The Players and the Protagonist Want to Kill Me – Chapter 796

Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)

The gods’ plan succeeded.

They found the vessels hidden in the faint light of the future with the help of the Goddess of Fate. Then, they sowed a seed of divinity and guided them to take root and sprout.

Afterward, these gods, who had been corrupted by the power of the Old Ones, immediately fell into a deep slumber. With their divine power almost completely dormant, they would be able to prevent the corruption of the Old Ones from spreading to the greatest extent possible.

More memories flooded in, stories of the Elven Forest that the ancient trees witnessed. The first Elven Empress was severely injured. Angus, the Golden Dragon who searched for a cure, never returned. The Human Emperor tore up the alliance treaty and launched an unprovoked attack on the weakened elves and orcs in the aftermath of the war.

After a century of conflict, humanity gained control of the vastest and most fertile lands in Cain, while the orcs were driven into the arid desert. More than twenty thousand elves were forced to retreat into the Emerald Forest. A famine, a disaster that should have been unrelated to the elf race, erupted. Countless elves starved to death, and even more were captured by humans and became slaves and playthings.

Eve saw the elves praying to her every day. They prayed for her awakening. The number of elves who came to pray dwindled each day. They had not lost their faith; they had simply died.

Later, the second Elven Empress announced that the less useful Demi would be settled outside the Emerald Forest. The powerful Demi leader, Andrea, had a fierce argument with the Elven Empress and ultimately left with a group of Demi, disappearing without a trace. However, even this did not solve the famine within the elf race.

Thus, another group of elves, who disagreed with the Elven Empress, chose to venture into the sea. Their leader was Poseidon, an Elf Elder. He established a glorious undersea kingdom in the vast ocean, abandoning the name “elf” and naming this race, evolved from elves, “Naga.”

Later, the Naga became increasingly powerful in the sea, evolving into the current Naga royal family. Poseidon was also elevated to godhood through faith, but he had only recently become a god when he was ambushed in the ocean by the Old Ones and ultimately died in battle. Fortunately, before his death, he managed to leave behind a seed with the help of the Goddess of Fate.

Time continued to move forward. The elves in the Emerald Forest experienced a significant reduction in numbers, and the famine eased. The elves returned to a state of self-sufficiency, but they had lost their former glory. The guilt and humiliation of abandoning their kin gradually twisted their personalities. Power and conflict became the main themes in the Emerald Forest.

One day, the second Elven Empress, who had borne too much pain and self-reproach, died of grief. Before her death, she sacrificed her own heartwood, took a main branch from the World Tree, and nurtured the third Elven Empress, Alice Frost. The newly born Alice Frost was merely a little girl. She did not possess Legendary-grade strength, but the Book of Nature and the Staff of Nature were her greatest reliance.

Facing the mess left behind by the previous two Elven Empresses, Alice Frost, while overwhelmed, continuously implemented reforms, hoping to restore the elf race to its former prosperity. She ventured into the sea and searched for a long time, but was ultimately denied entry by the Naga Empress. She couldn’t even enter the Crystal Palace and was severely injured by the Naga Empress with the Sea God’s Trident.

After a year of recuperation, she went to find the banished Demi, only to be told that the Demi nation had been destroyed. The Demi she brought back died in the Emerald Forest from various accidents within a few days. Alice Frost knew that most of the elders disliked her. Her appearance blocked their path to seizing power. Everyone wanted to sit on that throne adorned with thorny flowers, and everyone wanted to wear that heavy crown.

But she could not give up the throne and the crown. Because doing so would signify the destruction of the elf race. Thus, she began to frantically increase her strength. By the time she reached Legendary-grade, she had gradually gained a group of elders who supported reform. However, the dwindling Life Spring and the unicorns, who were utterly disappointed with the elf race, left Alice Frost with no solutions.

Later, her sister, Ashilia, secretly infiltrated the Emerald Fortress and never returned. Over the years, humans had used the spell array of the Emerald Fortress to push Alice Frost to the brink of suffocation. They never expected that the turning point would eventually fall upon a king…

Eve opened her eyes and looked at Xi Wei and Britt Grizzly. She now knew everything. Including the severely injured Alice Frost and Britt Grizzly, who aspired to be the Elf King.

“If I were young Alice, I’m sure I would also be very disappointed with the current elf race,” Eve’s voice echoed in the hearts of every elf. They looked up, astonished, at the goddess floating amidst countless vines in the sky. A trace of panic began to grow in their hearts.

“Do you have the ability to save Alice Frost?” Xi Wei was still thinking about Vena Holy Garment on Alice and wanted to ask for it as soon as she was healed. Therefore, he would not miss any opportunity to heal Alice Frost.

“Young Alice is a stubborn child,” Eve said, shaking her head sadly. She wished she had awakened sooner. Everything had already been decided. The Elven Empress, who had left the elf race, had completely broken ties with them. She would no longer accept any favor from the elves, not even from her, the World Tree.

“Then can I kill this old man?” Xi Wei pointed at Britt Grizzly, who was kneeling and kowtowing frantically to the World Tree. The scabbard of the Angel of Joy’s sword was still stuck in the old man’s mouth.

Eve glanced at Britt Grizzly with disgust. As an elder of the elf race, his faith in the World Tree wasn’t even that of a casual believer. The faith power he provided was even less than that of the two Demi beside King of Winter. How could such a scoundrel be worthy of being the Elf King? His strength was barely adequate.

Eve looked around and found that the remaining elves were all similar. They had little faith in the World Tree. Some elves had even become mere believers only when she appeared. Only one elf warrior was slightly better, but he was not a fanatical believer. Eve was despairing. She was not despairing because of the lack of faith power. As one of the three supreme gods, even though she was weak now, she did not need faith power. They relied on their primordial divine power. She despaired for the elf race.

“You can…” she was about to nod when her gaze swept over Lewenstein beside Xi Wei, and she quickly changed her mind, “No, he is an elder of the elf race after all. How he is handled should be decided by me.”

Britt Grizzly was so grateful that tears streamed down his face. He kowtowed to the World Tree even more fervently, his movements becoming a blur. Xi Wei was speechless. If the scoundrel had kowtowed to him like this from the beginning, he might have left with the treasure vault and would not have had the intention to kill.

“Then forget it…” Xi Wei shrugged. For Loli and Ruo Yi’s sake, he would give the World Tree some face.

However, the next second, he heard Eve Uctra’sil say, “If you want to deal with him, you can. Give Lewenstein to me, and we’ll exchange!”