Chapter 99: The Anger of the Elf Saint ( words)
Da da da!
The sound of horses' hooves, flying dust and a noisy atmosphere was like the beating of war drums.

It's just the drumbeat for retreat.

A magician appeared among the goblins and destroyed a level 27 magic scroll with one strike. After witnessing the most shocking scene in his career, Captain Jiaen's brain was trembling. He had no intention of fighting and fled back to the town with nearly a hundred soldiers.

The lustful goblin drove his carriage closely behind, breaking through the unguarded city gate in broad daylight and galloping through the streets like a hungry wolf chasing a flock of sheep, chasing Captain Jiaen everywhere.

The soldiers with war horses were fine, as they could run fast enough and were not afraid of being caught up by monsters, but the new recruits who were slightly weaker in strength and status were in trouble.

They ran on their own two legs, and some of them were weak magicians who could not catch up with Captain Jiaen's hurried pace.

In order to avoid being crushed into meat paste by the magic horse, they had to scatter and hide in the alleys. Some of them were so panicked that they broke into the residents' homes, dragged the shivering residents out from under the bed, and then hid in themselves.

The army was defeated like a mountain.

The captain had already fled in fear of the battle, and the morale of the army had collapsed. These soldiers no longer cared about the "honor of the kingdom" and each of them did whatever it took to save his own life.

Perhaps some people will laugh or make fun of this scene.

However, in the history of this continent, when the demon god awakened, there were many more exaggerated scenes than the current one when facing the sudden attacks of monsters.

All the glory and great empires, in the most brutal era of war, were just a group of cowards who lived in fear.

He only dared to jump out arrogantly and domineeringly after the Demon God was sealed, talking about his achievements and showing off his power like a clown. However, the people of the empire not only did not question him, but were immersed in the false "glory and greatness" and could not extricate themselves.

The goblins invaded the town only to awaken the memories in their bones.

The dream was ultimately shattered. The goblins rode on the carriage, smashed the goddess statue in the center of Ivan Town, and trampled the kingdom's flag under their horses' hooves.

Captain Garen is even less courageous than Irving and Paris. Knowing that deserters will be punished along with their families, he still can't resist the instinct to "follow his heart".

The kingdom's flag, a symbol of the empire's dignity, was trampled under the monster's feet. He didn't even turn his head, nor did he have time to care about the soldiers behind him. He and his horse began to flee without hesitation.

Today is a day that will go down in history. The war between monsters and the world has officially begun. The Lustful Goblins and others have taken the lead and won the first battle, declaring that the days of monster hunting are over. From now on, a brand new era will begin.

【Jie jie jie! 】

The goblins stood on the carriage and looked around. Everywhere they looked, they saw soldiers fleeing in all directions and residents hiding in their houses trembling in fear.

The Fire Goblin rubbed his fists and looked at these frightened humans excitedly, with flames faintly gushing and jumping above his mouth, nose and shoulders.

[Lord, we have arrived at Ivan Town. What should we do next? ]

The mission was completed, and the lustful goblin immediately reported to the lord.

Arriving at Alvin Town without harming a single soldier, this should mean that they have perfectly passed the Lord's assessment, right?
Even when the lord was not around, the lustful goblin still held his head high, his expression full of pride and excitement.

【Why is it so slow? 】

In the cave, Guan commanded the miner goblins to transform and expand the territory.

He checked the system time and saw that the Lustful Goblin arrived at Ivan Town fifteen minutes slower than expected, so he asked in a somewhat cold tone.

Eh?
Is this slow?

After hearing the lord's lecture, the goblins' excited and ferocious smiles froze instantly, and turned into a panicked and embarrassed expression.

It must also be able to reach the mission location more quickly without actively attacking humans.

It turns out that the Lord has even higher expectations of us.

hateful!

If they had realized the deeper meaning behind the mission earlier, if they had worked harder and moved at full speed, they might have done better!

Feeling that they had failed the lord's expectations, the goblins were dejected and frustrated.

Reflecting on myself, I feel ashamed towards my leadership. They are truly a group of very dedicated and good employees.

However, Gu An had been directing the expansion work within the territory and was completely unaware of the "wonderful theory" made by the lustful goblin.

In his opinion, he just wanted the goblins to quickly reach Ivan Town and stir up hatred while killing as few humans as possible, and then quickly return to the territory to continue working.

By this standard, the goblins should have arrived in Aven Town long ago.

Gu Anke had never expected that a simple command could be interpreted in such a complicated way by the lustful goblin.

But it's not a big deal. Wasting a dozen minutes can save more energy, so it's not a big loss.

The statue of the goddess was destroyed, and the kingdom's flag was trampled under the hooves of the magic horse. This wave of hatred has been perfectly drawn. All that is left is to wait for the kingdom's army to arrive and die one after another like cans on a production line.

