Outrageous! I started as the Elf King!

Chapter 39 Another great harvest!

The night passed quickly.

Hundreds of thousands of corpses were reduced to ashes in the flames.

Elf mages even used water magic to thoroughly clean the square from the inside out several times, completely washing away the traces left by the war.

It's another new morning...

Lin Yi got up and washed up with the help of the elven priestess Anna.

As he ate the breakfast the elves had carefully prepared for him, he asked, "Have the harvest statistics been compiled yet?"

"Reporting back to Your Majesty..."

Anna respectfully replied, "The spoils of war have been counted. In total, we have collected over 439,800 energy crystals and 1,254 magic cores in this war."

"In addition, we also seized more than 2,400 pieces of equipment that have recycling value."

"very good!"

Lin Yi's face immediately lit up with a bright smile.

As he predicted, this wave of Blood Moon battles was indeed a great success.

The energy crystals exploded to nearly 440,000 pieces; I've never fought such a rich battle in my eight lifetimes.

As for magic cores and equipment, they are currently of little use.

But it can be stored away for later.

Lin Yi asked, "What's the situation with our troops?"

Anna said, "In last night's battle, our army lost 359 elves, all of them elven swordsmen. We also had over a thousand wounded, but they have recovered after drinking from the elven spring."

"Um."

Lin Yi took a sip of a beverage made with honey and elven spring water and said, "Faced with an attack by hundreds of thousands of enemies, it's already quite good that we only lost three hundred or so men."

It's normal for ants to kill an elephant if there are too many of them.

The deaths of over three hundred elven swordsmen were entirely within Lin Yi's acceptable range.

After all, that's only a little over ten thousand energy crystals.

He can resurrect the fallen elven swordsmen after a trip to the Ancient Tree of War, and even train them into other unit types. Their only loss is that they'll have to start leveling up again, which isn't really a big problem.

In general.

He's really won big this time.

"It's all thanks to His Majesty's protection!"

"Your presence inspires the elves to fight bravely and fearlessly!"

Anna said with a reverent expression.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi immediately grinned.

Unexpectedly, this elven priest with a deep cleavage was quite eloquent.

Lin Yi said, "After this battle, the overall strength of my elven army must have increased significantly."

Anna said, "Your Majesty is right. Almost all the elves who participated in the battle have leveled up, especially the elven archers and elven swordsmen, whose lowest level has reached the seventh rank."

"Some even reached the ninth level."

"In addition, the elven mages and elven huntresses also reaped great rewards."

"On the other hand, most of our priests and hippogriff knights are still stuck in the same place, with only a very few achieving a breakthrough in level."

"There's nothing we can do about it. The enemies are numerous, but their levels are too low."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "You don't need to rush. There will be many more battles to come. Not to mention the entire Forgotten Swamp, there are already a large number of enemies in the outer city ruins alone."

"Your Majesty is right."

Anna nodded.

Seeing Lin Yi put down her cutlery, she quickly handed her a fresh, tender broad leaf.

Lin Yi took it, wiped her mouth, and then said, "Now that the inner city is secured, our war objective should begin to shift to the outer city ruins."

Anna asked, "Your Majesty, which region should we attack first?"

The area of ​​the outer city ruins is much larger than that of the inner city.

Even with an army of eight thousand elves, Lin Yi couldn't possibly cover all four sides.

Therefore, it is necessary to select an area as the first target to attack, and then use this area as a starting point to eventually conquer the entire outer city.

Lin Yi said, "Let's start with the northern region."

"That area is mostly dense forest, which is suitable for our army to fight." The Elven race is best at fighting enemy armies in forests.

The various obstacles in the forest not only do not affect the elves, but can also provide them with a lot of help.

Especially the elven huntresses and treant warriors...

Jungle warfare can significantly increase combat effectiveness.

As for the other areas, not only are dense forests scarce, but there are also numerous undead strongholds.

Lin Yi planned to gnaw on those bones later.

"The northern region?"

Anna said, "That area seems to be inhabited by many lizard tribes."

Lin Yi nodded slightly and said, "The lizardmen are a low-level intelligent race with low combat strength and poor equipment. They are also made of flesh and blood, so they are the most suitable targets."

"In addition, there are a large number of magical beasts and monsters in the northern dense forest."

"By clearing this area, we will reap countless energy crystals!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Anna immediately offered a compliment.

Lin Yi smiled and said slowly, "The elven mages completed the repairs to the city walls yesterday. You can start from the north gate, hunt outside the city during the day, and return to the city at night."

"There's no need to return to the territory, after all, the distance isn't short."

"Later I will have the newly trained elves build wooden huts near the North Gate, which will serve as the temporary encampment for the elven army."

Upon hearing this, Anna quickly said, "Your Majesty, what if the army doesn't return to the territory and an enemy attacks?"

Lin Yi said, "Don't worry, I will have the elven huntresses release all the owls to monitor the entire inner city. I will notify you immediately if any external enemies attack."

"In addition, at night, the hippogriff riders will return to their territory."

"With them around, the safety of the territory is well guaranteed."

"Understood, Your Majesty!"

Anna immediately stopped saying anything more.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "If there's nothing else, you may leave. Also, pass down the order: once the army has rested, we should set off immediately. The outer city forces have also experienced last night's Blood Moon Battle and are currently at their weakest. The sooner we attack, the better!"

"Whether to launch a split attack or to advance with a combined force is a decision for you to make."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Elf King!"

Anna bowed respectfully and left the cabin.

Soon after, the elven army set off, marching in a mighty procession toward the north gate.

……

Lin Yi stepped out of the wooden house.

They went straight to the base of the Tree of Life.

Soon, countless orbs of light appeared in front of him.

Those were ten thousand little elves born from the Tree of Life.

By then, he had more than 36,000 sprites under his command, each representing the hope for the future of his territory.

Lin Yi then went to the ancient war tree.

"There are plenty of sprites now."

"We can't possibly use it all."

"Therefore, there's no rush to upgrade the Fountain of Magic to revive the old tree's original form."

"The focus should be on training specific troop types!"

Lin Yi opened the War Tree's troop training panel, pondered for a moment, and then waved his hand to train 140 elven priests, consuming 280,000 energy crystals.

Then, ten more hippogriff riders were trained, consuming 30,000 energy crystals.

Then came a thousand elven archers, consuming fifty thousand energy crystals.

The remaining energy crystals are nearly 80,000.

"Reserve 50,000 energy crystals to strengthen the elven archers, and train the rest to become elven huntresses..."

(End of this chapter)