While Lu Ming and Ramanlas were enjoying a massage from Mirar and the other two women, the Elven race was on the verge of an uproar!
General Roas Svlokoski is currently furious because he suffered a defeat and has not yet achieved his goal of finding out the true trump cards of Lu Ming's men.
The Crystal Tree Dragon that Lu Ming created was a member of the Kaeya God's familiar. Kaguga had told him this after the Crystal Tree Dragon shattered and a child was born. Given Lu Ming's relationship with the four young gods, it wasn't surprising that a member of a young god's familiar was helping him. Therefore, this wasn't Lu Ming's trump card, but rather a card that was out in the open.
It can be said that he sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of elves and dozens of mountain giants in exchange for a completely useless piece of information!
This was something General Roas absolutely could not tolerate! So he planned to send all his soldiers and have the mages who had not participated in the attack on Slanlot Castle send over all the mountain giants he had raised to serve as siege weapons.
He refused to believe that an army of around 100,000 elves plus a few hundred mountain giants couldn't conquer such a small castle as Slanlot Castle!
Unfortunately, all the officers, including his daughter and Kaguga who was sent by the Church of the Deep to help, opposed his orders, even though he threatened to behead them.
Ultimately, because no one supported him, General Roas had no choice but to abandon the idea of throwing all his forces into Slanlot Castle. Instead, he began to have Kaguga and the mages in the army research how to deal with the Crystal Tree Dragon and minimize the cost of this method.
To this end, Kaguga even revealed some forbidden knowledge belonging to the Church of the Deep to these magicians, which made them very grateful to him and the Church of the Deep, and also softened the attitude of General Roas and his daughter towards him a little.
Of course, his purpose in doing this was for the sake of the Church of the Deep and Eldridge.
The infighting between the Church of the Deep and the Elves led to the complete collapse of the Erebus front, rendering them incapable of continuing their offensive. Aldrich, who desired several things, including the Kingdom of Miracaiser, could no longer tolerate defeat, making the attack on Miracaiser utterly hopeless. He issued a death order: all members of the Church of the Deep on the front lines must wholeheartedly assist the elven army in conquering Tartarus and Amp, or face extremely severe punishment!
It's important to understand that the Aifa Empire can only send around 400,000 troops to Miracaissa, and the remaining soldiers must also guard against a potential attack from the Dark Aifa Kingdom. Therefore, if they cannot conquer the Miracaissa Kingdom now, the Church of the Deep will have to wait for another opportunity in six months.
Standing in a specially cleared area within the military camp, Kaguga and several elven mages were deducing the power of the Crystal Tree Dragon. They concluded that the Crystal Tree Dragon's strength was roughly equivalent to that of a true dragon, except it lacked the defensive capabilities of dragon scales and the mobility of a true dragon.
"That wooden crystal dragon is incredibly powerful. It has the ability to spread its crystals in all directions, devouring everything in its path. Most importantly, its dragon breath can kill any living being. Our soldiers simply cannot survive such a terrifying breath. Therefore, I believe we absolutely must develop something that allows our soldiers to survive that terrifying dragon breath; otherwise, it will be impossible to capture Slanlot Castle. And if we fail to take Slanlot Castle, we will be very vulnerable to having our supply lines cut off by Miracaesar's army as we penetrate deeper into Tartarus. We will then be worn down and killed by Miracaesar's army!" While discussing this with the elven mages, Kaguga emphasized the importance of Slanlot Castle to them, hoping they would understand.
Because what he wanted to study and experiment with next was a sacred object of the elves.
"Everyone, I've thought about it. That wooden crystal dragon is a member of a young god's kin, and the power we currently possess is insufficient to fight against one. Therefore, I believe we should use something similar to that wooden crystal dragon to deal with it, as a member of a god's kin! Hence, I would like you all to bring out a few of your elven race's sacred artifacts, the Holy Spirit Stones, for our research purposes."
Upon hearing that Kaguga wanted to study the Holy Spirit Stone, the elven mages began to whisper among themselves.
Although the elven mages said nothing, Kaguga could tell from their expressions that they were unwilling. This was understandable; no one wanted to give away their race's sacred relics for others to study, just as the Church of the Deep wouldn't casually hand over Eldridge's belongings, or the hunters wouldn't bring out any strange things left over from cloning their young god. Sacred relics were very important.
But understanding is one thing, research still needs to be done. Attacking Miracath is not just a matter for the elves; the Church of the Deep also hopes to conquer the kingdom of Miracath. Therefore, he continued, “Gentlemen, I know my thoughts will put you in a difficult position, but think about it carefully. Wouldn’t you generally rather die than use something like a Holy Spirit Stone?”
