Chapter 599: The Greedy God (8000)

The damage caused by the tooth was not great, but it was a heavy blow to the morale of the Kor elves.

The retreating formation had been broken up, and on the wall of the Icewind Castle in the rear, a group of Elf warriors who had finished resting had already taken an offensive posture.

Tegris gritted his teeth and issued an order to retreat:

"The front army will surround all the blocking fronts and cover the retreat of the central army."

"The rear army will stay to defend and block the subsequent attack of the Icewind Castle."

"When we return to the Hammer Fortress 50 kilometers away, the elite troops who have been repaired will come to reinforce."

"..."

As soon as this order was issued, it immediately caused a riot among the Kor elves.

All the Kor elf warriors are veterans, and they can naturally sense the danger of these orders.

It's okay for the warriors who lead the way in front to fight fiercely with the Bay Leader Warriors' blocking team.

Both sides rely on their own abilities, and whoever has the ability will survive.

The warriors who set up the defense line in the rear and wait in place have the task of blocking the possible pursuit of the Icewind Castle.

Not only can they rely on the existing military camps and supplies for defense, but they can also wait for reinforcements after holding on for a while.

It seems to be very good, but all the elves know very well:

All the troops that have been left behind will be attacked fiercely by the enemy.

Among the 10 teams, 9 will be wiped out.

Most of the remaining teams can survive because they surrendered early enough.

The Elf warriors of Icewind Castle are average in strength, and they are confident that they can defend.

But the Gulf Leader warriors with endless means, the huge and invincible Yaya, and the very powerful special transformation warriors, all make them have no confidence in defending.

If they are chosen to stay, they will definitely die.

What makes most of the Cole elf warriors even more angry is.

At this critical moment of the army, if someone really needs to be sacrificed, the selected elf warriors will not have any objections.

From the moment they choose to become soldiers and join the Cole elf army, they have been prepared to die in battle.

However, they absolutely could not tolerate that without their consent, they were forced to perform a mission to die in a completely unfair way.

Soon, many Kor elf warriors became agitated, and the slogans and reasons they shouted were very direct.

What they wanted was fairness, not to be cannon fodder for someone's survival!

Facing the sudden riot, Tegris, who had been prepared in this regard, also suddenly thought of this fatal point.

His face was gloomy, his eyes flickered, and he obviously didn't know what he was thinking.

Councillor Caledor also knew very well that the problem facing Tegris was very important.

If Tegris guaranteed the safety of "that batch" of elves, other soldiers whose ideas and beliefs collapsed would most likely collapse directly.

But if he chose to act fairly in order to ensure the safety of the army.

Those elven nobles and spellcasters who died because of his orders would inevitably bring him extremely terrible troubles.

Defeat, retreat, and heavy casualties were enough to shake Tegris's identity and status.

If he provoked the forces of these elves again, I'm afraid that Teclis would be in great trouble.

This is a dilemma!

A little thought flashed in Iris's eyes.

He put himself in the shoes of Teclis, what choice would he make if he was in Teclis's position?

Archaon next to Iris was very calm. From the time Teclis hesitated, he had already made his own choice.

"This guy doesn't care about the safety of the entire army and the Kor elf warriors at all, he only cares about his own interests..."

"Such an elf commander is just a pawn of those guys, and even this war is just a "banquet" to welcome those idiots back..."

With a flash of red in his eyes, Archaon held back the crazy thoughts in his mind and calmly waited for Teclis to make a choice.

No matter what Teclis chooses, Archaon will support it with all his strength.

Because no matter which way it is, it will bring considerable risks.

Soon, Teclis issued a new order.

The ordinary elf army has a large number of people, many wounded, and a slow pace.

They will guard the army camp and wait for the arrival of reinforcements in two days.

The elite troops led by Tegris will first open the way in front, attack the dangerous blocking line, and cover the evacuation of the large army.

The vast majority of the Cole elf warriors are still very dissatisfied and very unhappy with those "elite" tasks.

