Ember Dragon

At this moment, the roots of the sacred trees continued to wriggle like a giant python turning over, causing the ground to crack.

They are entangled with each other, possessed by evil spirits from the abyss, and gradually form twisted, evil, and huge tree men.

These tree people were at least twenty or thirty meters tall. They waved their mud-covered arms, let out hoarse roars, and rushed towards the coalition soldiers.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the dwarf who was fighting bravely was flattened on the spot, and blood and flesh splattered on his comrades' faces.

"Damn monster!"

Several dwarf warriors gathered together. They rode on argali and rushed towards the tree man not far away like knights charging towards a mountain.

The hammer hit the body made of tree roots, making a dull sound and causing wood chips to fly, but it failed to really hurt the other party.

The tree man swept his arms violently, instantly sweeping the dwarf warriors into the air. Under such a huge force, the dwarves, who were generally less than 1.5 meters tall, found it difficult to resist.

A ferocious grin appeared on the tree man's face. He inserted his arms into the ground and his roots dug into the soil.

"boom!"

In an instant, the tree roots broke out of the ground and pierced the dwarf warriors in mid-air, ripped open their stomachs, and their bloody corpses were hung on the branches, dying miserably.

"Do not--"

Zayn's face was filled with rage, his eyes were red, he raised the Hammer of Rock in his hand, jumped up, and roared at the top of his lungs: "Monster! I want you to pay with your life!"

Facing the dwarves jumping over, the tree man smiled grimly again, and lashed at them with his arms like a whip. He only regarded Zen as a person who was sent to die like those dwarf warriors.

"Well done!"

Zen swung his hammer, and the hammer hit the tree man's arm with great force, breaking it directly and causing the thick tree roots to fly out.

The next moment, the angry dwarf king swung his sledgehammer and smashed it hard on the ground. The ground cracked and sharp stone pillars broke out of the ground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A stone pillar more than 20 meters long rose directly from under the feet of the tree man, instantly piercing through the huge body composed of tree roots from bottom to top, just like the way the dwarves died before.

"Long live His Majesty Zen!"

"Destroy them!"

The dwarves raised their weapons high and shouted, cheering their king for his bravery on the battlefield.

From that strong and sturdy body, they seemed to see the heroic figure of King Ed in the past, and were deeply moved by it.

But faced with these tree people transformed from the roots of the sacred trees, the Silver Moon Elves seemed a little restrained and hesitated to attack.

In their education since childhood, the sacred tree is a sacred and inviolable existence. Even if it is infected by the power of the abyss and turned into a monster, they dare not take action.

Rhea noticed this, and with a flash of her figure, she teleported to the front line of the fight against the tree people.

She swung the sword in the air, and there was a clear sound of the sword. A huge tree man let out a painful wail and fell to the ground with a bang. Its twisted body was cut in half, with neat cuts and many charred marks.

"My fellow countrymen - you must not hold back! This is not the real holy tree, but a pest that is parasitic on the holy tree!"

"The biggest purpose of Her Majesty Catherine's trip is to eradicate these pests and let Serenia return to the pure moonlight!"

"General Rhea is right!"

"For Serenia! Fight to save the sacred tree!"

Accompanied by shouts full of fighting spirit, the Silver Moon Elves strengthened their will to fight. They shot burning arrows and consciously formed teams to fight against those evil and violent tree people.

The ancient golden dragon was still hovering in the sky, overlooking the increasingly chaotic battlefield. He found the right opportunity, swooped down suddenly, and spewed out a stream of scorching flames, turning several orcs into charcoal while they wailed.

At this moment, a hoarse roar came from the top of the sacred tree, and blurry figures in robes appeared in the distance.

"You are a bunch of rebels who deserve to die. You are traitors to Serenya and sinners of the elves!"

Vicious curses echoed on the battlefield. In an instant, thick poisonous fog appeared on the battlefield, accompanied by a chilly wind, and swept over the coalition forces.

"what is that?"

"Danger, let's go!"

Seeing the surging poisonous fog, the Allied soldiers at the front became alarmed and quickly retreated to the rear.

