arcane emperor

Chapter 595: Pollution has begun! (8000)

"Roar……!"

The monsters roared sharply and greedily devoured the corpses scattered everywhere.

Their sense of smell is very keen and they can smell the "meaty smell" inside through mud and ruins.

They didn't hesitate at all with their physical strength, directly digging away at the soil and ruins above, not sparing any blood or pieces of flesh.

These actions of the Twisted Dryad caused extreme discomfort to the Kor Elf warriors.

Seeing them desecrating the corpses of their companions in this way, unspeakable anger kept boiling inside.

The order to retreat and reorganize the army forced them to leave.

Even so, there were still conflicts between Cole elf warriors and twisted tree elves.

The former is preparing to treat his companions who are still alive, while the latter will not let go of the flesh and blood that reaches his mouth.

The Twisted Dryad's combat power is very powerful, and ordinary attacks are almost ineffective against it.

A wound cut by a sword can be healed in two or three breaths.

And the bloody vines they wield are not only extremely fast, but also tough and powerful.

Once entangled, it is almost impossible to break free on your own.

The Cole Elf warriors suffered a loss in the conflict, which naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Cole Elf elite.

They were merciless in their attacks, with enchanted arrows and various spells coming one after another, and they quickly killed the twisted tree spirits that had crossed the border.

The remaining twisted tree spirits immediately became more honest.

The bloodthirsty ancient tree didn't care about the result of this temptation.

It still greedily devoured the delivered corpses and continued to strengthen its body.

Soon, the bloodthirsty ancient tree grew to a height of 30 meters, and the number of twisted tree spirits with fruiting bodies also increased to thousands.

Some of these individuals are a full five or six meters tall.

The remains of constructs and combat puppets can be vaguely seen in the body that is a mixture of plants and flesh.

It can be seen that the bloodthirsty ancient tree devoured the soul, allowing it to gain a lot of memories and growth.

Just as it was about to continue waiting for flesh and blood, a series of spells hit it head and face.

The surrounding twisted tree spirits were immediately blown away, and dozens of them were killed.

This is a warning!

The bloodthirsty ancient tree turned its head and glanced behind, with a sneer on its face. It noticed the twisted tree spirits devouring the remains of its companions, and slowly stood up.

It has noticed the anger of the Cole elves, but it still misses them in its heart.

"What delicious food, I must eat more in the future..."

This terrifying monster staggered towards Icewind Castle.

The El elves who had just finished cleaning the battlefield had been ordered not to look at it.

The high-level professionals who were allowed to watch it were also vaguely aware of the red light emitted by the bloodthirsty ancient tree, which was indescribably weird and twisted.

If you look carefully, it seems that all your eyes and souls will be absorbed and fall into an absurd illusion.

The high-level adventurers who saw this scene couldn't help but feel wary.

In particular, he noticed that some El Elf warriors and Cole Elf prisoners around him suddenly went crazy.

Only then did I vaguely understand that the territory requires all adventurers to undergo mental and will training just to resist such terrifying monsters?
They had a vague feeling that some truth hidden in the darkness of the world was unfolding before their eyes at this moment.

Even more adventurers began to think about the scarlet moon that the Gulf Territory had been preparing for, as well as various emergency rehearsals.

Does it really mean something else?
Only Jifan remained calm, quickly analyzing the various situations of the bloodthirsty ancient tree, and issued various combat orders without hesitation:

"Prepare the magic artillery. The target enters within 500 meters, and focus on covering the lower half."

"Prepare the dragon-hunting crossbow. When the target enters the 300-meter range, shoot its eyes first!"

"Magic gun, target..."

"..."

The soldiers on the city wall immediately became busy.

In this case, they forgot their fear of the monster.

The previous battles had taught them a profound truth:

"If you do your job well, you can win the battle, defeat the enemy, and survive!"

I don't know if it was aware of the coming attack, or if this was its original purpose.

About 800 meters away from the city wall, the bloodthirsty ancient tree stopped.

