Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1981 Attack
Just as Hilke had predicted, the elven port began to suffer frequent nighttime raids by harpies.

Although, as arranged by Hilke, the soldiers began to rest during the day and be on guard at night, the impact on night vision was ultimately significant.

As night raids like these continued for a long time, not only the elven soldiers, but even the well-trained Great Zhou soldiers began to show a noticeable decline in their condition.

However, the worse the soldiers' condition became, the greater the pressure on Wright and Hilke, and the more vigilant they became.

Because none of them knew when Eredar would lead his dark elf forces to attack, they could only remain on edge at all times, which inadvertently caused further losses.

This operation has thoroughly demonstrated the opponent's dominant position.

Wright didn't know much about military affairs in the past, even when the Goblin Kingdom fought against them. He just thought he would fight and that would be the end of it, relying on brute force to solve all problems.

Now that he has encountered an opponent he cannot defeat with sheer strength alone, he is completely at a loss.

In comparison, Hilke first followed Zhou Xu and then joined the Northeast Army, serving for many years. His military skills were far superior to Wright's.

During this time, they were stationed together at the Elf Port, and Wright learned a lot from Hilke.

When he didn't understand anything before, he couldn't figure out the other party's intentions or the situation, so he didn't feel much psychological pressure.

Now that he's starting to understand, and with Hilke analyzing things for him, the more he understands the other party's intentions, the greater the psychological pressure he feels.

"Are we just going to let them wear us down like this, with absolutely no other options?"

On this new day, inside the meeting room, Wright's face already betrayed his unconcealed fatigue.

Hilk had seen this all too.

It can only be said that the elves' lack of experience was fully exposed at this moment. Including Wright, once they encountered a problem that they could not solve smoothly, the psychological pressure alone was enough to make them suffer. They could exhaust themselves to the point of exhaustion.

This is also a common, basic mistake that new recruits often make.

Faced with this kind of psychological issue, Hilke really didn't have a good solution, and could only offer his latest analysis after careful consideration.

"Although the enemy's air force is numerous, it is not unlimited. After prolonged harassment and attrition, the enemy's air force has suffered heavy casualties. The Dark Elves cannot continue to wear them down like this indefinitely."

At this point, Hilke paused, offering Wright a few words of comfort.

"The Dark Elves' tactics can only be used for this one wave. After suffering casualties, the enemy's air force will not be able to recover its strength in a short period of time."

"In other words, as long as we weather this wave, the other side won't be able to do anything to us, and that will be our chance to counterattack!"

Upon hearing this, Wright's expression immediately relaxed considerably.

When faced with such a battle, the worst thing is to have no hope at all. As long as there is hope, the heart has something to rely on, and the will can be strengthened.

Indeed, as Hilke had guessed, there was a cost to harassing and wearing down others.

As the number of harpies in her possession dwindled, Eredar quickly realized that she could no longer afford to keep up.

That night, the black-sailed warships reappeared at sea after a long absence...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

These days, after nightfall, to guard against night attacks by the Dark Elf forces, the Great Zhou specifically arranged for searchlights to illuminate the air and sea. However, these searchlights were not all-encompassing and left gaps for the Black Sail warships at sea.

Compared to the elves led by Wright, the dark elves were undoubtedly more experienced in combat. Right from the start, the ballistae on the black sail warship locked onto their searchlights, clearly intending to destroy them and deprive them of nighttime illumination.

Amidst shouts of "Enemy attack!", several searchlights were blown up by the Dark Elves' ballistae, plunging the scene into brief chaos.

Hearing the commotion, Hilke and Wright rushed out with their swords drawn at top speed. When they spotted the black-sailed warships appearing on the sea, Wright's spirits lifted.

The Black Sail warships, which had not been seen for a long time, have now appeared at sea, which means that the Dark Elves can no longer hold out!
At this moment, their first reaction was to rush to the sea and destroy the Black Sail warship.

Unexpectedly, Eredar acted one step ahead of them.

Before they could launch their operation, the enemy had already charged ahead alone, transforming into a streak of lightning and reaching their port stronghold.

Upon landing, he casually swung his thorny greatsword, easily cleaving all the surrounding structures in two!
The Eredar's proactive attack was undoubtedly intended to restrain their actions and prevent them from destroying the Blacksail warships.

In this situation, if they disregard the Eredar and insist on destroying the Blacksail warships, then given the Eredar's strength, they could easily destroy their shipyards, ports, and other base facilities, and even massacre their garrison.

Wright, of course, would not allow the other party to act so recklessly.

"Hilke, you go and destroy the Blacksail battleships. I'll deal with the Eredar!"

As Wright spoke, he drew his twin swords of wind and fire and charged toward Eredar.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Hilke refused without even thinking.

"No! That's too dangerous! Let's join forces and take him out first!"

Wright's arrangement seemed reasonable at first glance, but Hilke had a deeper understanding of it.

Wright had already lost once in his previous encounter with Eredar, and now the former has been worn down for several rounds, while the latter is definitely in his prime.

Let Wright fight Eredar one-on-one. If Wright is killed, he will then have to face Eredar one-on-one.

It was already confirmed that Eredar was stronger than him in terms of raw power, and once he was in that situation, Hilke really didn't have much confidence!

During this time, when faced with Hilke's immediate and unquestionable refusal, Wright didn't think too much about it and decided to join forces to quickly eliminate Eredar, which wasn't a bad idea.

As Wright and Hilke charged menacingly toward her, Ereda's heart sank.

The black-sailed warships at sea were actually bait he had laid out.

From his perspective, the only way to deal with the Black Sail warships is for someone at the Transcendent Realm to take action.

Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of this, lure one of them away, create a one-on-one situation for himself, and then quickly eliminate one of them by taking advantage of his condition.

After that, neither Wright nor Hilke, who remained, posed any threat to him.

This was precisely the solution he had been pondering for a long time.

But whether by chance or not, the other party didn't take the bait...

(End of this chapter)