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The communications officers on each of the air and surface warships quickly relayed the firing order to the operators in charge of the ship's magic cannons.

Boom boom boom boom!

In an instant, the sound of a salvo of magic cannon fire shook the clear sky. Hundreds of highly compressed magic bullets roared and crashed towards the coast of the elven kingdom, bringing all the elves on the shore into the range of the cannon fire.

The elves had already experienced the overwhelming firepower of a human naval barrage in the last war, so the elven army did not panic. They all followed the defensive plan they had practiced countless times and used shield spells that were most effective against artillery fire.

The well-coordinated elven mages cast spells in unison, and the magical shield was further enhanced by the rune array that had been placed on the shore, transforming it into an impregnable magical fortress almost instantly.

The compressed magic cannon shells quickly bombarded the magical fortress built by the elven mages. Just like the space battleships attack and defense in a science fiction movie, the bombardment was temporarily defended by the shield, and the two sides began a battle of magic consumption.

Defense consumes more magic power than attack, and a mage's magic power reserves and regeneration speed are certainly no match for the magic reactor on a warship. The result of a war of attrition will inevitably be a victory for the Federation fleet, as countless elven mages have already proven with their lives in the last elven war.

The elven army would not make the same mistake again. It was not enough to just rely on magical shields and bombardment by the Federation's naval cannons to wear them down, so they launched a counterattack while defending.

Another set of rune sets that had been prepared beforehand was activated. This set of rune sets consisted entirely of summoning magic. In just a few minutes, an elemental army was summoned on the sea outside the elven kingdom.

It was a uniform group of water elemental creatures, ranging from the lowest level basic water elementals to various higher-level water elemental beasts and even high-ranking water elementals in the form of young girls. Under the control of elven magic, they immediately launched an attack on the Federation's water surface.

There's a saying that goes, "You can't cut water with a knife." The same applies to artillery fire.

As long as the water elemental creatures are not accurately hit in the core by magic cannonballs, they can quickly recover even if they are blown to pieces by magic cannonballs. The ocean environment gives water elemental life forms extremely high combat power and recovery power, which is also the reason why the elves choose water elements as the main force for counterattack.

"Prepare for boarding action!"

Before Amelie could give the order, the officers of the Federation Navy had already prepared for battle on the deck with their soldiers. Their magical devices were locked onto their targets, and they were just waiting for the water elementals to enter the optimal attack range before they made their move.

"So many summoned creatures."

In the command center of the flagship Melson III, Ji Xinyu raised an eyebrow as she looked at the hundreds of thousands of aquatic elemental creatures that covered the sea:

"Although your Federation soldiers are very brave, isn't it too much of a loss to make them fight a bloody battle with the enemy's summoned creatures like this?"

"Indeed, someone will soon be engaged in a bloody battle with these water elementals, but it won't be us."

Emerald simply smiled, issuing no orders to the Federation forces, and instead took out her personal communication magic device:

"It's up to you, Shasha... Let those foolish elves know who is the best at playing in the ocean."

"Yes, Miss!"

Xia Sha's voice was full of confidence.

Soon, as Xia Sha led the Abyss Mermaids in casting spells at the Abyss Altar on the seabed, the water elemental creatures that were charging towards the Federation fleet on the surface of the sea almost immediately betrayed them.

In order to summon more water elementals to fight the coalition forces, the elven army took a trick when using summoning magic this time... They only summoned the cores of the water elementals, whose bodies were built by absorbing seawater on the spot after arriving in this world.

However, Xia Sha and her Abyssal Mermaid followers had already settled in the Emerald Strait for half a year, bringing the strait's waters under their control. Water manipulation was a fundamental talent of the sea creatures, far surpassing that of land-based beings. Even the water elementals in this world did not possess the same level of water control as the sea creatures.

Just as Amelie used necromancy to forcibly control people's bodies, the bodies of those water elemental creatures were also controlled by the Dark Mermaids. Their consciousness could only shrink in their cores and watch helplessly as they turned around and attacked the contractors who summoned them.

These water elementals are still essentially elves, so the magical fortresses on the coast will identify them as friendly forces and will not be able to intercept them.

The elven mages on the coast were all trying to communicate with the elemental cores in an attempt to regain control of the elemental creatures, but they could only receive replies from the elemental creatures themselves, which were also quite helpless.

The elven mages could only use the counter-summoning spell to send the water elementals back to the elemental realm, but the counter-summoning spell also required time to cast, and the number of water elemental creatures summoned this time was huge, so the counter-summoning would take even longer.

Despite their reverse charge, the water elemental army still reached the shore and attacked the elven mages who had summoned them.

The commander of the elven army had no choice but to send some elven mages forward to defend, buying time for the anti-summoning spell to be cast.

Reality and virtual games are actually completely different or even opposite in many ways, and the two most classic examples are the archer and the mage.

Archers and mages in the game are always portrayed as fragile turrets, with high long-range damage, but they are instantly killed once they are in close combat.

That's not the case. In ancient times, only soldiers with the best physical abilities and martial arts skills could serve as archers. In close combat, a qualified archer could easily defeat an ordinary infantryman with his weapon.

The same is true for the mages of this world. Their melee abilities are by no means weak. There are even special melee spells among the types of magic. Yulia can even be considered a melee-specialized mage. She has never trained in moves and techniques like a martial artist. Her main way of improving is by absorbing magic power, and she learns new moves entirely by relying on the subjective nature of magic power.

As mages proficient in all elements, elven mages are naturally skilled in melee combat, but they rarely use cold weapons, instead relying on their most familiar elemental abilities to fight.

Hard rocks become shields, sharp ice becomes spears, compressed air becomes blades, and flames burn on fists and feet.

The elven soldiers in the front row quickly began to engage the water elementals. They used the principle of elemental counteraction, primarily employing ice and lightning magic attacks, and easily blocked the first wave of water elemental attacks, with their own casualties being almost negligible.

Even now, people must admit that the individual combat strength of elven soldiers is absolutely the strongest among all nations; almost all of them are multi-elemental magic users.

Unfortunately, wars between nations are not like battles between martial arts sects. The strength of a single soldier is no longer enough to control the situation, unless one is a top-tier expert capable of destroying a nation single-handedly.

The elven army first sent a portion of its soldiers to chant anti-summoning spells, and then sent another portion to fend off the charge of the water elementals, which significantly reduced the number of mages they had to maintain the defenses of the magic fortress.

In the competition of total magic power, magic output power, and magic regeneration speed, mages were never a match for the magic reactors on warships, not to mention that the number of mages has now decreased.

The magical fortress, which had originally been able to withstand the bombardment of the Federation fleet, immediately developed multiple cracks and began to collapse.

Many of the elven mages who were still maintaining their magical defenses were pale and bleeding from the corners of their mouths, but the steel behemoths of the Federation fleet showed no signs of fatigue.

Click! Click click click click!

As the most cracked section of the spellcasting wall shattered first under the barrage of fire, the entire spellcasting fortress disintegrated within seconds.

The defensive elven rune arrays on the coast went out one by one, and the elven mages who were maintaining defenses near the rune arrays also coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.

The defenses were breached, and there was nothing on the coast that could stop the Federation fleet's fire.

The next second, hundreds of magical cannonballs, capable of blasting craters several meters deep into the ground, roared in like a storm, beginning to wash over the beaches of the Elf Kingdom.

The elves caught in the blast of the magic cannonball were sent flying like rag dolls, and those who were unlucky enough to be hit directly were torn to pieces and left with no trace of their bodies.

"withdraw!"

Upon seeing this, the commander of the elven army did not hesitate to order the abandonment of the beach, as it would be unwise to withstand the firepower of the human fleet.

The elven army on the beach immediately retreated to the second line of defense in the forest several kilometers away, intending to launch a counterattack after the human army landed.

Several crimson flames quickly ignited on the beach, each with a gorgeously dressed red-haired elf at its center, who looked seven or eight parts like Marcy, clearly her sister.

The powerful healing ability of the Flame of Life was once again demonstrated. On the battlefield, whether the elves were injured because their defenses were breached or because they were hit by artillery fire, as long as they still had a breath left, they could recover their vitality after being bathed in the Flame of Life and follow the main force as they fought and retreated.

One elven soldier was even turned to mush after being hit by artillery fire, but she was lucky enough to be enveloped by the Flame of Life before she was completely dead, and she survived afterward.

The intervention of these Crimson Moon Clan red-haired elves undoubtedly boosted morale significantly. The elven army, which had been somewhat panicked under the barrage of artillery fire, immediately regained its composure and began to retreat in an orderly manner according to orders, minimizing casualties.

Moreover, before completely retreating from the coast, the elven mages completed the anti-summoning spell on the water elementals, sending the cores of those water elementals back to the elemental realm.

Without the water element core, even if the Dark Mermaids could still control the seawater, they could only use the waves to wash over the bumpy beach, making it difficult to pursue the elves who had retreated into the forest.

Once the elves retreated into the forest, they were less afraid of the fleet's artillery barrage. Unless the magical bombardment hit them precisely, it was difficult to kill them. And as long as they survived, they could rejoin the battle after being bathed in the Flame of Life.

The continent of the Elf Kingdom is composed of over 95% forests, except for the surrounding coastline.

These forests are also different from the forests of other continents. The trees in the forests have become very strong after living in symbiosis with elves for a long time. The bark of many trees is as hard as artificial alloys, and a few have even evolved powerful properties such as magic absorption and magic immunity.

Therefore, once the elves are protected by the forest, the area damage caused by artillery fire will be greatly reduced. And how easy is it to accurately hit the agile elves in the dense forest?

The Federation forces never expected to completely defeat the Elven army with artillery fire alone; their goal was to clear the beaches and launch a landing.

Now that the elves on the beach have retreated, the Federation fleet naturally ceased its bombardment and began its advance. The officers and soldiers on board were also prepared to establish a base and solidify defenses after landing.

Of course, the artillery fire could not be completely stopped. As the landing ships approached the shore, five surface warships continued to bombard the elven army, preventing the elven army, which had retreated into the forest, from easily coming out.

However, once the federal army disembarked from the warships and began landing, the artillery fire maintaining suppressive fire from the rear had to cease.

Because the beaches of the Elf Kingdom are not very wide, when the Federation army lands, the magic cannonballs will land too close to their own people... If the elves in the forest use magic to interfere slightly, the magic cannonballs will easily fall prematurely and injure their own people.

"Senior sister, are you going to log in like this?"

Seeing a large number of Federation officers and soldiers disembark from the warship and land on the beach, Ji Xinyu raised an eyebrow in the flagship's command room:

"The beach and the forest are connected and very close... What would you do if the forest elves attacked the Federation troops on the beach with magic?"

“It’s simple, go into the forest and fight them off… first drive these elves further away, then establish a base on the beach.”

Emery, on the other hand, appeared very confident. After answering Ji Xinyu's question, she immediately picked up the communicator and issued commands:

"It's your turn to perform, Judy. Use that one."

"it is good!"

Judy's troops were the first to land. Upon receiving Emerald's order, she immediately took out four magic scrolls and opened them all at once.

A huge crack immediately lit up behind Judy, filled with dazzling holy light and melodious hymns, as if a beautiful and sacred kingdom lay beyond the crack.

The sacred realm of the dead—Valhalla, the abode of the gods.

As promised to Judy by Emerald, Judy gained the authority to summon Emerald's Legion of Heroes using a magic scroll, and now was the time for the Legion of Heroes to make its mark.

The legion that Judy was nearly wiped out by the "Destined Death" calculation, along with the officers and soldiers of the Demon Tide Expeditionary Army who died in the battle to exterminate the Squid People, are now all members of the Heroic Spirit Legion, totaling nearly 20,000, which is roughly equivalent to 4 Demon Tide Expeditionary Legions.

These heroic soldiers are now fearless of casualties, just like undead warriors. They are also blessed with holy armor magic, and each of them has at least the strength of a trainee paladin. They are an elite legion that can completely compete with the elven army head-on.

"Senior Sister's Legion of Heroic Spirits?"

Ji Xinyu quickly discerned the true nature of these heroic warriors. After all, she had just engaged in a passionate dual cultivation session with Amelie and was well aware of Amelie's power, which explained her still somewhat pessimistic expression.

“Senior sister, your army of heroic spirits is very strong. Now, apart from the number of elite undead, it should be no weaker than the army of undead under your master’s wife… However, even if your heroic spirits are as lifelike as living people, they are still just magical creations. They will probably suffer a loss against the elves who are most skilled in magic, and they are also at a disadvantage in terms of numbers… I don’t think that they alone can defeat the elves in the forest.”

