Changing Homes, Surprise Attack

After breaking through the enemy's defenses, the four Ninth Rank Elves each activated their Protection Magic and cautiously entered the High Tower.

As for the Nature Legion members who had previously lain weakly on the ground, they were now gradually withering away, turning to dust.

A horrifying thing that even Ninth Rank Experts dared not observe—though only the slightest aftershock of its power had spread—was still far beyond what beings below the Ninth Rank could endure.

"What... just happened?"

Far from the battlefield, Landon stared at the utterly silent battlefield, still shaken.

Just as the phantom of that strange Dark Green Giant Tree was about to appear, Lord Dark Raven had urgently cut off Landon's senses, preventing him from observing any further.

Landon also knew that Lord Dark Raven was protecting him, so he cooperated fully with his actions.

"That was a Great Existence. It is awakening."

At the mention of this, Lord Dark Raven's tone was filled with an indescribably complicated feeling.

"If my memories have not been altered, then that one just now was likely the World Tree, one of the Great Existences."

"A Great Existence?"

Landon's mouth fell open. For Lord Dark Raven, a Ninth Rank Limit, to describe something as great—what kind of unimaginable being was that?

"Do not use your pitiful understanding to speculate about the world, boy. The Ninth Rank is still nowhere near the pinnacle of this world!

They are living gods. Before Human Civilization appeared, even before intelligent life appeared in this world, the Great Existences had already descended from the Abyssal Sea and imposed their will upon this world."

Lord Dark Raven's voice was faint and distant.

"However, there is no need for you to know too much about them yet. When your strength is insufficient, delving too deeply into forbidden