Seeing that Tegris decided to go out in person.

The number of Cole elf warriors left behind is as many as 150,000.

Judging from the arrangement of the tasks, at least they are not sent to die.

But even so, the changes and arrangements of the army still caused considerable chaos.

Yaya looked at the divided Kor Elf army in surprise, and immediately understood their plan.

She decisively put most of her energy into taking care of the vanguard of the Kor Elf army.

The reorganized elite Kor Elf warriors took the initiative to attack the blocking line with rocks falling on their heads and artillery and crossbows covering the front.

The furious Tegris was ready to personally go out and destroy the Gulf Territory Front in one fell swoop.

However, he and the elite Kor Elf warriors were soon dumbfounded.

After firing several rounds of long-range fire at them.

The Gulf Territory, which had just fought to the death, used space equipment to collect bows, crossbows, artillery and other supplies.

They set a fire in front of the fortress and trenches, temporarily delaying the pace of the Kor Elf army's upward advance, and retreated to the top of the mountain in a flash.

Ran away!

They were beaten for nothing.

The punch that was charged up was empty.

The Kor Elf troops leading the way in front were quite depressed.

Clenching his fists, Tegris resisted the urge to chase and kill, and ordered the huge central army to start retreating.

But what was beyond Tegris's expectation was that on another hillside 2 kilometers away.

A brand new Gulf Territory army pushed down one boulder after another on the road to the valley in a blatant manner.

The Rocky Mountains that separated the Kingdom of the Kor Elf and the Elf were originally overlapping mountains and narrow valleys.

The excavated road was barely enough for a team of about 100 people to line up in a column.

If these Gulf Territory troops were left alone for the time being, the stones blocking the passage or the ground dug into trenches would completely block their retreat.

In desperation, Tegris had to divide his troops and go to drive away the Gulf Territory warriors.

The Gulf Territory warriors were very slippery.

In a line of defense, the number of Gulf Territory soldiers was no longer 1,000.

It was a complete standard brigade, a full 5,000 people!

They were fully equipped, well-equipped, and had sufficient combat supplies.

As long as the number of the Kor elves rushing over is less than 20,000, they dare to rely on sufficient preparation to fight a head-on battle with these Kor elves who are no longer protected by siege weapons, golems, and war puppets. Although they will suffer some casualties, they can often cause heavy damage to the elite Kor elves and pose a huge threat to the marching elf troops. Moreover, a complete medical system can greatly reduce the casualties of the Gulf Territory warriors and ensure their sustainable combat capability. The cleaning troops who thought they could quickly drive away the Gulf Territory warriors were immediately stunned by the powerful long-range firepower. All 200 newly built magic cannons were assigned to them by Ji Fan. Together with the successive shooting of 2,000 magic crossbows, the cleaning troops in the charge were hit head-on. Boom! Snap! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! More than 300 elite Kor elf warriors fell down in an instant, even if they were scattered. Fortunately, the elf commander was highly alert to the Gulf Army, reacted quickly, and stopped the attack immediately.

The Gulf Commander also ordered to stop the attack, with a faint smile on his face, and said to the somewhat stunned Elf commanders:

"A dead Cole Elf."

"In their current state, they don't even have the idea of ​​wasting manpower and retrieving the body."

"In this way, it won't cause them too much burden."

"But if it's a seriously injured person."

"They will have to spend at least 1 to 2 elf warriors to take care of them, some medical supplies to treat them, and more manpower and material resources to transport them..."

"The resulting loss of manpower and materials will be a great loss of manpower and materials." Consumption may even be greater than the loss of more than two combat forces. "

Noticing the sudden realization on the faces of the Elf commanders, Ji Fan patiently continued to talk to them:

"In a long battle, the competition is the combat capability of basic soldiers, the conversion of attack and defense, the supply of materials, and the medical logistics system."

"Don't rely too much on any offensive means, and always have a backup plan..."

Instead of listening to Ji Fan's teachings to the Elf commanders, Annie rubbed her palms gently, feeling the incomparable reality, and turned her head in a daze.

