Bone King: Welcome the Birth of the King.

Chapter 453 Three Lines of Defense! The War Ends

The Elf King will have many more uses in the future.

It could even be described as extremely useful!

Tang Zheng glanced at the unconscious Elf King, who had been thrown to the ground, out of the corner of his eye, and a deep light appeared in the depths of his pupils.

"The plan here is progressing smoothly. I wonder how things are going with Princess Lana?"

Tang Zheng thought to himself silently.

Guiding the Slane Theocracy into an early decisive battle with the Elven Kingdom was not merely for the sake of later developments.

Defeating the Elf King is an extremely important part of Tang Zheng's current plan!
Let me introduce you to them.

Tang Zheng spoke to Jue Si Jue Ming, then took a step and walked towards the location of Imina and the other person on the outer edge of the battlefield.

Zetsuki's pink lips parted slightly, revealing sharp canines. She casually followed, one hand wielding a cross-shaped scythe.
"Those two adorable bugs~, do they really know Little Black Hair?"

This thought flashed through my mind.

Zetsu no Michi's expression remained unchanged, as if he had expected it all along, but a hint of indifference could be vaguely observed in the details of his face.

Before the battle.

The forces of the Church had already cleared the area ahead of time. Apart from the little black hair, the only other people who witnessed the entire battle were the two insects.

From the special protection that Cerberus had shown before, or from other details, Zesshi Zesshi had vaguely sensed something was amiss.

otherwise!

The numerous pieces of information revealed during the battle, as well as the question of the divine being's identity, could not be allowed to be pried into by others, if it weren't for Tang Zheng's sake.

Zesshi Zesshi had already easily dealt with Imina and the other two.

They saw two figures walking towards them from the center of the battlefield.

"Ah...ah..."

The elven girl was pale, her hands clenched into fists, staring blankly at the location of the Elf King, an unnatural flush rising on her face.

He seemed to want to speak, but the sound got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Imina, no longer caring about the somewhat dazed elf girl beside her, instinctively got up from the ground.

The movements were slightly clumsy!

On her fair, slender neck, there were still red marks left from when the Elf King pinched her.

Imina tried to take a step forward, but her body seemed to have lost control, and she could only stand stiffly and awkwardly in place.

Ahead of view.

Tang Zheng's figure was just as Imina remembered: calm, composed, and with a reassuring smile always on his face.

in her cognition.

Although Tang Zheng is very strong, he could not possibly possess such terrifying strength, which is completely beyond imagination!
I witnessed the battle just now.

Imina couldn't describe it with her meager vocabulary.

That arrogant and invincible Elf King was casually picked up by Tang Zheng and thrown to the ground like trash.

Such a sense of awe.

It sent a chill down Imina's spine.

Tang Zheng, who was ahead, did not have a strong aura, but Jue Si Jue Ming, who was right behind him, caused the air around him to become distorted as he walked casually.

Just one glance.

Imina felt a lingering fear, as if her heart had been struck by a heavy hammer, and hurriedly lowered her head to look at the ground.

Death and certain death are so terrifying!
So Tang Zheng, who was walking in front, even if he didn't appear strong, was actually stronger than that black and white haired elven woman.

This is common sense!

Because the strong will not allow the weak to get ahead of them.

but……

Imina pursed her lips, a blank look in her amber eyes, and the thought echoed in her mind, "What exactly did what happened before mean?"

My previous experience with Tang Zheng!

...Am I just a joke...in front of such a powerful person...like a clown?

Imina naturally did not believe that Tang Zheng's strength had increased in a short period of time, but rather that he had always possessed such great strength.

"You're not hurt, are you?"

A gentle voice slowly rose.

Imina's shoulders stiffened, and she hesitated to look up, but she stubbornly raised her head again, trying to appear fierce.

This expression isn't difficult.

As a half-elf in the Empire, she was always surrounded by annoying humans, and she would use this expression to scare them away.

What comes into view is a finger sticking out.

He lightly flicked his forehead with his finger.

With a crisp "bang".

"What are you doing!" Imina's head tilted back involuntarily, and she instinctively covered her forehead, shouting as she had before.

"What are you spacing out for?" Tang Zheng withdrew his arm and smiled easily, "I'm quite strong, you know."

Imina paused, then turned her head away: "I saw it."

Let me introduce myself.

“Imina, Antilini, speaking of which, you two are both half-elves,” Tang Zheng said with a light smile.

The fact that he showed this information to Imina this time was not because he had let his guard down.

not long ago.

Imina had passed Tang Zhengxin's test, which was when Imina was captured alive by the Elf King.

Faced with the overwhelming terror displayed by the Elf King, ordinary people either begged for mercy and collapsed, or clung to a straw for help.

Just like Negan, the captain of the Sunlight Codex, when facing Ainz Ooal Gown.

And the results.

Imina neither revealed his information nor activated the "magical mark".

Although doing so is a bit cold-hearted.

However, this was a test that Tang Zheng had to undergo, because it concerned the future arrangements of the Elf Kingdom.