It stared at the city wall with its big bloodshot eyes, greedily staring at it. It could vaguely feel that there was a lot of food it needed very much inside.

However, the bloodthirsty ancient tree also felt a fatal threat.

Therefore, it did not continue to approach, but carefully controlled the twisted tree spirits, allowing them to continue to plunder more flesh and blood.

The area under the city wall was covered with dense corpses of Cole elves.

Under the light of the morning sun, their dilapidated appearance was revealed.

These corpses were left behind by the Kor elves' attacks throughout the night.

Tens of thousands of corpses will become nutrients for the growth of the bloodthirsty ancient tree.

However, the Gulf Territory soldiers and El elves would not tolerate these twisted tree spirits. Under Jifan's order, they opened fire on these terrifying monsters very freely.

The Twisted Dryad's defense is astonishing. The thick leather and twisted bloody vine tissue make them immune to most physical attacks.

However, when faced with the impact of these terrifying artillery, their wooden fiber bodies were not so impressive.

After all, these twisted flesh and blood grown temporarily are not as tenacious and powerful as the real tree spirits.

Faced with the fierce bombardment of rotating cannonballs, if they could not hold on for two or three rounds, they would be directly hit with a big hole, or even be directly broken open in the chest and blasted into two pieces.

When facing the attack of the dragon-hunting crossbow, the twisted tree spirit behaved even more unbearably.

They are completely unable to defend against the armor-piercing arrows fired from the dragon-hunting crossbows. After being hit instantly, they will be dragged to a position not far from the city wall.

Jifan, who was ready to use them to obtain more information, was not in a hurry to kill them. Instead, he ordered each group of soldiers to conduct various experiments on them.

"Look at the lethality of ordinary crossbows and swords!"

"Look at the damage of ordinary armor-piercing crossbows?"

"Let's see how long they can last under the burning of ordinary flames..."

"Let's see how strong their attack is..."

"..."

As a large number of Twisted Dryads were killed, it became more difficult for the Twisted Dryads to obtain new flesh and blood.

Some soldiers were a little confused, why didn't the Gulf Territory simply burn all the bodies of the Cole elves?
They didn't have any idea and just chose to follow orders.

As their understanding of these monsters gradually deepened, they also believed that these twisted tree spirits just looked a little scary, and it was not a big deal if they actually took action.

Jifan silently watched the twisted tree spirits, recycling and devouring the corpses of their dead companions, slowly becoming more powerful and terrifying.

"Next time you fight these monsters, be sure to burn their corpses first."

"In addition to burning the corpse, priority should be given to disposing of the surrounding flesh and blood..."

"Try to keep a distance from them and use long-range means to attack..."

"After the battle, be sure to purify and clean up!"

"..."

This kind of first-line intelligence information will receive the greatest attention.

The Gulf Council will conduct a more in-depth and detailed study.

Specifically targeted against this type of enemy.

Develop more lethal weapons.

From institutions to education, Gulf Territory is not afraid of any difficulties and pursues more efficient problem solving rather than letting things go.

Any small problem, if ignored, has the potential to develop into a big and scary problem in the future.

If there are more and more problems and they are not solved, they will eventually come to an end under the influence of external forces or internal strife.

Therefore, Gulf leaders are not afraid of making mistakes, only of not making corrections.

Whoosh!

The dull sound of breaking through the air resounded over the city one after another.

Crossbow arrows, large and small, flew out regardless of the cost.

Every arrow fired has its own mission and purpose.

Archers will try their best to ensure that every arrow will not miss.

Because they are not only valuable, but also have extraordinary significance in the current battle.

If arrows cannot work, they must rely on flesh and blood to fight against the enemy's tools.

According to the combat principles of the Gulf Territory, this is the last resort and is something that all shooters must avoid.

In Aini's eyes, the situation was completely different.

Each crossbow arrow shot represents a cost of more than 3 gold coins and a sales price of more than 10 gold coins.

It was this large amount of gold coins that curbed the crazy attack of Cole's elven army.

