Ember Dragon

Chapter 763 Gate of the Abyss
"Blood sacrifice to the Mother Goddess!"

Theron opened his arms, and his robes moved like a living thing, then suddenly tore apart.

"Ugh! You made me do this!"

He howled in agony as tough, insect-like bristles began to grow on his skin and the cracks on his chest grew, forming a pattern of tiny and giant spiders.

A soft, cruel female sneer came from the vortex behind her, which was particularly harsh and creepy.

"Sehani is above"

"Great sacred tree."

Everyone present felt fear, especially the Silver Moon Elves. They seemed to have encountered their natural enemy. The fear spread deep into their souls and was about to drive them crazy.

In an instant, evil energy surged, and gates of the abyss grew out of the holy tree, like ugly scars oozing with poisonous pus and blood.

Foul-smelling mud-like creatures poured out from the gates of the abyss. They extended eight powerful tentacles and had a blood-red eyeball embedded in their bodies.

——That is the Waxmelt, known as "Rose's Handmaiden", who loyally serves the Spider Queen in the Abyss and various realms.

Then, the Abyss Ant, Shapeshifting Spider, Demon Hunter Spider, Thorn Fairy, Dark Weaver, Deep Dragon, Spider Elf, Itter Monster, Greylock Scorpion
Many ugly and twisted monsters crawled out from the gate of the abyss, forming a mottled torrent, roaring and rushing towards the coalition forces.

Catherine raised her scepter, pointed it at Theron in the distance, and said in a cold voice: "Pollution of the sacred tree, opening the gate of the abyss, bringing about a tragic catastrophe - Theron, is this what you call 'giving everything for Serenia'?"

Theron had lost his human form. He grinned wildly, making insect-like hissing sounds, and kept repeating: "You forced me to do this, you forced me to do this! You are the culprits!"

"Catherine, the sacrifice is about to begin, and you will become the Mother Goddess's favorite sacrifice!"

“Hahahaha, as long as you are sacrificed, Serenia will usher in a thousand years, no, ten thousand years of peace! This place will become a paradise on earth and the greatest country in Feanso!”

"Theron, you are hopeless, you are completely crazy!" Catherine shouted angrily.

As the sun set, the sky gradually darkened. Dark clouds appeared in the sky. The moon was no longer the silver moon of the past, but a blood-red color.

On the surface of the moon, a huge, ferocious spider shadow vaguely emerged, and its scarlet compound eyes flashed a thrilling light.

Everyone present felt a tremendous pressure descending, as if a vicious gaze was staring at them, making their bodies tremble and their souls shudder.

Even the glorious barrier of the holy tree was dyed red by some strange power, gradually turning into a bloody light film, like a huge bloody mouth, swallowing everyone into its belly.

"The divine realm has arrived."

Looking at the sky covered by black and red, a wizard from the Arcane Hermitage who had studied the divine arts deeply was horrified and exclaimed:
"Damn it, the entire Serenia Royal Court has turned into a blood sacrifice array. This madman wants to sacrifice all of us in order to summon the evil god he believes in to the world!"

"Moonlight goddess above."

"He is so cruel! Hurry up and stop him at all costs!"

Catherine waved her scepter and shouted angrily, "We must not lose! If we let that evil god succeed, not only will Serenia be reduced to ruins, but the entire continent will suffer a horrific disaster!"

Along with the Elf Queen's shout, beams of silver light pierced through the dark sky and fell from the sky. Hundreds of monsters wailed in the silver light, and their evil bodies were purified and eventually turned into charred remains.

But those robed spider elf elders raised their scepters, and dark light appeared in the sky, eroding the moonlight summoned by Catherine. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

"Go, bring back her head! You will receive the supreme gift of the Mother Goddess!"

Theron stretched out his spider-like legs and pointed at the Elf Queen in the distance.

In an instant, horrific monsters such as the Deep Dragon, the Transforming Spider, the Demon Hunting Spider, and the It Monster rushed towards Catherine like a raging torrent.

A dark light shot out from the Demon Hunting Spider's eyes, instantly turning several Silver Moon followers into stone sculptures, while the giant whisker-legged spider behind it directly crushed the stone sculptures.

There were also Phase Spiders that flashed and used their ability to travel through the ether to drill directly behind the Silver Moon Elves and pierce their chests with their sickle-shaped, barbed feet.

These ugly monsters were like sharp awls, drilling into the coalition's defense line and advancing towards Catherine.

