The villain daughter did all kinds of things

Chapter 348 A Long Drive In

After repelling the elven army and capturing the beach, the Federation army did not rush to advance, but instead chose to establish a camp on the spot for rest and recuperation.

While the engineering corps was setting up camp, Zuihonglou also settled down again, transforming from a giant mechanical puppet back into a restaurant.

Amelie originally planned to have all the customers and staff return to the restaurant, and then use the jade scepter to send the restaurant and the people back to Sphinx.

However, the Federation officers dissuaded her, because the mechanical puppet giants were incredibly useful for leading the charge during the advance, and would undoubtedly greatly reduce the casualties of Federation soldiers.

In fact, Amelite was well aware of this, but she was haunted by a strange competitive spirit that she couldn't quite define as pride or arrogance—before truly defeating the Dao Ancestor and preventing her from merging with the Dao, Amelite was very reluctant to use the legacy that Lian had left her.

It smells really good when you use it.

These were all suggestions from my subordinates; there was nothing I could do about it.

Having convinced herself with this reason, Amelie finally agreed to leave Drunken Red Mansion behind as a pioneer.

Those customers and employees who were summoned by the Jade Ruyi along with Zuihonglou were sent back to the Federation by a surface ship arranged by the Federation Navy.

The first things the engineers built in the camp were, of course, the barracks where the officers and soldiers lived and the fortifications used for defense.

With the help of magical power, these infrastructure projects were completed very quickly; a luxurious building could be completed in just a few days, and military barracks would certainly be completed even faster.

After the barracks and fortifications were all built, the next important task was to construct them.

Among the surface ships of the Federal Navy, there were two ships that had been at the rear of the fleet and had not fired a single shot in the previous battles. Both of these ships were purely transport ships.

Now that the federal military camp on the beach has been built, the transport ships have begun to dock and unload large pieces of equipment from their holds.

The people responsible for assembling and debugging these devices were no longer federal engineers, but rather the machinists of the Melson family.

Following Amelie's instructions, they assembled the equipment unloaded from the transport ship in the safest part of the camp, creating three production lines.

These production lines can all use magnetic magic to directly extract iron sand from the ground as the main material for manufacturing disc drones. They can also recycle and reuse the fragments of disc drones after they explode on the battlefield, further ensuring the Federation Army's endurance in combat.

In addition to establishing the production line, Amelie also personally used holy magic to build a holy water pool in another part of the camp.

The holy water in the pool is rich in divine magic. Any federal soldiers wounded on the battlefield can recover quickly by soaking in the water as long as they still have a breath left.

By around 11 p.m. that night, the Federation Army's camp on the Elf Kingdom beach was basically completed.

The rank-and-file soldiers began to take turns resting in the camp, while Emery, along with senior officers and her men, held a meeting in the flagship command room.

The only theme of this meeting was how to advance towards the Elf Capital.

After all, the nature of this war is completely different from the last one.

In the last war, the humans of the Allen Federation launched an expedition to wash away the humiliation of being enslaved by the elves for many years in ancient times, with the intention of wiping out the elves. Naturally, they could kill and kill their way through, killing all the rebellious elves and capturing all the surrendered elves as slaves.

But this war is different. This war is nominally a pacification war waged by Silbis Emerald Star in the name of the Royal Council to quell the rebellion of the Crimson Moon Clan. The Federation army is just a force borrowed by Silbis, so they can no longer raze the elven villages along the way as they did last time.

After all, when fighting the Dao Ancestor, we still need the Elf Queen's help.

However, all elves have a magical affinity. Even if an elf never trains, they will have the combat power of an apprentice mage after reaching adulthood. It can be said that the entire race is a soldier.

The seemingly harmless yet fierce elven village girls in the elven village could conjure a fireball or lightning bolt at any moment and kill the Federation soldiers.

Amelie was confident that she could keep the Federation troops from harming elven civilians when passing through elven villages, but Spike was not so confident that she could prevent the elven civilians in those villages from attacking the Federation troops.

