The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Immediately, the mages, warriors, and priests of Yggdrasil activated their contracts, summoning a large pack of Shadow Wolves and Starlight Eagles to join the battle!

This is one of Yogg-Sotus's two trump cards. By summoning shadow and light elemental creatures to the battlefield through a contract, Yogg-Sotus, with only three thousand men, can instantly transform into an army with combat power comparable to a force of ten thousand. This is enough to turn the tide of battle in an ordinary battlefield and successfully repel the enemy.

Even on this battlefield, this trump card quickly reversed the extremely unfavorable situation for Erebus and brought the balance back.

Moreover, the priests' contracts are with light elemental beings, creatures blessed by the God of Light. These beings possess a powerful ability: the light they emit can quickly restore a mage's magic power.

Thus, under the light of the Starlight Eagle, the mages of Yogg-Sotus quickly regained their ability to cast spells and once again began to use magic to attack the siege weapons in the Aifa army!

Upon seeing this, the commander of Aifa's army was slightly taken aback.

He stood outside the battlefield, observing the entire battlefield with magic, and when he saw Yogg-Sotus summon those shadow creatures and light elementals, he couldn't help but be amazed by the intelligence capabilities of the Church of the Deep.

He didn't care about the outcome of the siege, nor how many elves would die. It was only the power of the Deep that left him confused, wondering whether he should remain loyal to the Queen or fall into the Deep.

"See? Euglesotus of Erebus is not so easy to deal with!" At this moment, the old man from the Church of the Deep suddenly appeared behind the commander, letting out a series of terrifying laughs.

"Yes, the Yggdrasil is not an easy army to deal with; it is vastly different from ordinary armies. Both in combat and tactics, it differs from Miracaissa's army... no! It's unlike any army in any of Puru's nations. Lightning spears are used for initial attacks, and ambushes of light and shadow can strike at any time. Add to that the divine magic of the priests of the God of Light—enhancement, healing, summoning, attacking, and so on. The Yggdrasil has it all. While not elite, after several bloody battles, it has become a truly formidable army!"

Upon hearing the commander's assessment of Yggdrasil, the old man sneered and said, "Now you know why we, the Church of the Deep, are not afraid of your Forest Arrows attacking Erebus, right? Your soldiers are simply not enough to break through this small city. You should know that there are only twenty or thirty thousand soldiers in this city right now!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than an arrow crackling with lightning shot out from the city tower of the small town, piercing the old man's right shoulder like a bolt of lightning and tearing his right hand off his body in an instant!

He immediately screamed and fell heavily to the ground.

Startled, the elven commander glanced at the golden arrow that had pierced the old man's shoulder and was embedded in the ground several meters away. He then turned around in horror to look at the city wall of the small town, where he saw Lu Ming, one of the commanders of Yogg-Sotus, dodging the attacks of Aifa's soldiers while drawing his bow and aiming at the old man who had fallen to the ground!

Under normal circumstances, the range of a bow is only a little over a thousand meters, with an effective range of about two or three hundred meters. However, the city wall of the small town is nearly five or six thousand meters away from here. If he didn't use magic, he wouldn't be able to see the situation on the city wall of the small town at all.

But even at such a terrifying distance, Lu Ming was able to shoot the old man with an arrow, and powerfully pierce through his body. This was no longer a matter of archery skills or the quality of the bow; it could be described as a curse!

It was Lu Ming's and someone else's unimaginably intense hatred for You Xuan that made his archery skills so terrifying!

However, just as Aifa's commander figured all this out, Lu Ming fired an arrow once again, this time at the old man.

Perhaps driven by the will to survive, when the old man saw another golden arrow shooting towards him, he suddenly leaped up from the ground and hid behind the commander, narrowly avoiding the golden arrow's attack.

Judging from the trajectory of that golden arrow, if he hadn't dodged, it would have pierced right through his head.

But just as the old man breathed a slight sigh of relief at escaping death, another golden arrow pierced the elven commander's body, killing him instantly...

how can that be!

The old man's heart was ripped apart by the golden arrow, and he collapsed heavily to the ground. The commander, who had miraculously survived, dragged his collapsing body and ran as fast as he could towards a grove of trees not far away.

Only ten steps left, nine steps, eight steps... just two more steps, the very last one...

Whoosh! Pfft!

Lu Ming used magic to watch as the commander of Aifa's army was blown to the head by his arrow and fell heavily into the forest. Then, he dodged an attack from an elven soldier and forcibly strangled the elven soldier with the bowstring of the Bow of Hope.