In a way that she could hardly imagine, she was able to persevere in the strangulation battle that was like a millstone of flesh and blood.

From yesterday to this morning, the crossbows supported by the Guanghai Bay leaders amounted to at least more than 300 million gold coins!
Enough to make a small mountain of gold!
These are not the key yet!
In order to transport these materials, it is necessary to break the war curtain arranged by the Cole Elf Kingdom and use the super teleportation array for fixed-point delivery.

Each transfer of personnel and materials is carried out.

The Gulf Territory needs to spend more and more resources and gold coins to carry out fixed-point breakthroughs in space.

In this Icewind Castle War alone, the Gulf Territory has invested at least tens of millions of gold coins.

This does not include the rewards for warriors and adventurers...

Matthew hadn't even mentioned all this to her.

But because of this, Aini felt very heavy pressure.

Although the wound has healed, the feeling of weakness and powerlessness still makes Aini very helpless.

She is eager to join the fight together, and her inner worries will be less.

Just when she was having some random thoughts, Ya Ya came to her side without knowing it. With a bright smile on her face, she said happily:

"It can be regarded as giving the Cole elf a good beating. I have wanted to do this for a long time."

In Aini's impression, Yaya has always hated spending money, so why is today an exception?

As if she had read Aini's doubts, Yaya gently patted the very curious Menglan in her hand, and patiently explained to her:
"Don't put too much psychological pressure on us. This is a battle that our Gulf leaders have to fight."

"There is a saying in the East: If you hit someone with one punch, you will not be hit by a hundred punches."

"The Cole elves have been dealing with us for so long, we can't let them live too comfortably..."

Once the Cole elves captured the El elves, the unification of the elven forces was completed.

Not only can we gain a population of 4000 to [-] million people.

Obtain a large territory and a large number of resources.

You can also get a large number of "soldiers" and "cannon fodder".

The Gulf leaders will lose a potential ally, a very generous customer, and a target that can draw firepower for them.

More importantly, the Cole elves will receive the inheritance of the El elves!
Let its already powerful and unique technologies achieve more accumulation and breakthroughs.

These are unacceptable to Matthew and Bayland!
Therefore, even if a certain price is paid, the Gulf Territory must participate in this war.

Even though she said that, Aini's expression still didn't look good.

Even now, the El Elves have not sent any reinforcements, and they have not even sent a message asking about the situation of the battle.

Our own people have given up, but they rely on the persistence of the Gulf Territory to fight bloody battles here.

Aini inevitably felt lost and sad, but when she looked at Shang Yaya's excited eyes and savored what she said, she couldn't help but cheer up.

That’s right, there’s no time to think about that now!

The battle is not over yet, the enemy has not been eliminated, it is not the time to be sentimental!
Seeing that Aini had recovered, Yaya even laughed out loud and said impatiently:
"Moreover, it's not like we have nothing to gain, we have even made a huge profit..."

Aini turned her head in shock and faced Yaya's delighted face, with an expression of disbelief on her face.

Can this also make money?
impossible!

It’s not like Aini has never studied in the Gulf Territory, and she has also had exposure to and understanding of various new industries and product development.

But because of this, Aini still hasn't thought about how the Gulf Territory made money in this battle that has consumed tens of millions of gold coins?
And judging from the look on Yaya’s face, this is definitely not small money!

Ya Ya did not hesitate and explained the operations of Bay Leader and Matthew to Aini.

Aini, whose head was a little dizzy, subconsciously widened her eyes. Her original weakness disappeared, and instead she showed a bit of shock and excitement:

"Can news be sold for money? And it can be sold for millions of gold coins?"

Ya Ya nodded excitedly, clasped his fingers and sorted out bit by bit with Aini and said:

"That's right, despite the other El Elf families and forces, they didn't rush to Icewind Castle."

"However, they have a great desire to understand the situation here."

"When we sold some photo crystals that recorded battle situations, they all paid high prices one by one..."

