing! How dare they disguise the evil god as our Mother Goddess!"

"Mother Goddess"

"This is blasphemy!"

"Only Her Majesty Katherine can get Serenia back on track! We have to help her!"

Those elves who were dissatisfied with the Council of Elders finally found an opportunity to rebel. They had long been heartbroken by the degeneration and corruption of Serenya and regarded those elders as enemies.

The elves skillfully shuttled through the dense forest, avoiding the strict search of the Blade of the Holy Court, and gathered around Catherine.

After seeing the shocking elf skins and disgusting remains of spider monsters, most elves believed Catherine's words.

How could this be the Blade of the Holy Court! They were clearly a group of filthy cultists, monsters infected by the abyss!

The Silver Moon elves raised their weapons high and shouted in unison: "Long live Serenya!"

"Long live Her Majesty Catherine!"

"Eliminate the insects in the Council of Elders! Eliminate the corrupt officials in the upper echelons of the kingdom and let Her Majesty Catherine rule the country!"

There was also an elf kneeling on the ground crying: "Your Majesty Catherine, please be sure to punish those scums! My husband was deceived by them and joined the so-called Church of the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess"

The Silver Moon Elves are a race born with magical powers and are known as the darlings of nature. Almost every member of the tribe can become a ranger, archer, druid, and other professionals.

After many Serenian countries joined in, Catherine's army expanded rapidly and soon reached as many as 15,000 people.

The elves have a long lifespan and a sparse population, so fifteen thousand people are already a fairly large army for them, which shows how deep the resentment the elves have towards the Council of Elders is.

Seeing this, Rhea smiled: "Your Majesty, did you see that? I have said long ago that the people of Serenia will support you."

Gu Jinlong also echoed: "Your Majesty Catherine, it seems that this sacred uprising has been welcomed by all."

"You are too kind. They have just been oppressed by that group of filthy scum for too long and they can no longer bear it. I am not happy about this, but extremely heartbroken. What I want to do is to overthrow the Council of Elders and put an end to their rule once and for all."

Catherine nodded, her voice strong and powerful: "I will never let my people down. They have suffered so much and it is time to put an end to this dark era."

She raised her scepter and pointed at the giant tree that reached into the sky: "Everyone - let's go! Follow me to take back the sacred tree!"

Before he finished speaking, the sounds of war roars, hisses, and cheers rose into the sky. The "Holy Alliance" composed of many creatures from the justice camp entered the sea of ​​soul bell trees and marched towards the sacred tree in a mighty manner.

Serenia, the Court of Unther.

This place is located at the top of the Elven Holy Tree. It was once the palace of the Elven Queen and the symbol of the highest power in Serenia. But in the coup d'état a thousand years ago, the fifteenth Queen Fariti, who was regarded as a tyrant, was overthrown, and the Elven elders set many rules.

From then on, the Elf Queen became a symbol in name only, while the elders took control of the real power of Serenya on behalf of the Queen and have ruled the Elf Forest ever since.

But at this moment, the elders who were dressed in luxurious clothes were sitting on the chairs made of the branches of the sacred tree, but they all had ugly and gloomy expressions, and the air was filled with tension.

Finally, the great elder Theron, who was sitting at the highest point in the royal court, spoke slowly in a low and hoarse voice, breaking the silent atmosphere.

"Serrian is dead, and the Blades of the Holy Court we sent out were also annihilated. Catherine united many forces - including the Harper Alliance, the City of All Laws, the Mountain Dwarf Kingdom, and the Metal Dragon Clan, forming a powerful coalition force and heading towards the Holy Tree."

Hearing this, an elder said angrily: "I have said before that Catherine is a hidden danger. We should have killed her long ago!"

"Who would have thought that we kept her just to stabilize those lower-level elves, but we didn't expect that this canary in the cage would escape. That gentle and submissive appearance was just her camouflage."

"We underestimated her. She is indeed the granddaughter of Fariti. She is as crazy as that guy."

"Elder Leante, you should be in charge of the royal family! She actually organized such an army under your nose! You are to blame!"

"It has already happened. What's the point of blaming each other? It's better to think about that group of low-level elves who united and interfered with the great plan. What should we do if the Mother Goddess blames us?"

The elven elders quarreled and cursed each other in extremely fierce tones.

"enough."

The Great Elder Theron uttered a heavy whisper, and the elven elders immediately shut up, and there was silence in the royal court.