[Lord, we are deeply ashamed to have failed your expectations.] The lustful goblin was deeply frustrated about not passing the test and was ready to face the wrath of the lord.

【This will not happen again. 】

[You guys go back to the cave now and continue the work of expanding the territory. If you hesitate again, I will no longer be so tolerant.]

Gu An was busy directing the expansion work, and after issuing subsequent orders, he unilaterally cut off the voice transmission.

The lustful goblins and others were filled with guilt and self-blame at this time.

My Lord must be very disappointed that I failed the test.

Despite this, the lord is unwilling to blame us too much. Woohoo, how kind and generous he is!

The Lord is definitely the best goblin in the world! The best Lord in the world!
Go now!
Return to the territory as quickly as possible and repay the lord's kindness with a wholehearted work attitude!

The goblins' expressions became more determined, and their hearts were filled with enthusiasm. They all made up their minds to put in their best effort when they returned to the territory to carry out the expansion work!

The reins swung violently.

The lustful goblin did not continue to wreak havoc in the town of Ivan, but instead turned around and drove his carriage out of the city.

Irving and Paris arrived late.

Because they were running, before they reached the city gate, they saw the lustful goblin rushing out of the city and going away towards the forest along another road, leaving only the "hehehe" hideous laughter echoing in the distance.

Looking at the monster's back as it walked away in a graceful manner, they knew that it was too late, the ending was already determined, and they didn't even have the chance to sacrifice heroically.

"Irwin, what should we do..."

"At this point, we can only leave it to fate. Let's go with Captain Jiaen to apologize to the sergeant..."

Irving and Paris stood together, both of them with loneliness and worry on their faces.

……

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Gallop all the way.

No complaints, only inexhaustible passion.

The Hellfire Goblin rode on the Lustful Goblin, who was driving the carriage, and after they returned to the territory, they immediately got down to their new work.

If the territory wants to develop rapidly, it needs this kind of positive attitude of "willingness to contribute".

Gu An was very pleased with the Goblins' inexplicable enthusiasm. The ideological awareness of his employees was really getting higher and higher.

"Glorious soldiers of the kingdom, in order to welcome you, this lord has taken the trouble to personally supervise the work."

"You must not disappoint this lord's expectations."

The goblins are hard at work.

Gu An sat in a rocking chair and supervised the work, enjoying the service of Tia and Luca on his left and right. He ate the fruit at the mouth, his face full of sunny smiles.

There are a large number of soldiers in the kingdom, and it would not be a good way to entertain them if they all gathered at the door. They should expand the territory and create more wide passages, so that more soldiers from the kingdom can be accommodated to enter the cave and fight at one time, thus improving the efficiency of obtaining energy.

Such an act of opening the door wide is truly considerate.

If the kingdom soldiers near Alvin Town do not mobilize in full force, it would be a waste of Gu An's efforts.

Fortunately, everything went as expected.

While the goblins were rushing back to their territory and working hard, Sergeant Jiri, the commander of the legion in the nearby town, also received reports from his subordinates.

In a luxurious building in Qiming Town.

Sergeant Jiri and the head of an elven merchant group sat behind the conference table with gloomy faces.

In front of them, Captain Garen, Irving, and Paris knelt in a row trembling with fear.

"Jia En, as the captain of the Kingdom's army, you deserted the battlefield and allowed monsters to invade the town and trample on the Kingdom's flag."

"You are simply the greatest disgrace to the kingdom!"

"Are you worthy of the Kingdom Legion's cultivation of you? Are you worthy of my expectations of you?"

Sergeant Jiri severely reprimanded Captain Jiaen in a tone of disappointment.

The latter knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and his whole body was trembling. He hurriedly explained: "Sergeant, those monsters are the apostles of the devil!"

"Even the level 27 magic scroll was destroyed."

"I was also assessing the situation at the time. Seeing that the situation was critical, I had to make a strategic retreat. The purpose was to seek rescue in time, not to escape!"

The head of the Elf Merchant Group snorted coldly: "Strategic retreat?"

"The entire Irwin Town residents saw you running away in panic!"

"If this kind of behavior can still be tolerated, where is the dignity of the Purple Moon Kingdom and where is the morale of the kingdom's soldiers?"

"Is that right, Sergeant Gilly?"

Faced with the cold questioning, Captain Jiaen looked terrified and had no words to refute. He could only look at Sergeant Jiri with almost desperate eyes, hoping to get a little sympathy.

In fact, logically speaking, the elves should not interfere in the military affairs of the Purple Moon Kingdom.

However, all members of the Silver Team in Qiming Town are missing, and the news that Luca has been captured by a monster has spread throughout the city.

At this point in time, monsters invaded the town of Avon, and the head of the Elf Merchant Group had reason to suspect that this was the culprit who captured the Saint's sister.

