Ember Dragon

Chapter 769 Cannibalism
Rhea flapped her wings and dodged quickly. The palm of her hand holding the silver sword was soaked with sweat, but she did not take the opportunity to fight back.

"Catherine Moon Chaser, wake up!"

In desperation, the half-elf even called out the queen's name and repeated it several times in an anxious tone.

However, this was still of no avail. Seeing that her first attack missed, Catherine flew forward again and stabbed the dagger straight into Rhea's chest. Her move was quick, clean and extremely ruthless.

Rhea held up her silver sword to block, but was knocked away by the blow. The dagger attacked again and scratched her throat.

With the blessing of divine power, although Catherine has lost her mind and fallen into madness, she possesses power comparable to that of a demigod, which is extremely terrifying.

Her other claw reached out towards Rhea, and blood-red moonlight poured out, washing and corroding the half-elf's body.

"boom!"

Under the influence of this chaotic divine power, Rhea was blown away, her armor was tattered and broken, and her body was covered with scars.

Blood was dripping from the corner of her mouth. She gasped and said, "Your Majesty Catherine, you are the Queen of Serenia. You said that you would bring peace to the Elven Forest and a peaceful life to your people. Have you forgotten all this?"

But what greeted her was a wild sneer. Catherine's expression was distorted, her eyes were bloodshot, and eight phantom limbs grew out of her back, stabbing at Rhea like sharp spears.

"Shh-"

Rhea flapped her wings suddenly, climbed more than ten meters, and narrowly avoided the attack.

But Catherine showed a ferocious smile, and her six slender limbs closed in front of her, surging chaotic divine power flowing through them, and finally gathered into a purple-black ball of light in front of her.

"boom--"

A thick purple-black beam of light burst out, tearing through the air with terrifying energy fluctuations and piercing through the sky.

Rhea was caught off guard. Even though she tried her best to dodge and released the remaining moonlight power in her body, she was still hit by the terrifyingly powerful column of divine power.

Her left arm and half of her shoulder were destroyed by the beam, and her left wing was turned into powder.

A thick black light surged from the wound, constantly corroding the remaining flesh and blood.

"Her Majesty Catherine"

The angel of revenge fell from mid-air, with a look of disbelief still on his blood-stained face.

Although Rhea knew that Catherine had been controlled by Rose, she never expected that she would be hurt to this extent by the queen she trusted the most and to whom she swore allegiance until death.

Thinking of this, Rhea felt even more desperate. A huge fear and depression spread in her heart, entangled with the heart-wrenching pain in her left arm, making her feel dazed and as if she was in hell.

Rose's shadow seemed to have obscured the sky.

O Shahani, is this a test you have given us?
Or - even the Moonlight Goddess was helpless in the face of this catastrophe and could only watch Serenia go to destruction.

Even the queen who possesses God's grace is being manipulated in this way. Do they really have any hope of winning?

"Rhea!"

The ancient golden dragon Titus exclaimed and hurriedly chased after him. He flapped his dragon wings, raising a gust of wind and lifted up the half-elf paladin.

He carefully grabbed Rhea with his huge claws, used a healing spell to dispel the black light from her wound, and then roared at the mad Catherine.

"Your Majesty Catherine!"

"Wake up! You should be the savior of Serenia, not the destroyer here!" Gu Jinlong shouted angrily with full power.

Rhea held the golden dragon's claws, held the sword in one hand, barely maintaining her body shape, and stared at Catherine in the distance.

Soon, Zen, Lord of the Mountains, Melisandre, the Night Whisperer, and Emerson, the sage of the Priory of Arithmetic, all stood silently behind Titus with solemn expressions.

In their eyes, Catherine was the undisputed leader, the favored one of the Moonlight Goddess, and the only savior of Serenia.
But now, they had to stand opposite the Elf Queen and regard her as a difficult enemy.

"Hahahahaha!"

Rose in the distance sneered cruelly, not disguising her malice and viciousness that was about to overflow: "Ah, betrayal, revenge, and fighting, what a delightful drama."

He looked at the pale-faced Silver Moon Elves, chuckled and said, "Did you see that? This is the queen you are loyal to! She easily cut off the arm of that half-elf. That was her most loyal dog!"

"Think about it. If she's like this to her confidants, will she show any mercy if she attacks you?"

"It's obviously you who is trying to sow discord! It's you, the villain, who is controlling Her Majesty Catherine!"

