Ember Dragon

"The lost door will eventually open, when the stars fall into the hotbed of flesh and blood, may your kingdom swallow up this false light——"

On top of the holy tree, the ceremony reached its climax. The spider elves killed each other. The victorious ones raised their bloody hands and uttered fanatical prayers.

The prayer was full of fanaticism and piety, and every word was said with all one's strength, as if one wanted to take out one's heart, hold it high, and offer it to the loving Mother Goddess.

Some people even slit their throats, risking death on the spot, and shouted desperately until their blood ran out.

Finally, Theron blew the final horn. He spread out his eight hideous limbs and shouted loudly:

"Great Eight-Armed Mother Goddess, Chaos Weaver, decay is the holy mark you bestowed upon me, killing is your most pious prayer, I pray for your coming in the name of the blood moon—"

"We will walk into eternal life under your gaze!"

Along with the cries of the spider elves, the cruel laughter of the woman became clearer and clearer, as if it was a whisper next to people.

The full moon in the sky became increasingly scarlet, and the blood-colored moonlight made the whole world look exceptionally strange, as if it were a bizarre new world dyed red with blood.

With unparalleled pressure, the huge spider shadow on the blood moon began to move slowly, and finally turned into a black light, shooting towards the earth.

No, to be more precise.

It was shot at Fariti's body hanging at the top of the sacred tree.

"Do not--"

"Oh my God, what is this?"

"Why do I have the urge to kill my comrades to sacrifice to the gods? This, this feeling, is it that the evil god has descended to the world?"

People gradually woke up, but they felt their hearts becoming increasingly violent and bloody, as if they were about to be devoured by an indescribable monster.

They suppressed their inner impulses, but those with weaker minds had already roared and attacked their comrades.

This is the god.

Just appearing there can bring endless disasters to mortals, causing them to fall into madness, lose their lives, and even their souls fall into the bottomless abyss.

Even Catherine had the idea of ​​killing the "lowly half-elf" beside her for a moment.

No, this is not me!

This is the idea that the evil god forced into my mind!
She gritted her teeth, clenched her fists, cold sweat broke out all over her body, and a few strands of bright red blood flowed from the corners of her mouth. With her strong will, she forcibly suppressed the urge to kill.

People looked up, their eyes fixed on Fariti's body. Fear, panic, tension, hatred and many other expressions were revealed on each of their different faces.

At this moment, the sleeping Fariti slowly opened her eyes.

On that cold and beautiful face were a pair of scarlet eyes. They were extremely deep and contained a kind of pressure that could frighten people from the bottom of their souls.

What kind of eyes are those!

The moment people saw it, they seemed to see the death, destruction and torture of thousands of years, and the tragic fate of the whole world seemed to be frozen at this moment.

The eight hideous limbs gradually stretched out, and the spider-like elf raised the corners of its mouth, looking down at the countless living beings below with a weird smile.

A cruel yet beautiful female voice came from an unknown organ, echoing in everyone's ears.

"Lost ones kissed by the moonlight, people with the blood of elves, since you have witnessed the coming of the Mother Goddess, why don't you kneel down to me?"

“Isn’t this the supreme grace you have been begging for?” The scarlet pupils seemed to contain an abyss.

"Her Majesty Sehani"

"Is she really our Mother Goddess?"

"Am I really following a rebel and becoming an enemy of my own Mother Goddess?"

In a trance, many Silver Moon Elves present really believed the words of the "Mother Goddess", knelt on the ground, prayed in low voices, and uttered harmonious sounds in the ancient elven language.

The wizard from the Arcane Hermitage wanted to secretly cast a spell to escape, but he was horrified to find that the entire area was covered by the Spider Web Demon Domain.

The spider silk trembled, and the spider elf slowly climbed down and looked at Catherine's face that was extremely similar to hers.

"Are you the descendant of this body?"

The moment their eyes met, Catherine felt that the other person's eyes contained deep greed and malice, as if they wanted to tear her soul into pieces and then devour it.

"enough!"

She looked pale, but tried to remain calm. She said in a trembling voice, "You are not the Mother Goddess at all! How could the pure and flawless Sehani have such an ugly form!"