"Yes..." The elven mages nodded somewhat helplessly. Although they wanted to shake their heads, it was the truth: most elves would absolutely never use a Holy Spirit Stone without orders!
"If that's the case, why can't we take out the Holy Spirit Stone and use it to defeat Miracaesar's army?" Seeing the elven mages nod, Kaguga immediately pressed his advantage and asked them.
"..." Upon hearing Kaguga's question, the mages fell silent.
Seeing this, Kaguga frowned, thinking that the elves simply lacked the courage and ambition of humans and beastmen to accomplish astonishing feats. These days, the elves, besides living off their past achievements, weren't much of a use...
"I agree with him. You few, take out the Holy Spirit Stones and study them!" General Roas's voice suddenly rang out, filling Kaguga with elven joy and the elven mages with deep sorrow.
Under General Roas's orders, the elven mages had no choice but to take out their Holy Spirit Stones for research and experimentation. However, as they took out the Holy Spirit Stones, they instructed Kaguga not to desecrate them, for the Holy Spirit Stones were the fruit of the sacred tree and could not be desecrated.
Hearing this, Kaguga really wanted to slap these elven mages across the face!
'Show me your research on how to avoid blaspheming the Holy Spirit Stone!'
He gave those stubborn elven mages a helpless glare, then led them to the alchemists in the army who made their own potions, and began their research on the Holy Spirit Stone.
Within just five minutes of the start of the study, Kaguga conducted various experiments and desecrated the Holy Spirit Stone, sending chills down the spines of the elven mages and alchemists present.
But they quickly forgot that the Holy Spirit Stone was a sacred object. Controlled by curiosity and the desire to study mysterious substances, they began to study it as well, and began to desecrate the sacred object of their own race.
Lacking this knowledge and not being as utterly obsessed as (the hunters), Kaguga and the other elves focused their research on creating a creature similar to the Crystal Tree Dragon, a kind of familiar, to fight against it.
This led to a critical problem: how to transform the Holy Spirit Stone into a wooden dragon or something else to fight the Crystal Tree Dragon!
In other words, how can we make the seed inside the Holy Spirit Stone sprout?
To achieve this goal, they used all sorts of bizarre methods, such as boiling it in milk, freezing it among a pile of eggs, or roasting it over a fire, freezing it, and finally burying it in the ground and urinating on it...
Kaguga was speechless, wondering if he had chosen the wrong side. If he were on Miracaisa's side, he probably wouldn't have encountered these oddballs.
There was no other way; those elves were completely unreliable, so he had no choice but to take on all the work himself.
"Lu Ming's method involved adding a blessed seed to dragon blood. The dragon blood was merely a enhancement to the wooden dragon's special abilities; the main ingredient was the blessed seed. The blessing from the god Kaiya likely granted the seed sentience and the ability to transform into a semi-plant life form. The power bestowed upon this Holy Spirit Stone was simply the ability to transform a spirit into a sacred tree spirit. If the dragon is to fight, the Holy Spirit Stone's original power cannot be altered; it can only be enhanced with a god's blessing or some other mysterious power. But the Deep One isn't particularly aggressive. Could we use its power? Never mind, let's try it first!"
Chapter Thirty-Nine - Half-Dragon and Elf
At approximately 1:37 AM, late at night, a woman dressed in a white robe arrived at Slanlot Castle from the direction of Menelaus. Looking at the massive and ancient fortress, the woman smiled slightly, and with a flash, entered the castle.
Because it was wartime, soldiers were patrolling everywhere inside Slanlot Castle. Just as the woman in the white robe entered, a patrol of soldiers happened to be passing by.
However, the man in white robes walked towards the soldiers as if he were not afraid of being discovered, showing no concern whatsoever about being seen.
Then something amazing happened.
The soldiers completely ignored the suspicious woman in white, brushing past her as if she weren't even there, even though they were walking right in front of each other.
Turning back to look at the soldiers who ignored her, the woman in white robes weighed a bunch of keys in her hand, smiled gently, and said softly, "These ragtag soldiers are still so undisciplined."
Then, taking the keys she had obtained from the soldiers, she began searching the fortress for the warehouses where the armies of Euglesotus and Deucalion, the Duchy of Erebus, stored spare equipment, specially made arrows, alchemical potions, and other items. She was looking for something there, something very important to her.
