Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 232 - 226 The Strength of the Half-Beast

Chapter 232 -226 The Strength of the Half-Beast

It’s interesting to note that the elves are on the surface, while the dark dwarves are underground. Yet, it’s the Elf Forest that remains more isolated in terms of information…

The actions of the half-beasts were actually communicated to the elves by the dark dwarves!

Thirty thousand troops!

Upon hearing this number, the expressions of the three elves sitting opposite the dark dwarves varied greatly.

The Death God Priest noticed that the female elf referred to as the Holy Daughter’s pupils shrank slightly. Her once delicate and fair face turned ashen. She seemed quite frightened.

On the right, the black-haired male elf also widened his eyes, showing some amazement. However, he didn’t seem afraid. Rather, there seemed to be a hint of curiosity and eagerness?

But… the most mysterious was still Divine Favored Zero, sitting in the main seat in the middle.

*Her expression remained unchanged, showing neither fear nor concern, nor excitement like the strange elf named Li Mu. She was utterly expressionless, as if hearing just a number…*

“Thirty thousand! They actually… mobilized thirty thousand at once!”

Alice’s voice trembled a bit.

As a race where everyone is a warrior and fiercely brave, the thirty thousand troops of the half-beasts were quite different from the “thirty thousand troops” of other intelligent races!

For example, in human warfare, they tended to exaggerate the army’s number, inflating ten thousand to thirty thousand, or thirty thousand to a hundred thousand, which was commonplace.

Moreover, many intelligent races didn’t have all combat soldiers in their armies during wars. The number of auxiliary and logistics personnel often exceeded those of soldiers who fought directly…

In an army of thirty thousand, only about ten thousand might actually be frontline combatants!

But… the half-beasts were different!

As a derivative race of beastmen, the half-beasts inherited the beastmen’s trait of everyone being a soldier. They resembled nomadic tribes from the Blue Star; during wars, their forces were entirely made up of soldiers capable of frontline combat!

Additionally, as a Black Iron race, these thirty thousand… meant at least thirty thousand Black Iron rank professionals!

A force of thirty thousand professionals at the Black Iron level might not have been significant a thousand years ago when the Segis World’s magic power was abundant, and experts were frequent…

But now, the magic level across the Segis World was low. Although the Black Iron rank wasn’t much affected, breaking through to silver and gold was much harder than a thousand years ago. Legendary beings were much fewer, and demigods… hadn’t been heard of for nearly a millennium.

In this context, thirty thousand Black Iron professionals were incredibly frightening instead.

*That was a terrifying number… Even though Alice knew that the Mother Goddess had summoned nine thousand extraordinarily talented Chosen Ones, only a limited number could truly grow!*

As of now, there were only a little over two thousand Chosen Ones at the Black Iron rank.

And quantity changes bring about qualitative changes…

*A force of thirty thousand well-trained Black Iron-level warriors posed a far greater threat than the tens of thousands of scattered, chaotic, and intellectually inferior shadow troops that once attacked Black Rock City.*

*Facing such a massive force, even if all the half-orc warriors were at the Black Iron Lower, anyone below the golden rank would meet their end in battle.*

Including Black Dragon Mairrel!

Perhaps, given time, it could defeat a half-orc tribe of five thousand, but when confronted with an army of thirty thousand vigorous half-orcs fighting for their faith with high morale…

Even as a dragon, if not fully grown… it would still be beaten to death.

Gold-ranked professionals facing such a vast number could only manage to retreat safely.

To single-handedly rout such an enemy would require a legendary expert transcending the secular world!

And it had to be a seasoned legend!

*Did the Elf Forest have legendary combat power?*

Indeed, it did.

The Earth Cave Spider Empress Rose, whom the Mother Goddess subdued, was one.

However, she had just entered the legendary rank.

Additionally, she was a demon beast of the Underworld with a dark attribute, fearing light and fire.

While night was fine, her power would be greatly diminished in daytime battles on the surface, possibly even comparable to a golden upper-rank professional…

Not to mention that, besides the dark-attributed True Gods, most True Gods of Faith had the light attribute, which was inherently deadly to dark creatures!

In faith wars, without fighting on their home turf rich in dark elements like the underground world, dark creatures like Earth Cave Spiders were easily targeted and eliminated…

Therefore, aside from serving as mounts to the Chosen Ones, Alice didn’t believe the Earth Cave Spiders could be a significant combat force.

Besides the Spider Empress Rose, Divine Favored Zero was also considered half a legend.

She was a lower gold expert, but with the favor of the Mother Goddess, she could summon Her power to unleash legendary-level attacks…

This ability made even Alice very envious…

However, being able to unleash legendary-level attacks was different from being able to fight thirty thousand troops.

*Perhaps Divine Favored Zero could use the Mother Goddess’s power to destroy a legendary peak Shadow Dragon in a single blow, but that was because there was only one target.*

*Could she sweep away an army of thirty thousand in one move?*

*Could Divine Favored Zero summon the Mother Goddess’s power limitlessly? After all, she was merely a lower gold professional.*

*Besides, didn’t the half-orcs have legendary combat power?*

*Didn’t the half-orcs have corresponding defenses?*

The half-orcs were indeed a Black Iron race, with overall weaker strength on the Segis Continent and a population of only hundreds of thousands…

Due to insufficient strength, they were forced to huddle in the barren Death Desert.