With one hand gripping the Bow of Hope and dragging the corpses of elven soldiers along, Lu Ming drew the Irithyll Straight Sword from his waist with the other, slaying two elven soldiers who had approached him with a single strike. Then, he beheaded the elven soldiers whose corpses were hanging on the Bow of Hope.

"This won't do! We won't be able to hold out for long!" Edsor shouted to Lu Ming and Lothric as he hacked away at the enemy with his sword.

“I know, but what can we do?! In this situation, the two of us can’t cast any spells at all!!” Accompanied by his personal guards, Lothric hacked a powerful elven officer to death and shouted back to Edsor.

Meanwhile, many elven soldiers had already attacked Ramanlas, Mirar, and Henes. Although they were protected by Domira and Cass, they were still injured.

Ramanlas and Miral released small diamond fragments, while Henes released candle spirits to fight alongside her.

"Small Diamond, use Power Gem!!" "Small Diamond, use Rock Slide!!" "Litmusf unleash Heat Wave!!"

As soon as the order was given, the three Pokémon used their respective skills to knock more than a dozen Elf soldiers off the city wall and roast them into jerky!

Holding longswords and wands, Mirar and Henes fought back-to-back against the elven soldiers around them. They may not have the strength and swordsmanship of Ramanlas, nor the bravery of Lu Ming and Edsor, but they were willing to fight for their own long-cherished wish.

But in the end, the goddess of victory did not seem to favor them. While they and Aifa were fighting each other to a standstill, a giant army of about twenty men suddenly came from the direction of Tartarus to support Aifa's army.

The giants were slaves of the elves. They were stupid and cruel, and they ate almost anything except the elves. From soil to insects and animals, and even intelligent races such as humans, beastmen, and fishmen, they were basically all food on the giants' menu.

On the battlefield, these giants, towering over fifteen or sixteen meters tall, strong and seemingly oblivious to pain, are terrifying siege weapons. The walls of the small city where Lu Ming and his companions are currently located simply cannot withstand the giants' attacks!

The magic circles drawn by the mages could only protect the city walls from being severely damaged by cannons and catapults; they were completely incapable of holding the walls back from the giants' attacks.

So the moment Lu Ming and the others saw the giant, they knew they had lost the battle. The city was beyond defense, and beyond saving.

"Ramanlas, retreat with Yugsotus!!" Now that they knew the small town was beyond saving, there was no point in continuing, so Lu Ming immediately shouted to Ramanlas.

Giants are immune to magic, and the city's inhabitants had already been relocated to the third line of defense behind the second. Therefore, there was no need for Yogg-Sotus to sacrifice himself for an empty city that was destined to fall. Now was the perfect opportunity for Yogg-Sotus and the others to retreat while the elven soldiers were temporarily retreating for fear of being caught in the giants' attack.

Knowing Lu Ming's thoughts, Ramanlas immediately had Domira and Cass forcibly pick up Miral and Henes after hearing Lu Ming's order. After they put the Pokémon into their Poké Balls and recalled the Puppet Soldiers into their spatial items, they led the soldiers of Yggdrasil to retreat first.

Seeing this, Edsor also ordered his adjutant to lead his soldiers in a retreat.

The remaining ordinary troops, led by their own commanders, were teleported to the second line of defense via a temporary teleportation magic circle that had been prepared in advance in the city.

After recalling Aggron into its Poké Ball, Lu Ming glanced at Lothric and Edsol, who hadn't yet retreated, and asked with a smile, "What, are you so confident that I'll put on a good show?"

“Whether it’s a good show or not, I don’t know. But if I leave, how will you get to the second line of defense? You can’t just walk there, can you?” Lothric said calmly, watching the giant slowly approach step by step in the distance.

“That’s true. I don’t have your amazing teleportation ability.” With a slight smile, Lu Ming took out the Aries Staff, pointed the eye at the top of the staff at the giants, and as black lightning generated in the air, he said with a smile, “If this attack doesn’t work either, I’ll just have to put on a show similar to ‘King in Yellow’.”

"I hope your good show can lower our SAN values ​​a bit, and not like 'The King in Yellow,' which couldn't lower our SAN values ​​at all!" Lothric said with a slight smile.

Hearing this, Edsor couldn't help but complain, "You two, don't do this! I only stayed because I saw you two hadn't retreated and I thought you had some way to make these giants and elves die here together. Don't drive me crazy just for fun!"

"Now you're scared? Too late!" Hearing Edsor's complaint, Lu Ming chuckled and began to use the dark lightning to inscribe a magic circle in the air in front of the holy staff.