Catherine was still suspended in the air, chanting prayers in ancient elven language, maintaining the divine light, trying to break the sacrificial array, but she could not move easily.

Looking at the monster that was attacking ferociously, Rhea directly released a dimensional gate that could cross space, and led her most elite guards corps from not far away to stand in front of Catherine.

"Protect Your Majesty till death!"

"We must not let them get close to Majesty Catherine! Even if it costs us our lives!"

Dozens of sword spiders waved their claws as sharp as swords, attacking at an extremely fast speed like a dagger about to pierce the heart.

"Holy oath spell."

Rhea gripped the sword tightly with both hands and closed her eyes. A lavender light flickered on the surface of her silver armor and fluctuations in space appeared. Her movements became faster - it was the acceleration technique.

Then, she suddenly opened her eyes, the fire of revenge burning in her pupils. A pair of jet-black wings spread out behind her, and a majestic and intimidating aura emanated from her body.

She flapped her wings, flew into the air, transformed into an angel of revenge, and swooped down towards the sword spiders - this was the most powerful form of the Paladin of Vengeance!
"Suffer death——"

With a roar, under the intimidating aura of the legendary paladin, even the sword spiders paused and stopped.

Rhea swung the silver sword in the air, releasing a twilight glow from the blade. The dozens of meters long blade of light broke through the air, releasing unparalleled divine power.

"Holy Slash!"

Along with the whistling sound of the sword, the sword spiders were cut in half by the light blades and turned into debris all over the ground.

"You lowly bastard!"

The spider elf warlock in the distance had a ferocious look on his face. He raised his staff and released a ray of disaster filled with evil energy towards the half-elf paladin.

However, Rhea suddenly disappeared out of thin air, leaving only a cloud of silver-white smoke in its place.

The spider elf warlock turned his six densely packed compound eyes and scanned the area but couldn't see the half-elf. He could only curse angrily, "Damn it, where did she go?"

The next moment, Rhea appeared above the spider elf's head. She held the silver sword in both hands and stabbed it down with all her might.

"Thorn-"

With a crisp sound, blood spilt everywhere, brains splashed everywhere, and the spider elf's head was pierced from top to bottom.

The demon-hunting spider not far away also discovered the half-elf.

As high-end hunters in the abyss, they stared at the half-elves, approached and surrounded them silently, with dim rays of light shooting out from their scarlet compound eyes.

Petrifying ray.

However, Rhea had already sensed the approach of the Demon Hunter Spider with her divine perception. She sneered, turned around, and pulled out the silver sword that was stuck on the spider elf's head. The smooth sword just blocked the path of the petrifying light and actually reflected it back.

"Shh-"

In the distance, a demon-hunting spider was petrified by the light it released and turned into a huge stone sculpture of a spider.

Rhea leaped forward, chased after it, and stabbed the stone sculpture in the head with a sword. The stone sculpture immediately shattered into pieces and turned into fragments all over the ground.

However, several demon-hunting spiders opened their mouths, revealing their fangs, and pounced on the half-elf from different directions.

Rhea swung her sword horizontally, forcing back the demon-hunting spider in front of her, then she turned around and stabbed, with a light red light shooting out from the tip of the sword.

Monster immobilization technique.

The demon-hunting spider behind her was fixed in place, unable to move. Rhea leaped up and chopped down fiercely, the blade glowing with twilight again.

"Holy Slash!"

With just one sword, the huge spider monster was split in half. Its whole body was covered with a faint light, burning and emitting bursts of black smoke.

The demon-hunting spider behind him approached again, trying to launch a sneak attack, but Rhea did not hesitate at all. He turned smoothly and the sword blade swirled in the air, drawing a huge semicircle.

"Shh-"

A blade of light flew out, and the Demon Hunting Spider's eight legs were broken. It fell to the ground with a thud, struggling continuously.

Rhea tapped the ground with her toes, jumped high, and stabbed down with another sword.

"Stab!"

With the sound of flesh tearing, the silver sword pierced directly through the Demon Hunting Spider's head and penetrated deeply into the ground, nailing the horrible spider monster to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, three demon-hunting spiders fell at the feet of the half-elf.

These monsters usually lurk in the abyss and hunt demons. It takes a well-trained adventure team to defeat them, but now they are easily killed by this vengeful paladin.