After all, the Green Star family was the largest slave trader among the elves, and Silby, the head of the family, was notorious in the eyes of her fellow elves and had very little prestige.

Therefore, how to deal with the elven villages along the route from the beach to the elven capital will be the main topic of discussion at tonight's meeting.

Fortunately, the problem was not difficult to solve. After some discussion, the Federal Army quickly came up with a feasible solution.

With the help of locals like Sibi, the Federation Army will devise a marching route that bypasses all elven villages and reaches the elven capital from their current location.

As long as you don't interact with the elven villages along the way, you don't need to consider how best to treat those elven civilians.

However, since the Federation Army actively avoids those elven villages, any elves that appear on the Federation Army's advance route will no longer be civilians and will be treated as rebels.

After deciding on the next marching route, Emerald was still not sleepy, so she took Sibi and Ji Xinyu to the Drunken Red Pavilion to interrogate the two captured Princesses of the Crimson Moon and see if there was any new information.

"Gulp! Witch, kill me!"

The two Princesses of Crimson Moon seemed to have a lot of backbone. When they saw Emerald, they puffed out their cheeks and glared at her, looking fearless, much like Viriana in the beginning.

However, the current Amelie no longer has the same mindset and feelings as before when she was slowly adjusting and educating Viliana... She has been in a state of anxiety since last year, all because of the Dao Ancestor.

Of course, Emerald didn't actually kill the two Crimson Moon Princesses directly. After all, the life flames of these Crimson Moon Princesses were still very powerful. If they could be subdued, they would all be top-tier healing units when attacking the Immortal Sect in the future.

Emerald only forcibly examined the memories of the two Crimson Moon Princesses before sealing them both in the Sacred Crystal, intending to educate and reform them after the war ended.

Like the two Scarlet Moon Princesses that Ji Xinyu killed, these two Scarlet Moon Princesses also only had about half a year of memories... They were already adults when they had self-awareness, and their strength and skills seemed to come from their birth.

For the first few months of the past six months, both Princess Crimson Moon lived in a very strange place, somewhat like a boarding school for girls, but with an architectural style that clearly did not belong to the elves.

During that time, the Crimson Moon Princesses lived a relatively easy life, basically enjoying sweet and intimate daily interactions with their 100-plus sisters.

It wasn't until about two months ago that they returned to the Elven Kingdom with Theresa Scarlet Moon, where they concealed their identities and operated in the shadows, infiltrating the Moon Guard and the Royal Guard through various means. Finally, on the night of the carnival, they broke out and wiped out the other six members of the Seven Rainbows family in one fell swoop.

Since the night of revelry, the two captured Princesses of Crimson Moon have never seen their mother, Theresa Crimson Moon, again. They have been receiving orders from their elder sister to suppress the rebels and prepare for the attack of the Allen Federation.

During this time, the two Crimson Moon Princesses entered and exited the Elven capital several times. Emerald focused on examining their memories and used projection magic to display the full picture of the Elven capital in their memories as much as possible, so that Silbis could search for clues.

As soon as Silbis saw the projection, she was shocked and her body trembled.

"She...she actually dared to? How could she dare? Could it be that that bastard Theresa Scarlet Moon has really gone mad?"

After sighing several times, Silbis took a deep breath, pointed to the center of the Elf Capital projection, and said with a wry smile:

"That bastard Theresa Scarlet Moon! She actually demolished Her Majesty's royal court... This building wasn't our original royal court; it must have been newly built by that bastard Theresa Scarlet Moon!"

"Oh?"

Amelie raised an eyebrow.

Actually, she had some doubts earlier. The royal court, located in the center of the elven capital, was architecturally different from the rest of the city. Instead, it seemed to share the same architectural style as the mysterious place where Princess Scarlet Moon and her companions had lived.

Silbis's current shock confirms this guess.

