Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 197 - 191 Hela’s Plan

Chapter 197: Chapter 191 Hela’s Plan

The shadow army arrived quickly; the players had just received the mission when the shadow creatures were summoned. Many hadn’t even had the chance to retrieve their equipment…

“How could it be so fast?”

Eve, who had transformed into the Divine Favored Zero, was somewhat surprised.

She casually crushed a shadow creature that had bumped into her and glanced at the four gray pillars of energy in the distance, frowning slightly.

After pondering for a moment, she avoided the crowd and headed to the Death God Temple in Black Rock City.

Black Rock City was already mobilizing, and the priests in the Death God Temple were bustling about, some treating the wounded, others relaying messages, and some trying to activate defensive divine arts…

Upon arriving, Eve also saw the Dwarf Temple Master who had captured the leader of the Dark Believers and returned.

The fervent believer who had once been possessed by Death God Hela now looked troubled:

“It’s my fault, I was careless. I didn’t expect the Divine Favored of the God of Darkness and Shadow would use the burning of their faith as a signal to order the believers outside the city, inadvertently exposing the reality of the temple in advance…”

Eve: …

She glanced at him, noting the lingering aura of Death God’s Power on him, and hesitated to speak.

*It’s likely not the Dwarf Temple Master who inadvertently exposed it, but rather a deliberate hint by Death God Hela before her return…*

Of course, this poor temple master probably hadn’t noticed that he had been manipulated by the suggestion of a True God.

*He didn’t even know that the mysterious Divine Favored of the True God he was facing was actually the True God herself!*

As for why Hela would cast such a suggestion, Eve could somewhat understand.

Now that Eve had a True God Avatar here, no matter how the Dark Believers acted, Eve couldn’t stand idly by while the summoned shadow army ran rampant.

This was due to the promises made by the two True Gods.

And could an avatar of a True God not handle a group of mere shadow creatures of Black Iron Level summoned by believers?

“What do you mean your followers aren’t afraid of death, let your followers handle it,” were all just excuses.

Hela must have sensed Eve’s avatar and realized it truly possessed Demigod Level power, which is why she made such a decisive move.

That is to say, for Hela, with Eve’s avatar present, there was no need to consider anything else.

Simply hinting at her believers to lure out the opponent’s trump card and forcing Eve to act before anything else developed further was enough…

Of course, it could also be that Hela was aware of Eve’s recent activities under the guise of her name and was subtly expressing some dissatisfaction…

“Didn’t expect to sign a True God Oath and still get caught up in trouble before leaving,”

Eve sighed, sensing the dense shadow creatures outside Black Rock City.

The number of shadow creatures had already reached thousands, and even if all the players were present, it would be difficult to deal with them, not to mention that more creatures continued to be transported over.

Therefore… it was necessary for a stronger entity to intervene!

Eve understood.

Hela wanted her to personally deal with the shadow army…

And if she truly did intervene, it would mean a complete break with the God of Darkness and Shadow, but on the other hand, it would also mean truly being allied with Death God Hela in the same battle…

There were both pros and cons.

Overall, the benefits outweighed the drawbacks, at least with Hela’s forces blocking the door in the Underworld, the dark believers couldn’t trouble the ground elves.

However, after killing another shadow creature, Eve gave up the idea of stepping in directly.

More precisely… she gave up the thought of using Demigod Level powers for a quick battle.

After slaying the shadow creature, she held a gray, semi-transparent shard left behind by the creature’s death.

This type of shard was called a Shadow Gem Fragment, which contained chaotic and cold energy, acting as the shadow creature’s source of power, somewhat similar to a demon beast’s demon core.

With a thought, Eve absorbed the shard. After being filtered through the power of faith, it turned into pure energy and surged into her body.

Feeling the energy entering her body, Eve’s eyes brightened.

“I can use my [Drain] ability to absorb the energy within these shadow fragments, and I can also consume the life force of the shadow creatures!”

“If I can devour this entire shadow army, maybe my Divine Power will increase significantly!”

