Unknown Existence

"Kill them all!"

"These rebels will make the finest sacrifices!"

Seron spread the grotesque spider limbs behind his back and let out a hoarse roar. Cracks spread across his skin, and his body resembled shattered porcelain.

Thick black mist seeped from the fissures across his body. Seron's flesh quivered and his veins bulged, as though countless worms and snakes were crawling within him, remaking his body.

He growled in a suppressed voice, "Remember, the great Mother Goddess can foresee everything to come. All pain, sorrow, and death are fate woven by Her eight arms!"

Seron howled in agony, raised his arm high, and looked toward the scarlet Blood Moon in the sky. Behind him, more than a dozen elven elders chanted softly, their voices mingling with the shrieks of spider monsters to form a bizarre symphony.

Crimson light spilled across the earth, and the cruel mocking laughter of a woman echoed beside everyone's ears. An indescribable force was influencing this world.

"Stop them at all costs!" Seron roared.

The giant cocoons hanging from the Sacred Tree burst apart one after another, spilling foul-smelling fluid and slime as they gave birth to tens of thousands of Driders.

They had once been the finest among the Silver Moon Elves, the descendants of noble elders.

But now, their eyes were vacant and their pupils dull. Like walking corpses, they charged at the allied soldiers, while Sword Spiders, Phase Spiders, Demon Hunter Spiders, and other monsters surged beside them like a tide.

"For justice!"

Accompanied by a resounding roar, a massive golden figure swept across the sky. Flames descended like Divine Punishment, forming a raging sea of fire.

Yet the dozen or so Drider Sorcerers riding Giant Spiders raised their wands in unison. Clumps of spider silk shot forth, forming a great net that