Not far away, the Silver Moon Elf Guards brought by Rhea also worked together to kill a demon-hunting spider that attempted a sneak attack.

"As long as I am here, don't even think about getting close to His Majesty!" Rhea drew out the silver sword and pointed it at Theron in the distance, her eyes full of murderous intent.

The souls of countless dead Silver Moon Elves appeared behind her. They roared and howled, transforming their unwillingness before death into Rhea's will for revenge.

This is the spirit of revenge.

She has to protect the queen she is loyal to, and also avenge her compatriots who died tragically and bring the villains to justice - this is Rhea's responsibility as a knight of revenge!
Theron spread out his eight hideous limbs and howled to the sky, "Bastard, your struggle will be useless."

"The great Mother Goddess will eventually come to the world. She will weave a magnificent chapter of destiny and make you rebellious thugs die without a burial place and face your doomed failure!!"

Rhea shouted, "Your so-called Mother Goddess is just a traitor who betrayed the elven pantheon!"

However, Theron became even crazier. He kept waving his limbs, creating one abyss gate after another on the sacred tree and summoning countless terrifying monsters.

At this moment, two elf soldiers ran towards Rhea, followed by a spider as big as a hill - it was a giant spider.

"Lord Rhea! Lord Rhea! Please save us!"

But Rhea's eyes flashed, and under the disbelieving gaze of everyone, she chopped off the heads of the two elven soldiers with a sword.

"You actually"

Rhea sneered: "How dare you play such a trick in front of me?"

The delicate white head rolled down with a gurgling sound, and the flesh on its face squirmed, gradually turning back into an appearance covered with compound eyes. The body of the elf also turned into a spider with eight limbs curled up into a ball.

This is a shapeshifting spider, a notorious species in the Underdark that often disguises itself as a weak human girl to lure its prey.

Unfortunately, in the legendary paladin's spiritual vision, all disguises of the shapeshifting spider could not escape, and were easily seen through by Rhea.

But other coalition soldiers were not so lucky.

These shapeshifting spiders quietly sneaked into the coalition positions, transformed into elves, dwarves and humans, launched sneak attacks from behind, and aroused mutual suspicion within the coalition.

But soon, the wizard from the Arcane Hermitage raised his staff, and a spherical field enveloped the surroundings.

Spell nullification barrier.

In an instant, the deformed spider hidden in the coalition position could no longer maintain its spell-like ability, and was killed by the coalition soldiers in its ugly appearance.

The worst thing was the shapeshifting spiders that sneaked into the dwarf camp.

The moment it revealed its true form, more than a dozen hammers came at it viciously, accompanied by the dwarves' vulgar curses, smashing it into a bloody mess, with debris all over the ground, and even the spider's appearance could not be recognized.

"In front of us, these evil god's followers are no match for us!" Rhea chopped off the giant spider's head with a sword, then waved her wings and raised the sword in her hand high.

"Ow—"

At this moment, several dragons with slender bodies similar to those of poisonous snakes and covered with dark purple scales appeared behind Rhea, making hoarse roars and spitting out balls of gas that corroded flesh and blood.

They are deep dragons with winding necks, limbs and long narrow wings. They are called "underground dragons" by adventurers and are terrible hunters in the underdark.

Rhea dodged the breath nimbly in mid-air, turned around and was about to fight back when a huge and majestic golden figure descended from the sky and pounced on those slender deep dragons.

"Dirty reptiles—"

The ancient golden dragon let out a fierce roar, grabbed one of the deep dragons by the slender neck, and slammed it to the ground, smashing it into a bloody mess and its scales flying everywhere.

The other deep dragons roared ferociously, but they did not dare to step forward to confront the strong golden dragon. They could only spit poisonous gas from a distance.

Titus stepped on the dying Deep Dragon, half-stood up, raised his head, opened his mouth, and a stream of hot flames gushed out of his throat.

"boom--"

Fan-shaped dragon flames poured out, creating a raging sea of ​​fire. Violent tongues of fire pounced over and burned the bodies of the deep dragons, causing them to retreat in panic and howl in fear.

A figure with wings on its back rushed out of the sea of ​​fire - it was Rhea. She took advantage of the momentum of her dive and swung her silver sword, cutting off the deep dragon's slender neck with one sword, causing blood to splatter.

"Thank you, Lord Titus." Rhea held the bloody silver sword in his hand, flapped his wings and hovered in the air, nodding to the ancient golden dragon not far away.

(End of this chapter)