"Then take a closer look. Apart from the original royal court, has anything else changed in this elven capital?"

Emerald first patted the somewhat agitated Silby to comfort her, and then showed her the projection of the Elf Capital again.

"Let me see... Hmm, here, here, and here."

After observing carefully for a while, Silbis quickly pointed out several different places on the projection of the Elf Capital. The buildings that originally belonged to the elves had been demolished and replaced with new buildings.

Amelite marked all the places that Silby pointed out, and then connected them with the central location of the Elven Royal Court, quickly drawing a spiderweb-like pattern on the map projection of the entire Elven capital.

Take a closer look at the magnificent new buildings constructed in the location of the Elven Royal Court. If they are not palaces symbolizing royal power, then they are most likely... some kind of temple.

At this point, although many details of the whole incident were still missing, the general process had been roughly deduced in Emerald's mind.

More than half a year ago, a major upheaval occurred within the Scarlet Moon family. It was believed that Theresa Scarlet Moon's younger sister usurped power and killed her older sister and mother.

But Theresa Scarlet Moon did not die. Like many protagonists in stories, she was saved by a powerful being who seemed to be an otherworldly god and gained great power.

The power of that otherworldly deity is likely related to reproduction, which is why Theresa Scarlet Moon was able to have more than 100 capable daughters whose physical age was over 100 years old within half a year. Then she led her daughters back in triumph, killed her wicked sister, and took back everything from her.

Perhaps it's the price of gaining the power of revenge, or perhaps Theresa Scarlet Moon herself wants to offer a gift of gratitude to the god who helped her... In any case, what she's doing now is planning to lead the entire elven race to betray the Elven Queen and pledge allegiance to that god.

However, it is not easy to bring the power of a god down to this world. Theresa Scarlet Moon's large-scale transformation of the Elf Capital was probably to bring down the will and power of that god and thoroughly bring His faith into this world.

The deadline the Elf Queen mentioned when she communicated with Ameliete should be the time when the gods from the other world can descend.

Amelie must first lead the Federation army to conquer the Elven capital, destroy the newly built temples, and defeat Theresa Scarlet Moon.

"That should be it."

After clarifying her reasoning, Amelie didn't hide anything and told Ji Xinyu and Sibi everything, asking them what they thought.

As the only user of sacred magic and divine arts in this world, Amelie is undoubtedly an absolute authority in theology, and both Ji Xinyu and Sibi agree with her judgment.

As the largest slave trader among the elves, Silbis had committed countless evil deeds against them, but she remained loyal to the Elf Queen.

Realizing that Theresa Scarlet Moon's actions posed a threat to the Elf Queen, Silbis became even more anxious and once again begged Emerald to help her reclaim the capital, for which she was willing to pay a greater price afterward.

Although Ji Xinyu didn't say anything, her expression became much more serious.

Ji Xinyu had initially approached this war with a purely playful attitude, intending to go on a hunting trip with her senior sister and catch some delicious Pokémon as spoils to take home.

But things are different now.

As the most talented member of the royal family of the Tianyun Empire, Ji Xinyu could easily imagine the consequences of the world being invaded by extraterrestrial gods.

No matter how strong the Dao Ancestor is, he is only at the peak of this world and has not yet transcended it. He can never defeat those true gods who have already surpassed the laws of the world.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. If Theresa Scarlet Moon successfully invites the wolf into the house, the Tianyun Empire will fall sooner or later, which is something Ji Xinyu absolutely does not want to see.

...We can't just play around anymore, we need to help our senior sister fight the war and win as soon as possible!

Ji Xinyu quickly settled on this idea.

So what is the biggest obstacle for the Federation army to conquer the Elven capital? Is it the capital's formidable defenses? Or is it the elven army, numbering less than 10?

No, the most troublesome thing right now is that the Elven First Assassin and the Magic Archer have tied down the Federation Army's strongest forces by assassinating Silbis... As long as we can take her down and free up Amelie's forces, the Federation Army can easily push forward.