However, being unfamiliar with the area, she wandered around for nearly an hour without finding any warehouses belonging to the Duchy of Erebus. Instead, she found numerous warehouses belonging to the Duchy of Tartarus. After a while, she began to wonder if the Erebus army's warehouses weren't located here, but rather in the area where the soldiers of Euglesotus or Deucalion lived. Therefore, she immediately abandoned her search here and began looking for the Erebus army's quarters.
"Weren't there plenty of mages among those ancient humans and beast-eared races? Why did they use a spatial magic array to make the inside of the fortress so big!?" After walking for about half an hour in the space inside the fortress, which had been expanded several times by spatial magic, the woman in white robes was completely lost.
Helpless, she could only keep moving around the fortress, checking each room one by one to make sure she didn't miss what she was looking for. Of course, before opening a door, she would always listen carefully to see if anyone was inside, lest she foolishly rush in only to find someone there, and then accidentally wake them up, only to be captured and tortured...
The woman in white thought that a warehouse like this would only have one or two guards at most, and as long as she was careful, it would be fine. But the soldiers' quarters were a different story. Many of those guys slept on large communal beds, and if one of them was accidentally woken up, a whole bunch of them would get up too!
Therefore, being careful and cautious is the right choice to save your life.
While searching for the warehouse of the Erebus army, she came to the door of a room that looked similar to the others, and accidentally overheard the conversation of three women inside.
"That guy, Ming, was a little worried that some of his more powerful methods might accidentally harm the soldiers of our Tartarus Duchy, giving someone with ulterior motives a handle to use against him, leaving him unable to defend himself. That's why he chose to have the god Kaeya bless the seed sprout, creating a member of Kaeya's kin, so that he could deal with the monsters that the mountain giants had turned into."
"Although this resulted in the successful retreat of nearly half of the elven forces, we were unable to pursue them. However, I believe that with this kin around, Slanlot Castle can remain safe for the time being and we don't need to worry too much about it. Our most important task is to prepare for a counterattack against the elven army and crush them in one fell swoop!"
"But the golem army will not be able to be deployed for some time. Henes Unos has also written to say that only about 10,000 to 20,000 golems have been unearthed in various parts of Tartarus. It will be quite difficult for us to defeat the elven army with our current large force and 10,000 to 20,000 golems!"
"Difficulties are just difficulties; they don't mean there are no opportunities!"
"Alright, I'll listen to you, but if anything changes on the elven side, we must stop this plan to avoid any trouble!"
"Don't worry, Haimir. We can't possibly fail. Leaving aside our soldiers, those golems alone will inflict heavy casualties on the elves. Once the golems and the elves clash, we can launch a surprise attack amidst the chaos and rout the elves. Not to mention our Kaeya's kin are here!"
Upon hearing this, the woman in white immediately realized that she had inadvertently overheard a conversation between Count Venslant of Tartarus and Toures, the commander of the Deucalion Cavalry of Erebus, and his deputy, Haimir. To save her life, she left immediately and resumed her search for Euglesotus and Deucalion's warehouses.
However, she couldn't pretend she hadn't heard those things.
"Once I find enough dragon scales and dragon bone ash, I will report your plan to the elves. I believe the general of the Aifa Empire will give me a chance to become the Queen of Miracaissa because of this achievement." The white-robed woman said with a smile as she stood in the deserted corridor.
But soon she added, "However, the elves are all unreliable. If I tell the elves about Winslant's plan, they might think I'm no longer useful and kill me without a word! So I have to carefully weigh whether it's better to go into seclusion or to help the elves take a chance."
“I don’t think either of these options is good!” a man suddenly said from behind her.
The woman in white was immediately startled and hurriedly tried to run away.
But the man suddenly hugged her, preventing her from escaping. Moreover, the hand he was using to hold her was gripping her chest, making her blush and her heart race.
At this moment, the man held a small glass bottle containing a red liquid in front of the woman in the white robe, making her eyes immediately fixated on the small glass bottle.
"If you behave, this is yours. But if you disobey, think about what happened to Philsells. Her soul can enter your body and the bodies of two other people!"
Upon hearing the man's words, the woman in white's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked, "If I obey, what if you give me to your empress?"
Upon hearing the white-robed woman's intention to surrender but her fear of being sold, the man removed her hood and licked her ear, laughing, "I don't have the habit of giving away toys. Besides, do you think you have a choice?"
Seeing that there was no way to change the situation, the woman in white sighed and said as if resigned to her fate, "I understand. I will listen to you."
