Chapter 153：Crimson Peak

At the same time, the beastman responsible for guarding Boel Britte was called away by the Beast Prince for a little while, when he came back, there was only a torn bundle of rope in the tree house.

"Wake up, the prince fled with Boel!" He shouted in panic as he ran.

The Beast King was furious, he immediately ordered a search, but only found evidence that made them despair. Before escaping, the prince joined the Dark God and successfully assassinated Priest Joshua.

Traces of a struggle were scattered around the temple, the prince's warrior spirit and demon fog could be sensed in the atmosphere, and a conspicuous broken arrow was inserted in a pillar, engraved with the prince's true name.

Golden blood that undoubtedly belonged to Priest Joshua was spilled everywhere. Although he'd achieved the body and spirit of a god, he was fighting the powerful Dark God, he had no chance of winning, not to mention the prince's sneak attack.

Where is he? Was he captured by the Dark God or is he dead?

The Elf King and Beast King were pale from all the speculations. It didn't matter if Priest Joshua was dead or alive, the beastmen and the elves would not escape punishment from the Father. Why did the prince do such a thing? Does he want the elves and beastmen to go extinct?

The guards from Sagya Kingdom immediately left the village to search for Priest Joshua and vowed to fulfill their hatred with the blood of the Beast Prince and Boel.

Soon after they left, the temple collapsed without warning, the dust raising into the sky. This was exactly what happened when the other gods left the continent.

Bowen realized what was happening, but he refused to admit it, he immediately ordered everyone to rebuild the temple. The commanding elemental mages and powerful warriors rebuilt the temple in only a few days, but when the last pillar was erected, the temple collapsed into rubble again.

Obviously, because his beloved person was betrayed and injured, the Light God rejected the continent like the other gods. From now on, the elves and beastmen could no longer receive his blessings.

"I'm guilty! Father, do you hear me? I'm willing to use my life in atonement! Please don't abandon my people!" The Beast King shouted at the heavens, and all the elves and beastmen knelt and wept before the broken temple. The atmosphere of despair shrouded the land for a long time.

The devastating demon fog engulfed the Elf Forrest at a rapid pace. In the village, the elf springs became a muddy dark brown, and the Mother Tree withered at a visible rate. One of the immature fairy fruit fell from a tree branch and turned into black water that was absorbed by the soil.

The catastrophe of unparalleled proportions finally arrived.

The elves and beastmen had to give up their land and move to the human populated cities. They wanted to stay with their Mother Tree until death, but found that any elf that guarded the Mother Tree would be infected by demon fog and become evil dark elves. The elves were a pure and kind race, they would rather die than become dark elves, so they chose to leave.

They passed through many towns and witnessed demons wantonly murdering in the open. After the collapse of their temple, the other temples in the continent began collapsing one by one. When they finally arrived at the mainland's most powerful country, the Balkan Kingdom, they witnessed the collapse of the majestic temples of the Central Church.

The rumble of the falling temples was loud like thunder, it seemed to be pounding in everyone's eardrums. They looked up at the dusty sky, revealing dazed and hopeless expressions.

The elves and beastmen were ashamed. Human mages and warriors launched attacks on them, ordinary people waved sticks at them, but they didn't dare resist. They dodged and escaped the town, and hid their true faces as they wandered around the mainland.

Because of the loss of the Light God's sanctuary, the rate of the spread of demon fog accelerated, and hordes of demons gathered to attack kingdoms, turning the continent into a purgatory.

An incomparably arduous, hundred year war officially began.

Land suitable for the survival of the three races became scarcer, but one country became a paradise that everyone longed for, the Sagya Kingdom. When all the temples were collapsing, only the temple in Gagor was preserved intact, because it was the place where Priest Joshua had lived.

The holy pool he was baptized in regularly produced golden holy water all year round, and it was distributed to the people to make them able to resist the demon fog's corruption. It also killed the parasitic demons living in the body, allowing the person to return to normal.

