In a World of Eldritch Horrors, I Ascend with the Fourth Calamity
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"Emerald Forest?"
Lu Ziye rubbed his chin, musing to himself, Why does that name make the place where we fought monsters in Newbie Village sound like it used to be a top-rated tourist attraction?
The two continued reading.
[This was once the cradle of all beasts. Countless powerful supernatural creatures lived in harmony with the humans of old within this forest.] [Yet the ruler of this emerald realm was not a human monarch, but an ancient and magnificent being.] [She was the true sovereign of this forest, and a Dragon Race deity who wielded divine authority over dreams.] [The magnificent, dreamlike Emerald Queen!]
"Holy shit!"
When they saw the words "dream divine authority" and "Emerald Queen"...
Lu Ziye and [God Never Laughs] both sucked in a sharp breath!
A dragon!
A dragon who wielded deity authority!
Didn't that line up perfectly with what the High Priest had told them in the underground Blood Pool?!
The two fought to steady their pounding hearts, held their breath, and continued reading.
[However, even the most beautiful dreams must someday shatter.] [A strange corruption descended without warning...] [Black fog that blotted out the sky poured over the land without warning, swallowing every ray of sunlight in the Emerald Forest.] [The once-gentle creatures went mad under the black fog's corruption, tearing into one another until they became mindless mutants.] [To shelter the forest's last untainted sanctuary and protect her people, the Emerald Queen fought a brutal final battle against the evil god of the Abyss.] [In the end...] [The queen was defeated.] [The Emerald Forest became a breeding ground for mutants and Abyss monsters-the cursed Black Forest you know today.]
The book's account had essentially ended there.
Everything afterward consisted of the bard's despairing verses, mourning and longing for that vanished
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