I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

Yes, that's right, you can only rely on time to accumulate it. Other external things like magic infusion, material inlay and so on are all ineffective.

Each time it is opened, the giant tree will become smaller. If the opening time is too long, the world tree will turn naked and run away.

bump--

There was another loud slamming of the table in the conference room. The elf guards standing at the door seemed to be used to it.

Looking back on the past, whenever the Beast King Bestia appeared at a meeting, this kind of commotion was a regular feature. There was nothing surprising about it. The only difference was that the number of table-slamming incidents was a little more this time.

"That's why I said it! Those bastards will definitely attack before the festival! Just activate your defensive magic now!"

Sitting on a chair that was obviously much larger, Bestia looked at the other two people at the table and spoke with certainty.

"But we can't afford to be unprepared during the festival. Besides announcing the return of the Demon God's will to the world, causing a large number of deaths and spreading fear of the Demon God is also in the interests of the Demon God's followers."

Facing the enraged Beast King, Melceris was much calmer and continued to rationally analyze the possible situations.

As for Elizabeth, although she didn't say anything for the time being, she was more inclined towards the Mother of Elves.

"By the way, how about asking Melchis what she thinks?"

Elizabeth suddenly said, suddenly remembering a clue.

"As the God of Elves, she has a very close relationship with the fate of the elves. She should be able to sense the specific time."

"...Yes, I will."

After a long silence, Merceris finally nodded and gave an answer.

If possible, she actually didn't want Melchis to be involved.

But now it seems that if she doesn't rely on the other party's mysterious sensing ability, it will be counterproductive.

"Then I'll leave for a while."

With that, Melceris stood up and left the meeting room, heading to the lounge nearby where Melchis was.

§224 The prologue before the disaster

squeak-

Following the sound of the door opening, Merceris entered the lounge adjacent to the meeting room.

"Ah, Sister Merceris, is the meeting over already?"

Seeing Melceris enter the house, Melchis went to greet her, looking a little restless.

After spending a few days together, although the relationship between the two of them was not as close as that between Melchis and Eve and Istina, it was still pretty good.

"Hmm...almost there. I want to ask Shizu something."

Melceris said as she pulled Melchis back to sit.

"If this place is going to be attacked soon, when does Shizu think it will happen? No need to overthink it, just follow your instincts. Will it be right away, or in a few days?"

"Eh? Oh..."

Although she didn't quite understand what Melceris was trying to do, she still obediently closed her eyes and began to think.

"Hmm...hmm...right...right away? But maybe a few days later? Hmm...it seems more likely right away. Hmm...anything is possible."

At the end, Melchis pursed her lips, opened her eyes helplessly, and shook her head.

"Is that so... Thank you for your hard work."

After hearing Melchis’s answer, although she felt a little disappointed that she didn’t get an answer, she didn’t show it on her face at all. Then she reached out and stroked Melchis’s long hair and continued.

"Shizu, wait a little longer. Sister will go back a bit, and the meeting will be over soon, okay?"

"Um…"

After saying that, Melceris turned around and walked back to the conference room.

"Well? Am I right?"

As soon as I entered the door, the loud voice of Beast King Bestia rang out.

But in response to his questioning, Merceris frowned and shook her head.

"No, Shizu couldn't confirm it either. She just said the possibility of an attack is higher now."

Honestly, this situation is very strange.

Because before launching an attack, the devil's followers would always choose what they thought was an "auspicious day" long beforehand. Then, no matter how many accidents happened on the day of the action or how much preparation the other party had made in advance, as long as they were not caught in one fell swoop, those guys would launch the attack on time. They were a model of punctuality, practicing with their lives what it meant to keep their word.

To be honest, even if these guys are not believers in the devil, their spirit of keeping promises is really worth encouraging and learning, especially for those unscrupulous businessmen in the country of wealth.

This time, since Melchis, the goddess of elves, is in the World Tree Royal Court, although she has not awakened yet, if the demon believers decide the time of the attack, it will still have a subtle connection with the fate of the elves, which will cause Melchis to have a vague perception.

