Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 36 Fierce Battle!

Boom boom boom boom...

Suddenly, colossal pillars of fire shot into the sky from the outer perimeter of the central plaza.

The powerful impact that erupted in an instant carried a large number of swamp rats high into the air. Flames erupted from the bodies of all the swamp rats, turning them into fireballs.

The temperature of the flame is extremely high.

In an instant, the giant swamp rats were burned to ashes.

When it fell to the ground, it all turned into countless black charcoal slag.

There was no intact corpse at all.

At the same time, hundreds more pillars of fire appeared in other directions, forming a fire defense line around the square to block the advance of the rat horde.

These pillars of fire are magical traps set by the elven huntresses.

Lin Yi had them start preparing two days earlier.

His purpose was to deliver a crushing blow to the monsters attacking his territory on the night of the blood moon.

If it weren't for some unexpected events that caused a large number of magic traps to be triggered prematurely, the losses to the rat swarm would have been even more severe, with several times more swamp giant rats being burned to death in this wave of traps.

……

Screams and roars echoed throughout the night.

Near those pillars of fire, there were burning fireballs everywhere.

The appearance of each fireball means that a giant swamp rat will soon be burned to ashes.

In less than half a minute, tens of thousands of swamp rats were killed.

But such heavy casualties did not deter the rats.

This only made the giant swamp rats behind them even more frenzied.

Normally, low-level magical beasts living in the dark world would fear fire; it's their nature. But the swarm of rats charged forward relentlessly, showing no intention of retreating, some even charging directly into the pillar of fire.

Visible to the naked eye...

The light from all the pillars of fire quickly dimmed.

This is a phenomenon where magic power is being rapidly depleted.

The elemental magic contained within a magic trap is fixed and cannot be replenished. Once the magic within is exhausted, the magic trap will collapse.

That's exactly what the rats were planning.

But this is not guided by their subjective consciousness.

These giant swamp rats were in a state of utter chaos and frenzy; they were oblivious to magical traps. They had only one goal: to storm into Lin Yi's territory and tear apart everything in its path.

"This is the terrifying aspect of the power of the abyss!"

Seeing the swarm of rats rushing headlong into the pillar of flames, Lin Yi couldn't help but take a deep breath.

This is only a "mild case" under the influence of the abyss's power.

If the patient is severely ill and mutates into a demonic creature, that would be even more terrifying.

Because mutated creatures are not only extremely powerful in combat, but they also obey the commands of demons.

A conscious and organized berserker plus legion is incomparable to this kind of disorganized and undisciplined ordinary berserker group.

Lin Yi turned to look at Anna, the elven priestess standing beside her.

When the blood moon appeared, did you experience any unusual physical symptoms?

Anna shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing unusual. Our faith is unwavering, and even the power of the abyss cannot affect us."

Lin Yi immediately understood.

His troops are backed by a system that can resist the erosion from the power of the abyss.

The reason he specifically asked this question was because he would definitely be fighting against the demons in the future. And his troops would be directly exposed to the power of the abyss, making them more likely to be corrupted.

Now that he knows he has the system backing him up, he can rest assured.

"Being unaffected by the power of the abyss is equivalent to me slashing the demons twice first."

"After all, back then, if countless native races hadn't been corrupted into demonic creatures by the power of the abyss, it wouldn't have been so easy for the demons to win the war."

"This is good news!"

……

Under the relentless charge of the rat horde, one of the pillars of fire finally gave way.

Magic depleted, runes crumbling. Almost simultaneously, pillars of fire began to vanish one after another.

Several minutes later, all the pillars of fire were extinguished.

Without the pillars of fire blocking their way, the rats surged into the plaza like a tidal wave.

Giant swamp rats were everywhere, their dense numbers sending chills down one's spine.

"It's our turn!"

Lin Yi was the first to wave her magic wand.

Suddenly, a fiery dragon tens of meters long appeared in the sky.

It then swooped down, crashing into the swarm of rats and creating an explosion at least 300 meters in diameter. Countless giant swamp rats were instantly killed.

Lin Yi's level has now been promoted to the intermediate level of King.

The power of the fire dragon's roar has also increased.

"This is only a King-level spell."

"One can only imagine how terrifying the power of extraordinary, saint-level, and even forbidden spells would be. It seems that what Old Tree said about a single forbidden spell destroying a city is not impossible!"

On the other side, after Lin Yi gave the signal.

The elven army also joined the fray.

First came a deluge of arrows.

Five thousand five hundred elven archers drew their bows and shot arrows at the same time.

The dense arrows drew perfect arcs in the air, pinning thousands of giant swamp rats to the ground.

Clearly visible, the giant swamp rats at the forefront fell in swathes like wheat blown by a gale, their blood quickly staining the square red.

And this is just the beginning.

Before the first volley of arrows had even landed, the elven archers began a second round of shooting.

Rapid fire, almost one arrow per second.

This is a basic skill for elven archers.

There were no fancy tricks, only extremely skilled basic shooting techniques. There was no need to deliberately aim, because all that could be seen were the figures of enemies.

Round after round of arrows rained down from the sky with a whooshing sound.

In just a short time, the area about 200 meters from the wall was covered with the corpses of giant swamp rats, and in some places, piles of corpses had even formed.

A rough estimate suggests that no fewer than 30,000 swamp rats were shot and killed.

However, the number of swamp rats was still too large.

Soon, giant swamp rats crossed the area shrouded in arrow rain and continued charging toward Lin Yi's territory.

But the next moment.

They were immediately bombarded with various advanced magic spells.

Five hundred elven mages stood on the wall, waving their magic wands and unleashing one high-level magic spell after another into the swarm of rats.

Instantly, the battlefield was filled with a raging sea of ​​fire, shooting ice spikes, howling winds, and countless spikes... and all sorts of fantastical scenes.

For the rat population, this is another large-scale cleanup.

The rampaging rat swarm suffered another devastating blow.

……

While Lin Yi's territory was "struggling to withstand" the siege of the rat swarm.

War was also breaking out everywhere in the outer city ruins.

Almost all the factions have joined the war.

A lizardman tribe is under siege by monsters.

A horde of undead is battling a swarm of rats.

High in the sky, countless avian magical beasts were fighting each other.

The scene was unusually lively, as if the whole world was at war...

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(End of this chapter)