The Magic Empire for 20,000 years

Chapter 89: The Legendary Battle of Two Elves in a Small Space

"King of Humans, don't listen to this bastard's nonsense. We elves are here to raze your kingdom to the ground!"

"Even if we die here today, an elven army that is 10 or 20 times stronger than it is now will still annihilate your human kingdom!"

—That's what she originally intended to say.

Unexpectedly, Serka Radiance had anticipated this. Before Lia could speak, she sprang back, pinning Lia firmly beneath her with her back, silencing her and preventing her from continuing her threats.

Serka Radiance, you've really gone too far! Are you the elven princess or am I the elven princess...?

Lia was furious and struggled to break free from Serka's restraints.

"You think you can stop me, you mere Serka? Even without magic, I'm still a master with rich combat experience, unlike you, a fraudulent legend who only cares about fame and reputation."

Leah roared inwardly, struggling relentlessly, convinced that victory was within her grasp.

Unexpectedly, Serka was even faster. As the elven princess moved away, she once again used her waist to exert force, demonstrating incredible flexibility, and suddenly twisted her body, using her elbow to block Lia's mouth, preventing her from uttering a single word.

"Hehehehe, Your Highness. Because I, Seka, never use a sword to kill people. So even you don't know, do you? I'm not an ordinary mage, but a [Sword Singer] mage who is proficient in both swordsmanship and magic! Without magic power, a pure spellcaster like you can't beat me in close combat, hahaha..." Seka chuckled to herself.

Boom, boom, boom.

The chains of the two men clanged against each other, producing a crisp sound.

On one side is Princess Lia Sunshine, a Sun Elf with rich combat experience who has launched numerous wars against other races; on the other side is the highly skilled and incredibly agile elf, [Sword Singer] Serka Radiance.

The two legendary elves displayed their supernatural powers, engaging in a fierce battle within this small space. In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged several blows!
This is a life-or-death struggle!
Relying on her incredibly flexible and agile movements even while bound by chains, Serka successfully subdued Lia, preventing her from speaking, and took the opportunity to continue begging for mercy:

"Great King of Mankind, we know we have made a grave mistake. Please give us another chance!"

"We promise that we will never again invade human land!"

Now that things have come to this, Serka has given up all hope of his initial perfect goal—"getting the humans to release them on the spot."

Serka was already extremely satisfied as long as she could survive as a prisoner.

If only I could avoid being beaten, tortured, and abused...

That felt like a dream!
Elion looked at Serka, who was desperately begging for mercy, and said calmly:
"You mean, encroaching on human land is not your intention?"

"However, the major Sun Elf families cannot accept the fact that their own legends have been captured by humans. Public anger is too great, and they have no choice but to do this because they need a victory."

Seeing that surrender was within reach, Serka Radiance, while keeping Lia occupied, pressed her advantage and continued her attack.
"That's right!"

El-Erian's expression suddenly darkened:
"If I release you now, your Sun Elf race still won't have won. Won't you have to come back again until you achieve a victory?"

"Uh……"

Serka was speechless, unsure how to respond.

He knew perfectly well that Elian was telling the truth.

As the noblest of all intelligent races, the Sun Elves absolutely must win against foreign invaders!
"Oh no, oh no, oh no! How could I possibly say that?"

"We can't exactly tell the King of Humans that even if we're released, the Sun Elves will continue to fight, can we?"

Serka's mind went blank, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

All that could be seen was Elian, whose eyes had completely dimmed, and who spoke in an extremely cold voice:
"It seems that neither sparing your lives nor letting you go will make any mercy to you."

"Because you sun elves will never give up until you get the results you want, and you will only bring the flames of war to our human lands again and again."

"If that's the case, then we shouldn't have let you go directly as fighting force for future attacks on human lands..."

It's all over, it's all over, it's all over!
What did I just say? Now the King of Man is going to kill us! Serka saw Elion's expression become more and more serious, and his eyes revealed murderous intent. She was so frightened that she turned pale and almost fainted.

"Since that's the case, I have no choice but to..."

El-Erian raised his voice and paused deliberately.

Under the almost desperate gazes of Serka Radiance and Guirasser Goldflake beside her, the Emperor of Man proclaimed loudly:

"Let's put on a play together."

"I order the mages present to cooperate with you, to pretend that your night raid was successful, that you killed hundreds of human mages, and destroyed a large number of bunkers and other fortifications."

what?
Serka Radiance wondered if she was dreaming.

Clang, clang, clang.

A crisp clanging sound of iron chains rang out.

Princess Lia beneath him kicked and twisted, launching a powerful counterattack that convinced Serka that she was not dreaming.

"I would never fake it with you, waaaaaah..."

As an agile and nimble elven swordsman, Serka moved swiftly, once again pinning down Lia and pressing her shoulder against the mouth of the sun elf princess.

"Anyway, you elves—especially the sun elves—just want a positive result, to prove that you have won and achieved victory over humanity."

"It's not difficult at all. Everyone just puts on a show and records it with a photo crystal."

"You Sun Elves have won, and we have gained peace. Isn't that a wonderful win-win situation?"

"After you return, you will become famous heroes among the Sun Elves."

El-Erian smiled.

Serka was completely stunned and couldn't believe it at all.

Wow, humans are so kind!
This was better than any of the scenarios he had initially envisioned—

In fact, this is an even better outcome than a successful night raid!

You should know that, according to the original plan, even if the night raid succeeded, they could only cause very limited damage and would not be able to produce much evidence of their victory!

"Alright, alright, let's discuss the filming details then."

Elion waved to the high-ranking mages around him:
"Everyone, please cooperate with these elves' performance."

Many high-ranking mages, including the siblings Mani and Caroline in the crowd, said in unison:

"As you wish, Your Majesty El-Erian!"

…………

a few days ago.

Mani, Caroline, and other high-ranking human spellcasters in the camp heard a message transmitted by the [Short Message] spell:

"High-ranking mages, you have received a secret mission!"

"We all need to put on a show to satisfy the bored vanity of those arrogant, foolish, and bored sun elves!"

(End of this chapter)