Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 196 - 190: The Defense of Black Rock City
Chapter 196: Chapter 190: The Defense of Black Rock City
Black Rock City’s City Hall.
The old dwarf Balin sat at his desk, busily handling the daily affairs of Black Rock City.
Suddenly, a commotion came from outside, causing him to look up and frown.
Amidst the faint sounds of chaos and screams, the Dwarf Iron Hammer stumbled in,
“Lord Balin, Lord Balin, a squad of dwarf guards suddenly came to City Hall. They took Elder Xilin and Elder Luo Tu away, saying they’re dark believers, you must go see this!”
Dwarf guards?
Balin’s pupils slightly contracted, and the feather pen in his hand was instinctively snapped in half.
“How many people came? Where are they now?”
He barely contained the fear in his heart and asked.
“They should be on their way here soon, you must try to reason with them! City Hall is loyal to the Death God Church, how could there be dark believers? You…”
Iron Hammer paused halfway through his sentence.
He saw Elder Balin, usually steady, hurriedly turn and open the window, planning to escape…
“Elder?”
Iron Hammer was still a bit confused.
At this moment, several fully armed dark dwarf guards rushed in,
“By order of the Temple Leader, arrest the dark believers! Balin, you have nowhere to run, surrender quickly!”
*What’s going on? How could we have been exposed?*
Upon hearing the guard’s voice behind him, Balin was terrified.
*Elder is actually a dark believer?*
Iron Hammer was astonished.
Balin panicked in his heart and quickly accelerated his movements.
But just as he climbed out of the building, he was surrounded by another group of guards and was quickly tied up…
Similar events began unfolding in various parts of Black Rock City. The dark dwarf guards seemed to have “eyes,” catching dark believers with pinpoint accuracy…
…
Inside the mines on the rear mountain of Black Rock City.
Several believers pushed the Divine Favored, Stone of Fire, who was in a wheelchair, frantically escaping.
Stone of Fire wore an expression of disbelief,
“How did we get exposed? What’s going on?”
He had planned well. If the elves could create chaos, he would instruct the dark believers to sneak into the Death God Church and destroy the idol. Then, by launching a pincer attack from within and outside, he could summon the shadow army to completely resolve the Death God believers in Black Rock City.
And if the elves didn’t act as planned, he would quietly stay hidden for a while longer, waiting for the Death God Church and elf mercenaries to become complacent before finding a way to escalate the conflict between both sides…
*But why did it all fall apart so quickly?*
Stone of Fire appeared flustered, being escorted by his loyal followers through the mines’ secret passage, wanting to escape the city…
“It’s over. If we lose our foothold in Black Rock City this time, there’s no way to destroy the idol…”
Stone of Fire’s face turned ashen.
As long as the idol in the Death God Temple remained powerful, Black Rock City was nearly impregnable, making it impossible for the dark believers to completely overthrow the Death God’s dominion here!
Even if he had a shadow creature army as a trump card, it would probably be difficult to succeed.
For the shadow creatures, the power of True God’s faith itself posed a great threat with significant lethality!
He could already imagine the wrath that the True God would unleash upon his failure.
*Death wasn’t frightening because the True God has ways to make you suffer even after death!*
Although Black Rock City wasn’t large, it was once a source of faith for the God of Darkness and Shadow, Holder. The complete expulsion of Her faith by the Death God believers only angered and humiliated the ancient True God…
The oracle to reclaim Black Rock City was personally given by this True God!
Failure would mean a miserable end for Stone of Fire, the leader.
*But what on earth happened?*
Stone of Fire could not comprehend it and could only flee in panic under the escort of his loyal followers…
And when he finally emerged from the secret passageway outside Black Rock City, he was stunned.
Someone was already waiting for him there.
“Stone of Fire, you have nowhere to go.”
A crisp voice rang out. It was the female Temple Leader of the Death God Temple!
She blocked the exit of the secret passageway with a team of dark dwarf guards.
At this time, the Dwarf Temple Master had already returned to her original form, freed from the Divine Possession of Death God Hela.
Hela’s consciousness had already returned to the Netherworld.
“How did you… discover us?”
Stone of Fire gritted his teeth.
The Death God Temple Leader looked at the red-eyed Stone of Fire and gently sighed, a hint of fanaticism appearing in her expression,
“Under the gaze of the True God, nothing of yours can escape!”
*True… True God?*
Stone of Fire was dazed for a moment, and only then did he notice the faint aura of Death Divine Power lingering around the Death God Temple Leader…
In an instant, he realized,
“So that’s it! You really used the idol to call upon the True God’s power!”
The Death God Temple Leader neither confirmed nor denied this but instead said,
“Surrender, Stone of Fire. All the dark believers within the city have already been captured by us.”
“Surrender?”
Upon hearing the Death God Temple Leader’s words, Stone of Fire let out a sneer.
After confirming that the Death God Temple indeed used the power of the idol, he instead calmed down.
Stone of Fire squinted his eyes and said,
“I don’t know if you’re clever or foolish for using the Temple’s power just to capture us. However, how much energy does the Temple have left after such a large-scale purge of other beliefs?”
“No matter how much is left, you have already failed.”
The Dwarf Temple Master retorted.
“Heh…”
Stone of Fire chuckled, a hint of madness appearing on his face,
“Whether we have indeed lost remains to be seen!”