The dwarf king was furious, puffed his beard and glared, and burst into a loud roar.

But Rose didn't care at all. Instead, she turned her head and looked at the crazy elf queen with a meaningful look, with a playful smile on her lips.

"Catherine, I will let you enjoy a good show - I want you to watch yourself being killed by your most trusted men."

The Spider Queen stretched out her hideous limbs and continued to weave. The scarlet spider web enveloped the sky, spanning dozens of kilometers and covering the entire Elf Forest.

Countless spider monsters climbed down the spider silk and greedily devoured all the creatures in the forest. No matter whether it was a unicorn, Pegasus or giant deer, none of them could escape their fangs.

Even ancient trees that had stood for thousands of years were devoured by dense swarms of spiders and instantly turned into rotten, venom-filled dead trees.

At this moment, the Elf Forest was filled with wailing and screaming, and the smell of blood and the pungent smell of venom was everywhere, as if the end of the world had come and this place was about to become a devil's domain.

"The magic network is blocked. We can't get out."

Emerson's tone also revealed a hint of despair: "The magic web in the entire area has been replaced by the Spider Demon Realm. Soon, the evil god will become the master here and have the power of a magic goddess in the Elf Forest."

"By then, we will have no chance at all. Even the gods may not be able to stop her expansion." Melisandre sighed.

Looking around at the miserable scene, Gu Jinlong looked solemn and concluded in a deep voice: "We have only one priority - awaken Her Majesty Catherine. Only she can save the Elf Forest."

Melisandre glanced at the elven queen in the distance, who was surrounded by black light, and hesitated: "But she has been captured by that evil god."

But Rhea, who had been silent for a long time, stretched out her only remaining arm, regardless of the injuries on her body, and said firmly: "I agree with Lord Titus's point of view. The Silver Moon Goddess is ethereal and difficult for mortals to detect. Only Her Majesty Catherine has the ability to communicate with Her."

"Therefore, I must wake up Her Majesty Catherine, even if it means sacrificing my life."

The half-elf's voice was sonorous and powerful, and there was a gleam in his silver eyes, revealing an unprecedented determination.

Seeing that Rhea had made up her mind, Melisandre couldn't stop her and could only nod silently.

Zenn, on the other hand, was full of fighting spirit, as he only wanted to follow in his father's footsteps, save Serenya, rebuild the Holy Alliance, and become a true dwarven hero.

"kill"

"Kill you!"

In the sky, Catherine's body was filled with black light, her eyes were bloodshot, and she let out an angry roar.

The several legendary warriors in the coalition camp looked at each other, and turned to Catherine at the same time, ready to join forces to fight against this mad Chosen One.

Emerson raised his staff, and the crystal on the top of the staff burst out with dazzling light.

【Glorious Purification】

[Drive Out Evil] The beam of light shone on Catherine, but was instantly swallowed up by the black light of the chaotic divine power, and was even contaminated and rushed back in the opposite direction.

Emerson quickly waved his staff, creating a spell-ineffective barrier that barely blocked the chaotic ball of light.

"Go to hell——"

Catherine laughed wildly and turned into a black afterimage, charging towards the fragile mage, with the foot blade formed by divine power about to cut through his barrier.

Just then, a sharp whistle was heard.

"Whoosh-"

An arrow carrying a green light broke through the air and shot straight towards Catherine's shoulder.

In the distance, Melisandre gripped her longbow tightly and stared at the elven queen nervously.

But Catherine grinned, stretched out her hand, and easily grabbed the arrow in mid-air and broke it.

A ball of emerald green light containing the power of nature burst out from the arrow, but in front of Catherine's chaotic divine power, this energy was insignificant and was easily swallowed up.

The fragments of the arrow were suspended in the air, wrapped in dark flames.

Catherine waved her hand, and the fragments tore through the air, carrying the power to destroy everything, and flew rapidly towards Melisandre in the distance.

Melisandre subconsciously tried to travel into the etheric plane, but found that the surrounding space was locked by the Spider Realm and she could not break through at all. She stood there for a moment.

However, at this moment, the fragments flew in front of her eyes, flashing a dark black light.

"careful!"

Titus roared, and scorching dragon flames carrying divine power descended from the sky, sweeping across the earth and burning the dangerous debris.

However, Catherine turned into a blurry black shadow, traveling through space, dragging black light towards the ancient golden dragon, and letting out a manic roar.