"Yes, this is why Yaya and I are not worried."

For Matthew and Yaya, losing all their mana can be restored in a very short time through mana absorption.

After all, there are many beasts in the underground laboratory of the Bay Territory that should have died long ago.

A kind of joy emerged in Annie's heart, knowing that this was a sign that Matthew regarded her as his own.

She seemed to have put down a heavy burden, and looked at the elf warriors who were rushing in with ease, and couldn't help asking:

"They are targeting us now, do we want to continue fighting?"

Matthew pointed to the retreating army lined up in a long line, and said in a firm tone:

"With their current strength, they can only guard two places at most..."

Before Tegris could lead the team to charge up.

The Gulf Territory soldiers who had already retreated from the first line of defense suddenly rushed out from the flames and dust.

They arranged the debugged magic artillery at the fastest speed and fired decisively at the team gathered below.

Boom!

The Cole elf troops rushing below.

They were immediately baptized by artillery shells.

For a while, a large number of Cole elf warriors fell on the crowded retreat road.

The elven cavalry teams wandering around shouted and rushed up angrily.

The Gulf Territory warriors quickly formed a formation and shot at these targets rushing up the hillside with dense crossbows.

The elven patrol cavalry, who lacked a sufficient number of people, resisted four rounds of crossbows and rushed to the front of the Gulf Territory warriors.

The elven cavalry, who had lost nearly half of their lives, were just about to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

The cannons aimed at the bottom suddenly adjusted their firing angles.

"Put the cannons flat!"

Facing the dark muzzles, the elven knights felt as if they were being stared at by a terrifying monster, and an indescribable sense of terror and crisis enveloped them instantly.

Old John licked his lips and waved the flag without hesitation:

"Fire!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After the roar of the artillery, in the dispersing smoke and dust, only one in ten of the hundreds of elven knights survived.

Most of them did not die, but a considerable number of them had their legs broken.

The worst were the pure white war horses, which were the largest and were specifically targeted, so they were torn into pieces.

The injured elven warriors howled continuously, and the shrill voices echoed on the hillside.

The surviving elven cavalry looked at the bloody hell-like scene in a trance, and were dragged back to reality by the painful screams of their companions.

They did not wait for the second round of bombardment, but rushed towards the front of the Bay Territory like crazy.

Thorn, grinning, knocked over and tied up seven or eight elven warriors who rushed over in a few moves.

He glanced at the Cole elven warriors who were treating their companions, made a throat-cutting gesture to them, and turned away.

The low-flying griffin knights noticed the situation here and immediately reported the information to Tegris.

"Organize more cleanup troops, drive them away, and occupy the defense line!"

The roaring Tegris felt that his reason was greatly impacted. He resisted the urge to release powerful spells and continued to arrange viciously:

"Send all the scouts out, climb up the hillside, and crush the enemy with numbers!"

Faced with Tegris's somewhat crazy order, Councillor Caledo opened his mouth, but still did not speak after all.

Yaya was still hovering in the sky. Its powerful and terrifying body, its fiery breath that was enough to pose a fatal threat to legendary spellcasters, and its terrifying recovery ability were constantly reminding them.

Once they dared to attack and expose their position.

Yaya, who had been looking for a target, would swoop down without hesitation and do his best to chase them down.

The Elf Master was indeed strong, but if he was not prepared, he would lose his life if he was not careful when facing a real dragon of Yaya's level.

More importantly, Yaya, who was emitting endless dragon power in the sky, might be just a clone!

Once they had consumed a lot of spells and mana, Yaya, who rushed to the battlefield again, would become even more unscrupulous.

He might even really treat them as hunting targets!

This was the reason why the legends had not dared to take action!

Otherwise, they would have personally taken action to break through the defense line of the Bay Territory with all their strength, and opened a way out with their legendary terrifying strength.

Teclis's order made the Kor elf army, which was full of anger, quite excited.

They had long been dissatisfied with the Gulf Territory warriors. They were only a few tens of their number, but they dared to take advantage of them.