But the poisonous fog spread too quickly. It was like a surging ocean wave or the god of death wielding his scythe, trying to engulf all these fresh lives.

However, those evil monsters infected by the abyss were able to move normally in the poisonous fog, roaring and rushing towards the coalition soldiers.

"Stand up quickly!"

The Silver Moon Elf named Leander turned around, stretched out his hand, and tried to pull up his companion who had fallen to the ground.

Unexpectedly, his companion pushed him away with all his strength, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Go! Leander!"

The next moment, the poisonous fog had already touched the body of the Silver Moon Elf.

His fair skin was corroded in an instant, becoming wrinkled and even exposing large areas of flesh.

He inhaled the poisonous mist through his mouth and nose, and black and red poisonous blood gushed out. His eyes gradually became unfocused, and in just a moment, the Silver Moon Elf turned into a hideous corpse.

"No, no, Carl."

Lian, who had luckily escaped the disaster, watched his fellow tribesmen die, tears welling up in his eyes, but he could only run forward desperately, regardless of the consequences.

"Stand behind me!"

Rhea shouted in a deep voice.

Facing the overwhelming poisonous fog, the half-elf paladin showed no fear on her face as she raised her silver sword high.

A ray of twilight glow bloomed from the sword, like a star in the dark night, resisting the erosion of the poisonous fog and protecting the dozens of Silver Moon Elves standing behind her.

This is the guardian aura of the legendary paladin.

But even though Rhea tried her best, many Silver Moon Elves were unable to arrive and died miserably in the poisonous fog, their lives snatched away by the evil existence in the dark.

"Death Mist. They have gone crazy to resort to such a dirty method."

Looking at the dead Silver Moon elves, Catherine felt a flash of heartache in her eyes, but she quickly cheered up, rode the unicorn into the air, and raised the scepter. "In the name of Saihanni - dispel the poison and evil, and let this land return to peace!"

The silver light sprinkled on the earth, and wherever it passed, there was silence, and even the poisonous fog was purified in an instant.

Those evil and twisted monsters also burned under the silver light, wailing in pain, and eventually turned into ashes.

The mages of the Arcane Hermitage also raised their staffs and chanted spells. Along with the fluctuations of the magic web, strong winds swept across the earth and even pushed back the poisonous fog.

Zen inserted the Rock Hammer into the ground. In an instant, accompanied by the shaking of the earth, a thick stone wall stretching for hundreds of meters rose from the ground, blocking the poisonous fog.

The ancient golden dragon in the sky also flapped its wings vigorously, stirring up a scorching storm to fight against the oncoming poisonous fog.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of the coalition forces, the horrific poisonous fog was completely blocked and had no chance of spreading outward.

From the crown of the sky in the distance, a dark human figure slowly descended.

He was an elf wearing a long robe, holding a scepter, and had the pointed ears that are unique to elves.

His body was covered with cracks, his face looked particularly old, and eight thin, bristly limbs grew out of his back, making him look particularly hideous.

His pupils are pure black, without any luster, and there are four densely packed compound eyes under his eye sockets, like the face of a spider, which is creepy.

"What a scary monster"

"Mother Goddess, is that considered an elf? How could he become like this!"

The Silver Moon Elves whispered to each other, their faces full of disgust, and they were unwilling to admit that this horrible monster was one of their kind.

The moment they saw him, Catherine, Rhea and the others froze, with surprise revealed on their faces.

They all recognized the identity of the spider elf - the grand elder of the Elven Council, Theron Coren, who was honored as the "Silver Leaf Voice".

Although she had expected it, Catherine never thought that Theron would go to such an extent that he would even transform himself into a half-human, half-spider monster.

To the young queen, Theron was her mentor and more like a father.

This venerable elder had personally taught her the history of the Silver Moon Elves, imparted to her many divine arts, and told her about the deeds of the Moonlight Goddess.
In Catherine's eyes, Theron was a hero who had saved Serenia countless times and was the person she dreamed of becoming.

But now, after not seeing each other for decades, everything has changed.

