Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 369 - 352: Reinforcements from the Surface

If there was any difference between the war in the Segis World and the era of cold weapons on Blue Star, it was the introduction of extraordinary powers, which made the course and changes of war increasingly complex and unpredictable.

The existence of the Teleportation Array, like a bug, completely changed the city siege mode in the Segis World...

Unlike Blue Star, wars in the Segis World often had a large-scale battle of defending or attacking a city, which could determine the whole course of the war.

The most important reason for this was the existence of the Teleportation Array, which made long-distance support a reality.

Of course, maintaining the Teleportation Array required Magic Stones, and during teleportation, more Magic Stones would be consumed depending on the teleportation distance and the strength of those being teleported...

This consumption was minimal at first, but as the number of teleportation targets and their strength increased, it soared at a dramatic rate.

Therefore, for general surface civilizations, using Teleportation Arrays to support the army was quite a luxury.

They would not use them unless it was an inevitable decisive battle.

However, for the Underworld, it was different.

The Underground was extremely rich in mineral resources and had a large reserve of Magic Stones.

Moreover, because the Underworld was closer to the plane’s origin, the magic consumption during teleportation was far less than in the surface world.

Therefore, for them, using the Teleportation Array to teleport the army was quite a common operation.

If it weren’t for the annual wars between the Underground City States in the Dark Territory, even if they belonged to the same city-state alliance, the trust between them was generally not high. Otherwise, the Teleportation Array would have long become a common way of travel.

In fact, it was only because the Silent City State Alliance faced a real crisis this time, and their revered Goddess had issued an oracle. Otherwise... they would never easily set up such a high-risk, high-return long-distance Teleportation Array.

And it was precisely the existence of the Teleportation Array that caused the already intense wars in the Underworld to reach two extremes once a battle broke out—

Either, the war would end quickly after a major battle.

Or, it would turn a city siege into a prolonged war, sometimes lasting for decades...

At this moment, the largest Underground City in the Silent City State Alliance, Blade City, known as the "City of Forging," faced just such a siege.

Blade City was located slightly north of the middle of the western region of the Underworld, at the junction of the first and second layers of the Dark Territory, about three hundred kilometers horizontally from the Deep Rift Cave. It was the forefront of the Silent City State Alliance against the Dark City State Alliance.

This city was composed of a large cavern hollowed out from a stalagmite and was close to the Dark Territory Sea.

The population of Blade City was large, reaching an astonishing fifty thousand permanent residents... Among them, the main residents were the Underground Dwarfs and the Underground Gnomes, accounting for more than 80% of the total population.

Do not underestimate these fifty thousand people; this size of a city was quite rare in the Underworld.

Moreover, unlike human cities on the surface, the residents of the Underworld cities were almost all Transcendents, with at least one-quarter of the city’s population reaching the Black Iron Rank, and in the largest Underground City, even half of the population was above the Black Iron Rank...

This meant that in Blade City, at least ten thousand residents had reached the Black Iron Rank.

In this vast Underground City, the Underground Dwarfs used stone pillars as a smelting center, building their houses, workshops, mines, and Alchemy Workshops around them, and constructed a grand city wall with solid iron ore on the city’s outer perimeter.

Under the reflection of glowstones in the Underworld, the city wall gleamed coldly like a sharp blade, which was also the origin of the name "Blade City."

Here lay the largest Magic Stone Mine in the entire western region, and the reserves of Mithril, refined steel, and iron ore were also incredibly impressive.

As early as several thousand years ago, the Underground Dwarfs turned it into a well-known forging city in the Underworld, and the various equipment produced in Blade City even rivaled the Elf Clan on the surface...

The rich mineral deposits naturally created massive wealth for Blade City, and this enormous wealth would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of other forces.

So, the Dark City State Alliance chose this Underground City as their first target.

At this moment, the chief of Blade City, an Underground Gnome named Brin, stood on the city wall, looking solemnly at the overwhelming army outside composed of Spirit Sucking Monsters, Dark Dwarfs (the name Underground Dwarfs use for their kin who follow the God of Darkness), undead, monsters, and Goblins.

The enemy’s arrival was much sooner than expected...

He had never imagined that even before the envoy sent for reinforcements returned, the siege of the Dark Alliance had already begun.

To this day, Blade City had already repelled several enemy assaults on the city.

On the city wall, the blood of Dwarf and Gnome soldiers had long turned black and red, and under the flickering firelight, it looked particularly tragic.

The air was thick with the scent of blood, and of the nearly twenty thousand Silent Alliance warriors who originally defended the city, five thousand had already returned to the Goddess’s realm.

On the city wall, the warriors sat wearily on the ground, and the moans of the wounded could be heard from time to time...

Brin felt increasingly anxious.

The number of enemies far exceeded his expectations; it seemed that the Dark Alliance forces involved in the siege this time likely surpassed one hundred thousand...

If it weren’t for the inherent strength of Blade City and the defense core of the Death God Temple within the city performing barrier Divine Arts to withstand the powerful adversaries in the enemy forces, the city would have fallen long ago.

But even so, if there were no reinforcements soon, it would not hold out for much longer.

Performing barrier Divine Arts also required personnel, and since Lord Huo Xu, capable of performing Divine Descent, was not present, Blade City lacked high-level combat power, requiring more strength to maintain the Divine Arts.

Under these circumstances, the warriors on the city wall could only fight on, dwindling in numbers...

What troubled Brin even more was the presence of high-tier undead in the enemy army!

The enemy seemed to possess some Divine Artifact that interfered with the power of the Goddess. Once a warrior was slain by them, they would become undead and join the enemy...

Of course, this was also because the Master of Darkness and Shadow had stolen part of the authority of the Goddess; otherwise... how could these undead who betrayed the Goddess dare to confront them?

"Lord Huo Xu... when will you return with reinforcements?"

Thinking of the embassy heading to Black Rock City, Brin sighed deeply.

His already small frame seemed even more stooped at this moment.

The embassy had been gone for days...

If Brin guessed correctly, Lord Huo Xu should have gone to the surface world through Black Rock City to seek help.

After all, in the Goddess’s oracle, She had advised Blade City to prepare numerous humanoid equipment in advance for the reinforcements to use.

Presumably... the reinforcements might be humans.

Human mercenary groups were quite famous in the Segis World, and among the best, some were even said to have Legendary Experts!

If Lord Huo Xu could return with such a powerful mercenary group... there might be a turning point!

Just as Brin was pondering, suddenly, a Dwarf Warrior rushed to the city wall, shouting excitedly as he ran:

"Lord Huo Xu is back! Lord Huo Xu returned with reinforcements!"

Lord Huo Xu was back? The reinforcements had arrived?

Upon hearing this news, Brin’s spirits lifted.

He quickly turned his body, looking up at the Dwarf Warrior before him, and asked excitedly:

"The reinforcements arrived? Are they the human mercenary group?"

Upon hearing Brin’s words, the Dwarf paused slightly, looking puzzled:

"No... not humans, but... Elves."

"Elves?"

Brin was utterly astonished.