Chapter 730: 728 Secrets of the Druid_1

A myriad of rosy clouds light over the Bright Moon Forest, draping it under a veil of gold.

The towering oak tree is declining at a rapid pace, billions of its withered leaves are falling with the wind, playing a lament for life.

Colin gently releases the lifeless Elan Seraph, only to find that her body begins to transform.

Thud– thud–

Golden flames bloom on Elan Seraph’s body, only to extinguish in an instant, as if all vitality has been burnt away.

In this cycle of flaming and extinguishing, Elan Seraph gradually grows red feathers, transforming into a phoenix!

Seeing this, Colin furrows his brows with layers of confusion deepening within.

Falling oak leaves gently cover Elan Seraph’s body, almost as if to bury her.

The clouds split apart in the sky above, and a staircase made of golden holy light extend down from the infinite void to reach Colin’s feet.

Colin has seen this before, during his ascension to legendary status in Huorong City.

He didn’t ascend the staircase then, but this time, with a faint smile and a seemingly time-traversing gaze, he sees the end of the staircase.

So, Colin steps onto the staircase.

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Upwards, still upwards.

Leaving behind the mortal realm, piercing through the void, he sees an altar at the end of the staircase.

A colossal column stands at the center of the altar, a silver serpent —

The same silver serpent that Colin has encountered twice in the Illusion Realm!

Its body seems to merge with the column, indistinguishable from each other, appearing rather uncanny.

“You’ve finally come.”

The silver serpent speaks, only its tone seems old and weak.

“You’ve been waiting for me?” Colin prepares cautiously.

“Yes.” The silver serpent’s gaze towards Colin is complex.

“Who are you?”

“Humans refer to me as the Lord of Glory.”

Colin is taken aback, yet not entirely astonished.

He had already suspected that he was summoned by the Lord of Glory, but he never expected this legendary Supreme Lord, the divine being revered by humans, to be —

So miserable.

Yes.

Colin can feel the weakness of the silver serpent, its entire being oozing an aura of nearing the end of life.

Seeing the confusion in Colin’s eyes, the silver serpent speaks:

“Are you surprised that the divine beings you once worshiped are nothing more than this?”

Colin shrugs, but remains silent.

He never had any devout faith, so there is no illusion shattered.

The silver serpent sighs, “Actually, I am not a real god. We aren’t, we’re just a group of pitiful creatures hoping to become gods.”

Hearing this, Colin interrupts:

“If I am not mistaken, all of you are druids who survived the ancient era, right?”

“Correct.” Surprise is evident in the silver serpent’s eyes, “You’re really smart, having figured that out.”

Colin licks his lips, “Then Elan Seraph who fought with me just now, she’s the Goddess of Fate that elves worship, isn’t she?”

“Yes, the Goddess of Fate ‘Phoenix’, Lord of Glory ‘Silver Snake’, God of War ‘White Wolf’, God of Destruction ‘Hawk’, Storm God ‘Giant Lizard’…the so-called ‘divine beings’ worshipped by various races are nothing more than druids like us who survived the ancient era.”

Colin ponders, then inquires:

“So, there have never been any divine beings in this world, all this time you demi-god level entities have been pretending?”

The silver snake chuckles, “There has indeed never been any existence beyond the ninth level in this world. The so-called divine beings are a mere figment of the imaginations of the creatures of this world and our delusions.

However, we indeed found a path that can potentially break through the ninth-level shackles. If successful, we may truly become omnipotent divine beings!”

“This so-called path, it’s the faith system, isn’t it? But it seems like you guys have not been successful?”

“Correct. We sincerely believe that the faith system could indeed help to break through the ninth level, but we indeed failed because we stumbled upon a significant problem…”

“What?”

“This dates back to the war between the elves and the giant dragons in the ancient era…

As recorded in the ancient books, the Giant Dragon Clan was the only race to produce demi-god strong fighters. That is why they could rule this world for tens of thousands of years.

The strongest druid of our elf clan was merely at the eighth level, legendary status, and was far from being a match for a demi-god dragon.

In that era, the elves were simply an auxiliary race serving under the Giant Dragon Clan.

Not until later, some powerful druids from the elves gradually mastered a dreadful power — the Forbidden Spell.

The forbidden spells circulating among mages today are but a glimpse of those ancient forbidden spells. The power of the true ancient forbidden spells was terrifying, capable of moving mountains and seas, destroying heaven and earth, and were a considerable threat even to demi-gods.

However, like today’s forbidden spells, casting an ancient forbidden spell also required the druid to pay a significant price, so it could only be used as a deterrent.

But, this provoked the dragons. They decided to eliminate this threat and decided to cut off the line of the druids.

The druids certainly didn’t surrender easily. They led the elves to fight back and started the war that lasted for a thousand years between the dragons and the elves.