The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 225 The Reward from the Elven Royal Court

"Thanks you."

Queen Antinoya of the Moon Elves watched the demons fighting chaotically outside the city. Seeing that the territory previously occupied by the legion of the Undying Lord Okus had been largely divided and devoured by other demon legions, the tense expression on her face relaxed considerably.

I really didn't expect that. I thought Elion just wanted to use the night raid to weaken this Abyss Legion and reduce its threat...

Unexpectedly, he directly crushed the entire army of the Immortal Lord Okus!
Antinoya knew very well that this Abyss Legion, led by the Wolf Serpent Demon, was only a small part of the terrifying military power of the Undying Lord Okus, but its combat strength far exceeded that of any elven family except the royal family.

Even the Sun Elf royal family, the Sun Radiance family, after losing the Chosen One, Larklas, and most of the Legendaries, would probably be no match for this Abyss Legion.

However, this demon army, which rivaled the strongest family in the Elven Royal Court, was wiped out by Elian in just one night, with its commander killed and half of its high-ranking combat force destroyed!

This King of Man did not bring the legends of Eldoron with him this time!

Recalling the brilliant golden light that illuminated the night sky that night, Antinoya believed that King Elion of Mankind must have some incredibly powerful trump card that she was unaware of.

Thinking of this, the Elf Queen Antinoya Moon Whisper couldn't help but feel a sense of realization:
In just 20 years, the small eastern kingdom of Eldoron and the human mage Elian have become forces that the Elven court cannot afford to offend...

Fortunately, this powerful force is an ally of the Elven Royal Court...

Feeling fortunate for her decision to "befriend Eldoron," Antinoya composed herself and smiled at Elian:
"The Elven Royal Court will remember your help and will pay the agreed-upon reward for it."

El-Erian nodded, a hint of expectation appearing in his otherwise calm gaze:
"Ok."

"I look forward to the day when the Elven [Lock of the Enchanted] appears in Eldoron."

Prior to the action, the monarchs of the two countries had reached an agreement:

Once the dust settles on this abyss invasion and the elven kingdom is largely free from the demonic threat, the legendary spellcasters of the elven royal court are willing to sacrifice their own prolonged weakness to use high-level elven magic rituals to weave multiple [Maze Locks] for Eldoron!
This was not only to repay El-Erian for his support during the night raid, but also to pay El-Doron for his responsibility of "sealing the abyssal rift" later on.

"Thank you for your generosity. Eldoron will remember your kindness, Your Majesty."

Elian bowed to the Elf Queen, his expression returning to seriousness:
"Now, Silvermoon City is under much less pressure and should be able to free up its fighting force to participate in subsequent operations."

"Next, we're going to execute the most important step in the plan."

"Conquer the source of the abyss invasion—the Abyssal Rift! Seize control of this natural portal from the demon army!"

The thought that the disaster that had ravaged half the continent was about to end filled Antinoya with excitement and anticipation for the future.

The moon elf queen nodded:

“No problem. We Moon Elves will also send our forces to participate in the next operation.”

"Furthermore, as far as I know, Elf is acting as the new king of the Sun Elves, making efforts to contact other forces on the continent."

"Including the dwarf kingdom in the south, several dragon lords who are relatively friendly with the Elven court, and various city-states and towns inhabited by dwarves and halflings."

"Many of these small countries and city-states have also been affected by this abyssal tide. Perhaps they will provide some support for our operation to conquer the abyssal rift."

The invasion of the abyss affected not only Eldoron and the Elven Royal Court, but almost the entire eastern half of the continent!

If the Elven Royal Court, located in the center of the continent, falls in this calamity, one can imagine that the kingdoms in the western half of the continent—such as the military empire established by the militarized "Goblin" race—will also be impacted by the Abyss Legion.

"Well then, thank you very much."

Elian nodded slightly with satisfaction:

"If it weren't for your connections, we in Eldoron wouldn't have had the opportunity to come into contact with so many other forces."

Eldoron is ultimately a small Eastern country with a population of just over two million. It does not border most of the powers on the continent and has no contact with them. Apart from the Elven Royal Court, it has only had contact with the three major orc clans and the green dragon lord Emerald.

If we want to forge alliances with more powers on the continent, we still need the Elven Royal Court in the heart of the continent as a bridge.

This military operation to "plug the rift in the abyss" is also an opportunity for Eldoron to gradually expand its influence to the continental level!

……

After defeating Orcus's Abyss Legion and relieving Silvermoon City of defensive pressure, Elion returned to Eldoron Floating City to prepare for the next step of his plan.

Eldoron dispatched a squad of divination mages, personally led by Archmage Cassandra, to conduct remote reconnaissance and monitor the distribution of demonic forces at the Abyssal Rift.

……

In the desolate wilderness between Eldoron and the Elven Kingdom.

Here, there is a blood-red crack that stretches for several kilometers, winding and twisting.

Abyssal Rift!

Giant Bull Demon, Balor Flame Demon, Berserker Demon, Soul Judgement Demon, Shadow Demon, Abyss Frost Giant, Abyss Minotaur...

Numerous demons and abyssal monsters roam this place.

Some of them are under the command of specific demon lords, waiting here to receive the next batch of reinforcements from the abyss according to their lords' orders. Others are unorganized, acting alone, driven by their demonic nature, coming to this material world to spread chaos and evil.

As beings inherently chaotic and evil, it is inevitable that so many demons would fight and kill each other when they gathered together.

Every day, roars, howls, and sounds of battle can be heard across the vast wilderness surrounding the Crimson Rift.

Weak demons are constantly being torn to pieces or burned to ashes by stronger demons.

In the midst of this chaotic struggle that continues day after day, few demons notice the "scouts" in the distant sky.

Hundreds or even thousands of meters above the ground, invisible falcons, ravens, owls, and hummingbirds closely observe what is below, transmitting their observations to countries hundreds of miles away.

These are all the magical scouts and pets of the mages of Eldoron.

They are all given visual links to transmit information, invisibility spells to conceal their forms, and anti-divination and anti-prophecy evasion spells by their owners in advance, making them the most covert scouts.

As long as they are kept far enough away from the ground, even top-tier demon species like the Balrog and the Six-Armed Serpent Demon, which possess constant [True Vision], cannot detect these invisible magical creatures.

Moreover, it doesn't matter if we get caught.

Who cares about birds flying across the sky?

Of course, even in such a concealed situation, scout pets still occasionally die at the hands of demons.

But this is not a serious loss.

Those that can perform such tasks are the cheapest basic magical pets, which even a first-level mage can summon. They are consumables that can be sacrificed at any time.

Even if a summoned creature is discovered and killed, the mage master can spend materials worth about 10 gold coins and an hour to re-perform the [Summoning a Summoned Creature] ritual to revive the creature or summon a new one.

—This is one of the cheap reconnaissance methods that Elion taught when training mages in Eldoron after the first year of the Empire!

(End of this chapter)