Aini, who was very angry at what those guys did, was also very happy about the news about the Gulf Commander and the sale of the photo crystal for 400 million gold coins.

"This is not over yet. What was sent to them before was the battle situation during the day yesterday."

"If they want the details of last night, the price will be doubled..."

Yaya, who was quite excited, shook his white and tender fists towards Aini, put on an expression as if he had grasped them, and said very expectantly:

"Moreover, these El Elf families and forces are just the first batch of customers."

"There are many forces in the entire northern continent, and they must be willing to pay hundreds of thousands of gold coins to learn the specific details of the matter, and even the situation of the Cole Elf army!"

"Calculating it this way, selling about 20 copies shouldn't be too much at all. The price sold to them can be slightly cheaper. I can barely give them 50 gold coins per copy..."

Although there was a little childishness in Yaya's voice.

But Aini could hear the seriousness in her tone.

She immediately realized that this seemingly absurd sales plan could really achieve great success.Think about it, no matter what the relationship of those kingdoms and powers to the Kor elves.

They all definitely want to know more about it!

For those who have a good relationship with the Cole Elf Kingdom, you can take a look at the combat effectiveness of their army.

After a simple comparison.

They can think more.

Next comes the contact with the Cole elves.

How much should they give and how to maintain the relationship.

They can even "betray" the Gulf leaders who spread the news.

It can not only express a position, but also show cheap loyalty.

It’s simply not a good deal!
For hostile forces that have a bad relationship with the Cole elves, it is even more necessary to buy one.

They can have a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Cole Elves' army and judge the strength comparison between the two sides, so that they can make more preparations and make targeted arrangements.

This is much more cost-effective than investing in the army and fighting a life-and-death war to obtain this valuable information.

"It's only sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins, so they may be worried!"

"We have to increase the price to at least 100 million gold coins before they can believe the authenticity of the information!"

"Moreover, this kind of general information is worth the price. If they want to obtain more detailed information, we can also sell them a "favor"!"

"When that time comes, we must let them increase the money!"

When Yaya saw Aini talking, her eyes suddenly showed unspeakable joy and admiration, as if she had found a good partner with the same goals.

Menglan in her arms widened her eyes and thought in a daze:

"Should I ask my parents to buy one too? Maybe they would like to know..."

Aini's words gave Yaya a lot of inspiration.

While she was jotting down some exciting plans to make a fortune, she came up with another crazy plan.

"Yeah! Selling news is just the first step to making money..."

"Just like we are fighting against the Cole elves now, we definitely can't do it alone..."

"The El Elf family and forces, as well as other kingdoms and organizations, will definitely want us to persist longer!"

"At that time, we can go to them to sell goods, as well as the trophies seized from the Cole elves, and even the "corpse" that symbolizes meritorious service..."

Aini couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

She felt that her thinking had been open enough, but she didn't expect that she was still far behind Yaya.

However, she soon got new inspiration from Yaya's plan and properly "checked and filled in the gaps" for it.

"This is their effective support for us against the Cole elves..."

"As long as you "trade" with us, you are indirectly fighting against the Cole elves."

"It is natural to have common "gains"..."

"Moreover, if they are willing to obtain more detailed information, they can also send people to Icewind Castle..."

"Presumably they are willing to pay a sum of money for "protection", cough, cough, "living expenses"!"

Yaya seemed to see countless gold coins waving to him. He couldn't wait to put Menglan on his shoulders, nodded repeatedly and said ecstatically:

"Ah! That's not all!"

"Just watching us do it will make them uneasy and unsatisfied. They will definitely want to try it themselves..."

"At that time, they can also send people over to fight, and we can provide some guidance and training. Isn't it easy to collect some gold coins?"

"Yeah! Guidance and training alone may be too wasteful. We can teach them how to fight the Cole elves step by step!"

"..."

The two of them talked more and more, the more they talked, the bolder they became, and the more they talked, the happier they were.

Matthew, who was listening to their conversation, also recognized their outstanding performance:
“It’s really “good”!”

“You’re self-taught without a teacher!”

