Ember Dragon

"Kill them all!"

"These rebels will be the best sacrifices!"

Theron spread out the hideous spider limbs behind him and let out a hoarse roar. The cracks on his skin became more and more numerous, and his body was like broken porcelain.

A thick black mist seeped out from the cracks on his body surface. Theron's skin and flesh trembled, and his blood vessels bulged, as if countless insects and snakes were swimming inside his body, transforming his body.

He let out a suppressed roar: "Remember, the Great Mother Goddess can foresee everything in the future. All pain, sorrow, and death are the fate woven by Her eight arms!"

Theron howled in pain, raised his arms and looked up at the scarlet blood moon in the sky. Behind him, a dozen elven elders chanted in low voices, mixed with the hissing of spider monsters, forming a strange concerto.

Red light spread across the earth, cruel female laughter echoed in everyone's ears, and an indescribable force was affecting the world.

"Stop them, at all costs!" Theron roared.

The giant cocoons hanging on the sacred tree burst one after another, oozing out foul-smelling thick mucus, and giving birth to thousands of spider elves.

They were once the best among the Silver Moon Elves and the descendants of the noble elders.

But now, their eyes were dazed and their pupils were dim, and they charged towards the Allied soldiers like zombies, while beside them, monsters such as sword spiders, phase spiders, demon hunting spiders and so on were rushing like a tide.

"For justice!"

With a loud roar, a huge golden figure swept across the sky, and flames descended like a divine punishment, forming a raging sea of ​​fire.

But a dozen spider-like elf warlocks riding on the backs of the giant spider raised their magic wands together, and balls of spider silk shot out, forming a huge net that covered the sky, which actually intercepted the golden dragon and temporarily bound it.

Titus spewed out scorching dragon flames from his mouth, trying to burn the spider webs, but he found that the surface of the spider webs was flashing with a faint red light, which could actually block the burning of the flames.

Countless spider monsters climbed up the golden dragon's body along the spider web, biting and gnawing it madly, and even inserting their poisonous stingers into the gaps between its scales.

But the power of the ancient golden dragon was too strong. The aftermath of its struggle alone was enough to crush a large number of spider monsters and cause countless broken limbs to scatter on the ground.

"Go and support Lord Titus!"

A dozen celestial warriors flapped their wings, wanting to go forward to help, but were blocked by the evil dragon army in mid-air and were caught in a tough battle.

On the ground in the distance, Melisandre drew her longbow and aimed it at the sky. Another hurricane wrapped around her arrow, constantly accumulating power and ready to burst out.

"Whoosh-"

With a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air, the arrow came through the air, and the attached magic made it form a wind blade that was more than ten meters long.

The wind blade passed over Titus, instantly killing hundreds of spider monsters and cutting off the tangled spider silk, creating a huge wound in the spider web, giving the ancient golden dragon a chance to break free.

"A cunning villain!"

Titus roared, and the strong muscles on his back bulged. He suddenly spread his wings, broke free from the spider web wrapped around his body, and flew into the air, rising hundreds of meters into the sky.

A golden scepter appeared in the claws of the ancient golden dragon. He pointed the tip of the scepter at the earth. A thick beam of light shot out, creating a huge explosion on the ground and swallowing up thousands of spider monsters.

Taking advantage of this horrific explosion, Rhea led the Silver Moon followers straight into the heart of the enemy, tearing through the opponent's defense like a sharp dagger, and killing hundreds of spider elves in succession.

Dwarf cavalry, human rangers, and celestial legions followed behind the Silver Moon Elves, breaking directly into the formation and pouring into the area close to the sacred tree.

Catherine's eyes glowed, and she said in a cold voice: "My people, my allies, victory is just around the corner, the Holy Tree of Elves is right in front of us!"

"Attack with all your might! Tear up their lies and malice, and let the silver moonlight return to the earth!"

The scepter in the Elf Queen's hand emitted a silver light, instantly covering a space of hundreds of meters in radius. Under this sacred energy, countless spider monsters wailed and panicked.

The spider elf spellcaster in the distance raised his wand again, and acid, poisonous mist, and blood all attacked the Silver Moon Elf. Each spell was enough to easily take the life of a mortal.