"Tsk~, even half-elves have differences."

Jue Shi Jue Ming glanced at Imina, clicked his tongue lightly, his eyes filled with contempt and mockery, ignoring Imina's gaze as she looked at Tang Zhengdao:
"what are you up to?"

She didn't believe that Tang Zheng was simply introducing himself to the insect.

"We'll probably need the two of you to act out a scene," Tang Zheng said, looking at Jue Si Jue Ming.
“You have already defeated the Elf King, but I do not want him to be captured alive or killed.”

"In other words! The Elf King was defeated by you and ultimately escaped."

Upon hearing this, Zesshi Zesshi's lips curled into a smile, as if he found it amusing.

"Besides being related to the upcoming plans, this is also..."

"Once the news of your killing of the Elf King reaches the Theocracy, the Elf Kingdom will be completely taken over by the Theocracy."

"Given the Church's 'human supremacy' doctrine and nearly 200 years of hatred, the Forest Elves will suffer a devastating massacre, which is not what I want to see."

"I need the Elf Kingdom to have a certain degree of autonomy, or to be temporarily incorporated into the Holy Kingdom as a vassal state."

Tang Zheng then revealed his plan.

Without the Elf King as a deterrent, the Theocracy will have no qualms about targeting the Elf Kingdom, and this is not simply out of kindness.

"Therefore, with the Elf King 'missing,' the Elf Kingdom needs a new king."

"Oh."

Zetsuki narrowed his eyes, then looked at Imina again, giving her a rare, serious look:
"You choose her?"

Tang Zheng nodded: "That's right."

This is also the most important reason why some information was leaked to Imina.

Controlling the Elf Kingdom is beyond Imina's capabilities and resources, and the other side probably wouldn't dare to do so either.

This isn't about secretly manipulating "Eight Fingers," but rather about bringing it to the forefront and making it public!
If Imina didn't understand Tang Zheng's strength, she wouldn't have the confidence and assurance to control the Elf Kingdom.

It can be considered an "intelligence loss" that had to be chosen!
Tang Zheng's gaze swept across the vast "Ivanshah Forest," and he silently thought to himself:
"The third line of defense..."

His plan included three lines of defense.

First line of defense: the Kingdom of Ri Yestige.

The second line of defense: the Holy Kingdom, Aberleen Hills, and the Slane Faith.

The third line of defense: the Ivanshweh Great Forest.

This is also why Tang Zheng does not intend to let the Elf Kingdom be completely annexed by the Slane Theocracy.

of course!

Tang Zheng hasn't invested too much in these three lines of defense yet, because they're still lacking a core element.

"Hopefully, the Elf King can play a crucial role."

Tang Zheng thought to himself, he was well aware of the difficulty of the core of the plan.

Once it fails.

There's no need to invest too many resources in the three lines of defense; instead, we should quickly gather all the resources available on those three lines. We should move the real stronghold to "Despair Valley," where Yara is located!
In short, we need to "take a long-term view".

"It feels really interesting."

Jue Shi Jue Ming deliberately drew out his words, and a subtle pressure emanated from his body, surging towards Imina.

"Humph."

Imina swayed her shoulders, her long, slender legs bent slightly, then she quickly regained her balance and let out a muffled groan.

"Can I do it too?" Zesshi Zesshi asked Tang Zheng expectantly, without looking at Imina.

"of course."

Tang Zheng shrugged and calmly looked at Zesshi Zesshi: "If you're willing."

"Never mind, boss~"

Jue Si Jue Ming withdrew his aura and yawned boredly: "It sounds like a lot of trouble. I can't be bothered to be an Elf King."

Imina relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.

That pressure was truly terrifying.

Based on a woman's intuition, she felt a certain dislike for this terrifying black-and-white-haired half-elf.

"Seriously... this is the king of the Elf Kingdom! And it was decided so easily?"

Imina couldn't help but shout inwardly, feeling a mix of excitement and urgency:
"Wouldn't this be considered an instant rise to the top, even more exaggerated than the stories told by bards!"

Her understanding was constantly shattered and rebuilt within this short day.

Make this a done deal!
Tang Zheng then looked at the elven girl who had been ignored by everyone.

The opponent relied on magic bows and arrows.

He single-handedly held off the elf from the Holy Kingdom's elite forces.

Bang!
Bang!
The elven girl suddenly knelt on the ground and banged her head heavily against the ground in front of Tang Zheng, then continued to kowtow repeatedly.

See this scene.

"Ha~, boss, looks like you don't need to waste your breath." Jue Si Jue Ming said to Tang Zhengdao in a teasing tone.

……

"Shangtuyue"

10 month 25 day.

Jue Si Jue Ming, who had pursued the "escaped" Elf King, returned to the tactical command post, causing concern among several marshals.

The advance on the battlefield is temporarily suspended!
Tang Zheng easily infiltrated the Elf King's City and took everything from the treasure vault in one go.

10 month 27 day.

Having revised their plans and reorganized their forces, the theocracy launched another attack on the Elf capital, only to be met with fierce resistance from the forest elves within.

