Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

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The biting wind howled, and icy snowflakes fell. Under the cover of the wind and snow, not only was visibility blocked, but even perception could not penetrate this eerie wind and snow.

Elise, the first to enter, had already activated the Sloth Domain. Whether it was gales or snow, everything that entered the Sloth Domain would be forcibly suppressed and dissipate immediately.

Seeing this, Elena breathed a sigh of relief. She slowly walked to Elise's side and said softly, "I, as her guard, haven't even come in yet. Why are you, as her employer, so impulsive?"

"Don't worry, I know this place very well. If there were any danger, do you think I would do something like that?"

"While that's true, what if something changes here?"

Seeing Elena's nervous expression, Elise broke into a radiant smile: "I'm so happy that you care about me so much~"

While the two were talking, the rest of the people also put on protective gear and came to this snowy and icy place.

Vivian activated the wheelchair's floating and heating modes, then said, "I suddenly regret coming with you."

"It's too late to regret it now~" Elise said, as she conjured a spear of light and threw it not far away. The moment the spear landed, something seemed to move under the snow, but it quickly went silent.

Elena directly manipulated her flying sword to pick out a deformed corpse from the snow. Judging from its racial characteristics, it should be an elven corpse.

Upon seeing this, Lily frowned and said, "Judging from the style of the clothes, it should be a corpse left over from the era of the gods, which has undergone mutation after being polluted and corroded."

"I think I know where I am now."

"The Emerald City is a refuge specially prepared by the Elven race to cope with the War of the Gods. To ensure its safety, they even used the World Tree as its core," Elise continued, picking up where Lily left off.

"Unfortunately, this shelter was eroded before it could be put into use. Even the World Tree was transformed into the shape of a calamity wind, and all the residents who had been evacuated here perished."

As Elise spoke, she walked forward, the invisible maw constantly swallowing the snow in front of her, clearing a path for the others behind her.

As for whether a certain foodie might have any objections, that's not within Iris's consideration. ←＄◇⌒6”

As she led the way, Elise continuously conjured spears of light and hurled them in all directions, pinning down all the zombies hidden under the snow.

Others wanted to help, but the wind and snow obscured their senses, making it impossible for them to spot the zombies under the snow.

"How did you find out?" Vivian asked, somewhat curious.

“You’ll know once you come a few more times,” Elise whispered in Vivian’s ear.

When I used to play the game, this map was considered one of the most awful maps. Elise doesn't even know how many times she died here.

However, dying a lot has its advantages; she was never disgusted by this map again after that.

Upon hearing Elise's words, Vivian couldn't help but bite her lower lip. It was just a simple sentence, but it made her think of many things.

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Upon seeing Vivian's change in expression, Elise knew that the other woman might have misunderstood something, but she was not prepared to explain.

They even wanted to deepen the misunderstanding.

After some time, led by Elise, the group entered the Emerald City, the former refuge of the elves.

Just after everyone entered the Emerald City, the seemingly endless blizzard stopped, and a blazing sun even rose in the sky.

The sunlight brought no warmth, only an intense burning sensation, and the snow that had covered the entire city was melting at a visible rate.

As the blizzard subsided, the magnificent shelter came into view. However, before they could admire the beautiful architecture, their eyes were drawn to the towering trees in the distance.

Unlike the vibrant World Tree in the Land of Hope, the World Tree in the distance was completely corrupted, its branches twisted and grotesque, and its leaves covered with traces of disaster.

A gust of wind swept through, and a large number of leaves drifted towards where Elise and the others were.

Meanwhile, in the Emerald City where the snow had melted, corpses that should have been dead began to crawl out from every corner under the blazing sun, all heading towards the direction where Elise and the others were.

Although these zombies are not strong, they are not so easy to deal with because they have been corrupted and eroded.

However, if one possesses an eternal holy mark, the situation is different.

On Elise's back, the eternal stigmata shone with dazzling light, and a pair of pure white wings unfurled from behind her. Even Elise's slightly frivolous smile was tinged with a sense of holiness.

The angelic Elise stretched out her hand and gently waved it downwards, and a holy golden beam of light fell from the sky, directly enveloping the area with the largest number of corpses.

The horde of corpses enveloped by the beam of light were like candles scorched by a raging fire, constantly melting away until only tattered clothes remained on the spot.