"I'm going to kill you all—"

The sharp foot blade carrying the power of chaos broke through the air, almost shattering the space.

Gu Jinlong swung his left wing hastily, blocking in front of him, and a shield shining with starlight appeared outside the wing membrane.

But Catherine's foot blade easily pierced through the spell's protection, tore the ancient golden dragon's wing membrane, and created a hideous scar several meters long on the broad golden dragon wing.

"Ow—"

The ancient golden dragon let out a wail, and the black light corroded his wounds like a maggot attached to his bones, dyeing half of his dragon wings black.

But at this critical moment of close combat, the ancient golden dragon did not care about the injuries on its dragon wings. It stretched out its dragon claws, grabbed Catherine, and used all its strength to bind her in the cage of its giant claws. Complex runes flashed on the surface of its scales.

【Dragon's Grip】

Catherine's eyes were bloodshot, her mouth was wide open, she let out a shrill scream, and continued to struggle.

The eight foot blades formed by the condensed power of chaos swung wildly, slashing at the throat, eyes and other vital parts of the ancient golden dragon.

Titus's Dragon Grip was strong enough to strangle the throat of an ancient red dragon, but it was difficult to trap the elven queen who looked slender and fragile but was actually extremely crazy.

"Hurry! I can't hold on for much longer, find a way to wake her up!" Titus shouted at the top of his lungs.

Black light surged, poisonous fog rolled, and under the attack of the Spider Queen's deadly poison, the Golden Dragon's claws became visibly decayed, broken, and even festered.

His huge body was also cut by the foot blades, leaving scars all over, and golden scales flying everywhere.

Seeing this, Emerson quickly raised his staff, chanted a spell, and released the high-level spell he had prepared for a long time.

【Eternal Imprisonment】

Countless mysterious runes suddenly appeared around Catherine, surrounding the mad elven queen, presenting chains made of stars that bound her tightly.

But Catherine continued to struggle, swinging her foot blades and instantly cutting through several chains.

"It seems like this is the only way to go."

Seeing this, Melisandre bit her finger, dripped the warm blood containing the power of nature onto her bow and arrow, and shot a bloody arrow at Catherine.

The arrow exploded the moment it hit Catherine, transforming into countless vines and branches filled with the laws of nature, wrapping around the Elf Queen's body.

"For the Holy Alliance!"

Zayn also swung the Hammer of Rock and jumped high. Stone pillars broke out of the ground one after another. Countless pieces of stone flew towards Catherine, sticking to her skin and wrapping her in a huge stone ball containing the power of the earth.

Until this moment, Catherine was finally bound in the ancient golden dragon claws and could not move for the time being.

But those divine black lights were like wild beasts trapped in a cage, attacking the cage frantically.

Even if several legendary warriors joined forces, they could only control her for a few seconds.

Titus shouted, "Rhea, it's your turn!"

Rhea stepped on the stone pillars created by Zen, step by step to the air, then jumped up, raising the silver sword with her only remaining right arm.

At this moment, the half-elf paladin used his own legendary peak vitality as fuel, releasing the last of the Silver Moon power in his body and transferring it to the silver sword in his hand.

【Holy Evil Slash】

As the silver sword was swung, a dazzling silver light descended from the sky and cast towards Catherine. It was the light that dispelled evil and purified all filth.

Under the shining silver light, the black light dimmed, the cracks on the body disappeared, and the eight hideous limbs gradually disappeared without a trace.

"Success!"

The half-elf paladin looked delighted and excited.

But soon, Rhea's eyes suddenly changed and looked desperate.

She suddenly discovered that the mark of the black rose was still on Catherine's swan-like neck, which was emitting evil power all the time.

That is the mark of Rose, the scar of the Kirashar Rose. As long as Catherine loses the suppression of the Silver Moon power, she will go crazy again.

The incarnation of Rose in the distance had her eyes lit up, as if she had been expecting this scene for a long time.

He watched the scene with great interest and said jokingly, "Half-elf, such a pitiful trick cannot dispel the poison of the Kirashar Rose."

"This is a work I am very proud of. Even the incarnation of the elves and gods cannot dispel it. There is only one way to remove the poison -"

Rose paused for a moment, a scarlet light flashed across her eyes, and she revealed a cruel smile:

"Pierce her heart, chop off her head, and kill her once and for all, just as you kill beasts, monsters, and demons."

(End of this chapter)