"A miracle of Roja?"

"This is the Yangxing Thunder Calamity, the strongest miracle among the miracles of the god Roya. In the hands of Lu Ming and others with divine blood, it can unleash its most terrifying power!" Lothric explained briefly to Edsor, then added, "However, I wonder if this miracle can wipe out all the giants here."

"Hey hey hey!! Don't scare me!!" When he first heard the first part, Edsor was very confident in Lu Ming's strength, but after hearing the second part, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, judging from the calm and composed expressions on the faces of Lu Ming and Lothric, two men who were already somewhat insane, he knew that he was in grave danger this time.

By this time, Lu Ming had finished inscribing the magic circle. Seeing the giant who had reached the city wall and raised his hand to strike the three of them, Lu Ming revealed a maniacal smile and roared, "Yang Star Thunder Calamity!!"

In an instant, a terrifying black lightning bolt roared out from the magic circle, striking the giant directly and instantly shattering its rock-like body, then shooting towards several other giants behind it!

In the end, the lightning of Yangxing Leichai pierced through the bodies of six or seven giants and crashed into the forest behind them, instantly turning the area into a sea of ​​fire.

“…” Lu Ming glanced at the remaining dozen or so giants, paused for a moment, then sighed and said, “Alright, I don’t have enough magic points to kill so many scattered giants one by one, so let’s just watch the show.”

"No!!" Upon hearing this, Edsor cried out in pain.

However, Lu Ming completely ignored him and gently tapped the city wall beneath his feet with the Aries Holy Staff, using magic to draw a summoning magic circle on the ground.

Then Lothric grabbed Edsor and pulled him behind Lu Ming.

Here, Edsall heard something in horror.

"The gates of shadow answered me, sending forth the life that had sworn a pact with me—a being with a jet-black body and amber eyes, whom I call 'Shoggoth'! Now, answer me! Gates of shadow! Shoggoth, cross that gate and come to my side!!"

Immediately afterwards, a loud boom was heard, and a cloud of black smoke suddenly appeared, condensing into a spatial portal directly above the magic circle. Looking up, Edsor could see countless eyes watching him from behind the portal...

"No!!!!!!!!!"

Chapter Ten - Scarlet (Happy New Year)

A flash of white light, and Liu Ming and Edsor were teleported to the second line of defense, located several kilometers behind the small town.

Seeing that Liu Ming and the other two had retreated from the small town back to the second line of defense, Tures, who had finally been released by Rael, went over and asked, "I heard that the elves sent giants. Did you manage to take down any of them?"

“There were twenty in total. We took down nineteen, and the last one was dragged to a place in the Shadow World that wasn’t connected to other areas by 6 Ming’s summoned creatures. I guess he’s been eaten by now.” Lothric said, casually tossing what he’d just been startled to the ground.

"What happened to him?" Tures asked, glancing at Edsor and seeing him shivering on the ground.

"It's nothing, I just invited him to watch a play."

"He was terrified by just one scene? What did you show him?"

"Shoggoths devoured the giant."

"..." Hearing Liu Ming's answer, Tures felt a little sorry for Edsor, but now was not the time to pity him, so she simply had one of the soldiers drag Edsor away without saying anything.

Following Tures, Lu Ming and Lothric, who had just fought a battle, arrived at the command post of the second line of defense. Here, they were preparing to hold a meeting with the commanders of the other legions of the second line of defense, based on the intelligence obtained from the small town, to discuss a way to repel the elven army.

However, before the commanders arrived, Liu Mingxian had a private conversation with Ramanlas, who was already waiting for him there.

"I'm relieved to see you're alright." After Liu Ming sat down next to her, Ramanlas rested her head on Liu Ming's shoulder.

"Those things, those stupid giants, aren't capable of hurting me yet," Liu Ming said with a smile, holding Ramanlas's hand.

Hearing the confidence in Liu Ming's words, Ramanlas said with a hint of worry, "I know my husband is very capable, but next time, you have to retreat with me, understand?"

"I'll listen to you, darling." Knowing that Ramanlas was worried about him, Liu Ming obediently agreed. Firstly, to put Ramanlas's mind at ease, and secondly, he didn't intend to show off on the battlefield anymore. After all, the greater one's fame, the more the enemy would want to kill them.

To prolong his life, he decided to be a little more cautious on the battlefield. Of course, not truly cowardly, but rather to delegate the charge-fighting duties to those like Tures, who preferred the front lines. His role would be to command Yugsotus's soldiers and occasionally snipe low- to mid-ranking officers with his Vision Bow. Others would handle the rest. Doing everything himself would only breed resentment!