Staring at the dazzling Eternal Mark, Aurora and Breel were stunned. How could she have such a dream when the blessings of three gods had appeared on one person at the same time?

Suddenly, they seemed to understand what Elena had meant earlier.

While Elise was purifying the walkers, Sally also took out her bow and arrows and kept shooting at the leaves drifting in from afar.

Each time an arrow struck a leaf, it created a terrifying shockwave.

Perhaps wanting to bury these invaders quickly, the giant tree in the distance intensified its attack, and the once peaceful earth suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Quiet." The moment Elise landed, the earth returned to calm, and even the cracks caused by the tremor were completely repaired.

Unable to affect the earth, the World Tree summoned a thundercloud, with thunderous roars constantly bombarding the area where Elise and the others were located, and even meteorites fell along with the thunderstorms.

"Are we playing this big?" Elena entered her dragon form without hesitation. She casually grabbed the falling thunderstorm, transformed it into a lightning spear, and hurled it at the falling meteor.

“It sensed a threat, so it became agitated.” Elise didn’t seem surprised.

While such multiple disasters would only occur when facing the corrupted World Tree in a game, this is not a game after all; the World Tree won't just wait for you to overcome obstacles and get close.

It will only annihilate all threats in disaster.

Everyone present, except Vivian, was a seasoned pro, so they quickly realized that to avoid being overwhelmed by the disaster, they needed to address its source.

That is, the polluted World Tree.

Without even needing to discuss anything, everyone rushed towards the World Tree in various ways.

"And what about me?" Vivian, sitting in her wheelchair, pointed to herself.

“Of course I’ll carry you.” Elise had already flown to Vivian’s side, picked her up by the waist, and put the wheelchair into her spatial ring.

Vivian, held in Elise's arms, felt no sense of danger at all. She even calmly said to Elise, "You can throw me directly at that tree in a moment. It won't let me get hurt in the slightest."

When all the disasters just occurred, others probably didn't notice that Vivian was unusually safe. It was as if the meteorites and thunderstorms deliberately avoided her.

"Although the scene looks quite dangerous, it's actually far from that point."

"But it's true that I can use you as a shield." As Elise spoke, a bolt of lightning flashed and disappeared the instant it approached Elise and Vivian.

That's why Elise, who was originally at the back, actually managed to rush to the front.

The closer they got to the World Tree, the more terrifying the various calamities became, and even space itself began to collapse. However, because Vivian was by their side, these calamities only appeared terrifying.

After getting a certain distance from the World Tree, Elise also transformed the mark of greed on her chest into a mark of filth.

The distorted power caused Elise to instantly grow two more hands.

One pair of hands was constantly shooting arrows containing the power of gluttony and desolation at the World Tree, while the other pair of hands took out a powerful magic cannon.

The two sisters, who had just arrived at the battlefield, looked at Elise, who was holding her younger sister in her arms and acting without any restraint, and wondered if she was really only at the sixth rank.

"Don't even think about it. Her strength only looks like it's at the sixth level," Elena said as she passed by the other party, and then manipulated a large number of flying swords to combine into a huge drill.

The high-speed spinning combination of flying swords collided with the Twisted World Tree, accompanied by a spray of wood chips and a shrill wail.

A figure slowly emerged from the World Tree, as if it had been forcibly integrated into the tree.

"Who disturbed my peace..." Before the figure could finish speaking, an arrow imbued with the power of desolation pierced his forehead.

Under the influence of the desolate power, the figure withered away at an extremely rapid pace. Before he could suppress the desolation within him, Elise had already used the chaotic order as an arrow and shot it into his chest.

The chaotic power caused him to cancel the opponent's desolate suppression and instead begin to suppress his own power. The surrounding natural disasters also seemed to weaken considerably at this moment.

Upon seeing this from a distance, Elena decisively switched targets as well.

The dragon's breath, containing destructive power, was compressed by Elena and transformed into a scarlet beam of light that slammed directly into the figure.

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After the crimson flash disappeared, the figure was in a terrible state. Although he was seriously injured, he had regained consciousness from the chaos.

Just as he was about to retaliate, two more compressed dragon breaths engulfed him. Hidden within these two dragon breaths was a jade-green arrow. The moment it struck his opponent, the man found himself losing control of his body.

It's as if one's own organs and limbs have been given life and have their own thoughts; they are trying to escape their own bodies.

