Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 226 - 220: A Crushing Defeat!

Chapter 226 -220: A Crushing Defeat!

When the well-equipped “Elf” Army broke into view, the mercenaries fell into chaos…

No one expected that the attack from over two hundred elves was just the beginning, and there were even more elves coming.

And… the number of opponents was shockingly large!

At least a thousand elves were charging, well-equipped and high-spirited…

The spectacular scene left the mercenaries incredibly shocked and yet in disbelief, feeling as if they were in a dream.

As a medium-sized mercenary group operating along the borders, the Crocodile Mercenary Corps was not unfamiliar with large-scale battles. They had once fought against a thousand-strong bandit group and had been hired by the imperial nobles to quell the imperial rebels…

However… neither the bandit groups nor the human armies had ever brought them the shock that the current scene did.

Elves!

These were elves!

Not humans! Certainly not Half-Beasts!

Typically, they might not see an elf for many years. In fact, for many mercenaries, yesterday was the first time they had ever seen such legendary, noble, and beautiful beings…

But the experiences of the last two days had surely opened their eyes.

The raid capturing more than fifty elves yesterday was already a shocking surprise for the mercenaries…

Yet today, they saw even more!

On the not-too-wide trading road, elves were densely packed as far as the eye could see. Even in the dense forests on both sides, their tall figures were visible…

The mercenaries, judging by experience, assessed that the number of these elves was… probably more than their own mercenary corps!

*By the Eternal Lord, was every elf in the world gathered here?*

*When did the Elf Clan become so common?*

Of course, the appearance of the Elf Army only caused slight disturbance among the mercenaries, not yet fear.

After all… although the elves appeared numerous, the mercenaries were also in significant numbers.

Moreover, these elves barely had a formation, and it was clearly much more chaotic compared to the mercenaries. They resembled the chaotic bandits that the mercenaries remembered descending to pillage rather than a proper army…

In contrast, although the Crocodile Mercenary Corps was at most a makeshift mercenary army, they could still cooperate as well as a professional army and maintained at least some basic level of organization.

The elves were different though.

Although they had some semblance of a formation, it was clearly just a makeshift structure, quite chaotic.

And this chaos reached a peak when they saw the mercenaries.

In essence, these elves’ image… was completely unlike the noble elegance described in legend.

However, the mercenaries no longer had the mind to think about this…

Because just after the Elf Army appeared, a loud dragon’s roar was heard.

“Black… Black Dragon! It’s a Black Dragon!”

Seeing the menacing dark shadow on the horizon, the mercenary group instantly fell into terror, morale plummeting.

Dragon!

As the most legendary golden species in the Segis World, dragon tales were told the world over.

Among dragons, the Black Dragon was the most wicked and powerful type, typically representing the evil dragon in stories.

It was safe to say that humans instinctively feared Black Dragons…

Moreover, the mercenaries were well aware that their leader had just led a group to raid a Black Dragon’s lair yesterday, and today’s journey was to escape potential retaliation.

And evidently… they were being pursued by the Black Dragon, coming for revenge!

Were it just elves coming, the mercenaries, although shocked, would still have confidence to fight back.

If only the Black Dragon was coming, the mercenaries, despite fearing and dreading, could at least organize a resistance.

However, with both appearing simultaneously, it overwhelmingly surpassed the mercenaries’ psychological endurance.

Faced with a battle that they were certain to lose or even die in, unless they had unwavering beliefs, no one would willingly die.

In Crocodile’s stunned gaze, he saw that even before the elves charged, their mercenary group’s formation, trained for years, began to waver subtly, showing signs of collapse!

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Mercenaries were still mercenaries.

And the Crocodile Mercenary Corps was not one of those renowned legendary mercenary teams.

Even with a certain level of organization, they did not possess the discipline of a true army.

Winning a favorable battle was their strength, but facing a clearly overpowering enemy, wavering and defeat were common.

In this state of turmoil… the battle began.

But unlike the demoralized mercenaries…

With the dragon’s roar overhead and arousing BGM playing, and seeing the Cave Spider Knights boasting about their enviable XP income in the troop chat channel… The charging players were completely insane.

These mercenaries… held high XP!

Bodies!

*They had to claim more bodies!*

The players, eyes red with fervor, morale reached an unprecedented height!

They swung their swords, shouting “Ura Ura!” like a pack of crazed wolves, pursuing their prey, rushing toward the mercenaries!