However, Rhea held the sword in both hands, and the holy light blocked in front of her.

Melisandre behind them shot several arrows in succession, and the heads of those spider elf spellcasters exploded instantly.

The ancient golden dragon cleared the way with dragon flame, the human ranger killed the opponent's spellcaster with arrows, and the half-elf paladin cut off all obstacles in front of him with the silver sword.

With the cooperation of the three legendary masters, the road leading to the sacred tree was cleared in just a moment, leaving only blood, corpses and debris on the ground.

"attack!"

"Victory is just around the corner. As long as the root of this disaster is eradicated, Serenia will be able to regain its former peace!"

Rhea looked at the wide road covered by the leaves of the sacred tree and at the twisted branches on both sides of the road, her expression extremely complicated.

Once upon a time, this road was called the "Holy Road" and the "Glorious Silver Moon Road". It was the only way for every Serenya elf to be baptized and receive God's grace.

As a half-elf with human blood, she was not even qualified to embark on this path and was called a "bastard" and "something that tainted her blood" by the elders.

But now, this "holy road" was stained with blood, and was littered with hideous corpses of spider elves. Even the holy tree was polluted by evil forces, which was very different from what she remembered.

But does she really qualify as a Serenyan?
Just as Rhea was stunned, Catherine came up and said in a soft but firm voice: "Come on, Rhea, come with me and end this tragedy."

"It's been a thousand years. It's time for Serenia to return to its former state."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Rhea raised her head, looked at the beautiful face of the Elf Queen, looked at the pair of eyes sparkling with silver light, and nodded heavily.

In a blink of an eye, they had arrived in front of the thick trunk of the sacred tree. They could enter by simply opening the ancient wooden door.

The ancient wooden door used to be dignified and full of natural beauty. It would present the face of a wise tree man, identifying the faces of the visitors. Only those who were kind and sincere could enter.

But now, it is covered with cracks, and its edges are filled with fang-like thorns, shaped like a bloody mouth.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, showing a scarlet blood color, appearing particularly distorted, and the gap between his mouth was also dark and deep, as if it would swallow up everyone in front of him in the next second.

"Who is coming?
A hoarse voice sounded, as if coming from the bottomless abyss.

An extremely twisted and crazy face appeared on the holy tree, staring at the elf in front of it with a grim smile: "Are there any sacrifices?"

"This, this is the sacred tree?"

"Is that the sacred portal?"

All the Silver Moon Elves present had expressions of fear on their faces and were at a loss, as if the faith in their hearts had suddenly collapsed.

Catherine walked forward fearlessly, with compassion in her eyes, but still asked in a cold voice: "What do you need?"

"Blood. Fresh blood. The blood of a thousand Silver Moon Elves, and I will let you in."

The Ancient Wood Gate stared at the Silver Moon Elf, with a faint light flickering in its eyes, full of greed, as if it was looking at its prey.

"You need to pay the price."

Under its gaze, the Silver Moon Elves were horrified. The Ancient Wood Gate, this once wise sage, was also corrupted by the evil power and turned into a twisted monster that greedily shed blood.

"In that case." Catherine's voice became colder and colder, like ice that never melts. "Then don't blame me for not thinking of our old friendship!"

There was a burst of shock and anger in the voice: "What? I belong to the Holy Tree——"

"Shh-"

Catherine bit her finger, dripped her royal blood onto the top of the scepter, and then raised the scepter high.

A dazzling silver light was released and shot towards the ancient wooden door not far away. The monster let out a shrill wail, but was still purified by the light.

The ancient tree door also opened, and the scene inside the sacred tree finally appeared before everyone.

"Sehani is above"

Even Catherine couldn't help but gasp.

"God!"

"How could the sacred tree become like this!?"

I saw that the inside of the holy tree had been hollowed out, with signs of corrosion everywhere and branches that looked like hideous limbs.

There were spider webs everywhere, with densely packed giant cocoons hanging on them. It was conservatively estimated that there were tens of thousands of them. Those spiders were crawling and weaving among the scarlet spider silk, transporting the blood and limbs of the Silver Moon Elves.