"You are a rebel from ten thousand years ago, a villain exiled by His Majesty Corellon, an evil god who fell into the abyss - the Spider Queen Rose!"

The spider elf, or Rose's incarnation, showed a teasing smile on her face and said with compassion: "Child, you are blinded by the fog and you can't even recognize your own mother goddess."

"Take refuge in Him—"

"Surrender to Him—"

"Sacrifice to Him—"

The pupils of the Silver Moon Elves reflected a strange red light. Their faces were dull as they chanted in unison and surrounded Catherine.

The evil magical energy in the spider web domain emerged and bound Catherine in a small space.

"No"

Catherine felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave, her whole body trembling, as if she was bound by an invisible spider web and could not move.

Is this the end?

No, not possible!
She has not taken back Serenia, she has not fulfilled her promise! She must not give in!

Great and merciful Sehanine, I would give you everything to save Serenia!

Catherine closed her eyes tightly, avoiding those strange looks.

She was immersed in vivid daydreams and waking dreams, constantly calling out to her gods in her mind, begging anxiously.

"Your Majesty, hold on."

Rhea also struggled to support her body, picked up the sword with trembling hands, and used her last bit of strength to block the Elf Queen.

The ridicule, cold eyes and hardships of the past have now turned into a firm will to protect Catherine and save Serenia.

Finally, Catherine's will broke through the barrier of the Spider Web Demon Realm, broke through the dimensional barrier, and came into contact with the god.

——Shahani is both the goddess of moonlight and the lady of dreams, able to connect reality and dreams.

At this moment, Catherine's spirit ran freely towards the kingdom of Avanas.

"Mother God, what should I do?"

"An evil god has come to earth. The moon is dyed red with blood. Serenia is about to suffer a catastrophe. My people are still waiting for me."

In the haze, she seemed to see an elf woman who looked both young and immortal, sometimes like a childish girl, sometimes like an old woman who had experienced many years of precipitation.

"The concerto of destiny has already been choreographed, and the bright moon will reveal the path you should take." The elven woman, wearing a translucent long dress woven from semi-flowing moonlight threads, walked forward and gently stroked her head lovingly.

"Go, son, fulfill your destiny"

"Yes, Mother Goddess." Catherine lowered her head obediently, thinking.

The next moment, the sky and the earth were spinning, the space was constantly changing, Catherine's spirit returned to the material plane, and a long hymn came to her ears.

Next to the scarlet full moon, a milky white crescent moon appeared, emitting a soft yet firm silver light.

The moonlight flickered, and holy beings such as the Mist Dragon, the Moon Horse, the Cloud of Ten Thousand Faces, the Son of Elona, ​​the Glorious Quasi-Plane Elemental, and the Elf Sky Guard appeared in the sky, chanting sacred poems.

Rays of light fell, instantly piercing through countless fallen spider elves.

Under the moonlight, the Silver Moon Elves who were bewitched by Ross finally woke up.

Catherine's crown gradually turned into bright silver, and the scepter in her hand was wrapped in the condensed moonlight, stretching out and turning into a crystal clear bow.

That is the artifact that only exists in the legend of Serenia - the Moon Bow.

"Moon Bow."

"She is indeed a believer chosen by that damn bitch! I will make her die without a burial place!"

After feeling that familiar wave, Rose's expression suddenly changed and she cursed viciously.

At this moment, she tore off the kind disguise of the "Mother Goddess", and her expression instantly became cruel, and she did not hide her strong malice that wanted to kill people.

"You lowly mortals—die!"

In an instant, the evil power surged like a tide along the Spider Realm, transforming into sharp, poisonous spider blades that pierced Catherine's heart.

This is a foot blade formed by the divine power of evil, chaos, darkness, etc. It possesses the power of the nature of laws and can easily kill a dragon with tenacious vitality.

At the same time, those evil spider elves, sword spiders, phase spiders, soul-eating spiders and other monsters also rushed up one after another, howling and rushing towards Catherine.

"For the Mother Goddess!"

"Kill her!"

"Offer her head to the Great Mother Goddess! Baptize her with her blood!"

