Ember Dragon

"You are just a mortal as insignificant as a speck of dust. Even if that bitch gives you more power, it will be useless!"

Facing the silver arrow shooting towards her, Rose let out a furious roar and spread out her eight ferocious limbs.

Those hundreds of millions of spiders became an extension of Rose's will, gathering together like a tide, surging forward one after another, condensing into a wall composed of densely packed spider bodies, blocking the path of the arrow.

However, an incomparable silver light burst out from the arrow, and instantly blasted a large hole with a diameter of several meters on the spider wall. Countless spiders turned into ashes, and the wall made of spiders collapsed.

The silver arrow continued to whiz forward with unstoppable momentum.

"Humility, mortals, tremble before the might of the gods!"

Rose's eyes were grim as she pulled out a magic wand from the twisted void. The wand was wrapped in spider silk, and its top was inlaid with black crystals and hundreds of fangs.

She stretched out her wand, and a swaying ball of light with black and purple edges poured out from the dark crystal, like a turbid torrent, rushing towards the arrow.

"boom!"

Light and dark, order and chaos, life and death
The two completely different divine powers collided with each other, instantly producing a violent magical reaction. Chaotic silver light and pitch-black flames spread hundreds of meters with the point of collision as the center, swallowing up everything around them.

The sky trembled, the earth shook, and the wizard watching from afar stared at the strange phenomenon in the air and couldn't help but let out an exclamation filled with fear.

"What a terrifying energy fluctuation. The power of the aftermath alone is comparable to that of a forbidden spell."

"The fate of Serenia, no, even the fate of the entire southern continent, may be in the hands of Her Majesty Catherine."

"Goddess of Magic."

At this moment, even the most rational wizard of the Arcane Hermitage could not help but lower his head and pray secretly, begging the elven queen covered in moonlight to win.

If Rose were to be born, not only the Elf Forest, but also the surrounding southern continent and even the entire Feansor would suffer an unprecedented terrible catastrophe.

"Don't worry, Her Majesty Catherine will win. I always believe this." Gu Jinlong stood proudly in the crowd, raised his head, and watched the battle in the sky.

"hope so."

Rhea clenched the silver sword tightly, his face tense, and casually killed several spider monsters outside the light shield.

In the face of this kind of demigod-level confrontation, even legendary powerhouses like them did not dare to approach easily. If they were put in danger, it would inevitably distract Catherine.

"Om-"

With a clear whistling sound, a tiny arrow of divine power suddenly pierced through the ball of light, turning into a silver afterimage that was imperceptible to the naked eye, and shot towards Rose's body.

Rose was caught off guard, and the divine shield covering her body was easily pierced by the silver arrow.

The arrow pierced deeply into the abdomen of Rose's incarnation, releasing a silver divine light that continuously burned His body.

"No!"

Black mist emanated from the wound. Rose let out a sharp and angry howl and cursed viciously: "Mortal, you have angered a great god! You will regret it!"

"After I come to this world, only blood, death and fire will remain in your kingdom! Everything you cherish will be destroyed by me, and your relatives and friends will become rotten remains!"

"And you——will be killed by the person you trust the most!"

Before she finished her words, an invisible force enveloped Catherine's head, filled with darkness and death, as if it was forcibly reversing her fate.

Then, purple and black halos wrapped around Catherine's body, swimming like poisonous snakes.

——This is the curse of the gods, which has the power to distort reality and can easily change the fate of mortals.

But Catherine now is not an ordinary "mortal". Facing the vicious curse from Rose, she still has an indifferent look and raises the Moon Staff.

Moonlight poured out like water, flowing around Catherine and instantly submerging the power of the curse.

Catherine walked on the illusory bridge and pulled the Moon Bow again. Arrows condensed by divine power appeared on the bowstring.

She loosened her hand, and the arrows streaked across the night sky like a meteor shower, shooting densely towards Rose.

"Shh-"

But Rose was well prepared this time. Her eight limbs swung rapidly, releasing dark light, forming a chaotic storm that blocked all the arrows and annihilated them in the darkness.

But the wound on His chest caused by the arrow was still hideous, eroded by the silver light, and oozing turbid blood.

