Chapter 652
The first to strike was naturally the Flame Fiend of Terror, who was the closest one to Xenia.
With the Second Grade power of the Flame Fiend, it was no more than a pipe dream to attempt to kill the Third Grade Xenia. However, it was still possible for it to temporarily limit and interrupt the enemy’s movements.
Blazing hot flames surged out of the Flame Fiend’s magma hands and ceaselessly assaulted Xenia’s Divine Shield. The fire quickly turned into a prison of lava and trapped the god messenger within. At the same time, the magic energy cannon that had remained silent all this time started charging up again. Overwhelming magic energy of shocking intensity began to gather within the barrel. It was clear that a new round of attacks was forming.
If the Flame Fiend’s attacks were said to only cause Xenia to frown, then the charging of the magic energy cannon utterly terrified her.
She had yet to recover from the fear of the horrifying shot earlier.
She had relied entirely on the Moonlight Goddess’ Divine Shield to endure that blast. Now that the divine power within the Divine Shield was almost exhausted, she had no guarantee of survival when being hit by the same attack, even with her ability as a Third Grade god messenger.
It was a trap.
It was a death trap that the enemy had set up and waited for her to enter willingly.
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Garan Continent, Central Mountains.
Main Temple of the Goddess of Moonlight.
At this moment, the main temple had been thrown into complete chaos.
News of the defeat at the frontlines had blown up amongst the followers of the Goddess the instant it got back.
The tide of furious and angry requests for battle alerted both the priests of the temple and even the Goddess’ kingdom in between the layers of the plane.
The fury of the Goddess naturally terrified the elven priests serving her. They all gathered in the main temple and silently listened for the newest word of their Goddess.
The Moonlight Goddess wasn’t the chief deity of the elven pantheon, nor the one that held absolute authority.
In the end, the one that held the most widespread faith in Garan and amongst the forest elves was still the chief elven god, Saoirse. If one were to be brutally honest, almost all forest elves were faithful followers of Saoirse.
It was only the elves that wanted special holy blessings from the gods that would choose to believe in the other elven gods as well.
For example, most elven archers would choose to follow Marco, the God of Archery, in addition to Saoirse. This way, they would be able to obtain his blessings and enhancement in the field of archery. Elves who didn’t like to be bound to rules and didn’t join the army–choosing instead to roam the continent–would prefer to follow the God of Rangers, Eisner. This way, they would be able to obtain improvements in agility and gain exceptionally graceful movements.
The druids, on the other hand, all believed in Yurga, the Heart of the Forest.
Some female elves who enjoyed beauty and desired romance might choose to believe in the God of Luck, Visenna.
Given all this, the Moonlight Goddess could only provide her followers with some stealth ability during the night as well as some improvements in combat power at night. That was why the Moonlight Goddess was not considered a powerful deity in the elven pantheon.
The elves who chose to follow the Moonlight Goddess were numerous, but very, very few were fanatics that would be able to select the Moonlight Goddess as their only belief.
That was why the loss of the only God Messenger Xenia was an unbearable loss for the Moonlight Goddess’ temple!
In this way, even the Moonlight Goddess herself could not continue sitting peacefully within her god kingdom.