Moreover, even if there are things that only he can do, others will come to him. Taking matters into his own hands in a large-scale war could easily cost him his head!

Just as Liu Ming and Ramanlas were talking, the commanders of several legions in the second line of defense came to the command post, took their seats, and prepared to begin the meeting.

Seeing this, Liu Ming and Ramanlas had no choice but to sit still and stop firing flashbangs.

After everyone was seated, Tures took his place as commander-in-chief and addressed the assembled troops: "The first line of defense has fallen. Although the fierce fighting by Yggdrasil, Akundala, and several other armies has resulted in the deaths of a large number of enemy soldiers, and they even managed to annihilate the vanguard of the giant siege force of the Aifa army during their retreat, none of us now know how many giants Aifa has sent to Erebus. Therefore, we must prepare in advance!"

With that, Torres looked at Ramanlas and said, "Now, in order to prepare in advance, Duke Unos would like you to tell us about the enemy's configuration and tactics that you and your army encountered when fighting on the front lines!"

“Alright then.” Ramanras stood up, his eyes sweeping over all the commanders present, before he spoke: “Initially, we encountered about 80,000 enemy soldiers on the first line of defense. In the morning, after a forced march, they immediately launched an attack on the city. However, after suffering some losses, the commander of the Aifa army ordered the attacking force to retreat and instead bombarded the city walls with artillery. This bombardment continued for an hour after our mages finished drawing the magic circle. However, only half an hour later, they launched another attack. Under the surprise attack of our magical beasts and a type of experimental puppet army, they were forced to retreat. Finally, at nine o'clock at night, they launched a third attack. This time, they sent out giants, forcing our army to give up.”

"So, the Elven race launched three sieges in total?" After Ramanlas finished speaking, a commander of a three-thousand-strong legion stood up and asked Ramanlas and Liu Ming.

“Yes! Aifa’s army launched three sieges in total,” Ramanlas nodded.

At this moment, Liu Ming also stood up and said to everyone, "In these three sieges, Count Lothric and I have found that the Elven commander does not seem to simply want to capture the small town where the first line of defense is located, but rather wants to deplete the lives of both our own and the enemy's soldiers as much as possible!"

"what?"

"Has he gone mad?"

Looking at the somewhat incredulous crowd, Liu Ming continued, "During the first siege, the enemy launched an attack immediately after a forced march. Normally, they should have allowed their soldiers some rest before attacking. But they chose to launch the attack when their soldiers were most exhausted, completely disregarding whether they were physically capable of attacking. Furthermore, the artillery bombardment after the first failed siege was also puzzling. Knowing that we had already drawn the magic array to defend against the bombardment, and that continuing the bombardment would only be a waste of ammunition, they still forcibly bombarded for an hour. This inevitably depleted our own ammunition."

"You mean the Elven race isn't a unified force; there are power struggles within them, and that soldier's strange actions were a deliberate attempt by one side to wear down the other's army?"

"That's roughly the idea. Furthermore, we've discovered that those giants and the attacking elves aren't from the same army. When the giants reached the first line of defense, many of the elven soldiers fighting us were shouting the Elven word for 'reinforcements.' Therefore, we suspect that the commander of this army is likely not from the same faction as the elven general in charge of the entire Miracathian campaign. He's doing this simply to cause trouble for the commander-in-chief and make him resentful, so that his side can then attack him." Liu Ming nodded and said.

"I never expected that those bastards from Aifa would look down on us like this. Even at a time like this, they're still fighting amongst themselves!"

"Since they look down on us like this, let's do something drastic and show them who the real masters of this land are!"

"That's right, we should teach these bastards a lesson!"

Seeing that many commanders were clamoring to teach the behemoth that was the Aifa Empire a lesson because they underestimated their homeland and their own abilities, Lothric immediately stood up and said, "Gentlemen, our forces are not yet strong enough to deliver a heavy blow to the Aifa army. We should rely on Mordred Fortress and the forests on both sides of the fortress to defend against the elven attack. We can only launch a counterattack after the reinforcements from the other duchies arrive!"

Upon hearing this, Tures also said, "Gentlemen, we are now the last line of defense against the Elven army. Once they cross us, the road ahead will be wide open for them, and they can march straight to Agamemnon! So now is not the time to counterattack. We must remain calm and wait for an opportunity to completely crush the army of the Aifa Empire!"