“Very well, this bottle of dragon blood is yours. It can help you stop the slow transformation of your body into a dragon, and it can also completely eliminate the curse.” Since the woman in white robes chose to obey, the man handed the small glass bottle to her.
This startled the woman in white, who then began to cry while holding the small bottle of dragon blood.
"what happened?"
"As far back as I can remember, no one has ever been so kind to me, never given me something as precious as dragon blood..."
The man smiled helplessly, reached out and patted the white-robed woman's head, saying, "If you come with me, I will absolutely never let you live that kind of life again."
"you know?"
"Of course. I've investigated you."
"I thought I had done enough to prevent others from finding anything."
"Although you didn't take on followers like Falcears and chose to go it alone, don't forget that you're still alive! When a person is alive, they will naturally leave traces, and it's impossible for others not to find any clues."
"..."
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Early morning, the Elven army camp.
As Kaguga poured a terrifying amount of abyssal energy into the elven Holy Spirit Stone, the elven mages and alchemists were filled with dread. Watching the Holy Spirit Stone twist and grotesquely under the abyssal power Kaguga infused, they could even hear its wailing, and their hearts trembled.
The profound power is very strong, strong enough to add an extra ability to the Holy Spirit Stone without affecting its original power.
This is terrifying, because the Holy Spirit Stone is something blessed by the gods of the Elven race, and it is not something that ordinary power can coexist with its original power.
But Yousui did it!
Moreover, the most terrifying thing is the ability that the Deep added to the Holy Spirit Stone. It doesn't make the Holy Spirit Stone sprout or become a kind of familiar. Instead, it allows the elves who use this Holy Spirit Stone modified by the Deep to prolong their lives and devour the power that the Holy Spirit Stone stimulates in their opponents by cannibalism!
Just as the Church of the Deep gained power through cannibalism, the spirits using these modified Holy Spirit Stones can also acquire even more power in this way, ultimately surpassing the power of the Crystal Tree Dragon!
Through calculations, they determined exactly how many spirits using these Holy Spirit Stones would be needed to cultivate a monster with power equal to or exceeding that of the Crystal Tree Dragon: a total of 497 spirits.
Because it involves seizing power, the spirits that are treated as food do not need to use the Holy Spirit Stones that have been modified by the Dark Power, just like the predators; they can simply use their original Holy Spirit Stones.
However, whether or not to use something that could be considered blasphemous to the elven gods was ultimately a decision for the elves themselves, and Kaguga didn't want to anger all the elves in the camp. Moreover, he wasn't someone who could make decisions easily, so he chose to hand over the Holy Spirit Stone, which had been imbued with profound power, to General Roas to see his opinion.
Together with the elven mages, they delivered these Holy Spirit Stones, imbued with profound power, to General Roas's tent as he had just woken up. They also explained the effects of these strange objects to General Roas, allowing him to decide whether to use them or not.
"Is there no other way besides these things?" General Roas asked with some difficulty, looking at the strange and evil things that Kaguga and the elven mages had mentioned, which could no longer be called Holy Spirit Stones.
“General, this is merely an emergency measure created out of necessity due to time constraints. If you could give us half a month, we would definitely be able to come up with a real way to deal with that wooden dragon, instead of this evil and disgusting method.” The elven mage spoke first, not giving Kaguga, the evil follower of the Deep, a chance to speak.
Upon hearing this, Roas frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "We don't have that much time left. If we wait another half a month, the armies of the other duchies of Miracaissa will have already arrived and wiped us out. Our most urgent task now is to capture Slanlot Castle within five days, and the fortresses and strongholds along the main transportation routes connecting Tartarus with the other duchies of the Kingdom of Miracaissa within ten days, or we're all doomed!"
"So what do you mean?" the leading elf among the elven mages asked Roas with some concern.
He had already sensed something ominous from Roas's words. But he still hoped General Roas would tell him he wouldn't choose this path of no return. Unfortunately...
"Use it!" General Roas replied, adding, "This is all we can use right now. After all, time is of the essence!"
Upon hearing this answer, the elven mages all sighed and glared at Kaguga.
Kaguga could only proclaim his innocence. In the current situation, this was the only solution he could think of. He knew nothing about Holy Spirit Stones, nor which deity bestowed them, so managing to create something like this was already quite an achievement. Who knows what bizarre and useless concoctions the elven mages and alchemists might have concocted!
Now that General Roas had made the decision, Kaguga didn't want to wait any longer. Ignoring the angry glares from the elven mages, he asked General Roas, "General, now that things have been decided, when do you think we should begin?"
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