Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2008 Wright's Sense of Crisis
After arranging things for Lin Youshu, Zhou Xu left with peace of mind. By the time he returned to Black Moon City, it was already late autumn, and winter was just around the corner.

At the same time, in the Elf Forest...

Thanks to Zhou Xu's help, the threat from the dark elves was completely eliminated, and life in the elven forest returned to peace.

During this period, the elven race no longer needed to participate in the garrison work at the elven port. However, upon returning to the elven castle, Wright kept replaying the battle between Zhou Xu and Eredar at sea in his mind.

He knew Zhou Xu was strong; he had sensed it from the first time he met him. But he hadn't expected Zhou Xu to be so strong, even ridiculously so.

Although the opponent captured Eredar alive using the Soulbinding Rope, an epic-level item, the Soulbinding Rope was only used once when capturing Eredar. Throughout the entire fight, he didn't use any other equipment.

Looking back at myself, I used epic-level wind and fire swords throughout the entire fight against the Eredar, and I still lost...

Of course, Wright wasn't stupid. In their previous encounters, he had realized that Eredar had thoroughly studied him, and that every move he made had been anticipated by the opponent, which was why he was so passive in the fight.

In terms of actual strength, we are still superior.

But so what? A loss is a loss.

In the past, Wright had always been very calm and composed, without any sense of urgency. The reason for this was that he knew he was very strong and that as long as he was there, the elves would be safe.

Having cultivated to the level of the Transcendent Realm, his lifespan would naturally be longer than that of ordinary elves, enough to protect several generations of elves, so he didn't need to rush.

There is still plenty of time; he only needs to cultivate a suitable successor during this period.

But now the situation is different. The appearance of Zhou Xu and Eredar has made Wright gradually realize that he may not be that strong, or rather, there are far more powerful forces outside than he had expected.

This put Wright under immediate pressure and created a sense of crisis.

This made him train even harder after he returned.

There were some results, but the lack of efficiency made it difficult for him to be optimistic.

After all, they have already cultivated to the Realm of Horizontal and Vertical, and further improvement will not be much faster.

Thanks to his previous reading of "Chronicles of Emperors," when he couldn't find a breakthrough in himself, Wright began to try to find a breakthrough in other areas.

For example, further training their elven troops and enhancing the strength of other elves.

However, the response was lukewarm, and many elven officers even told him that the soldiers couldn't handle the sudden increase in training intensity and suggested that it be changed back to the original level.

Clearly, the previous attack by the dark elves did not arouse much of a sense of crisis among them.

The fundamental reason is that the risks were controlled in a timely manner.

Just like when there was a war on the border of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the people in the interior had no idea about it, by the time they found out, the war had already been won.

The situation was similar for the elves. Initially, the invasion of the dark elf forces caused some damage to the elven forest, but the timely arrival of Wright and Hilke successfully contained the dark elf forces on the outskirts.

There wasn't even a large-scale battle between the two sides, because neither the Eredar nor the Wright wanted their people to suffer too many casualties. They chose to settle the matter through a duel between the strongest.

Hilker's timely arrival forced Eredar into retreat, and with the assistance of the Great Zhou, the elven forest's defensive line was pushed all the way to the coast. The ensuing battles, aside from a small number of elven troops assisting in the defense, had negligible impact on the elven forest.

In the final expedition, due to having only one ship, the Elven race, led by Wright, focused on participation rather than action. The battles were basically handled by Zhou Xu and the newly recruited Hydra Delar.

From the elves' perspective, apart from the period when they were harassed by the harpies, which caused them some pain, things went very smoothly overall, and they even became a bit more relaxed later on. How much sense of crisis could that make them feel?

Faced with this situation, Wright had no way to express his grievances, and at the same time, he firmly rejected his subordinates' suggestions, ordering the troops to continue maintaining the increased training intensity.

As the new day begins, the train pulls into the station, the carriage doors open, and figures in black military uniforms disembark in an orderly fashion.

The men were dressed in crisp black military uniforms, with brass-buckled leather belts around their waists and peaked caps on their heads, each bearing a steel badge engraved with the symbol of the Great Zhou Dynasty: the seal script character "周" (Zhou).

In their Great Zhou Dynasty, one could roughly determine their military branch by the color of their uniforms.

Air Force uniforms are dark blue, Navy uniforms are white, and Army uniforms vary in color depending on the environment, but are mainly military green and khaki.

Within this framework, black military uniforms belong to special forces.

At this moment, the ears peeking out from under the peaked caps, along with their dark green hair and brown eyes, revealed their identities: this was the Wood Elf mage group led by John.

When Kong Daqian was discussing cooperation with Wright, one of the conditions was that the elves of their Great Zhou Dynasty would undergo the inheritance trial of the Ancient Elf Tree.

Under this premise, as one of the few elven forces in their Great Zhou, the Wood Elf Mage Corps naturally had the opportunity to undergo the inheritance trial first.

The wood elf mages, led by John, stood there, their aura so different from that of the other elves that it immediately attracted a large crowd.

Many of the female elves looked at them, their eyes sparkling with admiration.

Based on their military uniforms alone, coupled with the professional soldier demeanor cultivated through years of military training, you couldn't find anyone like them even if you searched the entire Elf Forest.

John and his companions didn't seem to care. Their eyes quickly scanned the area and soon locked onto the elf who had come to pick them up.

Clearly, the Elf Forest had received advance notice of their arrival.

But the other side didn't expect it to be like this.

Seeing the dignified presence of the wood elf mage corps just standing there, the elf who came to greet them unconsciously straightened his back.

"Please follow me, everyone."

John listened and nodded slightly.

"Thank you for showing me the way."

The ancient elven trees are located deep within the elven forest, requiring passage through the central elven town. Their arrival caused quite a stir, and news of it quickly spread throughout the entire elven forest.

Upon learning that a group of wood elves had arrived from the Great Zhou, the wood elf elder immediately came to investigate...

(End of this chapter)