So, dozens of Kor elf scout teams immediately rushed towards the Gulf Territory defense line.

They dispersed and surrounded them from the left and right sides.

Contrary to their expectations, the Gulf Territory warriors did not retreat immediately, and continued to cover the retreating army below without any ability to fight back.

Such blatant disregard made the Kor elf scouts very angry.

They rushed into the woods in a swarm, ready to surround the Gulf Territory warriors.

As a result, they ran into the Catachan warriors who had been ambushing for a long time without any preparation.

Poisonous spikes as thin as hair.

Hidden and deadly insidious traps.

Deadly arrows flying from the dark.

The first batch of Kor elf scouts died instantly.

The Catachan warriors, who were proficient in jungle warfare, were not in a hurry to collect the spoils or kill the lucky Kor elf scouts who survived.

Instead, they secretly set up new death traps next to them.

As long as the Cole elves come to rescue, they will be in immediate danger!

The Catachan warriors combined the various deadly killing methods they learned from the dangerous jungle with the professional combat skills they are learning now.

With the help of this actual combat, they completed the crucial transformation.

The Cole elf scouts, who were more than ten times their number, were no match for them at all.

As many as rushed in, they fell at a very fast speed.

The seemingly not dense jungle turned into a place of death that frightened the Cole elf scouts.

After losing hundreds of Cole elf scouts.

They hesitated and hesitated.

They completely gave up the idea of ​​surrounding the Gulf Territory warriors and turned to surround them from both sides.

The Gulf Territory warriors were not in a hurry to collide with them head-on, and took the initiative to withdraw into the jungle before their number reached 2,000.

The Cole elf scouts achieved their goal and protected the retreating army from artillery fire.

However, they also paid a heavy price, with hundreds of them falling.

The Gulf Territory warriors quickly aimed at them, using the cover of the jungle to shoot at them continuously.

The Cole Elf Scouts retreated downwards, but did not go far away.

When the Cole Elf army pressed forward to the second line of defense in the distance, the Gulf Territory warriors decisively chose to retreat.

Tegris and others breathed a sigh of relief, and very decisively dispatched all of them, spending a lot of effort to dismantle the fortresses and trenches built by the Gulf Territory.

The army stepped up its retreat.

Boom!

The third blocking line two kilometers ahead also began to welcome their arrival with artillery.

Behind it, the fourth, fifth, and sixth blockade lines are being built at a rapid pace.

Some powerful Catachan jungle warriors took the initiative to attack the evacuating army.

They specifically "attracted" the patrolling Cole Elf scouts into the jungle, and then changed their hunting targets.

There were also some artillery teams that flexibly used the ultra-long range of magic artillery to harass and shoot at the Cole Elf army.

By the time the patrol of the Kor elves arrived, they had already fled.

Sometimes they would leave some deadly traps, waiting for the angry or ready-to-track Kor elves to seek their own death.

Along the way.

The Kor elf army was attacked everywhere, and more and more Kor elves fell.

The angry Tegris even cast spells many times to destroy the defense line of the Gulf Territory.

However, when the teeth in the sky launched a surprise attack on them, they chased them for a long time despite the dense attacks.

When the health value dropped to 2/3, the teeth took off without hesitation and gave up the idea of ​​continuing to chase.

In front of all the Kor elves, he feasted on the distant mountain and recovered from the dense injuries on his body at an amazing speed.

In just half an hour, the teeth were back to full victory.

As a revenge for the interruption of the pursuit just now, the teeth left a dozens of meters long flame channel in the middle of the Kor elf army.

Hundreds of elves who were unable to dodge were burned to charcoal.

After suffering a big loss, Tegris and others dared not cause trouble again.

Maintaining the huge casualties of the cleanup team and the scout team, they retreated in the dense attack.

After a difficult day of marching.

The Cole elf army retreated 1/3 of the way and crossed 8 lines of defense.

But unknowingly, more than 20,000 Cole elf warriors were lost.