Even after winning nominal control over the Elf Forest after the Divine War a thousand years ago, the half-orcs merely roamed the forest’s edges due to fear of nearby human forces and the many mid-to-high-level magic beasts in the Elf Forest.

Furthermore, most of their clansmen were of the Black Iron rank, with very few able to break through to silver, let alone gold; a legendary half-orc had never been heard of…

Such a race might, with the True God’s blessing, find safety in a corner, but they couldn’t possibly rise to become a hegemonic power.

Because… they were truly weak.

But that didn’t mean the half-orcs were devoid of silver and gold experts!

When compared to beastmen and humans, they were weaker.

But beastmen and humans were among the top forces in the Segis World, with humans making up nearly half of the entire world’s intelligent races!

The half-orcs were weaker than them, but still much stronger than the currently struggling Elf Clan.

Even among the half-orcs, there were lucky ones who could, through either fortunate encounters or divine favor, break through to silver strength.

Among them, standouts reached the golden rank!

For example… the Great King of the half-orcs, the strongest half-orc—Lionheart King Imsh, was a lower gold berserker.

The half-orcs’ Chief Priest was also a lower gold spellcaster.

Beyond their apparent strength, one must also consider the forces the half-orcs could summon!

The gods agreed that in faith wars, demigods and above couldn’t intervene…

But what about the legendary level?

The half-orcs didn’t have legendary strength.

But the True God they worshiped, the God of Winter and Hunting, Uller, had legendary-strength totem guardians!

The half-orcs wouldn’t summon a Demigod Walker-class divine envoy, but what about legendary ones? Gold ones?

Even if their summoned time was limited, they were still totem guardians!

Not to mention those half-orcs, like Divine Favored Zero, who enjoyed true God’s favor?

The overall strength of the elves and the Chosen Ones was still too weak…

Alice didn’t believe that, without intervention from the Mother Goddess, the Chosen Ones could defeat the half-orc army!

The half-orcs’ strength was weak.

But today’s Elf Clan… was even weaker!

Even the Mother Goddess, having only recently awakened, didn’t have noteworthy clansmen to show!

*However… if the Mother Goddess intervened, everything would indeed come to a head.*

*Worse still, revealing the Mother Goddess’s true identity could immediately draw the attention of all the gods, leading to a world-wide crusade…*

*Thinking of this, Alice felt even heavier.*

She instinctively glanced sideways, only to be somewhat surprised to find Divine Favored Zero’s expression was calm.

*Hmm?*

*Alice’s heart was stirred.*

This meeting with the dark dwarves came with a divine oracle for her from the Mother Goddess, with Divine Favored Zero leading the organization…

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*In fact, since Divine Favored Zero was dispatched to the Chosen City by the Mother Goddess, she had subtly become another leader of the Nature Church, on par with Alice.*

*Yet, unlike Alice, who mainly handled church operations and internal affairs around the Elf Forest, Divine Favored Zero focused more on external matters.*

*Seeing Divine Favored Zero’s calm demeanor, Alice couldn’t help but speculate… perhaps the Mother Goddess had already strategized.*

…

After completing their transaction, the dark dwarves provided the elves with some intelligence on the half-beasts before leaving the Elf Forest and returning to the Underworld.

Once the dark dwarves had departed, Li Mu respectfully bowed to the two elf NPCs and then excitedly left.

In the meeting room, only Alice and Zero remained.

Alice hesitated for a moment before asking,

“Lord Zero, I noticed you seemed neither surprised nor frightened by the news of the half-beasts. Do you already have a plan?”

Zero looked at her and replied,

“In this battle of faith, I will handle enemies with power from gold to legend.”

“You?!”

Alice couldn’t help but widen her eyes.

She hesitated for a moment, then said worriedly,

“Lord Zero, I know you can summon the power of the Mother Goddess, but… ultimately, you’re only a lower gold professional. If the half-beasts summon more than one legendary-level totem guardian this time, then you…”

“Trust me, I can handle it.”

Divine Favored Zero’s voice was very calm.

Alice: …

*She opened her mouth, unsure of how to respond.*

Zero could handle it?

*Could she really handle it?*

*While it might not be necessary to kill the totem guardians, merely stalling until their summoning time ran out, they were still legendary!*

*She could kill a Shadow Dragon with True God’s power, but standing against legendary-level totem guardians was a different story!*

*And there might be more than one!*

*Where did Zero’s confidence come from?*

*Suddenly appearing, valued so highly by the Mother Goddess, and so self-assured herself…*

*Who is she really?*

“But… even if you can handle the legendary-level totem guardians, those thirty thousand troops…”

“Don’t worry.”

Zero interrupted Alice’s words.

“The thirty thousand troops can be handled by the Chosen Ones.”

“The Chosen Ones? Their strength is still too weak, even with the ability to revive… With barely over two thousand Black Iron-ranked Chosen Ones, it’s unlikely they can stand against thirty thousand half-orcs!”

Alice shook her head.

Zero glanced at her, smiling for the first time:

“Two thousand Black Iron rankers can’t handle it…”

“Then how about ten thousand?”