“But… using Demigod Level powers directly would consume too much Divine Power, not worth the cost.”

“To maximize the results, it’s better not to wipe out the shadow army in one go, but to engage in a war of attrition. It’s best to let the players take charge; I can empower them…”

“Let the empowered players sustain the fight, continuously summoning shadow creatures to exhaust themselves, providing me with power!”

With this thought, Eve made her decision.

She turned to the Death God’s Temple Master with a smile and said,

“Don’t worry, leave everything to us! However, I need to set up a teleportation array here.”

“A teleportation array?”

The Dwarf Temple Master was taken aback.

“That’s right, to teleport our warriors.”

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Eve smiled.

The temple master hesitated but then nodded.

Though she didn’t know what had happened when she was possessed by the True God, she knew that Hela Crown had signed an oath with the mysterious entity behind the elves and had become allies against the God of Darkness and Shadow.

Moreover, before returning, the True God had instructed her to follow all arrangements made by a Divine Favored named Zero for this Black Rock City defense battle.

Until the enemy was completely defeated!

The temple master was initially hesitant, but after discovering that the Divine Favored named Zero was a High-Level Professional, she became respectful.

In the entire Deep Rift Cave Dwarf Tribe, the strongest was no more than a Silver Upper rank.

With the permission of the shadow dwarves, Eve then set up a teleportation array connecting Rivendell and Black Rock City in front of the Death God Temple!

After setting up the array, Eve immediately sent a new system message to the players—

[Ding——]

[The teleportation array connecting Black Rock City and Rivendell is established; players can teleport to Black Rock City via the teleportation array]

[The Black Rock City battlefield is officially open!]

Then, Eve once again used her Divine Power.

In an instant, all players on the city walls suddenly felt overwhelmingly powerful, their personal stats significantly increased. Especially in terms of defense, each person had a faintly visible spell shield appear on them!

Simultaneously, another message appeared in the view of all players gathered at Black Rock City…

[Ding——]

[Stand unyielding and fearless! The Goddess has decided to bestow a battle blessing upon all players participating in the Black Rock City defense!]

[You receive a buff: Goddess’s Blessing]

[Your weapon receives a buff: Goddess’s Blessing]

[Effect: All players in Black Rock City gain a spell shield, double all body stats, and all skill damage will have a “purification” effect]

[Brave Chosen Ones, charge for the glory of the Goddess and the elves!]

Under the astonished gaze of the Dwarf Temple Master, the elves on the city walls suddenly burst into cheers, shouting “Hooray” as they fought the shadow creatures scaling the walls.

At the same time, the teleportation array began to flicker with light.

Soon, fully armed elves started emerging from it one after another…

They ignored everything and brandished their weapons, bouncing excitedly towards the direction of the city walls.

Dark Dwarves: …

Watching the excited elves haphazardly rushing towards the city walls, they were left dumbfounded.

These were the players who happened to be in Rivendell and received the system message.

Some players who had been lurking in the Dark Forest intending to attack the shadow army from the outside, upon seeing the sea of shadow monsters, abandoned their suicidal plans and turned back to Rivendell, planning to teleport directly to Black Rock City for the defense battle.

After completing the teleportation array setup, Eve, accompanied by the Death God’s Temple Master, entered the temple again.

“Where is the temple’s defense hub?”

She asked.

The Dwarf Temple Master hesitated and replied,

“In the back hall, but the power stored in the statue is exhausted, so it might not be activated…”

She didn’t finish her sentence because she saw Eve heading straight to the back hall of the temple.

The Dwarf Temple Master quickly followed her.

Eve arrived at the defense hub connected to all of Black Rock City in the temple’s back hall.

It was a cube-shaped core adorned with intricate designs.

In the Underworld, similar defense core hubs were common, and nearly every underground city had one. These cores also had another name—the Dungeon Core.

Under the astonished gaze of the Dwarf Temple Master, Eve suddenly reached out and inserted her hand into the core of the defense hub…