There were nearly 30,000 Cole elves injured and waiting for treatment painfully due to lack of medical care.

What made the Cole elves even more terrified was.

When night fell, the bloody moonlight sprinkled on their cloaks.

The Gulf Leader warriors hiding in the dark still did not let go of the attack on them.

Cole elves in a big step retreat.

Sometimes, companions would be shot and fall to the ground without warning.

Sometimes, they would be smashed into a bowl-sized hole by a fist-sized shell.

More often, the stones falling from the sky would make their already fragile nerves fall into deep despair.

The pale-faced Tegris, with red eyes, stared carefully at the collected data, and said in a hoarse and bitter tone:

"Abandon all the seriously injured, everyone speed up!"

In a burst of shrill wailing and cursing.

All the Cole elf warriors lowered their faces and fled here as quickly as possible.

Many of the Cole elf wounded who were left behind showed desperate expressions on their faces.

At this time, the roar of artillery fire came from the surrounding hillsides.

The Cole elf wounded closed their eyes in despair, waiting for the arrival of death.

But to their surprise, death did not come as expected.

A burst of gray-white mist, with an extremely strong paralysis effect, made them fall into a deep sleep.

Aini stared at the Cole elf wounded who were in a coma with hatred.

She adjusted her breathing for a while, and then arranged for the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield.

"Don't worry, the Kor elves with blood on their hands will be sent to the laboratory."

"The rest, after questioning and screening, will also be sent to the New World and the underground world..."

Old John shrugged his shoulders and calmly told the future of these Kor elves.

Everyone must pay the price for their previous choices.

Now, retribution has come!

Annie had no objection to such an arrangement, she had already thought it through.

Those who really launched wars and invasions were never ordinary people at the bottom, but those who were in power.

"Sooner or later, you will all fall into my hands!"

Annie, who slowly adjusted her breathing, quickly began to select targets.

She wanted to master the power as quickly as possible!

Transformation is undoubtedly the fastest way!

The lightly equipped Kor elf army.

Instead, they suffered more attacks on the second day.

However, most of the attacks they received were no longer so deadly.

But before they knew it, more wounded appeared.

The battle mages in the team had to leave more spell slots and mana for healing spells.

They had to ensure the treatment supply for the clearing troops and scout troops.

What most of the Kor elves didn't know was that the Kor elves who were abandoned due to serious injuries did not die, but were treated by the Gulf Lord.

Tegris didn't know the purpose of the Gulf Lord, so he could only flee here with the remaining Kor elves as quickly as possible.

Those fortresses and fortresses that had been captured by them had been recaptured by the Gulf Lord warriors without knowing it.

The supplies stored there naturally became the spoils of the other side.

Tegris suppressed his anger and made up his mind.

After returning to the parliament, he must fully promote the suppression and destruction plan of the Gulf Lord.

The next day, at night.

The Kor elf army only had half a day's journey left to leave the Rocky Mountains.

Tegris, expressionless, was too lazy to count the remaining soldiers of the Kor Elf Army.

He was silently looking forward to Matthew and Yaya taking the initiative to launch a surprise attack.

In this way, he could vent his anger with a fierce battle.

Even more, he could collect more information to prepare for the subsequent hunting of Matthew and Yaya.

The most powerful thing about the Kor Elf Kingdom has never been the military force of the Red LL.

But it is the ubiquitous influence of the entire northern continent and countless lackeys!

But until the remaining army of the Kor Elf broke through the first line of defense arranged by the El Elves.

Abandoned the giant stone fortress that they had finally taken down and returned to the base camp of the Kor Elves.

Matthew and Yaya never appeared again. The figures of the two of them seemed to only appear on the battlefield forever.

The elf guards in the base camp looked at the Kor Elf warriors who were like refugees in disbelief, and were so shocked that they didn't know what to say.

After several days of hellish journey, most of the Kor elf warriors sat dejectedly on the ground, crying silently.

They completely ignored their former elegance and just vented hysterically.