Not far away, Elise also took this opportunity to break the seal of jealousy, and a strange purple heart-shaped mark appeared on that person's body.

At the same time, a mark belonging to the winds of calamity was gradually taking shape on Elise's little finger.

"No, I cannot die like this, God, save me!"

As his words fell, an extremely terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire Emerald City. A breeze, carrying an extremely dangerous and deadly aura, began to blow around them.

Lily had already grasped the blood of the Goddess of Life, Elena had directly connected with herself in her dream, and even Elira was emanating a strange aura, with a blurry phantom seemingly about to merge with her at any moment.

Only Elise and Vivian remained remarkably calm.

The figure parasitizing the World Tree was now laughing wildly. He felt the gaze of his benefactor and he sensed the impending disaster!

Under His watchful eye, this inexplicable siege had already come to an end.

But at that moment, a semi-transparent phantom emerged from the void. She looked exactly like Elise, except that her beautiful face showed no emotion whatsoever.

The gentle breeze that had been surrounding everyone suddenly dissipated, and the terrifying pressure receded like the tide, as if nothing had ever happened.

The parasitic figure stared blankly at the phantom before him, his manic smile still frozen on his face.

He couldn't understand why, even though His Lord had clearly looked at him, He withdrew His gaze and ignored him, a faithful believer!

But he no longer had time to think about this problem.

An even more powerful attack than before completely overwhelmed it.

At the moment that person died, the brand of calamity was fully formed on Elise's little finger. However, it differed from the brand of the wind of calamity in color. The brand on her fingernail was an eerie purple, the color of jealousy.

Jealousy appeared beside Elise without her noticing, whispering in her ear, "My power is pretty good, isn't it?"

"It's actually quite useful. It would be even better if I could change your color to my color."

"Once you become mine, you can have any color you want."

"Ah."

Ignoring the temptation of jealousy, Elise found a spot and put Vivian down from her arms.

After the person who was parasitizing the World Tree died, the World Tree's resistance became weak and powerless, and it only took a little time for everyone to completely sever it.

At the moment the World Tree broke, a sound like shattering glass echoed around them.

That was a harbinger of the impending collapse of the World Tree's domain.

It was at this moment that Elise opened her right hand, and a miniature World Tree appeared in her palm, its domain once again covering the Emerald City.

If we don't do this, the Emerald City will reappear in this world, and the commotion will be impossible to conceal.

You should know that there are still many good things in the Jade Capital.

Seeing this, Lily couldn't help but be a little surprised: "When did you bring the World Tree out?"

"It is still in the Land of Hope, and this is only a part of its power. I will borrow it a little."

Lily glanced at the miniature World Tree in Elise's palm. She could sense that it contained nearly half of the World Tree's power, and the most primal kind at that.

This shows the World Tree's trust in Iris.

In fact, she could also sense that the World Tree seemed to regard Iris as... its mother.

As a symbiotic being of the World Tree, Lily, who is also affected by it, sometimes has a strange sense of déjà vu with Iris. In addition, she maintains an ambiguous relationship with Iris, which makes the feeling very... very real.

Of course, she hadn't told Elise about this kind of socially dangerous thing. If that wicked woman found out, she suspected that Elise would have to play the role of her mother the next time she indulged in pleasure.

Don’t do that kind of thing!

Once the space had completely stabilized, Lily asked curiously, "Who was that person who just popped out of that tree?"

"You should have heard of the person in charge of the Emerald City project, the symbiotic being of the World Tree, and a former genius of the Elven race."

"Skrugs?"

"That's right, it's him. He is also the culprit who caused the complete fall of the Emerald City, and one of the beneficiaries of the calamity."

“How could that be? There doesn’t seem to be any record of it in the clan’s documents,” Lily said after a moment’s thought.

"Of course there was no time to record it. The fall of the Emerald City happened in an instant, and everyone was imprisoned inside. So this is a secret history that no one knows."

"How did you know that?" Lily asked, somewhat curious.

"Although all the residents of Emerald City are dead, many of them left behind various records before they died. Once you read those records, you will be able to understand them."

While exploring the Emerald City in the game, you can obtain various records. By combining these pieces of information, you can learn about the fall of the Emerald City and the mastermind behind it.

Many players have even posted videos online analyzing this period of history.