Seeing this scene, Catherine sneered and said, "Evil God, under the power of Her Majesty Shahani, how long can your blasphemous incarnation last?"

"When this incarnation dies and the Spider Web Domain dissipates, you will lose your anchor point in the main material plane and will continue to curl up in the dark abyss like a rat, never to be able to turn over!"

"This is the punishment the great Seldarine Gods impose on the rebels!"

Catherine stretched out the Moon Staff in her hand, and a beam of light shot out from the silver disk on the top of the staff, shooting straight into the sky, breaking through the thick dark clouds and poisonous fog, and shooting towards the crescent moon in the sky.

And the moon also gave her the due response. Countless silver beams descended like divine punishment, bombarding the incarnation of Rose in the distance.

"Mortal, you are just a lackey of Sehanine. How dare you talk to me about rebellion?"

Rose let out an angry roar, and her eight limbs kept waving and weaving, weaving a scarlet spider web composed of evil divine power and chaotic power above her head.

This spider web is nearly a thousand meters in diameter, covering the sky and emitting a terrifying aura that makes people shudder.

"Those gods who claim to be righteous are just wearing a hypocritical mask. If I had won the war back then, I would be the real Lord God of the Elf now!"

"boom!"

With an earth-shaking roar, the two forces collided again, and a silver light instantly bloomed, interweaving with the scarlet light emitted by the spider web.

In the distance, Cassius, transformed into an ancient golden dragon, looked at the sky and continued to pay attention to the battle between Catherine and Rose's incarnation.

“What an amazing power.”

"No, this is definitely not an ordinary incarnation. Rose must have used some secret method to transfer part of her divine essence to the material plane."

"Wait, what is that?"

At this moment, Cassius' eyelids twitched wildly, and the body of the golden dragon incarnation began to tremble. He felt an extremely terrifying aura appear on the battlefield.

And the source of that breath was none other than the Spider Queen, Rose.

"hehe."

Rose sneered cruelly: "Catherine, you are indeed more powerful than I thought. As a lowly mortal, you have done your best."

"It's a pity that you picked the wrong opponent."

Before she finished speaking, one of her foot blades reached into the void and pulled something out from the twisted vortex of the abyss. It was a pitch-black, eerie black rose, and the surface seemed to be stained with solidified blood.

This evil thing has a famous name:

Chirasal Rose.

Artifacts that were used to bring disaster to the elves, spread evil, and even weaken the elven pantheon.

It was created by Rose and the Queen of Air and Darkness.

The soulless elves under the control of the Goddess of Space and Darkness stabbed a black diamond facet into a sacred tree, causing the sacred tree to bleed all its bodily fluids and become completely polluted.

After mixing the holy tree fluid with the venom extracted from a thousand black roses, Rose's incarnation appeared and used magic to transform the venom into the shape of a rose, and then condensed the rose into amber that was stronger than gold and mithril.

After passing through the hands of two evil gods who hated elves, this rose gained the power of a curse and became a powerful weapon against the elves of the good camp.

The saints and chosen ones of the Seldarine gods will fall into madness and become evil if they are not firm in their will after being touched by this rose.

Even the incarnations of gods will be affected to a certain extent. According to legend, the incarnation of the elven god Dalal Firecloak, who is revered as the "Lord of Green Flame", was affected by it, became crazy and bloodthirsty, and became a terrifying evil creature of the abyss.

"This is. Not good!"

The moment the rose appeared, Catherine, sensing the dangerous aura, also had a sudden change of expression. She raised her scepter and turned the moonlight into a shield to protect her body.

But Rose had planned this for a long time. Her slender foot blades instantly tore through the space and broke through the protection of the divine power.

The Chirashar rose at its tip also pierced Catherine's body.

Although Catherine tried her best to dodge, the poisonous thorn on the rose stem still scratched her arm, creating a tiny wound, and the venom and black mist could not wait to penetrate into it.

In an instant, Catherine's arms turned blue and purple, and dense cracks appeared.

The cracks squirmed and extended like little snakes. Her fair skin gradually turned black, and scarlet and dark black impurities emerged in her bright silver pupils.

