Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 29 The Tree of Life at Max Level!

Time flies.

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

As night fell, the hunting parties of elves returned to their territory one after another.

After tallying the spoils, an elven mage came to report to Lin Yi: "Your Majesty, the army has harvested nearly 100,000 energy crystals and more than 200 magic cores today."

"very good!"

Lin Yi nodded.

Including what he had left over from upgrading the Ancient Tree of War, as well as his own harvest during the day, he now had over 170,000 energy crystals, finally no longer as meager as before.

The elven mage respectfully said, "There is one more thing I wish to report to His Majesty."

Lin Yi asked, "What is it?"

The elven mage said, "Your Majesty, after these days of hunting, we have basically cleared out all the magical beasts and monsters in the inner city ruins."

"The monsters we killed today were almost all giant swamp rats that came out of the ground."

"Once we clear out the giant swamp rats, we probably won't have any monsters left to kill in the inner city."

"I understand what you mean."

Lin Yi said, "Once the Blood Moon War is over, we'll march our army to the outer city. There are a large number of evil forces and a huge number of magical beasts there, so we don't need to worry about the development of our territory slowing down."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The elven mage immediately praised him.

Lin Yi thought for a moment and said, "The ruins of those buildings in the inner city should also be cleared out. We need to gradually begin rebuilding the inner city. Also, the city walls surrounding the inner city need to be repaired."

The city wall must be repaired.

Because that was the first barrier separating the evil forces from the outer city.

With the city walls in place, evil forces from the outer city could not freely enter the inner city.

For Lin Yi, repairing the city walls was a higher priority than rebuilding the inner city.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The elven mage said, "We now have a total of fifty-four mages who are proficient in earth elemental magic. With the help of the high-grade elven spring water, we should be able to repair all the breaches in the city wall within two days."

"However, Your Majesty, we lack the necessary magical materials, and our own level is not high..."

"Therefore, the repaired city wall will have significantly lower defensive capabilities than before."

Every brick in the city wall of the Elven capital was specially made.

Both its physical strength and magical resistance are extremely impressive.

Lin Yi had tried before, but his magical attacks couldn't even scrape off a single piece of plaster from the wall.

Its defensive capabilities far surpass those of the earth and stones conjured by the elves' magic. Even when mixed with rubble from the city walls, it is still far inferior to the original walls.

"It's alright, this is enough."

Lin Yi said with a smile, "We're not fighting against the demons, we're just temporarily blocking those evil forces in the outer city. We'll rebuild the city walls when conditions are better."

Lin Yi originally planned to let the system fix it directly.

If even divine artifacts can be repaired, what are city walls?

As long as he can produce energy crystals, his system can repair anything.

However, upon hearing that repairing the city wall would require one million energy crystals, Lin Yi immediately abandoned the idea.

Let's make things difficult for our own little spirits.

"I see."

The elven mage replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, rest assured, we will complete the mission as soon as possible."

"Um."

Lin Yi nodded.

After the elven mage left, he began to ponder how to best use the energy crystal in his hand.

"The Tree of Life needs to be upgraded."

"Born a thousand little elves a day is clearly not enough."

"Upgrade the Tree of Life to its highest level, and it can breed a full ten thousand sprites a day. Whether for training troops or gathering resources, there will be no shortage."

In fact, if Lin Yi were training elven priests and hippogriff riders, a thousand elves wouldn't be enough. Just considering the elven priests...

With the 170,000 energy crystals he currently possesses, he can only train a little over 80 Pokémon. The remaining 900-plus Pokémon can be used to gather resources.

However, Lin Yi didn't just want advanced units; he also planned to continue expanding the number of Elf Swordsmen and Elf Archers.

Especially the Elf Archer.

He has always been very fond of this branch of the military.

High damage, long attack range.

The key is that it's cheap.

The training cost of fifty energy crystals is only one-sixtieth of that of a hippogriff rider.

"Once the number of elven archers has increased, we will arrange a wave of enhancements for them in the Temple of the Gods. The cost-effectiveness will definitely not be lower than directly training advanced troops."

Lin Yi really wanted to see what a spectacular sight it would be to see the enhanced elven archer legion covering the battlefield with a rain of arrows.

"Of course, advanced troops are also indispensable..."

"We still need them to fight against the strong members of the enemy camp."

After much deliberation, Lin Yi decided to prioritize upgrading the Tree of Life.

Regardless of anything else, let's get the 'permission' to breed 10,000 sprites a day first, since breeding sprites doesn't require consuming energy crystals anyway.

Ten thousand a day, ten thousand in ten days.

That adds up to 300,000 a month.

By stockpiling them in this way, we can largely prevent the problem of not being able to train troops on a large scale due to a shortage of Pokémon in the future.

……

With the consumption of 100,000 energy crystals~

A dazzling golden light suddenly emerged from the void and enveloped the Tree of Life.

At the same time, the Tree of Life also began to grow rapidly.

250 meters, 300 meters...

In the blink of an eye, the Tree of Life reached a height of 500 meters, almost the same height as the old tree itself.

However, the old tree itself had withered, while Lin Yi's Tree of Life was lush and verdant, like a canopy, making the old tree appear much smaller.

……

The Tree of Life

[Building Information: The Tree of Life is the core building of the Elf faction. It is invincible until other buildings are destroyed. Its abilities include spawning sprites and resurrecting fallen Elf units.]

[Level: Top-tier, capable of breeding 10,000 Pokémon per day]

[Upgrade Requirement: Building is at max level and cannot be upgraded]

...,

"Upgrade complete, let's begin breeding our little sprites!"

As Lin Yi finished speaking, the Tree of Life, hundreds of meters tall, emitted a shimmering green light. Immediately afterward, basketball-sized Poké Balls appeared one after another among the lush branches.

In no time at all.

Ten thousand little elves were born.

They circled the Tree of Life like dazzling stars, and some bold little elves even flew to Lin Yi's side, conveying their joy to him.

Lin Yi was also happy and hugged the little elf in her arms, kneading it gently.

"Once midnight tonight, I can conceive another ten thousand little elves."

"I believe that my territory will not lack elves for a long time to come."

Looking at the more than 70,000 energy crystals left in his hand, Lin Yi trained ten elven priests and ten hippogriff riders from the War Tree.

A total of 50,000 energy crystals were consumed.

As for the remaining energy crystals, they were all trained into elf archers.

(End of this chapter)