CHAPTER 679: CHAPTER 414: TRACKING THE DEMIGOD

The Dragon Hawk flaps its wings and ascends into the sky, carrying the warriors of the expedition until they vanish into the horizon.

Queen Orelana stands beneath the city, watching the departing troops, watching those distant clouds.

For the past half month, the skies over the Queldorei continent have been filled with heavy clouds, adding a sense of looming disaster to the atmosphere.

"Your Highness..."

Fiona moves to the Queen’s side, softly calling out to her.

Queen Orelana withdraws her gaze from the horizon, pulling her thoughts away from melancholy, restoring her determined look: "Fiona, we need to start preparations as well."

This Elven crisis cannot be overturned by one person’s heroics.

Queen Orelana hopes her mentor and Lu Heng can complete the task and return safely, but as the ruler of the Elf Clan, she cannot pin her hopes on any individual.

She trusts Terres, and she trusts Lu Heng, but she must still give her utmost effort to defend Kolos City.

This is where she was born, where she grew up; it holds all her memories from childhood to adulthood.

Whether it was her father taking her to feed Mana Floating Dragons by the lake or picking Moon Dewberries in the Picket Garden, these were her most cherished memories.

She also deeply remembers her father’s solemn expression when he entrusted the Elf Clan into her hands.

How could she disappoint her father? Even if it requires sacrificing everything, she must protect this Holy City of the Elf Clan.

As she walks into the city, she instructs, "Invite the elders of the Arcane Council for me, I need to discuss with them."

In the face of this Abyss disaster, one’s solitary bravery won’t significantly alter the situation; only the strength of the clan and the strategy for the battle will determine the outcome.

She needs to persuade the Arcane Council to temporarily abandon the Arcane Castle and mobilize all the Arcane Masters back to Kolos City.

The Elf Clan, without the Arcane Castle, merely loses the highest sanctuary of arcane power, but losing Kolos City would mark the clan’s downfall.

She cannot allow the Arcane Council to act recklessly anymore.

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In the vast skies of the Queldorei continent, a squad of Dragon Hawks soars high, weaving through the clouds.

Beneath the clouds are endless mountain ranges and forests, unfolding like a tragic painting.

Terres overlooks this landscape painting, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

In his youth, he traveled across the continent, nearly traversing every corner of it.

Back then, the Queldorei continent had not been polluted by the Abyss to such an extent.

The landscapes back then were still a magnificent canvas, where verdant hills and clear waters could be seen, and wild horses galloped.

However, now this land has been ravaged by Abyssal Contamination, scarred and tattered beyond recognition.

This is Queldorei’s world, the home of the Elf Clan, and Terres feels an unspeakable sorrow as he sees it wounded and broken.

He yearns to save this world, to restore the land to its former vitality, but he lacks the strength to reverse it all.

Or rather, among the countless worlds devoured by the Abyss, there’s no existence capable of reversing it all.

Terres pulls his thoughts from reminiscing, takes a deep breath, and turns to Lu Heng flying alongside him, asking:

"How much do you know about the Bone Sovereign? I remember you mentioned that you’ve confronted him directly."

Lu Heng scratches the back of his head, replying, "Not exactly a direct confrontation, I took the opportunity before resetting time to strike him with a sword."

Terres naturally understands that a Transcendent below the Demigod level must use cunning means to challenge a Demigod-level existence.

He does not see anything wrong with this; leveraging rules to deal with formidable foes is the right choice.

He nods his head, saying, "That’s enough, tell me, what are the characteristics of the Bone Sovereign that we need to pay attention to?"

Lu Heng recalls and describes everything he can think of about the Bone Sovereign once again.

Actually, this information had been discussed during previous meetings, but repeating it now may bring forth new points.

Lin Zeyu is riding a Dragon Hawk for the first time, very excited, pulling the reins to fly several laps around the squad, until the Dragon Hawk beneath him grows a bit irritated, and only then does he stop.

The Dragon Hawk returns to the squad, and Lin Zeyu joins the conversation, asking: "By the way, how are we supposed to find the Bone Sovereign? We won’t just search aimlessly, will we? How long will that take?"

The Queldorei continent is too vast, and if searching without direction, not just days, but even years or decades might still yield nothing.

Throughout the flight, Su Muyu keeps her Energy Wings spread to fend off the headwind, while looking down at the map in her hands.

Upon hearing the topic, she doesn’t raise her head, continuing to study the map and replying casually: "Before setting off, Lu Heng and I discussed this issue.

"Though we can’t pinpoint the exact location of the Bone Sovereign, through existing information, we can deduce his approximate whereabouts.

"The Bone Sovereign’s goal is to attack Kolos City, and the undead skeletons he awakens must ultimately reach Kolos City.

"In other words, he will awaken undead closest to Kolos City if the distance is too far and these will not reach before the Abyss Battlefield ends, then awakening them makes no sense.

"Additionally, for the Bone Sovereign to encircle Kolos City with a hundred thousand skeleton army, he must have all these undead skeletons arrive at the battlefield together.

"Thus, he needs to awaken those farthest first, allowing them to start their journey, then progressively awaken those nearest to Kolos City.