At this moment, the holy tree was like a huge corpse a hundred meters high. The scarlet spider silk was its blood vessels, the spiders were its blood, and the remains of the Silver Moon Elves were its nutrients.

You have to know that this is the Royal Court of Ensir!

It was the ancient Elf King who swore an oath to the gods to establish the sacred land of Serenia, but now it has become like this.

“Blasphemy.”

"It's utter blasphemy."

After witnessing such a bloody and evil scene, Catherine's voice trembled.

At this moment, the wizard of the Arcane Hermitage also raised his head, his eyes solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think I have found the 'anchor point'."

Everyone raised their heads and looked in the direction where the wizard's wand was pointing.

In the center of the scarlet vortex woven by spider silk, hung a female elf.

She wore a light golden crown, and her long silver hair fell down to her shoulders, with blood vessels faintly visible under her pale skin.

Its upper body is curled up and wrapped in spider silk, like a newborn baby, exuding a holy aura.

But her lower body was a hideous spider body, with eight thorny spider legs curled up like a throne of thorns carved from obsidian.

Spider elf.

A spider elf with its eyes closed, as if it had been sealed here and had been sleeping for thousands of years.

But after taking a closer look at his face, everyone present - whether elves, dwarves or humans - were horrified and had a bad thought in their hearts.

The reason is simple - the appearance of the sleeping spider elf is 70% to 80% similar to Catherine!
Catherine stared at the spider elf and murmured to herself, "By Sehani, such a face, long silver hair, the crown of the ancient dynasty, and that familiar blood fluctuation."

"Could she be?"

"Haha, your guess should be correct, Catherine."

A hoarse sneer came from the top of the sacred tree. It was the great elder Theron.

Theron raised his scepter high and laughed, "She is the overthrown tyrant of Serenia, and your grandmother - Fariti Moon Chaser!"

Catherine was shocked and angry, her eyebrows raised: "You, you dare to insult her body like this!"

Theron said madly, "No, this is not an insult, but an honor for her! She will become the carrier of the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess and the incarnation of the Weaver of Destiny in the world!"

He shook his head and said regretfully: "You could have had such an honor, but unfortunately - you are too ignorant and short-sighted."

"An honor? Using her body to carry the will of the evil god, this is what you call an honor?!"

Catherine cursed coldly: "She probably would never have thought that you could do such a cruel thing!"

But Theron ignored it, just raised the scepter high, stretched out the eight hideous limbs, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Come, witness this great moment!"

Before he finished speaking, the crown of the sacred tree suddenly opened like a monster's mouth, revealing a scarlet full moon in the sky.

Only at this time can the will of the evil god affect the material plane to the greatest extent, and this is also the perfect time for sacrifice.

The elven elders used their spider-shaped foot blades to slit the throats of the captured Silver Moon Elves, releasing blood.

"Blood sacrifice to the Mother Goddess!"

"Praise the Great Chaos Weaver!"

Along with the chanting of the offering prayer, the warm blood flowed into the eight braziers that had been prepared long ago.

These braziers are magical containers made of precious black materials such as onyx and obsidian. The braziers burning oil, coal and incense symbolize the eight arms of the Mother Goddess.

"Chichi!"

After the blood flowed in, a strange flame immediately ignited in the basin, contrasting with the scarlet moonlight.

Inside the sacred tree, worshippers of the Eight-Armed Mother Goddess grabbed each other's throats and stabbed each other's hearts with sharp daggers, starting a brutal fight.

Under the scarlet moonlight, these fanatics seemed to be performing a bloody dance, but the price was their lives.

Catherine felt a splitting headache, as if her soul was being torn apart, but she still shouted with all her might: "Stop him!"

"Your Majesty, I."

But under such overwhelming pressure, ordinary people had already lost consciousness. Even the legendary paladins could hardly move and could only struggle to maintain consciousness.

Titus, or Cassius, who truly possessed the ability to break the impasse, pretended to be affected and watched the development of the situation coldly.

"interesting."

In the original history, even without Gu Jinlong's intervention, Catherine still won the final victory, but she paid a heavier price.

Now, Cassius suspected that the Silver Moon Goddess would personally come out to fight against Ross who had descended into the material world. (End of this chapter)