That's why he could come to Sergeant Giri's office to sit in on the discussion in such a threatening manner.

He deliberately interrupted and reprimanded Captain Jiaen without authorization in order to put pressure on Sergeant Jiri and force the soldiers of the Purple Moon Kingdom to serve as the advance team to find out the details of the monster cave.

When beating a dog, you have to look at its owner first. Sergeant Jiri naturally knew what the leader of the elven merchant group was thinking.

But he was also being roasted on the fire at this moment.

Monsters invaded human towns, the devil's apostles trampled on the goddess sculpture and declared war on all races. As the beginning of everything, Ivan Town has become the focus of world attention.

The head of the elven merchant group completely stood on the commanding heights of "righteousness".

As the highest leader of the local legion, if Sergeant Jiri favors his subordinates again or refuses to send troops to fight the monsters, he will definitely be drowned in the saliva of all races in the world.

The monsters that can destroy a level 27 magic scroll are certainly terrifying in their strength. Even if one leads soldiers from nearby towns to attack them, there will be no good results.

However, whether you can win or not is not important. What the outside world cares about is whether you, as the highest leader of the local legion, dare to fight back in the face of the provocation of the demon apostle. If you die in the hands of the monster, you are all heroes. If you become a coward, you are a traitor to the whole world.

Under such tremendous pressure, even though Sergeant Jiri was on good terms with Captain Jiaen, he had no choice but to reluctantly impose the punishment.

"Jia En deserted the battlefield and betrayed the dignity of the empire. I will personally report him to the higher-ups and have him charged with desertion and his entire family executed."

"Leader of the Elf Tribe, are you satisfied now?"

Sergeant Jiri held his breath and looked at the elf leader with a forced smile.

"That's all?"

"It is very likely that our tribe's saint's sister, Miss Luca, has also been captured by the demon god's apostles."

"The Demon God's apostle appeared in Ivan Town. This is the responsibility of the Purple Moon Kingdom. Sergeant Jili, don't you intend to take responsibility?"

The head of the elves had a stern expression and a tough attitude. He made a big fuss about the appearance of the "Apostle of the Devil" and was obviously unwilling to give up.

"It is the common responsibility of all nations to defeat the demon apostles. I certainly cannot shirk my responsibility."

"I'm already mobilizing soldiers to start the attack on the Fallen's lair tonight."

"However, since the Saint's sister is also in trouble here, the elves are also involved. If the friends of the elves do not lend a helping hand, I'm afraid it will be embarrassing, right?"

The fact that the sister of the elven saint was captured by a monster was a huge scandal in itself, although it was somewhat understandable as she fell into the hands of the devil's apostle.

But if the elves remain silent and refuse to even send rescuers, how will the residents of other countries view the elven leaders?
Coward?

Or is it shirking responsibility?

It will also be embarrassing and you will be cursed by everyone.

Sergeant Jili was unwilling to suffer in silence, so he retaliated in the same way and wanted to drag the elven leader into the water as well.

"Humph!"

"We elves are upright and honest. Every member of our tribe is a brave warrior with high moral character. How could we shirk our responsibilities?"

"Before I came to find you, I had already informed Her Majesty the Saint of the news here. She should be on her way now!"

The elf leader was neither humble nor arrogant, and Sergeant Jiri sneered in his heart.

The Saint Lady is still on her way. Doesn’t she still want to use the soldiers of the Purple Moon Kingdom as cannon fodder to find out the information about the monster cave?
Old fox!
You all have figured out how to divert trouble away.

Sergeant Jiri and the elf leader looked at each other, each with their own plans in mind.

Unfortunately, the lives of a group of soldiers were doomed to die during their conversation.

The most desperate of them all is Captain Ga-Eun.

deserter……

Punishing relatives...

Faced with the punishment that ended with the verdict, he lost all strength and collapsed to the ground, fainting.

Seeing this, Irving and Paris sighed in their hearts, and were glad that they had made the right choice before. Although they died, their families would not be harmed.

……

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Inside the luxurious carriage.

The elven saint, Luca's sister, Alia, was sitting on the "chair" at this time.

Kneeling in front of her was a pretty-faced, fair-skinned elven woman, who was the same female elf who had reported Luca's whereabouts before.

After spending some time with the Saint Lady.

The back of the female elf was covered with whip marks, which looked particularly hideous against her white skin.

One of Alia's slender legs hit her back, and the other foot became a delicious food.

"The Fallen, the Mutated Goblin, the Apostle of the Devil?"

"Kidnap Luca and invade human towns."

"really interesting."

Alia looked at the information in her hand, her tone was obviously a little cold, and her slender eyebrows like willow leaves were slightly frowned.

Feeling irritated, she didn't want to look at the letter in her hand anymore. She coughed, spat on the three words "Fallen", then crumpled the love letter into a ball and stuffed it into the "seat" under her to eat.

