A week earlier, the players who entered Fengye City completed the hidden quest of sabotaging the Despair Church's plot and rescued hundreds of elves captured by the church.
These elves, having had too much of their bloodline power siphoned by the Despair Church's ritual, were still asleep.
However, according to Alice, their lives were not in danger and, with some more rest, they would gradually awaken.
During Alice and others' rescue of the elves, the first beta players in Fengye City also triggered the subsequent storyline of the hidden quest.
The plot revealed that the Divine Favored Lord Ling had discerned the true identity of the opposing party by reading the memories of those desperate believers.
Behind the Despair Church was the Dragon of Despair, Nidhogg, who had participated in the millennial god war and gnawed at the roots of the World Tree!
Furthermore, through prayers to the Mother Goddess, Divine Favored Ling received a revelation:
