The wrong transmigrator assigned by the system

Such an attack forced the commander of the Eye of the Forest to pull on the reins, causing his warhorse to gallop to the side to avoid the attack of the Soul Spear.

But in that instant, Lu Ming spurred his horse forward without hesitation. When the distance was almost there, he unleashed a powerful strike with his Soul Greatsword, aiming directly at the neck of the Forest Eye's commander, seemingly intending to decapitate the elves in one blow!

However, he suddenly blocked Lu Ming's attack with his spear and prepared to draw his sword and strike Lu Ming with it.

But in that instant, a longsword suddenly pierced the elven commander's body from behind, directly penetrating his heart and killing him instantly!

"You're clearly not good at mounted combat, yet you insist on learning to fight on horseback. I really don't know what you're thinking! Don't let someone end up like this guy, stabbing you to death on horseback. If that happens, I won't be able to save you!" Camias mocked Lu Ming as she pulled her longsword from the elven commander and watched him fall from his horse.

Lu Ming could only smile helplessly and said in a low voice, "You think you can't save me? I don't believe it."

With that, he beheaded the elven commander with his Farron Swiftsword, had his personal guards hoist his head up with their lances so that everyone, including the elves, could see it, and shouted, "Your commander is dead! Stop your futile resistance! Surrender now, or you will die!"

Then, Camias shouted in the Elven language: "Surrender and you will be spared! Resistance means certain death!"

Upon seeing their commander's severed head, the soldiers of the Eye of the Forest were horrified. Some immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered. However, a portion of the Aifa soldiers chose to fight to the death against Mirakaisar's army.

Chapter 52 - Conquering Terra Canyon

"Is this the Baharette Fortress in the Terra Canyon? Why does it look even worse than Mordred Fortress?" Ramanlas asked with some doubt as he gazed at the Baharette Fortress, which was positioned at the entrance to the Terra Canyon.

Compared to Mordred Fortress where they had previously been stationed and defended, the fortress before them was practically a prehistoric ruin, with walls covered in cracks and moss, hardly resembling a sturdy fortress to rely on.

“Unlike our Miracath, the Aifa Empire rarely experiences internal civil war, so elves seldom come to repair these ancient fortresses. However, it would be too naive to judge this fortress based solely on its appearance. There are still thirty to forty thousand Aifa ragtag troops waiting for us inside!” After explaining this to Ramanlas, Haimir looked at Lu Ming and Winsland, the two strategists.

At this moment, the two of them were carefully observing the situation on the walls of Baharet Fortress through binoculars.

"The enemy force numbers between 30,000 and 40,000. Their weapons are average, and their armor is of medium quality—better than ours, but still nothing special. We didn't see any cannons or magic cannons on the walls; the only large-scale ranged attack seems to be the magicians' spells. However, the elves of Aifa are incredibly skilled archers, so a direct assault on this fortress would likely result in heavy casualties. Furthermore, our army is mostly cavalry, unsuitable for sieges. Therefore, we can only rely on priests and magicians to bombard the fortress with miracles and magic, forcing the elven defenders to surrender." After careful observation, Winsland offered his initial assessment of the attack on the fortress.

“I agree with your point of view. Our forces are simply too weak to besiege a city.” Turning back to look at his own soldiers, he saw that almost 90% of them were cavalry, which were simply not suitable for siege warfare. Therefore, he agreed with Winslant’s opinion that if they wanted to take this fortress, all they could do was use miracles and magic to launch a large-scale bombardment of the walls and the area behind them, forcing the commander of the Aifa forces to give up resistance and surrender.

However, instead of having Ramanlas and the others order the soldiers to begin a full-scale bombardment of Baharet Fortress, he chose to wait for a period of time before launching the bombardment.

This was because he was waiting for Trissis and his men to lure over a powerful but small number of elves, so that he could annihilate them in one fell swoop and avoid the possibility of being ambushed by these small forces after the bombing had begun.

However, he waited until noon without receiving any information about Trissis and his men. With no other option, they launched the bombing at that moment.

Because it was lunchtime, and Lu Ming and his group did not launch an attack as soon as they arrived, the Aifa soldiers of Baharet Fortress were not on high alert. Instead, they underestimated the enemy and thought that Lu Ming and his group would not attack the city, so they all went to have lunch.

This is a golden opportunity; we can't afford not to seize it!

So when Lu Ming and the others discovered that the number of Aifa soldiers on the walls of Baharet Fortress had decreased significantly, they immediately and without hesitation ordered a bombing raid!

Instantly, a barrage of lightning spears and fireballs was unleashed by Lu Ming and his men's soldiers, landing squarely on the heads of the overconfident elven soldiers, leaving them unable to retaliate!

After clashing with many armies of the Aifa Empire, Lu Ming and his companions' most profound impression of the Aifa army was their arrogance and underestimation of their opponents. The Aifa army's combat strength was consistently high, but their bad habit of looking down on others allowed Lu Ming and his team to frequently exploit this tendency to achieve considerable success.

However, the results achieved this time fell far short of Lu Ming and his team's expectations.

Under the relentless bombardment of miracles and magic, the defenders of Aifa activated a strange magic circle, creating a massive energy shield that enveloped the entire Baharet Fortress. Protected by the shield, the Aifa elves no longer needed to worry about the bombardment of miracles and magic. And, shamelessly, hiding inside the shield, they disregarded the corpses of their fallen comrades and began tearing apart various kinds of food right in front of Lu Ming and his companions, mocking them.

Upon seeing this, several officers with short tempers were immediately enraged and wanted to lead their soldiers to charge the fortress.

Before they could even volunteer or directly engage in battle, Lu Ming summoned the phantom of the woman in black robes, and together they unleashed the Crystal Soul Spear, striking the shield of Baharet Fortress.

The Crystal Soul Spear slammed viciously into the pale blue shield, creating ripples before disappearing completely.

On the surface, Lu Ming's attack appeared to be ineffective, just like the attacks of others. However, in reality, some small cracks had already appeared on the shield where it was hit by the two crystal soul spears.

These cracks are difficult for ordinary people to detect, but for the knights of Yogg-Sotus, who are used to using ranged magic attacks, sensing the abnormal energy is a piece of cake.

So when they noticed the shield cracking, they knew their attacks could break it. If they attacked simultaneously in the same spot, they were certain they could shatter that damned shield!

Therefore, without saying much, with just a glance from Ramanras, all the Yogg-Sotus knights took their amulets and blue flame swords and began chanting, preparing to give the Aifa soldiers of Baharet Fortress a surprise that would be more of a shock than a joy!

As Ramanlas was the first to throw his giant lightning spear, the knights of Yogsotus followed suit, throwing their own lightning spears right after Ramanlas's, all striking the same spot at once!

With a thunderous roar and lightning, a glaring crack appeared on the shield of Baharet Fortress. This crack, initially small, gradually grew larger with the relentless bombardment of the lightning spears, until finally, it was completely shattered by another massive lightning spear strike from Ramanras, the spear passing directly through the crack and striking the soldiers of Aifa's side!

Upon seeing this, the morale of the rest of Miracais's army soared, and they followed the example of Yggdrasil, using siege weapons such as thunderbolts or ballistae to attack a point on the shield, tearing a hole there to attack the defenders.

Perhaps realizing that continuing like this would inevitably lead to certain death, the elven garrison of Baharet Fortress did something that greatly surprised Lu Ming and his companions. They actually opened the gates of Baharet Fortress and chose to engage Miracaesar's army in a direct confrontation!

This was completely unexpected for Lu Ming and the others.

They abandoned the relatively strong fortress and instead chose a face-to-face, iron-and-blood battle, as if they wanted to fight a desperate battle before they died and fight their way out!

However, the decision to fight with one's back to the river must be made with careful consideration of the circumstances. When the troop composition and weaponry are roughly equal, the side with fewer troops may choose to fight with their backs to the river, displaying a do-or-die determination to boost morale and potentially defeat an enemy force that outnumbers them by one or two times.

However, if the enemy consists entirely of cavalry, with superior weaponry and equipment, and high morale, then fighting with one's back to the river is a joke.

The elven garrison numbered over 30,000, of whom 80 percent were infantry and archers, with fewer than 6,000 cavalry and the rest being logistics or medical personnel.

It is wishful thinking to think that these people alone can defeat Miracaesar's army of nearly 30,000 cavalry.

Infantry often suffers against cavalry. Miracaiser's army was far better equipped than the ragtag militia, and more than half of his knights were semi-magical warriors capable of using miracles. In a single exchange, a portion of the Aifa Empire's defenders were decimated by lightning spears and magic. Then, when the distance was close enough for the defenders to engage Miracaiser's army, their incredibly sharp blades inflicted heavy casualties on the Aifa forces.

The sharp blades easily cleaved the weapons in the hands of the Aifa soldiers, killing them in terror. Only a few officers wielding weapons crackling with lightning were able to put up a fight against the knights. But these elven officers were too few in number and could do too little; they were utterly useless in this battle!

Soon, the defenders of Baharet Fortress were defeated. Apart from the soldiers who were initially killed by the barrage of lightning, only three thousand elven defenders surrendered, five thousand fled, and the rest fought to the death, preferring to die rather than surrender.

Looking at the earth stained red with the blood of his soldiers, the elven commander stood on the walls of Baharet Fortress and laughed maniacally.

"Hahahahahahaha~!!!" He laughed wildly, and also laughed with utter despair.

As Lu Ming and the others turned their gazes to him, he suddenly laughed and wept, saying, "I knew all along that the Church of the Deep was a scourge. It's just a pity those fools only thought of their own interests, disregarding the Queen and the nation. Now look what's happened! The Church of the Deep has chosen to betray us; they've taken up arms and are attacking us, the noble elves. The army is tied down, the Queen is tied down, no elves will come to our rescue, no elves will come to our aid. And my daughter has already died at Eldridge's table! Now, you guys from Miracaiser, do you think you've won? No! I tell you! You haven't won!!"

Suddenly, a strange device appeared in his hand, and in the instant Lu Ming and the others were shouting, he pressed the special runes on the device.

Then came a deafening "BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and he was blown to ashes along with the entire Baharette Fortress.

Covering his ears, which were ringing from the explosion, Lu Ming looked at the ruins of Baharet Fortress and felt his heart bleeding.

Although the explosion did not injure any other people or elves except for the elven commander, it was infuriating that Baharette Fortress, which was already in their grasp, was destroyed inexplicably.

However, it is somewhat acceptable that part of the foundation and area of ​​Baharet Fortress was preserved by the magic circle buried underground. As long as workers are recruited to work overtime, the fortress should be able to be rebuilt before the elves defeat the Church of the Deep and are able to attack.

Moreover, the number of mages in Lu Ming's troops should make the rebuilt Baharette Fortress many, many times stronger than the previous fortress!

Furthermore, Miral's puppet soldiers could also serve as craftsmen and laborers, helping to construct the fortress. Overall, although it was infuriating, it was actually a win-win situation. During the recent barrage of bullets, Lu Ming had already seen the fortress's dilapidated walls cracked and even collapse in one section. They simply couldn't hold out there for a month or two against the potential elven counterattack. So, the bombing was fine; at least that fool forgot to destroy the supplies stored under the magic circle's protection as well...

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Around 3 PM, Trissis and the other elves arrived at the Terra Canyon with their troops and joined Lu Ming, Ramanlas, and the others.

"Sir, are you all alright? We saw the flash of the explosion from several kilometers away!" Upon seeing Lu Ming and the others, Trissy and Ifrat immediately inquired about their safety with great concern.

"Although the explosion was huge, we were quite far from the fortress at the time, so apart from some injuries, we were mostly unharmed. However, there was also a flash of light from an explosion in the northwest of the Dragon Ridge Mountains, which made us very worried that the commander of the Aifa army there might have encountered the same thing as us and blown up the fortress." Sitting in his tent, Lu Ming said with some concern.

Trissis and Ifrat exchanged a glance, and then Trissis delivered some not-so-good news.

"My lord, it wasn't just the Baharet Fortress and the Ballarat Fortress in the northwest that exploded; there were also explosions in several other canyons!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming frowned and said, "The elves have destroyed all the fortresses blocking the canyons of the Dragon Ridge Mountains. Are they trying to buy time so they can counterattack us after they've dealt with the Church of the Deep? But with Eldridge's strength and his group of reckless followers, it's absolutely impossible for the higher-ups of Aifa to eliminate them in a short time!"

Thinking for a moment, Lu Ming suddenly looked at Trissis and Ifrat and asked, "Have you encountered any small elite units of Aifa along the way?"

"No. Apart from some militia forced to fight us by the nobles of Aifa, we haven't encountered any small elite units along the way. It's as if they're deliberately avoiding us, which is very puzzling."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ming immediately ordered his guards to summon Winsland, Ramanlas, and Kemias, and took out a map to carefully examine the terrain and city locations of the Aifa Empire on the Dragon Ridge Mountains side.

After watching for a while, Lu Ming used the magic pen to mark several points on the map.

"What's wrong, Lu Ming? What happened?" Winslant and the others asked Lu Ming with some confusion after they arrived.

Lu Ming handed them the map and said, "Aifa's small elite force hasn't made a move yet, which is a bit strange. So I checked the map and found that their mission is likely to activate several teleportation magic stations that we shut down, so they can attack us from both inside and outside!" (To be continued...)

