The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 73, Section 70: The Expedition Against Humanity - The Sun Elf Legion!

On the resolute and stern face of the Sun Elf King, Larklas, gleamed a cold light.

"Lia, you're right."

“I also believe that Antinoya, and indeed all the moon elves, are far too kind to outsiders. The fact that Seymour taught magic to humans is an unforgivable and blasphemous crime that must be corrected, yet they show no shame!”

"Antinoa, as the current Queen of the Elves, not only did not retaliate after the court mage was captured, but she even considered establishing diplomatic relations with this godless race. How absurd!"

After finishing his tirade, the Sun Elf King sighed and said:

"But I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to personally step forward and directly launch an attack on the border."

"The system of alternating Sun and Moon Kings is a supreme covenant witnessed by the elven gods at the very beginning of the royal court's establishment!"

"Although the Moon Elves are not as good as my race, as the King of the Sun Elves, during the hundred years that the Moon Elves reigned as the Elf King, he completely disregarded her will, which inevitably led to gossip."

Claiming to be the sole representative of the elven gods, the Sun Elves look down on the Moon Elves, yet they hold the elven gods in the highest esteem!
what?
A hint of disappointment flashed in Lia's eyes after hearing her father's words.

At this moment, the stern-faced Sun Elf King placed a hand on his daughter's shoulder:
"But don't worry. There are ways."

"Although it is now the time for the Moon Elves to be the Elf King, I am also the Sun Elf King and have considerable influence."

"As long as I strongly oppose it, there is absolutely no possibility that the Elven Royal Court will establish diplomatic relations or trade with the human kingdom of Eldoron within this century!"

"And when I regain power 90 years from now and become the King of the Elves, I will never forget the offense that the human race committed today. I will make them pay a bloody price and sever their magical lineage!"

"Don't forget, I, your father, am the eldest son of Corellon, the god of the elves' external wars—the Sun Prince, one of the chosen ones of the gods. I am the elf closest to the gods."

"As Alamir said, even civilized races like dwarves and halflings don't know arcane magic. Allowing humans to master magic would be an absolute blasphemy against the order established by the gods!"

90 years from now?
That's taking too long... Lia thought.

The King of Man proposed that Alamir would only be released after the two countries established trade relations.

We can't let Alamir be imprisoned for 90 years!

The King of the Sun Elves knew what Lia was thinking and smiled faintly:

"However, Leah, I am indeed not suited to appear in public."

"But there are other ways."

"For example, I can secretly help you contact the two or three Sun Elf families closest to the human kingdom in the east, and have them each send a small army to the border of the human kingdom in their own name!"

The various elven families are similar to feudal lords, each with its own army within its territory and a considerable degree of independence!
"That's right! As expected of Father, he even has this trick up his sleeve!"

Leah, who had been looking gloomy, suddenly beamed with joy, imagining the wonderful scene of defeating humanity:

"Those arrogant humans only defeated Alamir by virtue of their numbers, and they think they are so great."

"They have never seen a true elven army, composed of a large number of mages and the most valiant warriors!"

"When our Sun Elf legion reaches the borders of the human kingdom, those humans will surely be terrified and release Alamir willingly."

"At that time, perhaps that cowardly moon elf queen will reconsider whether she really needs to ally with lowly humans..."

……

For the next period of time, under the guidance of her father, Lia traveled to the territories of the three Sun Elf families.

The three easternmost Sun Elf families of these three elven kingdoms are—

Alamir belonged to the Golden Petal Clan, the renowned Radiant Clan, and the weakest of the ten Sun Elf clans, the Sunflower Clan. This Sun Elf princess and legendary mage raced against time, teleporting back and forth between the territories of these clans to gather as much military strength as possible.

As a group known for their conservatism and racial discrimination, the various Sun Elf families considered the capture of a legendary elven mage by a foreign race a great disgrace.
"We have always been the ones who capture foreign tribes!"

"Since the establishment of the Elven Royal Court, no legendary Elven spellcaster has ever been captured by a foreign race!"

The "Golden Petal" family, in particular, was furious and outraged when they learned that their legendary mage, whom they considered their family's pride, had been captured by humans!
Even without Leah organizing them, they would definitely send troops to force humanity to back down.

—They are the Sun Elves, known for their "warlike" nature among all elven races!
Thus, the three Sun Elf families whose territories were closest to the east agreed to each contribute a small number of soldiers to form a Sun Elf coalition army.

At the same time, within the Elven Royal Court, the long and contentious discussion between the Moon Elf Queen and her ministers and nobles was still ongoing.

As long-lived elves, especially the free-spirited moon elves, it's unavoidable that they are inefficient when working together.

Finally, before the Elven Royal Court finalized its contact plan with the human kingdom of Eldoron.

The allied forces of several major Sun Elf families took the lead, setting out under the pretext of "rescuing Alamir".

This allied army of 1 elite soldiers marched eastward, passing through elven villages and cities!

……

"What!?"

"Three Sun Elf families, each sending a small contingent of their own troops, have formed an alliance and are heading east to the human kingdom of Eldoron, intending to force humanity to hand over Alamir by force?"

In the heart of the Elven Royal Court, within a magnificent palace, the then-Elven Queen Antinoya Moon Whispered, listened to her ministers' report, her face turning ashen.

"That's right, your majesty."

"The family that sent the most troops was the Golden Petal family, to which Alamir belongs. Even the legendary priest of the Golden Petal family, Guiras Golden Petal, was mobilized."

"Furthermore, the pride of the Radiant family, the legendary mage Serka Radiant, is said to have joined the allied forces!"

"The Sunflower Family only gave it a perfunctory response, participating only symbolically, deploying a small number of troops, and not sending any legendary figures."

"However, there are rumors that the Sun Elf Princess Lia is also in the Allied Forces."

"The total force is 1, almost all of them are professionals!"

The Elf Queen rose angrily:

"These days, the elven families have directly launched military campaigns against humans. They really don't take me, the nominal ruler of the elves, seriously!"

Seeing the Queen's angry expression, the moon elf minister who was reporting the situation quickly tried to appease her:

“Your Majesty, the three great families say that they only want to reclaim Alamir. As long as humanity obediently agrees to release the people and apologize, they will not actually launch an attack and destroy the human kingdom of Eldoron.”

"Maybe they won't actually fight..."

The Elf Queen's face darkened slightly, and she said self-deprecatingly:

"Lia Sunshine, daughter of the Sun Elf King, Crown Princess of the Sun Elf race, and a quintessential advocate for war against other races, has commanded numerous wars against the southern dwarf kingdom. And the dwarves are, after all, a civilized race!"

"Seka Radiance of the Radiance family was a ruthless figure who organized the entire clan's soldiers to drive out the eight great orc clans and the frost giant tribe of the North!"

"With such hawks involved, it's probably a bit difficult to pray they don't start fighting..."

(End of this chapter)