He pulled out his foot, exerted a little force with his foot, and stomped the elf's face hard on the ground. Alia looked out the window with anger in her beautiful eyes.

"It doesn't matter if you are a fallen one or an apostle of some demon god."

"If Luca is still alive, you can die easily. If anything goes wrong with Luca, I will definitely make you live a life worse than death..."

……

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Imperial City.

Toheti saw the information from Ivan Town in his study.

As he read every word on the paper, the old man's breathing became more and more rapid, and he even spat out a mouthful of blood in the end.

"idiot!"

"What a complete idiot!"

"He invaded a human town and kidnapped the sister of the elven saint. Is that brat crazy?"

Toheti's long beard was covered in blood, and he angrily overturned everything on the desk.

Tia's identity is top secret.

If the Fallen want to fight against the Demon, they must protect Tia. Didn’t I tell that brat about this before?

Protect!

That's how you protect!

It attracted the attention of the whole world, attracted the attack of the elven saint, and attracted the attack of the kingdom's soldiers!
Oh shit!

President Toheti supported himself on the table with both hands, breathing heavily, and was almost angered to death by Gu An's ridiculous behavior.

No, we can't go on like this!

The Saint of the Elf Tribe must have also heard the news and will definitely go to attack. With the addition of troops from the Kingdom Army, that brat will definitely die.

We must rescue Tia before she gets into trouble!

The way things have turned out today is far beyond President Toheti's expectations.

Having reached a desperate situation, he decided that even if it meant completely breaking off relations with the Purple Moon Kingdom and exposing Tiya's true identity, he had to risk the world's condemnation and rescue the only princess!
……

The same news also appeared on the heads of high-ranking officials in other kingdoms.

The Adventurer's Guild headquarters, the dwarves, the lizards, in just one day, all the powerful people in the world were alarmed by the news.

The demon's apostle officially declared war.

All nations and races formed a united front at the first opportunity, gathered all their fighting forces, and launched a comprehensive cleanup war against the monster populations in various regions!

The weak and fragile balance was completely broken, and the continent, which had been silent for hundreds of years, fell into war again.

However, all this was within Gu An's expectations.

He had already thought about what kind of situation would be caused by sending male goblins to fight.

As long as all the monsters are dragged into the water and the war is brought to every kingdom and race, then although Alvin Town will become the focus of the war, it will also become the center of the game among all parties.

Moreover, although the monsters are fighting each other in different groups for resources, it does not mean that they are really leaderless.

Humans, dwarves, lizardmen, and elves, with the protection of the goddess, form a powerful group alliance.

Among the monsters, there are also powerful advanced groups, just like the various kingdoms among humans, they are silent within their own groups.

After the disastrous defeat in the previous war, the demons fell silent, and were driven into resource-poor territories, where they fought each other and were gradually eroded by humans.

But now, the apostles of the devil have appeared. This is a banner that gathers cohesion. All monster tribes, no matter how discordant they were before, must reunite at this moment, serve the devil again, and launch a counterattack to return to a prosperous world.

With all parties restraining each other, the strong men of each race facing a world-scale war will be sucked into the vortex and unable to extricate themselves.

Although Alvin Town seems to be the most dangerous place, it is located in a remote area and is destined not to become the center of war. For the time being, no country can spare strong men to take care of this place.

After all, you want to kill the devil's apostle?
I have to ask my former demon subordinates if they agree or not.

Normally, monsters are leaderless, so they dare not fight against the alliance of various countries, but when they gather together, the power they unleash is something that no country dares to underestimate.

This is Gu An’s purpose.

Drag the entire world into the water to buy more time for the development of the territory.

As for the Saint of the Elf Clan.

Without the support of the elves, a young saint can only be a platinum-level adventurer at best, waiting for the goblin territory to be upgraded again.

When the saint came here, she was destined to be captured.

It was because he saw through everything that Gu An dared to implement the crazy and bold plan of attacking Ivan Town.

The culprit who caused the world war had completed the expansion of his territory in the half a day that it took for the information to spread among all ethnic groups.

At this moment, he was in the stone hall, enjoying life with Tia and Luca, while the goblins had already started to rest, preparing themselves for the next task of welcoming the kingdom's soldiers...

Time passed quickly.

In the next few days, the soldiers near the town of Ivan, under the command of Sergeant Jiri, launched wave after wave of attacks on the goblin nest.

The army suffered thousands of casualties, and the entire forest was filled with an atmosphere of despair.

This is their destiny. For the glory of the kingdom, for the overall situation of the world, and for the public opinion, they must continue to fight even if they know that they will die.

Their names will not appear in history books, only a string of numbers and a summary of their defeat.

When almost all of Sergeant Jiri's soldiers were killed, the Elf Saint finally arrived...

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