Rise of the Dark Witch

in the dark.

The dim flame of the kerosene lamp flickered.

Deep in the room, where the firelight could not reach, a man sat cross-legged, listening to the report of the kneeling man below.

"I understand, go down."

All the men left, leaving the man alone in the room.

silence.

After an unknown amount of time, another figure silently appeared in the room.

"Has our relationship with the Fire Thief Cult been exposed?"

"Probably not, but in the past two months, the power against our Fire Stealing Cult has skyrocketed. Many strongholds have been taken down, and many people have been arrested. Even two people at the silver level have been arrested."

"Is it because it's too obvious? So many people have been arrested and so much evidence has been collected. It's only a matter of time before we find out our true purpose."

"What to do? Do you want to give up?"

"Give up? Let us give up saving the world? Let us join those stupid conservatives and watch everyone die?"

"Then what are we going to do?"

"I have no choice but to go all out and do something big!"

"It's hard to handle it with Gavin here."

"The First Knight? I will find a way to deal with him."

"The time is set for the joint examination of the seven schools?"

"Can."

call.

The only kerosene lamp in the room went out, and the already dim room was completely plunged into darkness.

…

The wind howled.

The strong and substantial aura of death rolled in.

Monsters of terrifying strength roared and walked towards the tiny humans who had intruded into their territory.

Compared with the monsters that are hundreds of meters tall, the three humans who are less than two meters tall look so small.

They were three knights wearing golden armor.

Two men and one woman.

The leading man looked at the monster approaching quickly. He slowly raised his hand and put his fingers on the hilt of the sword.

"Let me warm you up before going to war with the dark elves."

boom!

Golden magic burst out of him.

His long golden hair swayed crazily in the strong wind formed by magic.

His appearance slowly changed.

One second, he was a handsome middle-aged man with a face full of vicissitudes of life. The next second, his face became younger, his skin became smoother, and his two round ears became longer and pointed.

In just an instant, he transformed from a human into an elf!

This is something only the Golden Paladin can do!

The strength levels in this world are divided into five levels: junior knight, intermediate knight, senior knight, silver knight and finally golden knight.

The three levels of elementary, middle and high are all about tempering one's own magic power and cultivating one's own spirit.

After arriving at the Silver Knight, the magic power will undergo a qualitative change, transforming from ordinary magic power to high-level magic power, showing a dazzling and holy silver-white color.

After becoming a Golden Knight, your body will undergo an atavism, transforming from a human into an elf of the same race as the Creation God. Your physique, magic power, and spirit will all skyrocket, and your strength will undergo earth-shaking changes.

There are only twelve golden knights in the entire Ark Federation Empire.

And now these three knights appearing in the Demon Realm are three of the twelve golden knights!

The person taking the lead is even known as the first knight of the kingdom - Gavin Cullen!

Clang!

The heavy sword was unsheathed.

Ouch!

Gavin's figure flashed.

The dozens of lord-level monsters that attacked them were all reduced to pieces.

"As expected of Captain Gavin, he killed so many domain-level monsters in an instant. It's really impressive!"

"You can do it too."

"But I can't be as gentle as you, captain."

After dealing with the monsters blocking the way, the three of them continued to move forward.

The place they are in is the Demon Realm, a world full of death.

And their destination——

On a 10,000-meter peak, they saw two other people waiting there.

Those two people are also Golden Knights!

Of the only twelve golden knights in the Yak Federation Empire, five of them actually appeared here.

If ordinary people knew about it, they would definitely be shocked, right?

What kind of mission requires five golden knights to join forces?

Gavin looked into the distance while listening to the introductions of others.

In the distance, only a thousand kilometers away from them, a huge black tree 10,000 meters high stood, with lush branches and leaves covering hundreds of kilometers in radius.

"It is indeed the Elf Sacred Tree!"

Looking at the tree and feeling the surging sacred power contained in the tree, Gavin was extremely excited.

Thousands of years ago, the creator god of this world died due to unknown reasons.

The originally vibrant world became lifeless due to the fall of the creation gods. Trees withered, the land cracked, and lives died in piles... At this time, the only thing that could protect them was the Elf God Tree.

It was a sacred tree that was rumored to be planted in the center of the world by the creation gods to protect the world and maintain the balance of the world.

Whether it was to gain the power to dominate the world after the death of the creation god, or just to stay alive, the entire world was fighting to get the Elf God Tree.

In the end, the Elf Sacred Tree shattered in that battle.

The world that could have lasted for a long time was suddenly destroyed at a rapid pace because of their stupidity and greed.

"The Elf Sacred Tree that protects the Yak Federation Empire is almost dying. As long as we have this Elf Sacred Tree, we can persist for a long time."

"If we can collect all the Elf God Tree fragments in the world, maybe there is a chance to resurrect the real Elf God Tree?"

"Perhaps we humans can survive until the day when a new god is born?"

The Elf Sacred Tree is so important to them.

It is equally important to other lives.

He could clearly see that there were countless lives living under the protection of the elven tree.

Some of these beings are just ordinary flowers, plants and trees, and some are just ordinary animals and birds.

But there are also some intelligent lives.

Dark Elf!

Unlike humans like them who need to become golden knights to transform into elves, dark elves have the appearance of elves from birth.

The power of the dark elves is much stronger than that of humans, but everyone in the dark elves has a dark curse.

The dark curse will make them murderous, crazy, and irrational. Only by living under the protection of the Elf God Tree can the dark elves maintain their sanity.

If they take away the Elf Sacred Tree, the dark elves living here will definitely perish, right?

Gavin closed his eyes, feeling a trace of unbearability in his heart, but this trace of unbearability was quickly suppressed by his reason.

"Compared to the life and death of the human race..."

"Let us bear this sin!"

Gavin turned around and stared at the other four teammates present.

Although they have many differences in their concepts of the Twelve Golden Knights, they often conflict for various reasons, and sometimes they wish each other would die.

But everyone's ideals are the same.

That is--

Save humanity!

save the world!

Sometimes, they are enemies who want to kill each other.

But more often than not, they are partners who can trust each other with their lives!

"Ina, Anson, Geoff, Luke..." Gavin took a deep breath, "For the sake of humanity, let's go!" (End of Chapter)