"No, it seems that I have begun to use the name of training to ask the 3rd Army and the 8th Army to provide soldiers to help fight..."

"Good guy, it turns out you are here..."

Matthew thought of this, but he didn't say it. He turned to look at Ji Fan who was shocked, patted his shoulder and said:
"These proposals and plans are quite good. You can consider cooperating with Aini to run Icewind Castle well..."

That's right, Matthew has already made up his mind to arrange these plans directly with the help of this established fact.

These plans are quite bold and extremely avant-garde!

But it can indeed bring considerable benefits to the Gulf Territory, not only expanding the Gulf Territory's influence.

Telling other forces about the situation of the Cole elves can also increase their confidence appropriately.

It is much more cost-effective to make Cole Elf's henchmen a little more hesitant and to give Cole Elf's enemies a little more courage than to earn hundreds or tens of millions of gold coins.

Of course, since the Gulf Leader has such a good feeling for everyone, everyone must be embarrassed to talk about "money" with the Gulf Leader.

Just get the "payment" from our bay as quickly as possible!

Jifan blinked in confusion, and nodded, suddenly feeling a little confused.

He felt ashamed in his heart, and at the same time he secretly made up his mind to study hard.

After completing combat training on weekdays, you still have to learn more about camp management and management...

Unknowingly, Jifan was already full of confidence in this war.

Even if there are still more than 40 Cole elves!

Even though the terrifying bloodthirsty ancient tree in front of us is already very close!

"Ding, after your careful observation, you obtained information about the extraordinary skill - flesh and blood alienation."

"You have successfully understood all the information about "Extraordinary Skill - Flesh and Flesh Alienation"."

"Would you like to spend 1000 million of the power of destiny to complete the control of the "extraordinary skill - flesh and blood alienation"?"

"no!"

Rubbing his eyebrows quite excitedly, Matthew recalled the crazy and shocking knowledge in his mind, and silently told himself in his heart:

"There is no need to take crooked ways. Taking shortcuts will not end well. It will be wasteful, slow to achieve results, and cause a lot of trouble!"

The psychological construction he had casually prepared for himself was due to the "advanced expertise - psychic protection" that Matthew had recently learned.

With the help of it and this series of expertise-skills.

Matthew and the professionals will be able to stay calm more easily and be better able to resist various temptations and corruptions.

Of course, this has always been Matthew's habit, but now it has just become more efficient and outstanding specialization and skills.

Looking away from the evil spirit that was constantly "growing" - the bloodthirsty ancient tree, Matthew couldn't help but shook his head and said:

"Sure enough, this is just an idle chess piece left behind by Scarlet Moon. I didn't put much thought and effort into it. It's a pity..."

Aini didn't know what Matthew was feeling sorry for, but she knew very well that he didn't care at all about the terrifying evil spirit in front of her - the bloodthirsty ancient tree.

After hearing the news about the Scarlet Moon, Aini selectively ignored it for the time being.

She had been similarly trained to know too much about something that was too high.

It’s easy to be influenced and watched.

What she was thinking about now was.

Why not deal with this increasingly powerful evil spirit - the bloodthirsty ancient tree as soon as possible?
He seemed to see her doubts.

Yaya, who carefully recorded a lot of plans and ideas, said in a rather expectant tone:
"It's still too weak now!"

"Wait until it grows a little more to give the Cole Elf more confidence."

"Then, extinguish them together!"

See Yaya's clenched fist gesture.

Aini saw in a daze that the powerful and "smart" Yaya was watching the Cole Elf's crazy behavior insidiously.

She seemed to have anticipated this scene.

Aini, who was completely relieved, walked towards the injury camp without hesitation.

She must receive recovery training as soon as possible and then return to the battlefield as soon as possible.

Only in this way can she have more confidence to say "no" to those idiots!
Of course, Aini also feels that she still needs to learn more.

Learn more knowledge and learn more skills.

The days ahead are destined to be full of hardships.

However, Aini has always thought clearly.

