Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 225 - 219: Engaging in Battle

Chapter 225 -219: Engaging in Battle

Where did such violent elves come from?!

*Could it be… they’re here to rescue their companions?*

*How did they know the whereabouts of the mercenary corps?*

*How many of them are there? Is the Black Dragon with them?*

In a matter of seconds, several thoughts flashed through Crocodile’s mind, and cold sweat broke out on his back…

The appearing elves, naturally, were the players.

More accurately, it was the fastest Cave Spider Cavalry.

The Cave Spider Cavalry numbered around two hundred.

They were organized into a separate unit by Li Mu and placed under the solo command of Fried Tomato, who was adept at small-team battles.

The unit included about forty Elf Archers, sixty Elf Mages, twenty Elf Druids, and over ninety Elf Hunters and warriors.

Archers, Mages, and Druids all had long-range attack methods.

Meanwhile, Hunters and warriors were each given a modified Dwarf steam gun from the Mengmeng Committee…

The steam gun was notoriously hard to attach skills to, and archer players’ skills focused on bows and arrows. Therefore, their weapon remained the bow and arrow, while those using the steam guns were warriors and Hunter players who were not good at ranged combat.

It could be said that once the warriors and Hunters were equipped with steam guns, all two hundred plus players had some degree of long-range killing capability.

Under Li Mu’s orders, Fried Tomato led the Cave Spider Cavalry to catch up to the mercenary corps first and launch an attack and harassment…

Riding on ferocious large spiders, they charged toward the Crocodile Mercenary Corps camp, hollering like a group of bandit mad dogs descending the mountain to raid.

During the charge, those wielding longbows raised their bows again, players with magic wands chanted spells, and players carrying swords also raised their heavy, bulky Dwarf steam guns again…

With a series of loud booms, several more mercenaries fell, followed by dozens of arrows flying in, succeeded by a series of offensive magic spells—Fireballs, Wind Blades, Ice Spikes—arrived in an instant.

Screams rose and fell, with more than a dozen mercenaries engulfed in the rain of arrows and magic.

From the moment the players launched their surprise attack, in less than a minute, nearly fifty mercenaries had died around the camp!

This sudden attack immediately perplexed the mercenaries, and the camp’s perimeter quickly descended into chaos.

Seeing the panicked mercenaries and their excellent results, the players’ morale instantly soared:

“Haha! Such weaklings!”

“Ten thousand experience points! I shot a mercenary and instantly gained ten thousand experience points!”

“Damn! So rich!”

The long-range players became excited, with their gazes toward the mercenaries changing.

The intense gaze even made the mercenary on the outskirts shiver uncontrollably.

However, the melee players using steam guns were somewhat frustrated:

“What a pity… I’m a warrior. This steam gun doesn’t apply skill attachments, so I don’t earn experience from kills…”

The effect of the war blessing lay in skill and close combat.

Sword and magic attacks or archer skill-boosted arrows could all bring experience points.

But if solely relying on tools, this effect couldn’t be triggered.

For example, the Meal Squad that used explosives to kill Earth Cave Spiders earlier, and the warriors and Hunter players using steam guns now; although they killed their targets, they didn’t earn experience.

“Don’t panic! You’ll have your chance for close combat soon, just listen to orders and keep charging!”

Fried Tomato comforted the melee players while leading the Cave Spider Cavalry to charge at the mercenaries again…

The players’ first wave of surprises inflicted considerable harm on the Crocodile Mercenary Corps.

Fifty mercenaries died, which accounted for one-twentieth of their number…

However, the rumbling blasts also snapped Crocodile out of his daze.

Seeing only two hundred and some Elf Spider Knights come out, with no subsequent elf reinforcements, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Just a mere two hundred elves riding strange spiders didn’t warrant Crocodile’s attention!

He snorted, shouting assuredly:

“Stay steady! Don’t panic! There’s not many of them!”

“Those are Elf Archers and Elf Mages! They’ve even brought Dwarf steam guns!”

“Raise shields and spears! Form a shield wall defensive formation! Mages, quickly apply magic effects to the shield wall! Protect the camp! Don’t let those spiders get in!”

Under the commander’s orders, the mercenaries quickly regained their calm.

Following Crocodile’s direction, they swiftly raised their shields to form a wall, thrusting long spears out from gaps to prevent the Cave Spiders from closing in.

A few human mages quickly chanted spells to add a Magic Shield to the shield wall.

The charging players launched their attack once more.

Warrior and Hunter players pulled the steam gun triggers, and the rumbling booms sounded again…

But this time, the mercenaries were prepared.

The launched steel bullets hit the raised shield wall, which quivered slightly, and the Magic Shield on it shimmered…

This time, the players’ attacks didn’t even penetrate the Magic Shield, dropping metal balls to the ground instead…

In the Segis World, Magic Shields were the most effective defense against kinetic weapons without skill attachment.