But the strange thing is that Melchis didn't sense anything.

If it weren't for that premonition of danger, they would have begun to doubt whether the Demon God's followers had canceled their action for the first time.

As for what caused the current situation, we need to go to the bottom of the abyss to find out.

Unknown location.

It was still that dark space, but this time the monsters carrying the corpses and the people commanding them had disappeared. In the pitch-black world, only some black mud dripped down from time to time and sank into the ground.

This sense of dead silence adds a strong and eerie atmosphere to the place.

On the throne formed by black mud, the black shadow was still sitting motionless, as if it were a statue that had lost its life.

Thump, thump, thump.

Suddenly, a series of intermittent footsteps appeared from the depths of the darkness, slowly moving towards the throne room.

The man who came was a fat man with a slightly unsteady step. He would stop to rest for a while after walking for a while, take a few breaths, and then wipe the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

As to whether the sweat was caused by the not-so-intense exercise or by fear, only he himself knew.

The man's name was Philim Davis, a member of the Davis family. His purpose in coming here today was to seek the will of the true God his family believed in. [Note: One of the five great families of the Land of Wealth, introduced in Chapter 1 of Volume 2]

To be honest, this is not an easy job, otherwise he would not be here.

Just look at the guys who were in charge here before. He dared to swear on every gold coin in his pocket that none of them had left here.

Looking at this dim and empty space, he always felt that there were countless pairs of eyes in the darkness staring at him, but he couldn't see their existence. This feeling was terrible.

In fact, this was not his illusion, but he still said one thing wrongly - those eyes were not spying on him secretly, they were looking at him openly.

Because their eyes are completely black from pupil to sclera, they cannot be distinguished in this dim space.

It was lucky for him that he couldn't see these clearly, otherwise he would have fainted here and become one of these eyes.

"..."

Hearing the intermittent and disturbing footsteps in the distance, the statue-like figure opened his eyes slightly, a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, but he did not make any further moves.

After a while, the footsteps finally arrived in front of the throne.

"call--"

After taking a deep breath and wiping the sweat off his face, Philim Davis was about to reach out and push open the door in front of him, but the door slid open by itself without warning, revealing a gap in the middle that was big enough for him to pass through.

"!"

After looking around, Philim knew he couldn't hesitate any longer, so he knelt on the ground without hesitation. Without even raising his head, he slowly moved himself into the space between the thrones, relying only on the corner of his eyes to guess when to stop.

The sweat that had just been wiped off seeped out of his face again, dripping down his nose to the ground, and then was wiped clean by his body.

If he wasn't wearing a black robe, one would probably be able to see that Philim's clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Lord Demon God!"

Philim shouted loudly to the figure on the throne without even raising his head.

"Everything is ready. When will you go and announce your return to the world?"

"..."

However, in the face of his desperate shouting, the figure on the throne seemed not to hear it, and even his eyelids did not move.

"Now…"

After a long time, a voice gave the answer, but before Philim could say anything, he was pulled into the black mud ground by countless arms that suddenly appeared from the ground and became a part of this place.

The next moment, the black shadow on the throne disappeared after a slight tremor.

The reason why the attack time remained a mystery was revealed - there was no so-called attack time this time, and everything was entirely determined by the will of the demon god.

The reason why he chose to launch the attack now was simply because the ant just now made him feel a little annoyed.

§225 Darkness Falls (Part 1)

Forest of Elves, around the World Tree Royal Court.

After much consideration, the discussion among the three Elves' Mothers finally led to a final decision - the elven alert line would be retracted to the range covered by defensive magic to avoid direct attacks from the demon's followers, and at the same time, patrols would be switched to permanent rotations.

In addition, all defense and warning magic in the royal court, except for the giant tree, have been activated. All defense systems relying on the giant tree are on standby at all times and will be activated immediately in case of an accident.

