Alpha's Rejected Mate Returns as Queen

433 The Spirit

Selma Payne’s POV:

“You’re the one who hid them!” I was furious. Although I had expected it, I was still shocked when I faced reality.

The Crown Prince did not say anything. With a contemptuous smile, he disappeared quietly under the cover of the tree roots.

Of course, this unusual calmness couldn’t be due to him being timid and retreating in the middle of the battle. I searched blankly for two seconds before suddenly realizing that this b*stard had changed his target to Eve, the Great Elder, and the others!

A loud sound suddenly erupted from behind me when I realized it. Thick roots covered the sky like long whips and surged toward the people. The distance was neither too close nor too far, but I didn’t know if I could make it in time to rescue her –

BOOM!

Just as the people were about to be burned by the roots, a green vine appeared out of nowhere and quickly dissolved all the attacks. They were like sea snakes wrapped around the octopus’s tentacles, quietly turning the saboteurs’ claws into their nutrients.

“This is impossible!”

The Crown Prince cried out in shock. Opposite him, the Great Elder’s entire body was covered in unfamiliar patterns. These patterns emitted a faint green light, looking like a miniature version of the vines.

“You’re too arrogant, Jill. There are still many things in the world that you haven’t understood. Your pride is just a little bit of teeth wisdom. Anyone can master it, but you’re the only one who treasures it. You don’t have a noble bloodline in your blood, but contemptible stupidity and arrogance. They have already destroyed you, and you are about to destroy everything.”

The Great Elder didn’t look very nervous, like an old man who had come out to eat. Furthermore, his name was Crown Prince Jill? This was the Crown Prince’s real name. People didn’t address him like that so casually because of his status. Even the Great Elder, I’d never heard him blurt out the Crown Prince’s name, even when he hated him the most.

This was not the Great Elder.

I immediately confirmed this.

Combined with the strange patterns on his body, the sudden change in his expression, and his tone, I believed he must have been ‘replaced’ by something.

I looked at the vines all over the ground...

Could he be the legendary ancient princess who guarded the palace?

However, the Crown Prince did not notice this. He kept using the power of nature to attack the people, but the sharp roots and indefensible wind blades did not even need me or anyone else to do anything. The seemingly gentle vines could resolve all the attacks in the first instance. Even the evil power full of contamination could not do anything to them.

In the Crown Prince’s mind, his power was probably almost on par with a god’s, and he had gone completely crazy after repeatedly losing to the Great Elder. In the beginning, he still had some concerns, but later on, he almost wanted to turn the whole palace upside down. Even the bed chamber of the Elf King, which was deliberately opened at the beginning, was attacked.

After the stained glass window at the top of the king’s bed fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, the calm ‘Great elder’ finally couldn’t keep his calm. He frowned seriously, and the vines swarmed up as his expression changed. They broke through the Crown Prince’s chaotic defense like a hot knife through butter, almost wrapping him up like a dumpling.

However, at the critical moment, the Crown Prince relied on the corrosive black mist condensed from his evil power to block the advance of the vines, narrowly avoiding them.

“What the hell are you? No one, nothing, can escape the control of nature. You are not that old man! Who are you?”

“You don’t have to know who I am.”

The ‘Grand Elder’ was still as calm as an ancient well. Behind her, the vines attacked again.

However, the Crown Prince was much smarter this time. After knowing that he could not restrain the opponent in front of him, he made a prompt decision to give up.

Sensing the remaining magic fluctuations in the air, Master Hayley said with a serious expression, “It’s a spatial spell, just like the ones used by the cultists. It can teleport an unknown distance.”

“Unknown distance’ was a very subtle thing. In a situation where we couldn’t track him, it was possible that the Crown Prince was right behind us, or he might have already run out of the Elven Capital City.

However, this was not okay for some people. The”Great Elder’ said firmly, “He didn’t go far. He’s on the other side of the palace with those disgusting wild dogs.”

“Are you saying the Crown Prince has met up with the cultists?”

The ‘Great Elder’ didn’t reply to my question. Instead, she disappeared in a flash.

Her disappearance shocked everyone again. This was probably some special privilege of a guardian spirit.

We obviously couldn’t bring in some wounded people in the current situation. I arranged for Eve to escort the elves out of the palace and refused their request to stay and help.

When faced with someone who truly wanted to help me, I tried to persuade him with kind words. I wasn’t so polite to those who couldn’t let go of their schemes at this critical moment. Without any hesitation, I pointed out the fact that they were of no help in the battle. In the end, these ‘trash’ was escorted away by Eve with a sullen expression.