The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 76, Section 73: The Awkward Elf

Over the past 10 years, thanks to the knowledge dissemination and national cohesion brought about by the village-based teachers, El-Erian has finally had the opportunity to build a supernatural legion belonging to El-Doron!
A vast number of orc zombies and skeletons, along with a small number of human warriors and barbarians, constitute the legion's rank-and-file soldiers.

The new generation of surface mages constitute the core strength of the legion!
These new-era surface spellcasters are often classmates from the same school, sharing close relationships. Moreover, they were born into poverty, hailing from an era when Eldoron was destitute and everyone lived hand to mouth, yet they were also firsthand witnesses to the great dawn of the empire, their cohesion and fighting spirit beyond imagination!

Moreover, the floating city high in the sky was also mobilized by Elion and arrived ahead of schedule on the west side of Eldoron.

Once there are signs of war, this sky city, home to Elian himself, the Imperial Magic Council, and 4000 mages, will become a mobile aerial fortress that will leave the enemy in despair.

The emperor guards the nation's gate.

—Once upon a time, the Sky City was used by mage nobles to isolate themselves from the common people on the surface. In the new era of the Empire, it has become a mobile fortress defending the land of Eldoron!
"My God, how can there be so many dead?"

Princess Lia, the Sun Elf, stared dumbfounded at the neatly arranged zombies and skeletons covering the mountains and fields.
"And they weren't even human corpses turned into undead."

"Judging from their size, they should be zombies and skeletons transformed from orc corpses."

"These undead inherited the physical advantages of orcs, but because they obeyed their manipulators, they did not suffer from the orcs' low intelligence!"

As a powerful mage, Leah knew very well:

How terrifying are these absolutely obedient, fearless, and tireless monsters in legion battles!
In legion battles, morale is paramount.

Even in a one-on-one battle, an average elven warrior has a high chance of winning against a single orc undead.

Once a large-scale legion war breaks out, once it devolves into a grueling war of attrition that lasts for several days and tests physical endurance, the scales of victory will inevitably tip in favor of the undead whose morale is locked and who will not tire!
The elven priestess, Guirasser Goldflake, was equally enraged:

"As expected, these lowly humans have no sense of reverence whatsoever, wielding blasphemous magic without a shred of shame!"

"Does the fact that necromancy is useful mean it can be used indiscriminately?"

"We, the noble Elven race, must never establish relations with such a race that has no sense of reverence!"

Upon discovering the enemy's arrival, Eldoron's legions immediately took action.

In the air, General Thor's voice magic was amplified, echoing across the wilderness:

"The elven army has arrived as scheduled."

"Prepare for battle!"

General Thor, Archmage Gutt, Dragonvein Warlock Gret, and a number of mages and warlocks took to the air.

Under the influence of the elven mages' Arcane Vision, which detects the intensity of magical power, the dozens of humans in the air were all radiating brilliant magical light.

They are all high-level spellcasters at least at the sixth ring level!
Most of the hundreds of high-level spellcasters from Eldoron have gathered here!

The zombies, having received their orders, lined up neatly, weapons pointed towards the elven army. Skeleton archers, atop the fortress towers, drew their bows and nocked arrows—a truly impressive sight!

The other mid- to low-level battle mages also arrived at their posts and lined up in formation.

They either lined up in formation or hid behind cover, ready to fight.

Several teams of necromancers quickly cast various necromancy spells that manipulated negative energy, such as [Undead Lieutenant], [Negative Energy Torrent], and [Death Fog], to strengthen the front-line zombie ranks, making them more powerful and harder to dispel with the priests' divine magic.

Many mages also set up terrain spells such as "Iron Wall" to strengthen the fortress's defenses.

An impregnable fortress, as solid as a rock!
This is the defensive side's positional advantage!
"Your Highness, the humans seem well-prepared... what should we do now?"

Priestess Guiras Goldfleck's expression was grim. They had so blatantly underestimated humans that they hadn't even bothered to scout the situation beforehand!
“We may not be able to force the enemy to hand over my brother Alamir Goldfleur simply by overwhelming them with sheer numbers, as we had hoped.”

“This undead legion alone, under the cover of fortifications, ground magic, and the firepower of human spellcasters in the rear, is already a barrier that our army will find difficult to break through!” Guiraser said.

The legendary mage Serka Radiance frowned and asked the priest, Guirasser:

"You priests possess divine magic that guides positive energy and can restrain or dispel the spirits of the dead. Can't you quickly dispel and defeat these spirits?"

Although the priests of the elven gods are not the type to counter the undead, they do have a certain ability to dispel undead.

Guilasser looked embarrassed and shook his head:

"It's alright if there are only a few unclaimed dead."

"Among those human mages, there were clearly necromancers who specialized in enhancing the undead, and they specifically enhanced the front-line zombies' resistance to dispel, making it difficult for the priests' dispel abilities to take effect."

"Not to mention, our elven race's main talent lies in arcane magic rather than divine magic, and the number of priests in the army is very small. They mainly provide support and medical services in the rear, and it would be too dangerous to send them all to the front lines, exposed to the enemy's mages' firepower!"

In fact, another reason for fear of war that Guirasser did not mention was—

One reason why the Sun Elves are warlike and utterly unafraid of death is that they can enter the Elven Kingdom after death, which is simply the beginning of a new stage in their lives.

However, the necromancy skills that humans just displayed were quite impressive, which means that there are likely many high-ranking human mages who possess the techniques to imprison souls.

This was a fatal blow to the morale of the Elven warriors who longed to return to the Kingdom of God!
Princess Lia's expression was also quite unpleasant at this moment, with her brows furrowed.

The extent of human preparedness and the speed at which power was mobilized clearly exceeded her expectations!
According to Lia's original plan, the human kingdom of Eldoron only possessed arcane magic by chance and had some mages, but lacked a powerful and experienced army. When the elven army launched a large-scale attack, the numerous highly skilled elven archers could easily suppress the vast majority of the human's low- to mid-level mages. This freed up the elven army's large number of low- to mid-level spellcasters, who could then coordinate with their high-level combatants to besiege the human's few high-level warriors, ultimately resulting in an overwhelming victory.

Therefore, even without a real war, the mere arrival of the well-equipped elven legions and the sight of this vast army would be enough to terrify the human side, forcing them to obediently hand over Alamir and offer apologies and compensation.

Now it's hard to say who's scaring whom!

"Fine, we're not seeking a direct confrontation anyway."

Lia waved her hand.

"Let me think, is there any other way to intimidate them?"

So, Leah spun around in place several times.

After racking his brains for a long time, this arrogant sun elf mage finally came up with a way to get back at him:

"Indeed, we are at a disadvantage in terms of rank-and-file soldiers."

"It is impossible to let living elven warriors exchange their lives for the lives of the undead."

"However, the outcome of a war depends on more than just basic soldiers!"

"Magic is the forte of our elven race!"

Lia and the representatives from the various families quickly consulted and immediately drafted a new plan.

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