At the outer edge of the forest on the far side of the Elf Forest, a Nine-Headed Serpent ran rampant.
Its cavernous maw gaped open. Purple venomous fumes billowed endlessly from the Nine-Headed Serpent's savage mouths, rapidly corroding everything around it.
The trees and vegetation in the area withered away at a speed visible to the naked eye the instant they came into contact with the purple fumes.
In the blink of an eye, the danger reached the Wood Elf sentry who had been sending a message.
With no time to think, the Wood Elf sentry began chanting an incantation. In the space of a moment, he directly transformed into a gray wolf, turned around, and sprinted toward the depths of the forest. He was actually an Elf Druid!
"Awooooo—"
At that moment, the wolf's howl served as an alarm, and every Elf along the way instantly entered combat readiness.
At the same time, the commotion caused by the Nine-Headed Serpent's invasion was simply too great. Wright, who was in the Elf King Castle, had actually heard it as well.
It was just that he still had no idea what exactly had happened.
When he saw the Wood Elf rushing toward him in a panic, he hurriedly asked...
"What happened?"
"An emergency report came from the outer forest. The Dark Elves have returned!"
At those words, Wright's eyes darkened, and a few indescribably complicated emotions surfaced in his sapphire-like eyes.
"Take the ordinary civilians to safety."
With no time to think, Wright summoned his stag after issuing the order, retrieved his twin swords, and leaped directly from the balcony of the Elf King Castle, heading toward the outer forest.
Meanwhile, at the outer edge of the forest, the large number of Elf residents who had been working nearby fled rapidly