10 month 28 day.

The northern wall of the Elf King's city has been breached.

A support force from the "Forest Rain Tribe" forest elf clan joined the battlefield, led by a half-elf riding one of the 15 kings of the Great Tree Sea, the Flower Crown King Butterfly.

10 month 31 day.

After several days of fierce resistance, the elves, under pressure from the theocracy's constant pronouncements that the Elf King had been defeated and had fled, finally managed to defeat the elven forces.

finally.

The half-elf led the elite troops of the elven capital to escape, and the elven capital was completely breached.

It is said that on that day, all of the Elf King's wives committed suicide before the capital was breached, a scene that shocked and disgusted the vanguard.

—"Middle Earth Moon"

November 3rd, heavy snow!

The offensive by the theocracy forces has temporarily come to an end, but there is still no news of the escaped Elf King.

The desperate search, which lasted for several days (actually just wandering around in the forest), had to be stopped.

The conclusion that the Elf King had escaped has been definitively confirmed!
…………

Aberlein Hills.

deep.

During this time, Tang Zheng sorted through the wealth he had gained from the Elf Kingdom, and the amount of gold coins was not particularly large.

Because the Elf Kingdom has no interaction with the outside world, there are not many places where human gold coins are needed.

However, there are many kinds of resources and alchemy materials, the value of which cannot be measured by the quantity of gold coins.

but.

More important than these things he couldn't use right now were the magical items.

pity!

Tang Zheng was greatly disappointed. The only item that caught his eye was the "Deer Antler Crown" worn by the Elf King, a "Legendary (Lv 71~80)" level item.

It possesses the abilities of resistance to movement obstruction, fear resistance, and time management.

The first two abilities are nothing special; the key is the "time strategy," which makes this item's value skyrocket.

In "YGGDRASIL", time measurement cannot be obtained through normal professions; it can only be dealt with using special skills or items.

Tang Zheng recently obtained the "Pulse of Annual Rings" from the Demon Tree, a time-based strategy ability.

Such props are of little use to him, but they can be given to his subordinates.

"Properties panel."

Tang was sitting next to the wooden thatched hut, smelling the fresh air and gazing at the lake where fish occasionally jumped out, when a thought struck him.

……

Magic: Compassion of the Twin Sal Trees (Tier 10)

Cost: 80 MP, Cooldown: 4 hours
Description: Magic has a triple effect.
①: After casting a spell, the caster's stamina will slowly increase over a certain period of time.

②: During the spell, you have complete resistance to instant death.

③: Revives immediately after stamina reaches zero, restoring 10% of health, without causing a level drop.

(PS: Once a resurrection spell is cast, it has a 4-hour cooldown. During this cooldown period, other types of resurrection spells also cannot be used.)
……

One of the biggest takeaways from this incident!

"As expected, there are certain limitations." Tang Zheng glanced at the information displayed by the magic and shook his head almost imperceptibly, though there was still a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

He originally wanted to turn the magic into a magic scroll so that it could be released immediately upon death, but it turned out to have a 4-hour cooldown period.

That's enough to finish a battle.

Among the resurrection magic he knew, besides this one, there was another magic called "Phoenix Flame".

Tang Zheng initially suspected that rebirth magic might have some kind of limitation, so he considered whether two resurrection spells could be used together.

As a result, it actually restricted all rebirth magic...

However, upon closer examination, this is understandable.

If resurrection magic had no restrictions, then pay-to-win resurrection items in the game would no longer be available for sale.

--rustle!
The sound of footsteps on the grass grew louder as they approached.

"Tang, are you looking for me?"

Enferea came running from a distance, slightly out of breath.

"You've arrived, Enferea. I'm sorry to disturb your potion research."

Tang Zheng stood up and said apologetically, "There is indeed something troublesome."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Enferea quickly waved his hand, and said nervously and stammeringly, "If there's anything you need me to do, just say the word, Don."

"Charm to the entire race!"

Tang Zheng chanted in a low voice, activating the magic.

Enferea's gaze instantly became blank, and he froze on the spot.

"I could do it while you're conscious... but I'm sorry, to avoid any risks."

Tang Zheng looked apologetic and took out the world-class item [Peerless Beauty], a golden cheongsam, from a package placed to the side.
"Ahem, Enferea, please put this cheongsam on."

"it is good."

Enferea walked forward blankly, took the "Alluring Beauty" item, and began to put it on.

Tang Zhengze casually waved his hand.

An unconscious figure was thrown out of the world-class item [Two Realms Mandala], it was the so-called missing Elf King.

Tang Zheng looked at Enferea again and couldn't help but take another look at her, who was dressed in a women's cheongsam.

It actually feels strangely fitting!
"Well, it's been taking a bit too long."

He had long wanted to retrieve [Alluring Beauty], but due to his previous death on the front lines, he had entrusted the guardian to the Red Mummy Cat.

To avoid trouble!

Tang Zheng could only retrieve the [Alluring Beauty] after Jue Si Jue Ming returned from the front lines and the guardian was replaced.

(End of this chapter)