Theron is revered by the elves as "The Voice of the Silver Leaf" and is said to have lived for thousands of years.

He once talked with the Holy Tree, maintained the balance between nature and magic, and had a very high prestige in Serenia. Even though he had fallen, he was still the one who had the final say among the elven elders.

Theron shook his head and sighed, "They don't understand the good intentions of our Council of Elders. Her Majesty Sehani has been asleep for over a hundred years. If we hadn't communicated with the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess, Serenia would have turned into a sea of ​​fire a hundred years ago."

"Yes, we are also trying to protect Serenya. The death of those low-level elves is just a necessary sacrifice."

"Great Elder, we must exterminate all the rebels and root them out! Sacrifice all the unruly low-level elves to the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess!"

"But she is the Queen of Elves after all, according to our tradition"

"If we can't even keep the Council of Elders, what's the point of talking about traditions!"

The elven elders were outraged, as if they were the real victims.

"Now that things have come to this, it seems we have no choice but to seek the protection of the Mother Goddess. The next sacred sacrifice can begin." Theron raised his head and looked at the hideous half-human, half-spider statue on the top of the royal court, with a faint light flashing in his eyes.

"This time, each of your families will contribute one hundred sacrifices."

Hearing what Theron said, all the elders were shocked and couldn't help but gasp.

Soon after, an extremely strange scene appeared on the crown of the Elf Holy Tree.

The Silver Moon Elves were seen being entangled and wrapped in spider silk, turning into giant cocoons and hanging upside down on the tree branches. They looked like dead insects blown off a spider web, and were particularly creepy.

Immediately afterwards, a faint rustling sound was heard, and dense black spiders climbed along the spider silk and swarmed towards the upside-down Silver Moon Elves.

In an instant, accompanied by a sound that made one's scalp tingle, the tide of spiders devoured some of the Silver Moon Elves, leaving only traces of blood and bone remnants.

More giant cocoons were motionless. It seemed that the black spiders had drilled into the Silver Moon Elf's body through the nostrils, ears, eyes and other channels and were lurking inside.

For some unknown reason, the branches of the sacred tree seemed to become more twisted, their bark became soft, and blood oozed from the cuts, just like the limbs of a humanoid creature.

The great elder Theron, wearing a long robe, was standing on top of the altar.

He opened his arms and prayed devoutly: "Holy! Merciful Eight-Armed Mother Goddess!"

"I will let your descendants enjoy supreme glory, let their flesh and blood return to your divine body, and let their souls go to your heaven."

Theron knelt down and prostrated himself. "But, Mother Goddess, there are still elves who refuse to throw themselves into your arms. She is the offspring of a tyrant, the queen of Serenia, and a shameful rebel who colluded with foreign enemies."

"Please show your supreme power and make those poor elves return to the right path, return to your warm embrace, and become one of us."

"Thorn-"

The skin on Theron's back suddenly cracked, as if cut by a sharp blade. Eight sharp claws pierced through the flesh and blood, appearing behind the great elf elder.

"Blood sacrifice to the Mother Goddess!"

The Great Elder shouted.

Behind him, a dozen or so elven elders also knelt on the ground and shouted in unison, interweaving into a strange symphony.

Whether it's venom, compound eyes, or bristles, they all have spider characteristics to varying degrees on their bodies.

Amid the strange prayer sounds, the black spiders became more frenzied. Greedy lights flashed from their scarlet compound eyes, and they instantly swarmed into the giant cocoons.

The poisonous black fog filled the air, and an extremely evil pressure descended, spreading rapidly. Suddenly, a hideous figure appeared in the sky.

One could vaguely make out that it was a female elf with a plump and well-proportioned figure. Her face was shrouded in a veil, but she always had an indescribable smile on her face.

What is most eye-catching is her eight arms. Those arms are slender and long, and they all hold sharp daggers like spider claws.

"Praise the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess!"

Theron raised her head and stared at the figure infatuatedly. She had a fanatical expression and raised her arms high, as if she had witnessed a miracle with her own eyes.

The giant cocoons hanging in the air suddenly burst, and countless huge half-human, half-spider monsters crawled out of the cocoons. They were covered in mucus and had ugly appearances. As soon as they were born, they bowed down in worship in the direction of the human figure.

"Praise... the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess."

Looking at those ugly spider monsters, Theron repeated what he had just said.

(End of this chapter)