Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 22 Advanced Magic Spring

After the fountain of magic was drained once again.

Lin Yi consumed another 10,000 energy crystals to upgrade the level of the Magic Spring.

Advanced Magic Spring can condense high-purity elven spring water.

Its effect is more than ten times stronger than that of low-level spirit spring water.

As usual, Lin Yi instructed the elves to drain the elven spring water that had been "refreshed" in the magic spring, because a full magic spring would not condense elven spring water.

After it is removed, the fairy spring water will continuously condense.

In no time, hundreds of huge wooden barrels were piled up in the square.

Each wooden barrel was filled to the brim with the water of the fairy spring.

"With so many elven springs, even if there were 100,000 elvens, it would last for a very long time."

Lin Yi turned to the elven huntresses and said, "Remember to seal these barrels properly to prevent the life and natural magic contained in the elven spring from dissipating."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will seal it carefully."

The elven huntresses obeyed respectfully.

Lin Yi then checked the building information for the Magic Spring.

【Fountain of Magic】

[Building Information: A special territory building for the Elf faction.]

[Level: Advanced]

Currently, it can produce high-grade elven spring water, and the spring's overflow period is seven days.

Upgrade Requirement: 100,000 Energy Crystals

[Special Note: Upgrading the Magic Spring will yield higher purity Elven Water. Once the building reaches its maximum level, it can condense Holy Water of Life.]

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"The overflow period has been extended, which is normal, since the scale of the Magic Spring has expanded many times over, and it can hold more elven spring water."

"In addition, there are only four levels of territory buildings."

"Low-level, mid-level, high-level, and top-level."

"Just one more level and the Fountain of Magic will be at its maximum level."

"It's just that the consumption is a bit high, requiring a full 100,000 energy crystals."

"And even if I had 100,000 energy crystals, I would still level up the Tree of Life to its maximum level first..."

While the Holy Water of Life can revive the original form of an old tree, allowing Lin Yi to possess two Trees of Life capable of nurturing Pokémon, its cost-effectiveness is clearly inferior to upgrading the Tree of Life in his own territory.

Because when the Tree of Life reaches its maximum level, it can nurture a full ten thousand little elves every day.

Even if both Trees of Life reach an advanced level, they can only produce a total of two thousand sprites.

Upgrading the Tree of Life offers better value for money.

Let's take it one step at a time.

"It's just one after the other, no rush."

Lin Yi then went to the foot of the ancient war tree and trained all the remaining seven thousand energy crystals into elven soldiers, obtaining a total of more than one hundred elven archers and elven swordsmen.

By this time, he had nearly 2,500 elven units under his command.

It was still early.

Lin Yi then left the territory and entered the ruins.

Now that he has been promoted to the King rank, there are almost no monsters in the ruins that can threaten him.

It's not available in the inner city, at least not.

Even the zombie king from last night could be sent to the underworld with a single Fire Dragon Roar.

……

Lin Yi walked along the overgrown streets.

The roadside was filled with ruins of buildings, some of which had completely collapsed.

He didn't encounter any monsters or magical beasts along the way, because the area had already been cleared by his elven legion.

After traveling several thousand meters further, Lin Yi finally heard the sounds of battle.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was a team of elves engaged in battle.

The team consists of nearly a hundred elves, including swordsmen, archers, mages, and huntresses—all four classes of elves are represented.

Their formation was very disciplined and orderly. The elven swordsman was in the lead.

The elven archer and the elven mage were behind.

The elven huntress rode her Swift Leopard, hovering around the perimeter of the group, occasionally weaving into the enemy ranks to disrupt their formation.

Once a large number of enemies circle around to the rear of the group, the elven huntresses will immediately retreat to join the elven swordsmen in protecting the elven archers and elven mages at the rear of the formation.

Lin Yi watched for a long time but did not see any enemy able to break through the elf team's lines.

"The Pokémon trained by the system are indeed rich in combat experience."

"However, there is still one flaw."

"That means the defense isn't strong enough."

"Of these four elven classes, only the elven swordsman can be considered a melee unit. They bear most of the pressure from the enemy, and once their defenses are breached, the elven archers and elven mages behind them will be in trouble."

"Of course, this problem can also be solved very well."

"The first step is to unlock the Ancient Tree and train Treant Warriors and Forest Giants."

"Secondly, upgrade the Ancient Tree of War to unlock new Elf classes..."

After observing for a moment, Lin Yi bypassed the battlefield and continued deeper into the ruins.

The enemy that this elf team was fighting was a large group of swamp giant rats.

There are hundreds of them, which is not a small number.

However, none of them were very strong; they were mostly low-level magical beasts and posed no threat to him, so he naturally didn't need to take action.

……

They walked several hundred meters more through the ruins...

A sharp screech suddenly sounded from above.

It was a gray-black owl, circling high in the sky.

The screeching sound is a warning.

It was reporting to Lin Yi that enemies had appeared nearby.

Sure enough, a slight noise came from the ruins of a building in the distance not long after.

Despite being more than 200 meters apart, it still couldn't escape Lin Yi's mental perception.

The sound came from afar and approached.

Soon, a group of plump swamp rats came into Lin Yi's view.

There are about thirty of them, and they are generally at the second or third tier.

Lin Yi clearly didn't take these monsters seriously. He casually threw out a fireball several meters in diameter, which instantly killed the giant swamp rats.

Only three or five giant swamp rats managed to escape the scorching heat of the flames and immediately fled in panic.

After carefully collecting the energy crystals that had been extracted, Lin Yi continued deeper into the area.

About an hour later, Lin Yi successfully arrived at the area where the city lord's mansion was located.

The original city lord's mansion is no longer visible, only ruins remain.

He knew the location of the city lord's mansion because the old tree told him about the history of the ancient city, and that a great battle had once taken place here.

"There's a bone palace?"

At this moment, Lin Yi discovered that a Hall of Bones stood atop the ruins of the City Lord's Mansion.

The Bone Temple is made up of the bones of various creatures and is not small in scale.

"This bone palace must have been built by that zombie king."

"But now the palace is empty."

Lin Yi looked around, but she couldn't see the Zombie King or the group of high-level undead, or even ordinary undead.

"That was such a decisive move."

"They're even abandoning the newly built headquarters."

Lin Yi admired the zombie king's decisiveness, or rather, his caution.

Not only did they not participate in last night's battle, but they have now even abandoned their stronghold and fled to who knows where.

This thing is way too conservative!

"Let's check if there are any items left in the treasure vault first."