The formation was in complete disarray.

But morale soared!

The relentless players surged forth like a deluge, instantly breaking through the already wavering mercenary formation!

Under the combined pressure of the Black Dragon and elves, the mercenaries lost their fighting spirit…

The previously impregnable shield wall under the assault of over two hundred Spider Cavalry crumbled like paper, instantly destroyed by the players!

The mercenaries only saw these elves recklessly charging in, wildly unleashing skills, hacking away at anyone they caught, not stopping until they felled their target!

Blood splattered, splashing on the elves’ faces, which bore bloodthirsty grins, as if relishing in a bloodbath carnival…

The madness, the fearlessness, it all terrified the mercenaries accustomed to slaughter.

“Crazy… they’re crazy!”

Finally, a mercenary broke down.

He dropped his shield and turned to flee…

With the first runner, the second came quickly.

Gradually, under the assault of the elves, the entire Crocodile Mercenary Corps began to rout!

And this rout further exacerbated the chaos in the mercenary formation.

Soon, nearly half of the mercenaries turned, discarded their gear, and fled backward…

This was the very definition of defeat!

Crocodile stood paralyzed, watching his army collapse in an instant.

However, this was just the beginning.

Seeing the mercenaries begin to flee, exposing their backs to them, the players’ morale soared once again.

“They’ve started to run! Chase them! Take them down!”

Li Mu excitedly commanded.

The players at the front also squealed and pursued…

Exposing one’s back to the enemy was the most foolish act.

Discarding armor and weapons was sheer folly!

The elves were naturally agile, with many intentionally wearing [Speed Boost] boots.

Thus, even having discarded their weapons, the mercenaries hadn’t gotten far.

They were swiftly caught by the following players and cut down like slicing vegetables!

Those abandoned pieces of equipment were quickly picked up by the players behind, hefted onto their shoulders.

The entire battle scene flipped drastically, from one side’s defeat to a one-sided slaughter!

Under the onslaught of the players, the mercenary corps utterly collapsed. Nearly everyone lost their will to fight and scattered in flight!

At this moment, the Cave Spider Cavalry on the outskirts moved into action.

They circled the perimeter, intercepting and chasing down the fleeing mercenaries…

Crocodile watched, stunned and cold-hearted, at the scene before him.

Even with his mid-silver strength, he couldn’t alter the disastrous reality.

No…

This was beyond a disaster.

*The Crocodile Mercenary Corps might very well be annihilated today!*

*How could these elves be so ruthless?!*

Crocodile could clearly see that some mercenaries did try to surrender, yet even in surrender, they met only with the elves’ laughter and slaughter!

“Commander! We must escape! The Black Dragon hasn’t even acted, there is still hope!”

At this moment, a few confidants rushed over, pale-faced.

Listening to his confidants, Crocodile tasted bitterness.

Indeed, the Black Dragon… had yet to act!

It simply circled above, intimidating for the elves.

But merely the elves had shattered the team Crocodile painstakingly built over the years!

His heart turned even colder.

At this moment, Crocodile regretted deeply why he let greed take over, why he targeted the Black Dragon Castle, why he captured those damn elves!

But… it was all too late!

Crocodile’s hands trembled slightly; he gritted his teeth and said, eyes red:

“Using those captured elves as hostages, let’s break out!”

The Black Dragon was formidable, far beyond what Crocodile could contend with.

His only trump card, a seventh-ring Teleportation Technique magic scroll, had already been expended the previous day.

Escaping alone meant he likely couldn’t evade the Black Dragon’s chase… whereas those captured elves were his last bargaining chip!

For a Black Dragon to send so many elves for the rescue, it clearly valued these captured elves highly!

And this… was probably the entire mercenary group’s sole path to survival!

Finishing his speech, Crocodile and his confidants hurriedly returned to the place where the elves were detained.

Under Crocodile’s orders, the mercenaries dragged out and gathered the more than fifty elves bound by the Magic Prohibition Rope.

Crocodile personally selected what appeared to be the most splendidly dressed, seemingly highest-ranking female elf and placed his Longsword against her neck…

Then, his eyes red, Crocodile summoned all his strength and shouted toward the Black Dragon on the horizon:

“Black Dragon! If you want to save your clansmen, have your elves cease their attack!”

“Otherwise, even if we die, we will take your clansmen… and have them buried with us!”