At this time, the Kor elf warriors suddenly realized that they had lost almost everything except life under the fear of death.

Friendship, love, comrades, loyalty, courage...

These original beautiful qualities and things have disappeared without a trace.

Only deep and bottomless holes are left in their hearts.

Many Kor elves roared and ran around like crazy, even ready to fight back to the Rocky Mountains.

They would rather die than reminisce the painful memories in their minds.

With a painful face, Tegris trembled as he flipped through the statistical data, and his eyes suddenly went dark. He fainted in the exclamation of Councillor Caledo.

Archaon, who was sneering beside him, carefully recalled the layout and battle arrangements of Matthew and the Gulf Territory, and muttered with great interest:

"Their tactics are so outstanding..."

"They seized a little bit of luck that was not a loophole at all, and unknowingly dragged the enemy into their own trap..."

"Even when they have an absolute advantage, they still choose to use their strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses..."

"The development and utilization of long-range weapons is also epoch-making..."

"I really didn't expect that the Gulf Territory could reach this point..."

Listening to Archaon's muttering, Iris took a sip of water, felt the original tension return to calm, and couldn't help asking:

"The opponent's strength is the control of the rhythm of the war, especially the development and utilization of various new weapons, which has far exceeded other organizations and armies in the northern continent..."

Iris recalled the overwhelming artillery and crossbows of the other side, sighed and continued:

"We were completely unprepared this time, and because of the rapid march and breaking through the defenses of the El Elves, we abandoned most of the heavy weapons and equipment."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be so passive..."

Shaking his head silently, Archaon glanced at the reawakened Tegris and said in a firm tone:

"Losing is losing, sum up the experience and lessons, and win back next time..."

"But I'm curious, the parliament has suffered such a big loss, while paying more attention to the Gulf Territory, will it increase its investment in magic artillery and long-range attack methods?"

Iris remained silent. He could imagine the anger on the faces of the parliamentarians, but he would never dream that they would make any progress...

They are just a group of stubborn and decadent antiques!

They should be swept into the garbage dump of history!

Stone Fortress.

Aini, who looked a little dazed, looked at the soldiers of the Gulf Territory and the Iron Golem patrolling on the city wall, and suddenly a bright smile appeared on her face:

"Hey, the Cole elves suffered a big loss this time, and they will not be able to cause us any trouble for quite a long time."

Matthew, who was counting the harvest, shook his head solemnly, and said to her and Yaya's surprise:

"In fact, the failure of the Cole elves this time will not hurt them, but will make them stronger."

Matthew did not explain the real reason, he felt a little horrified about his own judgment.

Not counting the 60,000 Cole elf warriors killed by the Elf warriors.

A total of 87,642 Cole elf warriors died at the hands of the soldiers and adventurers of the Gulf Territory!

Considering their average challenge level of 12, they should have provided Matthew with at least 80 million points of destiny power.

But Matthew's harvest was only 10 million destiny power, and the bulk of the overall income disappeared inexplicably.

As the power of destiny was upgraded, Matthew had understood it clearly.

The power of destiny, which is carried by the soul, will fluctuate up and down due to the state of the target's soul.

Just like the target that has been "exploited" by mana, it can usually only provide Matthew with 1/3 of the power of destiny.

And in the case of being taken away by most of it, there is only one possibility.

The souls of these dead Cole elves have been taken away by some terrifying existence.

This is why Matthew changed his tactics in time in the process of chasing the Cole elf army, focusing on creating as many casualties and prisoners as possible.

Because Matthew doesn't want to make wedding clothes for others!

Even if the other party is a god!

Moreover, it is a god of the elven pantheon!

That's right, Matthew dares to guarantee it.

The existence that took away these elf souls is the elven gods who had already made a move on the Cole elves!

He even suspected that the fight between the Cole elves and the El elves was a feast for the elven gods.

The dead Kor elves and Aiel elves all became their "food".

Matthew added another footnote of "greedy and crazy" to these gods...

"MD, they are all crazy!"

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