The Eye in the Void

Azathoth circled twice in the air before landing easily on the Throne of the Elements. The huge crystal from before had disappeared, leaving behind a stone platform that resembled a throne. Xiao Yu sat down on the platform in human form, the aura emanating from the Scepter of Elemental Domination in his hand spreading outwards.

Four Elemental Spirits appeared simultaneously before Xiao Yu.

"Congratulations, Azathoth! You have become the Elemental King, the Overlord of the four elements, and the Commander of all elemental creatures. All elements will submit to you and follow your will," the four Elemental Spirits said in unison.

The four elemental pseudo-kings got up from the ground and stood around the Throne of the Elements, looking utterly dejected.

Ragnaros (Firelord): "No, this is impossible! The title of Elemental King is mine!"

Azathoth (Elemental King): "The era of the four false kings who divided the elemental race is over. Now is the era of the unified, true Elemental King. I, Azathoth, have become the new Elemental King. You have no chance. Submit to me, or I would gladly offer you as the first sacrifice for my reign of dominance."

Azathoth spoke, his voice amplified, spreading outwards so everyone could hear him. He radiated Light of the Elements, a power that inspired instinctive awe. He slammed his staff against the Throne of the Elements with tremendous force. Boom! An invisible force spread outwards, and the elemental creatures engaged in battle suddenly stopped. Almost instinctively, they knelt down in the direction of the Throne of the Elements, bowing low in reverence to the Elemental King —a truly magnificent sight.

"Holy crap, what's going on?" The adventurers were stunned to find that the elemental creatures in front of them had turned into green names, transforming from monsters into friendly NPCs.

Mephist (Dragon Knight Lord): "It's a success! Azathoth has succeeded!" Mofeitosi roared excitedly, "****** If it had been any later, I would have quit and run away." To hold off the armies of the Four Elemental Kings, he had fought against two Elemental Lords of the level of four skeletons and almost had to run away.

Leah Bloodmoon (High Elementalist): "It actually worked! That's awesome! Now I can sign contracts with a few Elemental Lords to make them my summoned beasts!"

Estero (Lich): "Waaah, finally succeeded! My death wasn't in vain after all."

While riding Lich bone dragon and fighting the Elemental Lord of Air in the sky, the lich was accidentally blasted to the ground by a bolt of lightning. He was then surrounded and beaten by a group of Elemental Lords, and was completely destroyed. Now only his head remains, which is being held by one of his Death Knight. Fortunately, the Lich has a phylactery to revive him, but the materials required will certainly be considerable.

Big Water Cunt (the corrupted Water Elemental elder): "Holy crap, boss is absolutely awesome! Hahaha, this is awesome! I'll get the boss to appoint me as an Elemental Lords too!"

Poseidon (Elder of the Sea Element): "That's right, that's right, I want to be Elemental Lords too!"

Maiev Shadowsong (Watchers): "The Elemental King, huh? In that case, even Illidan will be unable to withstand my pursuit!"

While the allies and their subordinates were overjoyed, the elemental pseudo-kings on the other side were now forced to confront their own fate.

Al'Akir (The Wind Rider): "Ah, great Azathoth, congratulations on becoming the Elemental King. I have always stood by your side, and I hope you remember our previous agreement." Al'Akir descended from the sky and was the first to kneel down.

Neptulon gave a bitter laugh, then knelt down as well.

Neptulon (Tidehunter): "I hope you still remember that you were once a Water Elemental."

Then there's Therazane.

Therazane (Stone Mother): "Young man, may you bring stability and peace to my elemental race."

Xiao Yu nodded in satisfaction. With the Elemental Pseudo-King bowing his head, everything would be much easier. He then turned his gaze to Ragnaros.

Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "And you, Firelord?"

Ragnaros (Firelord): "No, this isn't over yet. Once I kill you, I'll be the new Elemental King." His flames Boiling, and even though he only had a third of his health left, and no one was on his side anymore—even his fire elementals had surrendered— Ragnaros still refused to admit defeat. He always believed himself to be the most powerful of the elemental beings; how could he possibly bow down to a nobody he'd never heard of?

Azathoth (Elemental King): "Well, you can try, but I must warn you, under the bond of the oath of allegiance, your power will be greatly weakened, and if you fail, you will become my slave, completely losing your self. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Ragnaros (Firelord): "Elemental oaths only apply to elemental beings. If I am not an elemental being, the oath has no effect on me. Now, face the true ancient power! A power older than this world, C'Thun —I accept your terms. As per our previous agreement, give me your power! If you help me become the Elemental King, I will make all elemental beings submit to you and become your servants."

(C'Thun? What the hell is that?) The players present were all astonished. They had never heard of such a name before. Logically speaking, even Ragnaros would submit to him for power, so he must be a very powerful being. Why had they never heard of him before?

Xiao Yu was suddenly startled. A power even more ancient than this world could only be Old Gods from another world. Could this C'Thun be an Old Gods like N'Zoth?

Above the Throne of the Elements, a crack suddenly appeared in the sky. From their position, they could see the dark Void on the other side of the crack, the background of crimson stars and galaxies, and a giant eyeball in the Void.

The eyeball was hundreds of meters in diameter. It was hard to imagine how huge the body of the creature that possessed it must have been. Many tentacles grew around the eyeball, which stared down and rotated strangely. Wherever its gaze fell, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of fear, as if their soul and body had fallen into a deep darkness.

But that gaze finally landed on Ragnaros.