The demons seemed to recognize that the last trace of coercion from the God of Light in the continent was in the capital, so they didn't dare step into Gagor. This allowed the Sagya Kingdom to stand tall during the countless dark wars, and it eventually replaced the Balkan Kingdom as the most powerful country.

The people of the Sagya Kingdom had an extreme hatred for the elves and beastmen and would hunt down every one they saw. It wasn't until the old King died, and Anthony's reign began, did their situation improve. Priest Joshua had personally blessed him, so his words carried great prestige in the continent.

He called on everyone to unite against the foreign enemies and to welcome the elves and beastmen into their cities. This decree saved the endangered elves and beastmen. They were very grateful to King Anthony, and their figures could always be seen on the battlefield bravely rushing to the forefront.

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The Beast Prince took Boel and successfully escaped the Elf Forest, then they wandered in anonymity around the mainland. He thought it was not a big deal to kill Joshua. The Light God collected a lot of beautiful teenagers, he took care of them when he liked them, threw them away when he grew bored, anyone could see how coldhearted he was.

How can a god have true love for a mortal? After Joshua died, there would be many more Joshuas to fill the void, the Father wouldn't care.

He'd heard the rumors about the Father's love for Joshua, but he'd treated them as exaggerated lies. So he'd killed him on an impulse and never regretted it as he fled.

He and Boel hid in the forests for a few months, then went to a city to buy some supplies, expecting the issue to be old news. But before the two even reached the gates, they saw huge portraits of their faces on the outer walls. The gatekeepers were two light priests, no camouflage could hold under light power.

He took Boel from his clan, they should be the ones chasing him, how was this a human matter? The Beast Prince suppressed his panic and asked a passers-by for information.

The man was an ordinary human, he was astonished at his ignorance and replied, "You don't know such a big thing? Look at the wall, that's the Beast Prince that killed Priest Joshua, making the God of Light reject the continent. Now demon fog is spreading everywhere and all the temples are collapsing. If this goes on, there's no way we can survive."

"The temples are collapsing?" The Beast Prince's heart was trembling.

Boel saw the man giving them a suspicious look and hastened to explain, "We've been wandering in the forests for a few months without coming out. We haven't heard what's going on outside."

Their clothes were tattered and they looked emaciated, like adventurers who were wandering in the forests. The man no longer doubted them and continued, "Yes ah, the first one to collapse was the temple in the elves and beastmen's territory. After the temple was destroyed, the Elf Forrest was quickly swallowed up by the demon fog. Now the two races are looking everywhere for towns to take them in. Bah, they're the ones who pushed everyone into such dire straits, it's better if they all die off!" The man spoke so harshly that spit flew out.

The Beast Prince wasn't in the mood to care about his vicious words. He was too busy processing the news about his clan's destruction. He thought taking Boel away was no big deal, but he ended up pushing the two clans to extinction?

He had now become synonymous with sin and disgrace, he would be hunted down and burned if he was ever discovered! And the people who hated him the most weren't the humans, but his own people. He'd brought disaster upon them.

The smiling faces of his people flashed before his eyes and he almost wept on the spot. He immediately took Boel away into the dark forest, then changed into his animal form and roared into the sky.

He regretted it, regretted until he wished to kill himself, but what would that achieve? He caused a tragedy that could never be reversed.

Boel was very afraid, he wrapped his arms around him to softly comfort, and kept asking him if he would leave him. The Beast Prince shook his head, but since then, he never talked to Boel again.

They wandered the forests, living like savages, expecting to one day be corroded by demon fog and lose their senses.

But one day, they came across a demon, and the other party laughed upon seeing them and said, "Don't you know? You guys have been rejected by the gods, and I'm not just talking about the light camp, not even the dark camp wants you in their midst. No demon wants to be tainted by your bodies either."

Even the demons despise me? The Beast Prince suffered a heavy mental blow, he left Boel that night and disappeared. Boel had no one to protect him, so he spent all day hiding in the cave, not daring to move. A few days later, he starved to death.