In this way, no matter which direction the demon's followers launch an attack, they can respond as quickly as possible while ensuring minimal casualties.

Of course, considering that there will be one or even several entities possessing the will of the demon god appearing this time, the most likely scenario is that they will be besieged.

At that time, Elizabeth and the other two will need to deal with one side each, and the last side will rely on the giant tree's defensive magic for support depending on the situation, until one of the three of them defeats his or her opponent first and then comes to make up for it.

The only problem now is Eve and Istina who are still inside the strange land. After all, they don’t know whether it will have any bad impact on them if a battle breaks out outside.

Originally, Elizabeth and the others planned to wait for Eve to come out of the strange realm before telling them that the demon followers were about to attack. However, this somewhat embarrassing accident occurred because the demon followers might launch an attack in advance.

If I had known earlier, I would have waited until the demon followers launched the attack before letting Eve in, and she could have filled the missing line of defense.

As for the reason why Eve and the others were not told the news in advance, it was still because of Melchis. As the God of Elves, although she was in an unawakened state, she could still quietly eavesdrop on the thoughts of the people around her because this was her characteristic as a racial god.

And once she learned from Eve's heart that the followers of the Demon God were about to launch a large-scale attack on the elves, it might trigger a chain reaction and cause some problems, such as forced awakening in advance.

This ability to eavesdrop is very troublesome because it is a passive ability that cannot be turned off. Even Melchis herself does not know that she has been keeping this ability on, let alone turning it off actively.

As for Melceris, she was a little special. Since she had a special relationship with the God of Elves, she could block this kind of intrusion, which was why she had to come and take care of Melceris personally.

After all, the elves under the giant tree are secretly preparing for the next battle. Once they are in contact with Melchis for a longer time, Melchis will still know about it.

In short, this time Melchis's ability has caused a problem that is neither big nor small.

As for the reason why Melceris wanted to stop Melchis from awakening, it involved the issue of the racial god.

Just as the shadow of the God of Creation in the wonderland said, as long as the divine core still exists, all gods are immortal and will revive again after accumulating strength over a period of time, whether they are racial gods or conceptual gods.

However, the racial gods among them are even more special. Born from the collective consciousness of the race, they can revive themselves in advance when they sense a possible crisis of genocide. They wander around in an amnesiac state, draw strength from the wishes of the people around them, and then awaken to help the race overcome the disaster.

There are two types of awakening: natural awakening and forced awakening in advance. Natural awakening is needless to say and is a normal situation. After awakening, the racial god will continue to exist and will retain a certain degree of power.

However, forced awakening in advance will cause the racial gods to be like meteors. After bursting out powerful power in a short period of time to help the race overcome the crisis, they will die again and re-enter the state of waiting for recovery. At the same time, it will also cause certain damage to their divine cores.

But the problem is that if you want to awaken normally, it will take a lot of time and contact with a large number of tribesmen. At least Melchis's current situation has not reached the standard for natural awakening.

And from Merceris's own selfish point of view, she didn't want to see Melchis sacrificed again.

And it was in this situation that the darkness hidden deep within the continent descended upon the Forest of Elves...

brush--

As the light of the magic circle flashed, a figure covered in a pitch-black robe appeared in the forest. His robe was still flowing, as if it were a living thing.

As he appeared, the grass under his feet and the trees around him began to wither rapidly, and then turned into black mud and fell to the ground, polluting the surroundings.

The black mud does not flow very fast, but it flows with an unstoppable momentum. Anything that comes into contact with the black mud will become a part of the black mud, and will be completely absorbed into the endless dark abyss.

He was a step slower than him. Huge black mud balls began to appear around him accompanied by the light of teleportation magic, and then differentiated into hideous black monsters that gathered behind him.

Black mud continued to drip from the bodies of these monsters, quickly turning the ground beneath their feet into a swamp.

At this time, these monsters were already eager to try. If the figure in the front had not given the order to attack, they would have started spreading death endlessly around.

all the best.