So...

Ji Xinyu's mind raced, and once she became completely serious, she brought out the real skills she had when she was a legion commander in the Tianyun Empire, and quickly came up with several plans in her mind.

"Senior sister, perhaps we can do this..."

Ji Xinyu leaned on Amelie's shoulder, breathed into Amelie's ear, and spoke in the most tender and gentle tone several simple, feasible, yet extremely ruthless war strategies.

Sibi, who was standing next to her, was already immune to heat and cold, but she still felt like shivering. She once again warned herself that she must never offend the witch in this life, and the same goes for the witch's junior sister.

. . . . .

After a night's rest, the Federation Army left a brigadier general with his four legions to guard the newly built camp on the coast alongside the naval fleet, while the remaining 18 legions set off, heading towards the Elf Capital under the cover of three magical warships and mechanical golem giants.

The Federal Army already had giant crabs as magical vehicles, and before this war, they purchased Melson brand magical marching boots for every soldier, allowing them to march at speeds exceeding 50 kilometers per hour even in terrains like forests.

The Elf capital is less than 1200 kilometers away from the coast where the Federation army landed, even if the route taken to avoid the Elf villages was a bit roundabout, it is still less than 1400 kilometers away.

Amelie planned to reach the Elf capital in 3 to 5 days, and then launch a decisive battle to defeat Theresa Scarlet Moon's forces in one fell swoop.

Of course, this speed was taken into account that the elven army would be able to intercept them along the way.

To Amelie's surprise, on the first day the Federation army began its advance from the coast, they encountered almost no significant resistance from the elven army.

Not to mention the powerful elves, they didn't even see many ordinary elven soldiers. They only encountered a few groups of monsters summoned by the elves using magic throughout the day, but these groups were completely crushed by the Federation army like minions without any resistance.

As a result, on the first day of the march, they had already covered more than 700 kilometers, exceeding halfway. If all goes well, they might arrive at the Elven capital by tomorrow night.

This was clearly not quite right, so while the army was resting at their camp, Amelie went to ask her good junior sister and personal military advisor for advice.

"This shows that the enemy commander is quite capable."

Ji Xinyu wasn't particularly surprised by this situation. While enjoying the services that Sibi offered in return, she and Ameliete chuckled:

"Senior sister, you are very smart and skilled in all kinds of strategies and tactics, but it is difficult for you to become a good military commander. Do you know why?"

"……Why?"

Amelie was somewhat unconvinced.

She hadn't received much military command training in her life, but in her previous life she had read many military books and played many strategy games. She believed that even if she couldn't compare to those famous generals, she should at least be at the level of an ordinary commander.

"I don't know what kind of military knowledge you've had before, senior sister. Perhaps it's because you're the eldest daughter of the Melson family, but you seem to have some basic misconceptions about the military..."

Ji Xinyu shrugged:

"Senior sister, you have to understand that soldiers in the army are people, with different thoughts and varying abilities... They are not magical devices. You can't always use the thoughts and techniques of using magical devices to command the army. Doing so may be fine for crushing weaker enemies, but it will be easy to be defeated when encountering strong enemies."

"...What exactly do you mean?"

Amelie frowned slightly; she already understood somewhat.

"Senior sister, just sense the condition of the officers and soldiers in the camp, and you'll understand."

Ji Xinyu didn't answer directly, but instead flirted with Si Bi:

"Come on, Sylvie, right here... Yes, press it a couple more times, a little harder, I want it to feel more comfortable, um?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Amelie gently closed her eyes, and with a sweep of her magical perception, she instantly gained complete control of the situation in the entire Federation military camp.

She immediately understood the problem.

Those officers and soldiers who are still on duty are doing well; they are all able to abide by military discipline and concentrate on their vigilance.

But the officers and soldiers resting in the barracks were more relaxed and even unrestrained.