"Junior sister, your eye for talent is indeed sharp."

Emerald did not refute Ji Xinyu's judgment, but she remained quite calm, her tone exuding strong confidence, even carrying the feeling of about to show off a good toy:

"Therefore, my heroic legion is merely holding them back at the front. The real force to repel the elven army in the forest will be the new battlefield masters of this era... Junior sister, you'd better watch out!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Judy's army of spirits was almost at the edge of the forest, about to engage the forest elves in battle.

So Emerald took out a communication magic device again and gave the order:

"Are you ready, uncles? It's time to let the elves see the new products of the Melson family. Let's get started."

"Yes, Miss!"

The response this time came entirely from members of the Melson family, who were stationed on various air and surface warships in the rear, responsible for operating and using the latest magical devices.

Upon receiving Amelie's order, the hatches on those warships, originally intended for aerial mages, opened almost simultaneously. However, not a single mage flew out; instead, a large number of metal discs resembling sweeping robots from Earth emerged, flying with overwhelming force towards the forest where the elven army was located.

Chapter 346 Biochemical Drones!

A large number of metal discs flew towards the forest with an overwhelming force, and the elven soldiers in the forest naturally noticed them immediately.

But there's not much you can do even if you find out.

The loss of the beach deprived the elves of their best anti-air vision and anti-air firepower.

After taking refuge in the forest, the elves no longer needed to fear the Federation fleet's artillery fire, thanks to the cover provided by the trees' massive canopies. However, these massive canopies also affected the elves' ability to cast wide-area spells in the sky.

Unless the elven mages cast spells from the top of the tree canopy, but that would leave them exposed to enemy fire and kill them even faster.

"WTF?"

The commander of the elven army and Theresa Scarlet Moon's daughters, who called themselves "Scarlet Moon Princesses," discussed the matter and discovered that none of them recognized this new thing. It was clearly another new type of war weapon created by the Federation.

They could only scan the metal discs with their magical senses and found that the magical response of these discs was not high and the material was very fragile. No matter how they thought about it, they should not be a match for the elven army, whose members were all mages.

However, the elves, who had already suffered too many losses due to human magical technology, were still not careless. The officers reminded the soldiers to be careful and to shoot down the metal disc before it got too close.

The distance between the Federation fleet and the forest was not far. The massive number of metal discs that blotted out the sky quickly flew to the front line, overtaking the Heroic Spirit Legion that was originally charging ahead, and entered the forest.

Upon approaching the elven army, the metal discs immediately formed groups of three, each locking onto an elven soldier, and accelerated towards them once more.

"Shoot down those strange plates, don't let them get any closer!"

The elven soldiers shouted and began casting spells to fight back.

Against such agile flying units, area-of-effect spells are not the most effective. The most effective spells are usually those that can lock onto multiple targets at the same time, such as Chain Lightning or Multiple Arcs.

Most elven mages did indeed choose this kind of magic.

However, just as the lightning gathered in their hands, a flash of green light appeared on the metal disc, and then the lightning spells that were about to take shape disappeared.

"This is... dispelling the spell? But how is that possible?"

The elven mages were shocked to see this and tried to cast their spells again to intercept, but they had already missed the optimal interception distance.

Some of the faster elven mages managed to cast their spells a second time and successfully shot down some of the flying metal discs, but many more elven mages failed to do so and were blown within 5 meters of them by the metal discs before they exploded.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

The explosion wasn't particularly powerful, since each metal disc didn't have a high magic reserve; the explosion's power was roughly equivalent to a hand grenade on Earth.

Mages' bodies, enhanced by magic, are already far superior to those of Earthlings. Many mages also possess permanent defensive spells. Furthermore, Princess Crimson Moon is constantly healing many members of the elven army with the Flame of Life. The explosion of these metal discs should not have caused much damage.

But soon, some of the more observant elves noticed that the smoke from the exploding metal discs was strangely pink, with a sweet smell...

"Damn it! It's a pleasure potion! You despicable humans... Ugh?!"

An elven mage who had been injured by the explosion of the metal disc had just stood up under the healing power of the Flame of Life when she collapsed again with a soft moan.