Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1984 The outcome is decided
At the same time, Eredar released his true energy and flew away as a black streak, seemingly burying his head in his escape, but in reality, his attention was focused on what was behind him the whole time.

The hand gripping the thorny greatsword had secretly adjusted its angle, ready to strike back at any moment.

When he saw that Wright hadn't caught up, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Just as Hilke guessed, he still had some strength left. A shrewd martial artist wouldn't wait until he was at his wit's end to come up with a plan. If Wright dared to chase after him, he would make sure Wright never returned on this sea.

With Wright dead, he turned around and went back to kill the obviously exhausted Hilke. The remaining elves, no matter how strong, were only at the Vajra Realm or Saint Realm, and could not pose any threat to him.

By then, the outcome will be decided!

But the current situation is clearly not developing as he had anticipated.

Ared on the deck of the furthest black-sailed warship, Eredar breathed a sigh of relief.

Did they see through my plan, or were they actually exhausted and unable to pursue?

This question caused his expression to shift between light and dark.

If Wright and Hilke are not exhausted, then his return to fight back now would be like walking into a trap; otherwise, his return would be a reversal of the situation.

This life-or-death situation made it truly difficult for Ereda to make a decision easily.

Should we observe further?

Currently, his dark elf troops have not yet completely withdrawn. If Wright and Hilke still have spare capacity, would they assist the garrison troops in attacking his dark elf troops?

With this guess in mind, Ereda adjusted her state while secretly observing.

However, Wright and Hilke made no further moves in the coastal area, which made Ereda even more uncertain.

Meanwhile, at the elven port, after Eredar forcibly broke away, Hilk first stopped Wright from pursuing him, then stopped Wright from aiding the garrison troops, and turned around to pull him aside to rest and recuperate.

“Ereda is likely still observing the situation from a distance. If we intervene to assist the garrison, it will only increase our losses. Once they notice, they might just come back to fight.”

This time, before Wright could ask any more questions, Hilke took the initiative to explain.

"Like now, we simply move into the shadows and stay still. The other side won't be able to figure out our situation, so they won't dare to make any rash moves."

Wright is strong enough, but he lacks experience. His combat experience and experience in dealing with various situations are far inferior to Hilke's, which makes him make many mistakes in some of his actions.

Listening to Hilke's analysis, Wright's face also showed surprise.

To be honest, he hadn't thought that much about it at all.

It's also hard to imagine that Hilke was thinking about so many things while fighting.

Or perhaps, all the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty were like this?

But in fact, Hilke's situation is rather special.

His rapid thinking and subconscious ability to anticipate the intentions of others were entirely influenced by his former superior, Li Ce, the former commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army.

Among all the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Ce was the one who was best at understanding people's hearts.

When Li Ce was making command arrangements, he would habitually try to figure out what the enemy commander was thinking.

This model has one advantage: once you bet on it correctly, the other party is completely exposed and under your control. But if you bet on it the other way around, one wrong step can lead to a series of wrong steps.

It is inherently a high-risk, high-reward activity, and the extent to which the risks and returns can be controlled depends entirely on one's own abilities.

Whether one can master such techniques depends on talent. Even among the Northeast Army, Joseph didn't learn a single one.

After Hilke's analysis, Wright felt he had benefited greatly.

"But if Eredar doesn't come back, won't he just run back to the sea again?" "Don't worry, this is their last chance. If they can't defeat us, then they're doomed to lose."

Upon hearing this, Wright was slightly taken aback. He lacked experience in strategic thinking, and it could even be said that he was far behind. He was genuinely caught off guard by Hilke's words.

Do you remember the situation I analyzed for you before?

"Currently, the main force of the Dark Elves is being suppressed by our main force, and at the same time, their high-end combat power is being suppressed by the two of us working together."

"In this situation, if the opponent wants to win, they can only fight a war of attrition and wear us down first."

"But the Dark Elves' air force has suffered heavy casualties from previous losses and cannot recover its strength in a short time. Therefore, the enemy will not be able to launch a second attack using the same tactics in a short period of time."

"In the coming period, we will build warships, and our Emperor is already on his way. Then everything will be settled!"

Faced with Hilke's clear thinking and eloquent speech, Wright suddenly felt a little envious, but he also knew very well that he couldn't do that.

This made Wright even more envious, and at the same time, he couldn't help but doubt himself, wondering if he lacked the talent to command troops in battle.

Thinking about it carefully, in the few battles he's fought over the years, he's basically relied entirely on his own cultivation and raw power to solve problems, without considering anything else.

If it weren't for the assistance of the Great Zhou and his full command in the previous battles against the Dark Elf forces, they would probably have suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Eredar.

Thinking of this, Wright couldn't help but feel a bit of relief. It was fortunate that they had allied with the Great Zhou, otherwise this matter would have been really difficult to handle.

Before they could finish speaking, the dark elf troops, who hadn't even completed their landing, slunk away.

The only downside to the current situation is that they don't have warships yet, so they can't take advantage of the situation to pursue and expand their gains.

At this stage, the most they can do is send the giant eagle riders over here as a token gesture, but this operation is essentially suicidal.

Don't forget, this time, the two sides involved in the conflict are not the only ones with air forces.

Although the enemy harpy forces suffered heavy casualties, they were not all wiped out and still had some restraining power in the air, not to mention that there was also an Eredar in the Transcendent Realm on the other side.

Wright was being held back by Hill, preventing him from flying over. Letting the giant eagle knight fly over would be tantamount to suicide.

During this time, watching the black sail warship quickly disappear completely from sight, Wright suddenly realized a problem.

"It suddenly occurred to me that we don't know where the dark elves are hiding!"

"Don't worry, we naturally have our own methods."

Before they could finish speaking, the soldiers of the Great Zhou had already retrieved the bodies of some dark elf soldiers. Although the survivors had all escaped, it was clear that the bodies could not be taken away in time.

"Your Majesty the Elf King, would you mind if our Great Zhou Dynasty did something to deal with the corpses of these Dark Elves?"

Needless to say, the simplest way for the Great Zhou to obtain enemy intelligence is to directly transform them into undead.

Hilke briefly explained to Wright the methods for converting the undead.

Wright showed clear resistance.

This is actually a common problem among the elves. As a long-lived race, the elves don't really care about immortality because they have already lived long enough.

After death, they generally do not seek to prolong life through transformation.

Hilke did not insist on this, as the Great Zhou Dynasty itself was quite open-minded about this matter.

Besides, they still have the harpy corpse to use anyway.

(End of this chapter)