After speaking, a deep energy began to converge on his body!
“This isn’t good, take cover!”
The Dwarf Temple Leader’s expression changed.
Upon hearing her command, all the dwarf guards retreated.
In the solemn gaze of all the dark dwarves, this dark Divine Favored began to ignite his own faith power, turning himself into a mass of black flame, with deep rays shooting into the sky!
“It’s… a signal!”
The Dwarf Temple Master’s expression was heavy, but she showed no sign of panic, seeming to have anticipated this.
“It’s an emergency signal!”
In an underground forest outside Black Rock City, a dozen dark dwarves wearing gray-black robes looked gravely towards the city.
“It’s Lord Stone of Fire. Something must have happened inside the city. He’s ordering us to summon the Shadow Legion immediately.”
A low, hoarse voice said.
After those words, the dark dwarves looked at each other, nodded, and stepped forward to sweep away the fallen leaves on the ground…
As the leaves were cleared, a massive pre-etched magic array gradually emerged on the ground!
They approached the array, knelt around it, and began to pray softly, chanting an undulating incantation.
As they chanted, the array gradually emitted a deep glow, and a chaotic, chilling aura began to gather.
Simultaneously, the center of the array suddenly brightened, and the earth began to shake, and a dark gray energy beam shot into the sky!
…
In Black Rock City, players who were curiously watching the internal conflict of the dark dwarves suddenly felt the ground tremble.
“Look, what’s that?”
Someone pointed to the sky.
The players looked up, noticing dark gray energy pillars rising in all directions, sending an icy, chaotic aura thundering down…
Soon, the tops of the four energy pillars exploded, resembling erupting volcanoes, as finer dark gray arcs fell like raindrops to the ground, with some even landing inside Black Rock City!
As soon as they landed, these dark gray energies morphed like writhing jelly, transforming into black-gray translucent humanoid monsters shrouded in thick black smoke!
On Black Rock City’s wall, the dwarf guards turned pale as densely packed eerie monsters suddenly appeared below.
“Shadow creatures! It’s the Shadow Creature Legion!”
“This is bad! Sound the alarm, close the gates, and notify the temple to activate defensive Divine Arts!”
With the blare of a horn, the guards on the wall instantly sprang into action…
“Captain, this is bad! The temple’s stored energy is depleted already!”
“What?!”
“But the Temple Leader said the elves would help us defend the city!”
“Elves? Them? What can they do?”
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The dark dwarf Defense Captain was suddenly speechless, seething with anger.
…
Inside Black Rock City.
The descent of a few shadow monsters threw the city into utter chaos…
These sudden shadow monsters were extremely formidable, and normal attacks barely harmed them. However, they began a frenzy of slaughter, devouring everything in sight.
They roared ferociously, clawing madly, climbing over buildings, dashing across the ground, and shredding everything in sight with their black fog-wreathed claws!
The dwarf guards, in turn, gathered in small groups to fight the shadow monsters.
Cries, screams, roars, the clash of weapons, and incantations rang out everywhere…
Players were stunned by this chaotic scene.
“Holy crap! Are the special effects meant to be this terrifying?”
Though they’d experienced warfare with Half-Beasts before, these intimidating monsters still gave them a shock.
“Stop gawking! Get your gear! It’s fight time! It’s fight time!”
Dema cursed and sprinted towards the city gate.
Other players snapped back to reality, suppressing their fear of these seemingly ghostly shadow creatures, and followed suit…
On the city wall, the dark dwarf Defense Captain hacked off a shadow creature trying to climb up, but upon seeing the numerous shadow army in the distance, his expression darkened.
“There are probably several thousand, maybe even over ten thousand!”
His voice quivered slightly.
Without the temple’s defensive Divine Arts, how could Black Rock City withstand this?!
At that moment, a guard’s startling cry rang out,
“Captain, watch out!”
The dwarf Defense Captain felt a surge of danger.
He spun around with his sword, seeing a shadow creature that had infiltrated the city lunging at him…
Unprepared, he was knocked down, his weapon sent flying, and the shadow creature’s black fog-shrouded claws aimed for his body…
Just as the dwarf Defense Captain thought he was doomed, a massive fireball suddenly came flying over, striking the shadow creature.
The fireball exploded, and the shadow creature let out a painful shriek. Half of the black smoke around its body dissipated, revealing its dark gray translucent form.
The dwarf Defense Captain took the opportunity to break free from the creature’s claws, retrieved his weapon, and escaped.
Breathing heavily, he turned towards where the fireball had come from, seeing three or four meters away a pink-haired Elf girl dressed in a robe, holding a magic wand.
The Elf girl looked excited, glancing at her magic wand and murmuring joyfully,
“I hit it! I hit it!”
Captain: …
Behind her, more fully armed elves climbed onto the city walls…
Their expressions were odd, a mix of nervousness and excitement. Warriors, mages, hunters, all sorts of professions… but all emanated high morale.
They swung their weapons, shouting as they ascended the walls to assist the dark dwarves in defense!
Simultaneously, the dwarf Defense Captain heard bursts of Common language,
“Support the dwarves!”
“Quick, quick! Spread out and defend! Not a single monster gets in!”
“Smash them!”
“Hoorah—!”
Seeing the elves even more spirited than the dwarf soldiers, the Defense Captain was dumbfounded.