She can already do everything she does.

Next, she no longer owes her family or the entire El Elves!
She wants to bring more El elves with her to live a better life!

The bloodthirsty ancient tree is getting bigger and bigger, and it is devouring more and more Cole Elf corpses.

The number of twisted tree spirits born from it has expanded to more than 3000.

Looking at these monsters raging like locusts, many Cole Elf warriors could not help but have deep doubts in their minds:
"Will the next battle depend on them?"

"If we die in battle in the future, will our bodies also become food for this disgusting monster?"

"It's probably not certain, but there's a pretty good chance it will happen."

"This monster has grown so fast. It has reached the legendary level in the blink of an eye. Can we really control it?"

"Control? I wouldn't think so anyway. This ghost thing is too dangerous. It must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

"We're just waiting for it to break through the walls of Icewind Castle. None of us can give orders now..."

"We have so many warriors, why do we have to rely on this damn thing to fight?"

"I always feel something is wrong. Could this monster..."

"Definitely not. The higher-ups must have their own considerations..."

"Oh, it's not like you haven't seen it before. The higher-ups insisted on going their own way, causing the entire ship to be destroyed and people killed..."

No matter how puzzled the Cole elf warriors were.

But the fact is now.

Their troops were watching and preparing for the battle, but the one actually fighting was a monster.

This scene is a bit absurd. Yaya, who took the picture, couldn't help but smile brightly.

"This shot alone should be able to sell for 10 gold coins!"

A certain little money fan thought so!
"Roar……!"

The bloodthirsty ancient tree let out a distant, crazy roar.

As it devoured more corpses of Cole elves, the red light on its body became more dazzling and crazier.

Even the wisdom in its eyes, which had always been intermittent, seemed a little dull at this moment.

It was almost completely controlled by the bloody power hidden in the corpse.

Its entire body turned into blood red.

Under the sunlight, little bits of light smoke were burned.

This terrifying monster has completed its mission.

Became the true carrier of Scarlet Moon’s twisted will!

"The consciousness carrier of the Scarlet Moon!"

"Thankfully I didn't turn into a monster like this!"

Matthew looked at the extremely tragic fate of the bloodthirsty ancient tree and didn't feel surprised at all.

For high-level units like Scarlet Moon.

They never do anything meaningless!
If you want to do it, you will definitely do your best!
Don't believe any coincidences about them!
The crazy evil spirit in front of me was clearly just a chess piece dropped by the opponent.

Now, the bloodthirsty ancient tree in front of him has changed from the previous chess piece to a terrifying chess player.

Matthew and Yaya finally waited for this opportunity!

This means that after killing this terrifying monster.

Matthew and Yaya will be able to gain more!
So this trip is not in vain!

This is the purpose of the two of them "waiting".

Otherwise, the corpses of those Cole elves also have extraordinary value.

Although they are not as useful as Japanese corpses, there is definitely a lot of "sin" hidden in them, and they are definitely excellent bait.

Why let this disgusting, bloodthirsty ancient tree cause trouble?
"Roar……!"

Along with that terrifying roar came waves of twisted and terrifying will!

Many people who had been greatly affected by the impact of the meteorite falling from the sky just now had a bloody moonlight immediately appear in their minds.

But their attention couldn't help but follow their gaze.

A bloody moon with a terrifying face was laughing loudly at them.

"Ah...so...beautiful!!"

A Cole elf warrior who was seriously injured roared and shouted in a somewhat crazy voice.

The Cole elves around him immediately reacted and tried to prepare him with a purifying potion.

Unfortunately, it's too late!
Terrifying tentacles and flesh-like bloodshot threads have grown out of the twisted wounds all over his body.

It is changing!

The painful Cole Elf warrior shouted and chopped off its head.

The head that fell to the ground still had a happy smile on its face, but the gaping mouth had reached behind the ears!
Crazy roars appeared one after another in the Cole Elf military camp!
Pollution has already started!

　8000 today.

　　Ask for a monthly pass.

　　Rush!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)