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Chapter 3 The Loyal Elf Princess

Emerging from the shadows was a fish worm with festering sores all over its body.

With eight slender legs, two fins on its back, and a flat head, it looks like a strange fish with legs at first glance.

But upon closer inspection, it was clearly a giant cockroach-like insect the size of a sea bass!

Having fought countless battles against the White Walkers, Renn instantly recognized their type and attributes:
Sea roaches, Black Iron-tier White Walkers, are characterized by their extremely fast crawling and leaping abilities. When they get close, they pounce on their prey's face with astonishing speed, extending their steel-like stingers from their abdomens to forcefully pierce the prey's mouth and inject their alien eggs into its body.

The unfortunate creature injected with the foreign egg has only about 20 seconds to scoop the egg out of its stomach; otherwise, its body will quickly dissolve and rot, turning into 3-5 equally disgusting sea cockroaches.

Sea cockroaches are covered in scales and mucus. The former protects them from the blows, slashes, and piercings of various weapons, while the latter provides insulation and resistance to most spells.

In the words of the players: Super fast, jumps in and kills instantly. Physical and magical resistance, the developers are hopeless.

Upon seeing the sea cockroach, Raine immediately retreated to cast a spell.

The loose bones around them, manipulated by witchcraft, quickly rose into the air and coalesced into streamlined, sharp bone spears, ready to be launched at any moment.

But Ellina was faster than him.

The white-haired, golden-eyed elf strode forward. Her legs were naturally agile and long, and in one step she stepped into the sea cockroach's path. The ritual dagger in her hand drew a fierce arc and instantly pierced the sea cockroach's body.

The latter's tail stinger almost touched the tip of her nose.

Ellina tossed aside the corpse on the dagger and stared coldly at the tomb entrance.

More sea cockroaches have swarmed into the tomb, rushing in groups, at least ten or more, close in densely, enough to make any cockroach-phobic scream.

Their approach was too fast; there was no time to cast a spell. Ellina had no choice but to retreat quickly, raising her left hand to protect her face, prepared to sacrifice her arm.

But then the sea cockroaches suddenly paused, as if they had been knocked unconscious by an invisible, transparent slipper.

Mass Slow Curse!

Curse is a niche branch of necromancy. Its advantages are that it can apply various debuffs to enemies, and it is instant-cast, instant-hit, and has no projectile trajectory. Its disadvantages are that it is extremely difficult to learn and has no offensive power.

However, starting with the "Call of the Deep" expansion, Curse Warlock became a top-tier (T0) class, and Necromancer became the preferred choice for players in dungeons.

Because of the White Walkers.

Ellina had no experience fighting alongside necromancers, but her exceptional combat skills allowed her to react instantly, unleashing dazzling purple lightning bolts with both hands.

Lightning Chains!

A burst of crimson lightning erupted like a supernova, quickly engulfing the entire tomb passage. Fragments of the sea cockroach's remains, shrouded in smoke and dust, were hurled from the underground tomb, followed by Ellina and Rein stepping onto the surface.

The two turned to look around and saw that the ground, the corridor, the roof... were all covered with sea cockroaches of all sizes.

Its legs trembled, its eyes rolled, its mouth opened and closed, and pus dripped down. Suddenly, like a swarm of cockroaches startled, it crawled along the ground and walls from all directions, rushing towards the two of them at high speed!
Even with his extensive experience dealing with all sorts of Otherworldly beings, Raine couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine as hundreds of giant cockroaches swarmed and swarmed his face, though he didn't stop casting spells.

The three-shot group slow curse was unleashed, slowing down all the nearby sea roaches.

Taking advantage of the moment, Ellina gathered her magic power, forcefully opened her palms together, and unleashed a violent and blazing torrent of lightning.

Thunderstorm!
Thunder dragons danced, electric serpents raged, and violently leaping rings of lightning suddenly radiated outwards, tearing apart all the sea cockroaches that rushed forward, and violently collapsing the church walls. The remaining force was still undiminished, rushing in all directions.