Chapter 53 - Phantom Archer

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The reconstruction of Baharet Fortress has begun under the command of Miral and Ramanlas. Some skilled and vigilant knights in the army have been assigned to several medium-sized cities with teleportation magic stations to defend these stations, preventing small elite units of Aifa from secretly activating them and allowing Aifa's army to suddenly attack from behind Liu Ming and the others.

As the largest city in this region, Prasux City naturally became the camp for Liu Ming and his group, as well as their large army.

Except for a few who stayed behind to appease the people, the original elven nobles of this city chose to evacuate when Miracaissa's army counterattacked Aifa, heading to the capital of the Aifa Empire to wait for an opportunity to return with Aifa's main force.

But what good would it do if they were to return after abandoning the people? The people had already been abandoned, and naturally, they would no longer agree to be ruled by them.

Moreover, it remains to be seen whether they can actually fight back!

Standing at the main gate of the lord's mansion, while the guards carried his luggage into the mansion, Liu Ming silently glanced outside the mansion and then said to one of the knights, "Keep a close eye on the teleportation magic station in the city. Don't let the elves of Aifa activate it."

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Upon hearing the order, the man immediately led a squad of soldiers to the teleportation magic station in the city, where they joined the existing squad of soldiers to guard the station.

Watching the soldiers walk away until they disappeared from sight, Liu Ming turned around and entered the mansion that originally belonged to an elven nobleman.

Most elven houses are built using magic and divine arts, allowing trees to grow naturally, a style completely different from the brick and stone houses of humans and beastmen. However, elves do build brick and stone houses, just very rarely. For example, a small shrine outside the lord's mansion where Liu Ming will be temporarily staying, used for praying to the elven gods, is built of brick and stone.

The mansion, whose main body is three giant trees fused together, lacks leaves and branches. Because it was naturally formed from the trees, the walls and floors are uneven. Instead of the bright lights or magical lamps used by humans and beastmen, the walls are adorned with a plant cultivated by the elves. This plant resembles fruit and emits a faint white light at night. Grafted by the elves into the three giant trees that serve as the lord's residence, it survives on the trees' nutrients and light. Although the light it emits is not strong, it is sufficient for illumination.

Because it was already very late, Liu Ming and the others prepared to go to sleep.

But when he and Chimera saw that their bed was also made of uneven wood, they couldn't help but look at Kate and Camilla, who had already changed into their pajamas.

However, Camillas and Kate said, "We've never tried this kind of bed before, but it should be alright... I guess..."

Upon hearing the word "probably," Liu Ming knew that these two were unreliable. Helpless, he could only take matters into his own hands, using natural magic to lengthen the concave part that formed the bed, filling in the concave area, and then laying down a thick, soft blanket to make himself and the others a little more comfortable.

Unfortunately, before Liu Ming could even lie down and try out his modified wooden bed, a female knight from his personal guard rushed over and said to him, "Just now, a team of special forces from Aifa tried to infiltrate the teleportation magic station to activate the magic circle, but they were discovered by our knights. After a fierce battle, they wounded two of our knights and fled. However, two or three of their elves were also hit by lightning spears. Although they survived thanks to some special magical device, they won't live long without medical treatment! Therefore, the knights hope that Your Excellency can grant us permission to search the hospital and the homes of elves who can heal such injuries."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ming replied without hesitation, "A search is unreliable and could easily provoke resistance from the city's residents."

With that, he put on his clothes and strode outside. He then asked the female knight, "By the way, when the knights fought those guys, did they make sure the shadow creatures remembered their appearance and scent?"

"Yes! Knowing that the other side was an elite special forces unit, the knights immediately summoned shadow creatures and quietly infiltrated their shadows after spotting them."

"Since we already have the ability to track them, why is there still a search?"

"This is because the signals transmitted back by the shadow creatures through the contract are very weak, so we..."

"Alright! Enough said. Now go and gather the knights immediately; we need to track down those elves."

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Chimera felt slightly worried as she watched as Liu Ming was forced to leave due to the sudden appearance of Aifa's special forces.

However, Kate's question about how Camillas met her piqued her curiosity, so she immediately looked at Camillas, completely forgetting her worries about her husband.

If Liu Ming knew that she had thrown away her worries about him because of gossip, he might be furious with that girl Chimera.

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Two hours later, Liu Ming led a large group of Yugsotus knights, galloping through the streets of Prasius City at night.

Because it was late at night and the city was occupied by Liu Ming and his group, there was no one on the streets. The only source of light was the illumination magic emitted by the Aries Staff in Liu Ming's hand.

Following a secret signal sent by the shadow creatures through a contract, Liu Ming and his companions quickly arrived at a dilapidated-looking place in the city.