Today, Katherine is the leader of the rebellion, but Theron has devoted himself to the evil god and turned into an ugly, twisted monster, a pathetic half-spider elf.

Catherine had a complicated expression and was silent for a long time before she said, "Long time no see, Elder Theron."

"Or the Elder Theron I knew is dead."

"The one who is now alive in this world is the monster who killed Elder Theron with his own hands, a brutal monster whose hands are stained with the blood of his people, and a believer in the evil god who has lost his mind."

"I am still Theron, the Theron who has guarded the sacred tree for a thousand years and saved Serenia single-handedly."

Theron slowly opened his mouth, revealing sharp fangs covered in venom, and his six eyes stared at the Elf Queen in the distance.

He shook his head and sighed: "Catherine, you are too young, you don't understand anything"

"If you were wise enough, you would stay in the palace peacefully instead of causing trouble like you are doing now. Have you seen those dead members of your tribe?"

Theron turned around, pointed his skinny finger at the remains hanging on the sacred tree, and said in a deep voice: "They all died because of you! You are the murderer who killed them!"

"Originally, we only needed to sacrifice a few elves every year to obtain the Mother Goddess's protection, but because of you! You messed up everything and forced me to sacrifice the lives of thousands of elves—"

"Shut up! Theron, no, you pathetic monster, you are hopeless!" Catherine's eyes were filled with anger.

She raised her scepter and shouted, "You killed them cruelly in order to protect your power and status, and sacrificed their blood to the evil god of the abyss that you believed in!"

"No!"

Veins popped out on Theron's forehead, his face became grim, and he waved his scepter: "If it weren't for me, Serenia would have perished long ago. It was me who saved you, and it was me who gave you a chance to survive in this world!"

"You should all bow down to me and thank me for my gift! Did that so-called righteous god help Serenia when she was facing a life-or-death crisis decades ago?"

"It was me. I gave up everything I had and gained the great power of the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess. I used it to stop the iron hoof of the Fadlan Empire and preserve the independence of Serenia!"

"In the catastrophe that swept through the forest three hundred years ago, I was the one who stepped forward and repelled the terrifying ancient evil, even banishing it to the astral realm."

"Five hundred years ago, during the abyss disaster, I personally closed the Chaos Gate and repelled the demons."

"Catherine, what have you contributed to Serenia? Over the past thousand years, every crisis and disaster Serenia has faced was caused by me—"

"enough."

Gu Jinlong stood up and said coldly: "Your hypocritical face makes me sick!"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. If you like to compare so much, why don't you compare yourself to when you were first born?"

"Now you are just a monster who has fallen into the abyss and killed people! And Her Majesty Catherine is the queen that everyone in Serenia wants!"

Theron sneered, and the wrinkles on his face piled up: "Jinlong, you are the most notorious hypocrites in the world."

"You are just an outsider. How can you understand my hard work for Serenia?"

"I know nothing about what you are talking about." Rhea also drew his sword and said in a steady and powerful voice: "I only know that I want to avenge my dead people and make the instigator of this tragedy pay the price!"

Theron roared, "Shut up! You are just a bastard with human blood flowing in your veins. You are not worthy of being near the sacred tree!"

"Elder Theron."

Catherine looked at Theron with a firm gaze and a calm and sincere tone: "Please lower your head and look at yourself now. Your hands are covered in blood and you have become this ugly and twisted appearance. Don't you hate yourself?"

"In consideration of your past contributions, I will give you a dignified ending and let you die as a highly respected elder."

"Elder Theron, please don't make the same mistake over and over again. This will only bring greater harm to Serenia."

"No, I'm not wrong."

Theron gnashed his teeth and said gloomily: "I gave everything for Serenia! It's not me who is wrong, it's you, you damned rebels!"

He spread his arms and stared at the Elf Queen, with madness in his eyes: "When I sacrifice your beautiful head to the Mother Goddess, Serenia will return to peace and usher in the long-lost tranquility."

Before he finished speaking, a huge shadow appeared behind him, and the surging poisonous fog gathered together, gradually forming an extremely terrifying vortex, as if it was going to swallow up everything around it. (End of this chapter)