From an aerial perspective, it looked as if a giant flower of thunder had bloomed on the ground, covering almost a third of the fortress's area, with billowing smoke spreading outwards.

Ellina, slightly out of breath after finishing the spell, wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. She could accept her own death, but she couldn't accept dying after being impregnated by sea cockroaches and having their eggs injected into her face, turning her into several sea cockroaches herself.

Faced with the situation of being outnumbered, the best solution is a wide-range and highly destructive lightning spell.

But this newborn body was not the battle-hardened physique she possessed in her previous life, completely imbued with magic. Just two lightning spells had exhausted all her magic power.

Hearing the distant rustling cries of the Others, Elrina could only try to continue squeezing out the remaining magic power in her body when she suddenly heard arrogant laughter coming from above.

"What a beautiful lightning spell! Ellina, I acknowledge your skill! In lightning magic, I would call you the strongest in the world!"

Standing atop the crumbling church spire, arms crossed, looking down arrogantly, Ryan said:
"Come, swear allegiance to me, and offer me your strength!"

Ellina looked up at him with a cold expression.

Her brows furrowed slightly as her knees involuntarily knelt down, the spell of the Caged Bird forcibly controlling her body from the neck down.

Manipulating Ellina to perform the vassal's ceremony, Rein, standing atop the church spire, calmly took a step forward.

Numerous fragments of sea cockroach corpses flew rapidly to his feet, forming a death staircase of corpses that steadily carried Renn's weight until he returned to the ground and stood before the elven princess.

“That’s an amazing escape speed.” Ellina, having regained control of her body, said with a smile, “I didn’t even notice when you got up there.”

“Today is, after all, your resurrection day.” Ignoring the sarcasm in her tone, Raine said arrogantly, “While I could easily wipe out these White Walkers, I wouldn’t stoop so low as to steal your spotlight.”

“Then I really thank you,” Ellina said casually. “If you don’t mind fighting more White Walkers, we can continue our pleasantries here for the rest of the night.”

"Can't wait to serve me, Ellina?" Renn said casually. "I've already felt your loyalty. So, as you wish, let's go!"

He waved his arm again, and the scattered fragments of sea cockroach corpses were once again manipulated to gather together, eventually transforming into a giant zombie cockroach.

Ellina: ………………

I'd rather die than ride such a disgusting mount!

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The giant zombie cockroach broke through the encirclement and blockade of the sea cockroach army of White Walkers and quickly crawled away through the swamp.

Raine stood on the cockroach's head, his expression serious, and remained silent.

Ellina stood silently behind him, thinking that if time could turn back, she would definitely tell her father in her will to cremate her remains and scatter the ashes into the lake.

Instead of being resurrected by an evil necromancer a thousand years later and having to ride a giant cockroach with him under the moonlight!

The next place Raine was heading to was the swamp town located at the southernmost tip of the rainforest peninsula.

The Rainforest Peninsula is located in the south of the continent. It was named "Halchik Vanroti" by the ancestral Elven Empire, meaning "land of torrential rain and dense forest," a name adopted by the human empire.

The humid and hot climate, the long and flooding rainy season, and the rampant snakes, insects, and rodents have resulted in only a small number of Imperials, Wood Elves, and the native Lizardmen living on the rainforest peninsula.

In the game's timeline, the White Walkers spent about a year gradually conquering the entire rainforest peninsula. Large numbers of lizardman refugees fled, spreading news of the White Walkers' return throughout the world… but the nobles of various regions completely ignored it.

Raine doesn't want the world to repeat the same mistakes. He's going to take Ellina to find Dia Scarlet, the heroine who led the lizardmen to fight the White Walkers and escape the rainforest peninsula in the original timeline.

Dea, the Dragon's Daughter.

(End of this chapter)