Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 344 - 327 Trouble is Big...

The orderly and powerful sounds of praise echoed through the Chosen City.

Watching the suddenly animated oak trees in the city, some older elves were visibly excited,

"These are Oak Guardians! They are the Natural Army of Her Excellency the Mother Goddess! The power of Her Excellency the Mother Goddess has further resurged!"

"Praise the Mother Goddess! Praise life!"

They were fervent, with many even shedding tears of excitement.

Nothing proved the revival of the World Tree more than the large-scale appearance of the Oak Guardians.

Although these awakened Oak Guardians numbered less than a hundred, and their strength was only at the Silver Lower level, it meant the further strengthening of Her Excellency the Mother Goddess!

The elves were filled with excitement and exhilaration...

The players who remained in Chosen City, as well as those who had died and resurrected in battles with mercenaries but hadn’t returned to the battlefield, were equally surprised, mouths agape, caught in another kind of excitement,

"Whoa! The street trees have come to life!"

"Oak Guardians! These are the Oak Guardians! I’ve seen them in story cutscenes!"

"Did the Goddess further revive? Did someone complete a hidden storyline and advance the main plot?"

Many players had seen videos of "Elf Kingdom" online and speculated about this sudden change.

Without a doubt, the most likely reason was that someone completed a task, pushing the entire game plot forward!

And those players experiencing the third beta who had never seen Oak Guardians or seen Berserkers transform were eyeing the kneeling Tree-men with curiosity, eager and intrigued,

"These Tree-men look mighty cool! They seem so strong... Can you form a contract with them as mounts?"

A group of kneeling elves: ...

Their heads quickly lifted, glaring angrily at the Chosen Ones who spoke.

Oak Guardians... They were the Divine Envoys of the Mother Goddess!

Even the Chosen Ones must show respect!

Soon, players who thought of making Oak Guardians their mounts received a system prompt, "Favorability -1-1..."

Their enthusiastic smiles stiffened on their faces...

"No way?! Does this lower favorability too?!"

Wails echoed through Chosen City.

The old hands who had long figured out the game’s mechanics looked at the third beta newcomers, who hadn’t fully understood the favorability system, with pity.

*Alas...*

*Still so young!*

*They haven’t been tempered by storm, don’t know the value of favorability...*

*How naive, taking off their clothes.*

These veteran players shook their heads gleefully, then adopted an expression of excitement and fervor, knelt down, and deftly praised,

"Praise nature! Praise life! Praise the great elf ruler—Eve Yggdrasil!"

Then... they received a wave of system prompts, "Native Elf Favorability +1+1..."

Smirking, they proudly showed the "Favorability up↑" on their system interface to the newbies.

"Is that possible?"

Third beta players stared dumbfounded.

So, without hesitation, they also knelt to the World Tree, adjusted their expressions, mimicking their seniors’ actions, and shouted sincerely,

"Praise nature! Praise life! Praise the great elf ruler—Eve Yggdrasil!"

Waves of praise echoed through the city.

The native elves finally withdrew their angry gazes...

Seeing their favorability start to rise, these third beta players breathed a sigh of relief, then curiously examined the appearing Oak Guardians, while countless small claws scratched at their hearts.

So... Is there really no chance to make them mounts?

...

The happenings in Chosen City were merely a minor interlude, unnoticed by Eve.

In fact, she was facing quite a bit of trouble...

As her Divine Power surged past the standard for weak divine power, her Divine Country suddenly began expanding rapidly, and the projection of the World Tree at the center of the world also continuously grew taller...

Simultaneously, Eve felt her body instinctively begin to [absorb] the external Void Energy, and the power within her soared at an astonishing speed.

This rate of absorption was exceptionally fast.

Although during the last big absorption following her escape from a near-death state, the Void Energy around the Segis Plane had been mostly drained by her... This time, after the rise, her [absorption] capabilities were also enhanced.

So, almost in an instant, a powerful attraction appeared around the entire Segis Plane, channeling the surrounding Void Energy to surge towards the plane...

From the void, the Segis World seemed like a vortex, continually devouring the Void Power.

This sudden upheaval from the ascension startled Eve, who quickly sought to curb the rampant absorption instinct.

*Are you kidding?!*

*With such a powerful absorption rate, even a fool would know something happened to Segis after a while!*

However, when Eve halted her [absorption] ability, the Segis World’s ravenous intake of Void Energy didn’t immediately diminish...

It seemed as though the [absorption] at the moment of ascension had created some form of inertia. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com

Around the Segis World, the Void Energy continued to surge towards the plane, following this momentum...

This time, it wasn’t Eve absorbing; the Segis Plane itself had turned into a vacuum devouring the surrounding Void Energy.

It was like a starving man who had seized the opportunity, crazily devouring the nearby energy.

And Eve herself also felt a massive amount of Void Energy enter the source of the Segis World, and after being absorbed by the source, a tiny part seeped into her body through the roots of the World Tree...

It was a mix of pain and joy.

Her Divine Power value soared visibly at an eye-popping rate...

Within just moments, Eve’s Divine Power increased by several hundred, and it... continued to increase.

Even the plants and demon beasts around the World Tree benefitted from this change, the former becoming more lush, while the latter had their auras soar, many breaking through levels on the spot...

The native elves were no exception.

As a Silver Race, they equally benefited from the energy change spreading throughout the core region of the Elf Forest, greatly enhancing their strength...

As for the players, having experienced the last upheaval, their experience bars were now completely locked in the game system by Eve, so this large-scale ascension didn’t affect them.

Meanwhile, Eve distinctly felt the mana level of the entire Segis World rise by another ten percent almost instantaneously...

Finally, it seemed to reach a certain critical point, and the entire world shuddered slightly.

This furious ingestion finally began to taper off.

And at this moment, Eve’s Divine Power had surged tremendously again, even leaping by a thousand points, and the area of her Divine Country expanded to nearly three times its original size...

Of course, her physical form also grew further in that frantic absorption, reaching nearly three thousand meters tall. Even from Feilengcui, dozens of kilometers away, one could clearly see the shape of the World Tree by climbing the city’s tall towers.

However, Eve wasn’t particularly thrilled at this moment.

This ascension caused quite a commotion...

*There’s probably gonna be big trouble.*

Yet, just then, Eve suddenly sensed the world tremble slightly again.

Vaguely, she seemed to have a feeling of descending...