"His Majesty!!"

Catherine ignored her own safety, spread the wings behind her, and rushed forward as an angel of revenge.

"Your Majesty Catherine" The ancient golden dragon Titus also waved his dragon wings, flew into the air, came to the side of Catherine who was suffering from the poison, raised his staff, and cast a healing spell.

"Shh-"

Beams of purifying light descended from the sky, but they had no effect on the toxins that carried the powers of the Spider Queen and the Queen of Sky and Darkness.

The poison still entangled Catherine's body like a maggot in her tarsal bones, and even the soft moonlight was polluted.

"Your Majesty, please wake up!" Rhea came to Catherine's side, casting various spells to expel evil and purify toxins, calling anxiously.

But Catherine is still sleeping in the black fog, and it seems that she will never wake up.

In the distance, Rose's mouth corners raised, and a playful smile appeared on her beautiful face.

She rested her chin on her hand, chuckled and said, "Despair, death, sleep, venom and blood are really a beautiful picture."

She paused, and a faint light flickered in her scarlet eyes, which made people shudder: "If...if we add betrayal, fighting, and cannibalism, it should be even more exciting."

"Damn evil god!"

Rhea was furious and raised her silver sword, wanting to rush towards Rose and fight her to death.

But the ancient golden dragon Titus stopped her and warned her in a deep voice: "Don't fall for the provocation of the abyss god. At this moment, the most important thing is the safety of Her Majesty Catherine."

Rhea finally calmed down, and while watching Catherine, she was also wary of Rose in the distance.

But Rose stretched out her slender foot blade, on which were tied dozens of spider silks, all leading to the distance and connecting to Catherine's body.

"No! Don't even think about hurting Her Majesty Catherine!"

Seeing the spider silk, Rhea suddenly had a bad premonition. She swung the silver sword with all her strength, releasing explosive divine power, trying to cut the spider silk.

But the silver sword passed by and was unable to touch the spider silk at all. The spider silk seemed to be in the etheric plane parallel to the main material plane. It was illusory and could not be cut at all.

This is the Spider Queen's "Kirashar Poison Silk", which can connect to the elf's body through the Kirashar Rose and control it.

Rose tilted her head, looking at Rhea in the distance with interest, and smiled cruelly: "Haha. Paladin, if the queen you are loyal to becomes a tyrannical and evil being, are you willing to swing your sword at her?"

"you--"

Rhea's expression suddenly changed. Besides anger and hatred, there was actually a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

Is she really going to draw her sword against Her Majesty Catherine?
Rose couldn't wait to move her limbs and shake the spider silk to release the power of the Kirasar Rose.

Catherine suddenly opened her eyes. Her pupils were no longer the familiar bright silver, but a mottled mixture of scarlet and dark black.

His eyes were no longer gentle and firm, but revealed endless madness and murderous intent, which was creepy.

The Elf Queen's skin was dyed gray, and a strange smile appeared on her beautiful face. The moonlight surrounding her turned into a chaotic halo.

——Compared to the elegant and pure Silver Moon Elf, she is more like a drow at this moment.

"Half-elf"

"Catherine" looked at Rhea in front of her with greedy eyes, licked her lips, and said in an excited voice: "Are you my prey?"

"No, Your Majesty, wake up!"

Rhea kept shaking her head, her voice trembling, and even the hand holding the silver sword was shaking.

Even though she has become a legendary paladin, in front of the queen who grew up with her, Rhea is still the child holding a wooden stick.

No matter what, Rhea couldn't accept killing Catherine with her own hands - even if she was about to die.

Rose's very bewitching voice came from afar: "Come, kill her, uphold the oath of the vengeful paladin, and kill your old master!"

"She has fallen. You will take her place and become the new king of Serenia!"

"No, I can't." Rhea shook her head again. She looked desperate and kept backing away.

However, "Catherine" took out a dagger coated with poison. Her eyes were bloodshot and she rushed towards the half-elf almost madly, aiming straight for the throat.

She laughed wildly with a ferocious face: "Half-elf, come on, let me kill you!" (End of this chapter)