The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 65, Section 62: Elian's Tactical Review
The memories of the past vanished like smoke, and Alamir recalled the prosperous towns he had seen just moments before, after hundreds of years, when he once again set foot on human land, the carriages that had traveled on the roads, the rows of houses, the schools and textbooks that had been there.

Humans have truly changed.

Taking advantage of Alamir's brief hesitation, the golden and crimson light in the sky was about to descend.

Gutt and Grett are about to launch the final blow against this enemy!
Exhausted, Alamir looked up in despair at the divine attack that was about to descend from the sky.

The dazzling golden and red light illuminated the elven mage's mud-covered face.

"I...I surrender..."

Alamir used almost all his strength to utter those words.

His protective magic was on the verge of collapse, and he had exhausted all his trump cards in the fierce battle just now, leaving him at his last gasp.

The legendary elven mage had considered teleporting away, but during the previous battle, the surrounding human mages had joined forces to seal off the space. Breaking this seal would take at least seven or eight seconds, and the two powerful human figures lurking in the air would certainly not give him that chance.

With their numerical advantage, they can accomplish far too many things at once!
"Dispel all protective and strengthening spells on you, and throw your artifacts and spell material packs aside!"

One of the human battle mages, who appeared to be the commander, sternly ordered Alamir, who was on the ground, to carry out the pre-arranged procedure of capturing the spellcaster.

"..." Alamir paused briefly, biting her lip hard with her upper teeth, but ultimately did as she was told—

He made a slight gesture, and the strengthening and protective magic on his body shattered one after another, turning into scattered specks of light.

Then, Alamir tossed the spell materials kit and staff aside, letting another human mage pick them up and take them away.

This means that he is temporarily unable to cast spells that require certain materials.

"Confirmation complete. The target has no buff magic remaining!"

A prophetic mage who was maintaining a state of detection magic reported.

Soon, several mages tied Alamir up.

The sun elf mage was gagged to prevent him from speaking, and his hands were bound in shackles, with each finger tightly locked.

Gretel was relieved and slowly descended, flapping its wings.

"Great, Gret, we won!"

"I was also able to help."

Among the group of human mages, a young female mage waved to Grete, whose wings were spread in the air, her face beaming with excitement.

It's Grete's sister, Shiluka!

In the fierce battle just now, Hilka, a mid-level fifth-circle mage, also participated in the fight, joining forces with other mages to interfere with Alamir and ultimately helping Grete and Gutt to win the victory.

"I never thought I could be of help to Grete."

Hiluka smiled with a hint of relief.

In the distant town, little Anna, watching the game, clapped her hands excitedly.
"Yay! My brother and the other uncles and aunts defeated the bad guys who invaded our country!"

Only then did Alamir, who was tightly bound, have time to observe his surroundings.

To his astonishment, he saw hundreds, if not more, of human mages surging in from all directions and surrounding the hillside.

Some people were flying in the air, some were walking on the ground, and some mage teams had just been teleported in.

Among them are General Thor, who is leading his team on their way; Helen, the former chief of the School of Change; Card, the former chief of the School of Protection; Cassandra, the former chief of the School of Prophecy; and several high-ranking mages born on the surface of the earth...

Those who just defeated him were only a small fraction of all the human spellcasters in Eldoron!
Surrounded by a large number of mages like stars around the moon, at the center was a young and elegant gentleman.

He wore a black velvet robe adorned with stars, and his face was handsome and gentle.

“Your Majesty Elrian!” Grete landed in front of the man and greeted the monarch of Eldoron:
"We have successfully defeated this elven invader and defended the dignity of humanity!"

Your Majesty... So, this is the monarch of the human kingdom?

Humans also have their own royal families and royal clans?

Alamir had no knowledge of human political structures and could only make preliminary judgments based on common sense.

"Your Majesty, congratulations! This is a victory for Eldoron."

Ain, who was a visitor, also clapped softly.

As the goddess of knowledge, Ain was very pleased to see that such a vile fellow as Alamir, who destroyed the transmission of knowledge, was punished!
"Gutt, Gret, and all the other battle mages. You have done a fantastic job. You have successfully defended the land of Eldoron."

"From now on, the textbooks for new mages will record this first magical battle between humans and elves!"

El-Erian praised everyone, and then, in the manner of an instructor, reviewed the proceedings:
"Don't let your guard down."

"A standard-level novice legendary mage is enough to defeat four or five standard ninth-ring spellcasters in a head-on fight, and even more so when using special tactics."

"The reason why Archmage Gutt and Dragon Vein Sorcerer Gret were able to restrain him is because both of them are close to being legendary, and their teamwork is incredibly seamless, making 1+1>2. On the other hand, Alamir's magic level and combat experience are relatively weak among novice legends. Due to this imbalance, they can only temporarily hold off the opponent and cannot win. They need the cooperation of other battle mages to finally achieve victory."

"In fact, in the battle just now, if this legendary Sun Elf mage had more combat experience and happened to have memorized the right spells, he might have been the victor!"

The mages pricked up their ears to hear Elion's summary of the battle.

This is His Majesty the Emperor's personal instruction!

"For example, if this elven mage can free up his hands during the fierce battle and set up a [Spell Nullification Barrier] or a similar effect, it can prevent all low- to mid-level spells from entering the barrier and reduce most of the interference."

"Of course, this also means he must remain within the barrier area at all times, his mobility is severely limited, and he cannot completely eliminate the influence of mid-level battle mages. In the end, he will definitely still be defeated..."

Seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, El-Erian paused, then reviewed the situation from another hypothetical perspective:
"A better approach to dealing with this elven mage is to avoid getting surrounded by the battle mage group altogether."

"For a strong individual, allowing oneself to be surrounded and attacked by a group of weaker opponents, while facing attacks from all directions, is a case of one fist being no match for four hands, and it is easy to fall into a passive position."

"The appropriate solution is to use teleportation, high-speed flight, burrowing underground, entering the spirit world, or other means of mobility to forcibly leave this battlefield and encirclement. However, most of the mages here obviously cannot keep up with their mobility."

"Then, taking advantage of the spell's range, we will use speed to defeat the slow and divide and conquer, quickly eliminating their fighting force."

"Or even, after launching a few long-range magical attacks from a kilometer or two away, retreat immediately before you can react..."

It's like in an action game on Earth, before Elion's previous life, where you're surrounded by a bunch of soldiers and you have to break through quickly, then use skillful maneuvering to "attack the edge" and continuously eliminate the enemy's manpower.

But clearly, the aforementioned tactics were never in Alamir's mind from the beginning.

What's the difference between this and running away?
To choose to hide instead of confront a group of inferior humans is a disgrace!
El-Erian added at the end:
"Of course, what I said above is the case where the number of enemies does not increase."

"This tactic is actually not feasible for this legendary elven mage who has invaded our land. If we delay him for even a minute or two, more powerful reinforcements will arrive immediately."

"Therefore, this invader was doomed to failure from the moment he set foot on human soil!"

After hearing Elian's explanation, the mages felt that they had made many breakthroughs in their thinking.

We have gained a deeper understanding of the significance of combining top-tier and ordinary combat forces.

"There is one last thing: the existing restraint measures alone may not be able to prevent this elven mage from casting spells 100%."

"After all, some mages have practiced the technique of casting spells silently and without movement..."

Elian looked at the bound and gagged Alamir, walked straight up to the elven prisoner, and took something out of his dimensional bag.

I originally wanted to insert a fun QQ group discussion (related to Zhang Ji's recent magical battles), but the image is too long to insert. I'll post it in the book review section instead.

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