Before she could complete her words, her body collapsed into several pieces of fragnts, while the divine tree in the background withered completely into a dead tree that was half of its original size.
Noah tried to embrace her body as the light fragnts of her body passed through his body. He could still see her smile fading in the distant cloud, the warmth of her body slowly leaving his body.
He did not like that feeling… the feeling of emptiness in his heart. The pain was slowly tearing his heart apart from the inside. The vacant feeling in his heart that was making the pain seem like it was nothing.
Noah tried to grasp the feeling of her warmth through those fragnts again with a lost look in his eyes… but the fragnts started flying in the direction of the withered tree, and his body moved on its own and followed behind with a dazed look in his eyes.
His steps staggered as if he was lost, but he did not care and moved onwards. Suddenly, his feet stumbled on a rock, and he fell to his knees right in front of the divine tree while the light particles rged inside of it.
His lips quivered as if he was feeling cold, while his hands brushed against the cold bark of the tree.
His mind still could not comprehend the death of the only woman he ever ca to love in his life. Flashes of their mories together appeared in front of his eyes. Her smile, her eyes, her hair…. Her dying mont…
Even after the effects of the spell wore off, no one dared to move from their place after seeing what just happened. All the elves fell to their knees, realizing what they had just done.
The old woman and the priestess were the ones filled with the most regret for betraying their god.
"Doesn't he look familiar?" In the back, Lucian whispered to scared Elena, who trembled in the sa place she stood. Hearing his words, she took a deep look at the man's face, and an image she saw in the past flashed through her mind, making her face paler than a dead body.
"It can't be…" She muttered in disbelief.
"Who is he?" Seeing her expression, Lucian asked again, a confused look on his face.
"You rember the divine figures in the Hall of the Gods, the figures worshipped as gods for saving them in the Eternal War…" Elena trembled in fear as she opened her mouth to speak. Hearing her words, Lucian's eyes widened in shock.
"The Archmage of the Divine Seal…" he muttered in disbelief, "Transcendent Mage Arnold!"
*BOOM!*
Suddenly, a huge pressure ca crashing down on them along with the rest of the people, as they all gasped for breath, lying on the ground with their faces pressing against the dirt. The overwhelming magical power caused them to feel nausea and despair.
They looked at the source of such overwhelming power and saw the mage slowly standing up to his feet. With his eyes, he watched as the leftover tree crumbled apart into dust and hit him in the face, leaving a huge vacant space in the ground.
Seeing the traces of red pulsing demonic energy in the ground, he felt sothing else other than sadness filling his heart. He turned around to look Nhalos in the eyes.
*Woosh!*
Seeing the man in the middle of trying to sneak away from the place, Noah snapped his fingers and several ice needles appeared around him before they rushed at the Elven King at full speed.
"O ancient trees, rise tall and strong, Wrap thy branches, weave thy song. Shield of green, protect this place,
By leaf and limb, by bark and bough, Protect us now, protect us now." Following his battle instincts, Nhalos imdiately chanted a series of words with his hands raised and called upon the spirits of the forest to protect him.
*Splash!* *Splash!* *Splash!* *Splash!*
But to his horror, the shield made of wooden trees did not appear in front of him to protect him, and the ice needles pierced his arms and body.
Not only that, he felt his connection to nature breaking off as all his power started leaking out of him.
"Heh… Ha- ha -HA-HAHAHA!" Noah, walking towards Nhalos, suddenly started laughing with his hand covering his eyes. His laughter was so cold that it made those who were listening to it scared for their lives.
"Calling upon the spirit of nature…. Really? You have now." His hollow voice echoed in the silent area. Nhalos scread in pain as he found himself pinned to the ground. The ice needles stabbed into the ground and started to spread all around, making his body glued to the ground in ice.
Arriving in front of him, Noah kneeled, his expression hidden from the viewers because of his hair covering his eyes. Noah raised his hands and raised Nhalos's head by his hair.
Noah raised his hands to the side and uttered, "Koma!" As soon as he uttered the word coldly, the head of the demon king ca flying towards him along with the vial of liquid that Nhalos wanted to nurture Evelyn with. "You really like that lord of yours, right?"
Noah weaved a seal, and the head of the demon king started to crumble, turning into a at paste. Combined with the blood in the vial, he made a disgusting-looking mixture of the two.
*Glug!*
"Let's prove your devotion to him. Maybe he can save you from ." Noah's eyes shone behind his hair with a cruel light as he shoved the mixture down his throat. Read latest stories on empire
"ArrgGGHHH!" Everyone watched in horror as Nhalos writhed on the ground in pain, his body started to get riddled with a burn mark all over, and his skin slowly began to turn dark.
Among his painful screams, they watched as his blonde hair turned ashen and his green eyes changed to blood-red ones.
"Gasp!" All the elves sucked in a cold breath, seeing their traitorous king turn into a fallen elf, like the ones from the legend.
As the transformation was completed, Nhalos's painful screams also receded. He felt a powerful energy coursing through his body. He felt like he was back to his peak power. He thought about attacking Noah suddenly and taking his life.
"Do you really think I let you go through this to give you your power back?" Hearing Noah's cold voice, Nhalos felt his soul freezing in fear. Before he could take action, Noah made his move.
"Heed my call, Divine Sword Celesita!"
*Splurt!*
User Comments
0 comments from readers