Thus, with the Magic Shield, the steam guns in the players’ hands lost their deterrence.

Seeing their attacks rendered ineffective, the players grumbled in annoyance:

“Damn it! Even modified, this gun’s too weak!”

“No wonder Dwarf steam guns are obsolete, they’re useless against magic…”

“Charge forward?”

“Melee don’t charge! Switch to archers! We still have Mages and Druids!”

Fried Tomato roared, issuing new orders.

Upon hearing the command, the archer players on Cave Spiders raised their bows, firing Magic Arrows aided by skills.

Mages and Druids quickly chanted spells again.

Arrows imbued with skills flew again, penetrating Magic Shields due to skill effects, lodging into shields, yet couldn’t pierce further…

Instead, the subsequent spells continued to inflict some damage on the mercenaries.

However, with the Magic Shielf and shields’ protection, only a few mercenaries were slightly wounded.

Black Iron Middle Rank players’ long-range skill attacks were still limited…

Therefore, losing the element of surprise, the players’ attacks were instantly hindered as the mercenaries began targeted countermeasures.

Seeing the players’ thwarted attack, Crocodile’s eyes glinted:

“Hold the shield wall defense! Maintain the magic! Their attack power is limited, and their numbers aren’t many! Surround them! Capture them!”

At the sound of the command, the renewed mercenaries swiftly advanced, holding their shield walls and attempted to encircle the players.

Seeing the mercenaries trying to surround the players, Fried Tomato shouted in Elvish:

“Cancel the charge! Disperse! Flank and skirmish! Focus on harassing to buy time!”

Upon his command, the players instantly changed their course.

No longer charging at the mercenaries, they moved to the camp’s flanks, occasionally firing arrows or pot-shots or tossing Fireballs into the camp.

Aiming not for kills, but chaos.

With the players’ tactical change, although little damage was done to the mercenaries, their movements were once again hindered.

Over two hundred Cave Spider Cavalry executed as a group of mobile plains archers, circling around the mercenary camp while maneuvering and shooting.

Occasional Fireballs thrown into camp that set goods ablaze caused more commotion among the mercenaries.

Watching the burning carts ignited by Fireballs, Crocodile’s eyes turned red:

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“Damn it!”

Those goods were treasures he painstakingly bought from the Kingdom of Aries! They needed to be resold to the empire!

“Put out the fire quickly! Hold the formation, and my trusted aides, follow me! Capture those elves!”

He ordered furiously.

With Crocodile’s command, the camp’s mercenaries scrambled to extinguish the fires, while the outer mercenaries maintained formation, and dozens of mercenaries with strength reaching Black Iron Upper Rank charged out with him, directly launching a counter-charge on the elves…

However… Crocodile underestimated the mobility of the Cave Spiders.

After signing contracts with players, the speed of these large Cave Spiders became even faster, while Mage and Druid players applied the continuous magic of [Light Body Skill] to everyone, making it impossible for the mercenaries to catch up.

Only Crocodile, with strength at Silver Middle Rank, could keep pace with the players.

Yet every time he charged, the players would focus their fire on him and steer widely clear, unable to harm him but limiting his pursuit.

*Why are these elves so cunning?!*

Crocodile wore an ugly expression.

Though mercenaries couldn’t catch the elves, neither could the elves breach the mercenaries’ camp, and even their attempts to kill mercenaries were largely nullified by their defenses.

The situation… ended up in a stalemate.

Yet even so, the elves didn’t give up their attack, continuing to circle and harass around the camp, not seeming in a hurry to save their companions…

Noticing this fact, Crocodile’s face finally changed.

He suddenly realized something:

*These elves… they’re not here to rescue anyone, but to stall for time!*

“They… must have reinforcements! They might be waiting for the Black Dragon!”

In an instant, Crocodile’s face turned deathly pale.

He gritted his teeth, shouting:

“Don’t get entangled with them! Maintain formation, let’s get out of here!”

Yet just as he finished issuing orders, vague shouting sounds drifted in from the southern trade route…

Crocodile was taken aback and instinctively looked over.

Amidst flying dust, densely packed, fully armed elves formed tight formations that appeared in the mercenaries’ sights.

From a distance, their numbers were astonishing, not less than a thousand!

*So many elves?!*

Seeing the exaggerated numbers, Crocodile was dumbfounded.

However, that wasn’t the end…

As the mercenary corps members were shocked and slightly agitated by the sudden appearance of the Elf Army in their view…

A resounding dragon roar rang out from the sky.

The thing Crocodile feared the most happened.

A menacing Black Dragon, with massive wings flapping, appeared in the mercenaries’ view…

“RUA! Evil humans! You’ve taken Mairrel’s clansmen! You must pay dearly for this!”

Her vibrant, excited voice resounded in the air.

At that moment, Crocodile’s mood plummeted even lower…