Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 246 - 240 Evie’s Doubt

The Half-Beast Army had been repelled.

Seeing the Half-Beast Army retreating like a tide, the Natural Saintess Alice also let out a sigh of relief.

Then, she hurriedly joined the Druid players to begin assisting other players who were injured in the recent defense battle.

Over a thousand Half-Beast warriors died in battle, but the player casualties were not few either.

The players participating in the defense task were generally of low level, and despite the protection of the castle walls, nearly five hundred players returned to the World Tree.

As for the number of injured players, it was over a thousand people.

However, compared to the Half-Beasts, this loss was already considered small.

Not to mention, those deceased players also returned promptly after reviving through the Teleportation Array.

Therefore, the overall defensive power of the castle had not actually decreased by much.

To be honest, the only real losses were the defensive facilities and the castle walls that the Half-Beasts and Bimong Giant Beasts destroyed in the recent battle.

After the cheer from the players, they began to clean up the battlefield.

Under the coordination of the two commanders, some players started gathering the equipment left behind by the Half-Beasts on the castle walls; others began repairing the walls damaged in the battle; and still others, with Divine Favored Zero’s permission, opened the castle gates and went down to gather the equipment left by the retreating Half-Beast Army...

It was rather eerie; although the battle had been fierce, with both sides risking their lives, after the battle ended, there wasn’t a single corpse on the battlefield, only bloodstains and equipment...

This eerie situation made the native elves’ eyelids twitch, but the players were already used to it and didn’t care at all.

With the players’ cleanup, the castle walls became lively once again.

However, after achieving a major victory, the atmosphere in Black Dragon Castle was much more relaxed than before the battle started.

In fact, the players were even more excited.

The benefits brought by over a thousand dead Half-Beasts far exceeded the players’ losses.

Having tasted the sweetness of a major plot, players couldn’t wait for the next wave of Half-Beasts’ sieges.

"These Half-Beasts give so much experience points! I just helped kill one warrior with others and got 5000 experience points directly!"

A level 11 player from the third test excitedly looked at their experience bar and said.

"Hey, only 5000? I charged ahead, even died once, but my cumulative contribution points were over 200%, and I gained over 30,000 experience directly! These Half-Beasts give more experience than human mercenaries!"

Another shield warrior player proudly raised his curved blade.

"But you died once! Isn’t that a loss?"

"Heh heh, I’m part of the Mengmeng Committee. Our guild’s taunting warriors have their contribution points reimbursed if they die in major plot missions."

"Damn, I’m envious!"

"..."

However, many players purely enjoyed the feeling of the recent battle:

*"Exciting! This is what war should feel like; old RPG games are so weak in comparison!"*

*"Awesome! This is more fun than fighting demon beasts!"*

"Seriously... Just as I was getting the hang of it, they retreated! Such a shame..."

The players tasted the sweetness, their battle spirits thoroughly incited, and when they looked towards the distant Half-Beast Army again, their eyes had completely changed:

"They shouldn’t not come back, right?"

"No rush, there must be another wave of sieges! They’ve hardly lost anyone; they definitely won’t give up."

"Haha! If we eliminate all these Half-Beasts, imagine how much experience that would be!"

"Heh heh, reaching Black Iron Middle Rank won’t be a problem!"

"Haha! I just told our friends on ambush duty about our battle achievements; they’re so jealous now."

"Heh heh, who told them not to choose to defend the city?"

The players were extremely delighted and full of morale. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Meanwhile, the retreating Half-Beasts were rather dejected and disheveled.

Lionheart King Imsh led nearly nine thousand Half-Beasts out of the castle’s firing range, his expression quite unsightly:

"I was careless... I didn’t expect the elves to gather such strong forces."

He originally thought that with a ten-thousand-strong army and five Bimong Giant Beasts, capturing such a minor place as Black Dragon Castle would be a breeze. Yet he found himself biting into a tough bone...

"It seems... I must resort to Father God’s power."

Lionheart King Imsh clenched his fist.

If he could take down the Elf Clan relying solely on worldly power, he would greatly please the True God. However, it now seemed... that he must summon the Totem Guardian.

The Divine Favored of the Elf Clan had appeared, and the castle’s defense was robust, seemingly with a Divine Power blessing...

Relying solely on the Half-Beasts to sacrifice themselves would lead to heavy losses!

Thinking of this, Lionheart King Imsh took a deep breath and ordered to his left and right:

"Bring the High Priest here..."

A moment later, the Half-Beasts’ Chief Priest, accompanied by two Silver Priests, came before Lionheart King Imsh.

"Great King, it seems your offensive wasn’t successful."

Wearing a bone crown and with paint on her face, the Chief Priest smiled faintly.

In her hand, she still held a Skull Necklace that constantly flickered with light.

But at this moment, the red on the necklace seemed deeper...

Lionheart King Imsh squinted his eyes, taking a deep look at the necklace in her hand, seemingly very apprehensive.

Apparently sensing his gaze, the High Priest touched the necklace in her hand and chuckled softly:

"Great King, rest assured, I will not use this Divine Artifact unless it’s absolutely necessary."

Lionheart King Imsh remained silent.

After a moment, he looked at the High Priest complexly and slowly said:

"I underestimated the power of the Elf Clan, High Priest. I decided to summon the Totem Guardian directly. Have you prepared the summoning altar?"

Listening to Lionheart King’s words, the Chief Priest nodded, a fanatical expression on her face:

"Of course!"

"If you desire, we can request the power of Father God at any time!"

...

The players’ battlefield cleanup was very swift.

With no bodies, just equipment to pick up, which was the players’ specialty.

Soon, the ground outside the city walls was completely cleared, and the players didn’t even spare the clothes on the Half-Beasts, confiscating everything and bringing it back...

On the walls, the damaged defensive structures were being repaired systematically.

Everyone eagerly awaited the next Half-Beast attack.

However, Eve, standing atop the walls, had a somewhat solemn expression...

*"Just now... something was competing with me for life force.*"

A situation similar to when Dema and the others died earlier appeared again.

In the recent battle, nearly half of the life force in the dead Half-Beasts wasn’t absorbed by Eve’s war priesthood!

Especially those who died outside the walls, even when the war priesthood’s skill triggered, Eve didn’t gain much life force; it seemed to evaporate out of nowhere.

Fortunately, the life force of the deceased players was fully recovered, and the life force of the Half-Beasts who died on the walls was almost entirely received by Eve.

However, overall, out of over a thousand slain Half-Beasts, about a third of the life force remained unaccounted for.

Although, in total, Eve still profited, it was less than expected.

That was a loss.

*"It’s a capability similar to sacrifice! However... it shouldn’t be a True God or an Evil God, because the other party absorbing life force seemed only to be a mechanism, or instinct, more like some sort of ritual, or perhaps... a Divine Artifact!"*

*"I’m afraid... that it’s the thing I sensed previously!"*

*"This ability to absorb life force is very subtle; if I weren’t already controlling the war priesthood and had full command of the life divine authority, I wouldn’t have detected it at all!"*

*"What the heck are the Half-Beasts up to?"*

*"It seems I need to be more careful..."*

While Eve pondered, suddenly... she felt a change in the Box of the Dead stored in the Divine Country.

Death God Hela had responded.