Green Monster Epic

In the Thorn Fortress, a key town of the Elf Kingdom, the city remained majestic and grand, but it lacked the towering tree that once enveloped the entire city, diminishing the unique character of this border stronghold.

In recent years, due to the war with the Dwarf Empire and the worsening relations with the Mǎnshā Wilderness, the once bustling and lively merchant caravans had dwindled significantly, making life difficult for the city's residents.

The elves harbored resentment but dared not voice their protests, as the city was garrisoned by one hundred thousand elite Unicorn Legion soldiers, including over a dozen legendary experts and the demigod archer, Alicia.

"Have you noticed anything unusual in the flow of natural elements in the air?"

Although a century had passed since the conflicts with the wilderness, the fortress remained in a state of low-intensity wartime readiness. Not only were merchants subject to inspection when entering and exiting, but high-ranking military officials also conducted regular patrols to ensure the safety of the fortress's surroundings.

Today, it was the demigod archer and deputy commander Alicia's turn to lead the patrol. The usually stern and unsmiling royal marchioness commanded respect wherever she went, with all elven guards performing their duties diligently, fearing that any carelessness would be discovered, leading to unpleasant consequences.

Ever since she led a team to assassinate the hobgoblin Allen but failed, and was instead ambushed by wilderness experts led by Allen on the return journey, resulting in the loss of her own skilled subordinates, Alicia had been stationed on the front lines after being stripped of her duchess title, vowing to regain her family's ducal title through military merit.

Of course, deep down, she also hoped to use the kingdom's military power to avenge the humiliation she suffered at the hands of the hobgoblin.

"...I haven't noticed anything unusual."

Sonia, the beautiful and elegant commander of the archer legion, calmed her mind and focused on sensing the surroundings, but found nothing.

"Could it be my imagination?"

Alicia was somewhat disappointed, thinking that her senses might be playing tricks on her, but she quickly dismissed the thought: "I'm going out for a while."

"My Lady..."

Sonia wanted to ask what exactly was wrong, but unfortunately, Alicia had already taken to the sky and was speeding towards the southern forest.

Watching her superior's departing figure, Sonia could only shrug. She didn't have the freedom of her commander and had to continue the patrol that her commander hadn't finished.

The reason for flying south was simple: it was the only area that Alicia and her team needed to focus on. The north was within the elves' domain, with few uncontrollable factors. If anything unusual did occur, the local administrators would handle it themselves, without requiring the intervention of the front-line officers.

If problems arose in the south, whether good or bad, the border guards needed to obtain first-hand information.

Her senses were indeed correct. The further south she flew, the clearer the abnormality in the flow of natural elements became. It was as if a being of unimaginable power was constantly inhaling and exhaling magical elements in the distance, with elements rapidly converging towards the south at times, and being repelled by a mysterious force at others.

Although Alicia was an archer, it didn't mean that she had any issues with her perception of magic. After all, she was a magic archer who could imbue arrows with various magical damages and even release magic through arrows as a medium. She had been dealing with magic since childhood and was no less knowledgeable about magic than a spellcaster.

After making the discovery, Alicia became even more cautious. She cast various enhancement spells on herself, completely concealing her aura and no longer revealing her powerful strength.

The further she ventured into the depths of the desert, the clearer the related natural anomalies became. However, as Alicia was about to approach the source of the anomalies, her actions became somewhat hesitant.

The sky was filled with fiery red stars falling, dragging long tails and powerful magical auras. Their power was clearly beyond that of ordinary legendary-level magic. Even a demigod like Alicia felt inferior compared to the aura of that powerful being that she could clearly sense.

But such a powerful being was constantly bombarded by magic. Who were they fighting?

The ground trembled continuously, as if an earthquake was occurring. The duration was long, but it wasn't entirely caused by the saint-level caster that Alicia sensed, because the ground tremors never stopped even when the caster wasn't casting spells. What was causing it?

The remaining few auras of powerful beings that appeared and disappeared intermittently—how did they achieve this? Were they trapped in some kind of magical trap similar to a mystlock?

Too many unimaginable factors made Alicia, who was originally very confident in her strength, somewhat doubtful. But after some deliberation, she cautiously continued to explore, eventually discovering a battle scene that filled her with awe.

Two behemoths over twenty-five meters tall were fighting barehanded, fist to fist. The aftershocks of their collisions stirred up waves of sand like ocean tides, leaving behind giant craters of varying depths. Amidst the battle of such mighty beasts, there was a hobgoblin powerhouse who appeared particularly small, stepping on their bodies and launching wave after wave of threatening attacks against the beasts. Every time the golden greatsword in his hand shone, it would leave deep wounds on the multi-headed beast.

On the other hand, Alicia wasn't too surprised by the kobold saint who was hiding far away on the edge of the battlefield, constantly emitting a strong magical aura, even though the meteor shower magic he cast was the most powerful she had ever seen.

Using enhancement spells such as magical flight and eagle eye, Alicia hid in a cloud high in the sky, spying on the battlefield a hundred miles away. She couldn't help but feel nervous, fearing that she might be caught in the battle.

Although she was too far away, and Alicia could only see blurry and faint figures with the help of eagle eye, she could roughly identify the parties involved in the battle based on various characteristics and the information she had.

After confirming the identities of the two sides, Alicia had no intention of continuing to scout. With her strength, there was no way she could intervene in such a battle. The best course of action now was to return and mobilize the kingdom's experts to see if they could profit from this situation.

However, Alicia wasn't confident that she could convince the kingdom's higher-ups, and she wasn't sure whether this intense battle would still be ongoing when the kingdom's experts arrived.

But she had to try, after all. Perhaps her discovery of the hobgoblin powerhouse's whereabouts was an opportunity given to her by the elven gods, allowing her to avenge her past humiliation.

Flicking her hand and patting the damp, cold cloud, Alicia sped off in the direction she had come from. After flying far enough away to be able to sense the legendary aura, Alicia rapidly circulated energy throughout her body, increasing her speed to the extreme, and quickly flew towards Thorn Fortress.