Chapter 667
Eijae sprinted under the bright and crisp moonlight.
Ancient trees that were several dozen meters tall were like flat ground beneath her feet. Cliffs and rivers were left behind in a matter of moments.
The damp winds of the night pressed against Eijae’s face, soaking her armor and her face, yet they were incapable of extinguishing the burning fires of rage in her heart.
Eijae had set off on the journey alone upon hearing news of Quel’Lithien’s invasion from the mouth of a hippogryph rider, even before the envoy from the main temple had arrived.
The garrison of Skywater City was still trying its best to assemble when she set off.
Since the enemy had so daringly invaded Quel’Lithien Lodge, a mere one hundred kilometers away from Skywater, it either meant that they were immensely powerful and unafraid of a counterattack from the garrison of SKywater City, or that this was a conspiracy intended to draw the garrison away.
The elven commanders and high elves of Skywater City broke out into an argument in the meeting hall, bickering non-stop over the scale of the incursion.
Much like the corrupt and indulgent nobles of human society, the elven kingdom also had certain special classes– the high elves. The so-called high elves were still forest elves, and the only difference was their bloodline going even further back into history, into ancient times.
Eijae couldn’t help but narrow her eyes.
It wasn’t uncommon for ashes to appear in such a ferocious field of fire. However, it was odd to burn anything so thoroughly that no bone shards or minerals remained.
In Eijae’s impression, only unique spirits or undead could produce such a strange phenomenon upon death. If her deduction was correct, it was proof that some powerful undead creatures had appeared in the ranks of these witches.
Undead creatures were evil, and the witches were evil as well.
It wasn’t all that surprising for them to collaborate!
The only thing that confused Eijae was how the evil witches had managed to create such a dizzying number of insects. If the scale of the insect army was so large, then what method was it that they had used to avoid the elven patrol and the aerial scouts that were everywhere?
Eijae’s face turned while she was still wondering. Her eagle-like eyes quickly focused upon a spot on the forest ground. There was a small pile of dirt and what seemed to be an insect cave there. That place seemed to have experienced the most concentrated blazes of fire.
It seemed as if the departing witches were trying to use the fire to hide something.
Eijae’s feet tapped the ground, and she quickly arrived at that empty space.
Her expression shifted slightly when her feet stepped on the ground.
There was a cave underneath. The sound of her step was slightly different from solid ground.
Eijae didn’t hesitate. She jumped into the air as a throwing spear from the leather sack behind her back immediately appeared in her hand. She inhaled in midair and started drawing upon her power. Violent purple sacrificial inner-power rapidly gathered upon the throwing spear.
The next second, a purple afterimage that could hardly be captured by the naked eye blasted across a distance of a dozen meters and exploded in the center of the space.
The savage and ferocious shockwave momentarily extinguished the fires around the area, and the scorched earth collapsed into a massive pit. Once the ashes had dispersed, a horrifying scene appeared within the hole. Spear of Vengeance Eijae almost spontaneously flew into a mad rage.
The bottom of the pit was filled with a large pile of flesh and withered bones, along with a pungent slime. Plenty of white cocoon shards and dying larvae that had yet to mature could be seen amidst all this ‘waste.’
When EIjae looked upon these twisted corpses, she could almost imagine how they looked while they were still alive; she could envision the immense suffering that they’d had to endure at that moment.
Eijae let out a furious roar into the sky and kicked against the ground with a single leg. She leaped into the air, and the Spear of Vengeance in her hand quickly flashed. A circular ring of explosions blew up around the pit. Under her intentional control, the shockwaves of the blast were all spread outward, instantly clearing out the center of the fire in the town.
The witches had set fire to this place because they didn’t want the elves discovering their deeds. They just hadn’t accounted for Eijae appearing as fast as she did.
The Spear of Vengeance’s destructive strength forcefully extinguished the fires around the pit. She then turned with lightning speed and sprinted toward the southwest of the town.
The enemy hadn’t gone far!
If they were still carrying their spoils with them, she would definitely be able to catch up!