Rhea swung the silver sword with all her might to stop the crazy monster, panting and saying, "Don't even think about hurting Your Majesty. You have to step over my dead body!"

At this moment, Catherine suddenly opened her eyes, with silver light flashing in her pupils. Her eyes seemed to contain a bright starry sky filled with endless stars.

The elven queen wore a silver crown, held a longbow in her hand, had a silver ribbon tied around her waist, and a flat round moonstone pendant on a mithril chain on her chest sparkled.

The moonlight wrapped around her like a veil, seemingly weak, but it blocked all sharp blades, thorns, and poisonous stings, resisting the invasion of the chaos of the abyss, preventing those terrible attacks from getting close.

Then, the light spread out with Catherine as the center, sweeping across the earth like a silver wave, purifying all the evil forces around.

"Do not--"

"This, what kind of power is this?"

With a shrill wail, the evil and twisted monster quickly burned up, and was eventually completely purified, turning into gray-black dust.

"Your Majesty, great! You succeeded."

Rhea turned her head with a look of joy on her face. She could feel an abundant energy surging into her body, giving her endless power - that was the gift from the Moon Goddess.

The half-elf paladin raised the silver sword, which immediately emanated light and released incomparable divine power.

Catherine nodded slightly, then raised the Moon Bow and pulled the bowstring made of slender silver light.

When it was pulled open, shining silver arrows appeared in the right positions, containing tremendous power.

“In the name of Sehanine, I grant you peace and tranquility—”

Catherine's voice was cold and she immediately let go of his hand.

"Shh-"

Hundreds of silver lights burst out, and each beam of light would leave a trail of moonlight dust in its flight trail, falling like a meteor shower.

Each arrow accurately pierced through an abyss monster, purifying it with holy light.

The ancient golden dragon in the distance roared excitedly, swung its giant claws, and smashed the giant spider blocking its way into meat paste.

"Your Majesty Catherine, you are indeed the king chosen by the gods!"

At the top of the sacred tree, Rose stared at Catherine, who was covered in silver light, and said through gritted teeth, "If that bitch had come down in person, I would have taken it more seriously."

"But you are just a lowly mortal. How can you fight against a true god? Is it just this insignificant blessing that you can rely on?"

"I will let you know what a god is!"

Rose's eight limbs moved quickly, manipulating the magic web like a spider weaving silk, and a cruel light flashed in her eyes.

Hundreds of tentacles condensed from black mist stretched out from the ground and attacked Catherine.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

Rhea stepped in front of Catherine first. She waved her silver sword, releasing messy and dense light blades, instantly cutting off the twisted tentacles in mid-air.

Then, under Ross's manipulation, the laws in this area changed drastically. The dead were resurrected, while the living were entangled in the breath of death and their bodies gradually rotted.

Not only the monsters were killed, but also the dead elves, dwarves and humans crawled up from the ground, dragging their incomplete bodies to attack their former allies.

"Rest in peace! Lost warriors, you shouldn't have returned with such a defense!"

"Roar--"

Titus spewed out scorching dragon flames, burning the undead monsters pouring in from nearby, creating a large sea of ​​​​blazing fire.

"Shameless evil god, you are interfering with the cycle of life and violating the laws of the world." Catherine's eyes were filled with anger.

As followers of Sehanine, the Silvermoon elves are particularly averse to necromancy.

They have always revered the mystery of the moon, because the bright moon affects both the ebb and flow of the tides and the dead who have left the world, symbolizing the cycle of life.

Resurrection from the dead is the greatest insult to the doctrine.

Rose sneered sinisterly: "So what? When I complete the Spider Web Demon Realm, the reincarnation of life will all obey my arrangement!"

Catherine pulled the full moon bow and aimed it at Catherine at the top of the holy tree. Her eyes were extremely determined, and a huge, glittering arrow appeared on the moonlight bowstring.

"In the name of Sehanine, I grant you death!"

"Shh-"

With a whistling sound, the arrow, carrying unparalleled power and the divine power of the Silver Moon Goddess, shot towards the incarnation of Rose.

The moment it was shot out, the arrow burst out with dazzling silver light, and the night sky seemed to be lit up by this arrow, becoming as bright as day. (End of this chapter)