Chapter 214 She will show the truth of the world!
Inside the Elf King's Court, the tall walls were made directly of precious metals. The walls were engraved with all kinds of complex and beautiful patterns. Abundant magic power floated on them, making the Elf King's Court look like a magical city.
The interior of the royal court is also full of greenery, with lush trees and flowers blooming everywhere, just like people's impression of elves.
However, within this royal city, there are many stone buildings and even metal buildings, which are absolutely rare or even impossible to see outside the royal city.
Outside the royal court, Deya's undead army has surrounded the elven capital, and more than 10 undead troops have filled this beautiful land.
Among these 10 troops, 7 were the elite undead legion brought by Deya himself, and the remaining 3 were the elves who dared to resist and were killed during the attack.
Deya turned all these elves into undead creatures, and then used them as his logistics team, transporting food and other supplies looted from all over the elves to the front line.
Because in addition to the 10 undead army, Deya also captured a full 60 elven slaves. These elven slaves were forced to come to the royal court under the drive of the undead army and serve as hostages for Deya to negotiate with the Elf King.
To be honest, Deya was quite afraid that the other party would fight to the death. If the elven royal family would rather die than give him the true history, then Deya's action would fail.
So these hundreds of thousands of hostages are used in exchange for the true history.
I believe that as long as the other party is not a fool, they will do it in exchange for the safety of their own people using some history that is useless to them.
Of course, it is not ruled out that the elf has a problem with his brain and will really do something that will hurt both sides.
"Look at this magnificent royal court, and then look at the clothes worn by the elf slaves I captured. The class oppression of the elves is much more serious than I imagined."
Most of the elves captured by Deya were still living a life similar to that of primitive people, and they had not even built towns.
At first, Deya thought that it was the character and culture of the elves that prevented them from building towns with more people.
But after meeting the Elf Royal Court, Deya himself denied this.
The culture of the elves would never prohibit the establishment of cities. Looking at the grandeur and magnificence of this elven royal city, coupled with the art of the elves, he felt that it even surpassed the capital of Susetalin in terms of grandeur.
The royal family of the elves lives the life of feudal lords, but lets their own people live a life similar to that of primitive people. If you say that there is no class oppression here, Deya himself doesn't believe it.
This made Deya speak righteously all of a sudden, yes, I am not here to invade, I am here to liberate the elves!
"This city's magical defenses are quite strong. Among all the cities I have seen, only the Nine Rings Tower has stronger magical defenses than this one."
"If we attack by force, I don't know how long it will take to capture this city."
As a wizard, Deya felt a headache when he saw the city walls built with precious metals and the countless magic spells engraved on the walls.
These elves are much richer and more extravagant than imagined. They actually use so many rare metals to build the city walls.
Just thinking about the magical protection of such a city wall is enough to make people despair.
Mavis stood beside Deya and said, "There are many moon wells in the royal court. They are all elven magic devices left over from the ancient times."
"These moon wells provide sufficient magic power to protect the royal court from outside interference. Even if the Nine Rings spell is here, it will not have much effect."
Deya glanced at the beautiful high elf wearing a white skirt, revealing a pair of snow-white jade feet, and asked, "From what you said, the elves nowadays no longer have the ability to build moon wells?"
Mavis nodded slightly: "Yes, the elves have long lost most of their magic and technology, and can only survive by relying on the things passed down from ancient times."
It is said that there were more moon wells in the royal court in the past, but as time went by, many of them have been scrapped, and the elves now have lost the technology to repair them.
Otherwise, the Elf King's Court you see will be even more difficult to break into than it is now."
Deya smiled and said, "That's good news, but even so, I don't know how to break this turtle shell."
He now just felt a headache. It was the first time he saw such an airtight city. Even if it was bombed with infinite negative energy, the energy transmitted by each corpse bomb was limited.
In this case, it is too difficult to destroy these magical devices purely by relying on corpse bombs. Who knows whether it will take years or even decades.
If this is true, then the opportunity is gone and you can forget about getting promoted.
Deya wondered if there were any other methods, even taking some risks to sneak into the city and destroy the magical devices.
Ignis, the silver dragon, said at this time: "Deya, do you want my help?"
Deya glanced at Ignis and shook his head, saying, "Even if it were you, it would be impossible for you to capture this city."
Ignis thought for a moment and said, "What you said, Deya, is that the magical energy of this city is too strong."
Celeste wanted to say something, but Deya stopped her.
If Sallystel were to completely transform into the God of Corruption, it would be possible to directly capture the city, but the price Sallystel would pay for this would be too high.
Deya doesn't want to use this method unless it is absolutely necessary.
Unexpectedly, Mavis chuckled and said, "Deya, you don't have to attack this city at all. You just need to surround it. It won't take long before the royal court will fall without a fight."
Deya's heart moved, and he asked, "Be more specific?"
“The high elves are not productive because they are more friendly to magic and many of them have magical talents. Therefore, in the past, the high elves actually existed as the protectors of the elves.
Today, the high elves still perform this duty, and food production is the responsibility of other elves.
In the past, the entire elven race would transport food here every year to supply the high elves with their daily necessities. The royal court did not have much food reserves because the food that the elves liked to eat was not suitable for storage.
Therefore, you only need to surround this place for a year at most, and this royal court will collapse on its own. This is why I asked you to make a quick decision before and not give the Elf Royal Court time to react.
As long as these high-level elves with fighting power are cut off from other elves, they will not be able to fight for long."
No one understands the High Elves better than Mavis, and since she said so, it must be true.
Deya nodded slowly: "If it's only a year, I can still wait, but when we besiege this place, we have to think about whether there are other ways to capture it faster."
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The Elf King's Court is a city as beautiful as a garden. The whole city is planned very beautifully. Lush trees and blooming flowers can be seen in every corner of the city.
In the very center of the royal court, there is an exquisite building complex. All the buildings here are made of white marble, and are engraved with ancient epics and patterns unique to the elven culture.
Vines were entwined around the white jade, colorful flowers were in full bloom, and the breeze was blowing gently, it was like a dreamlike building. In the hall, the current Elf King, Calansis Emerald Crown, wearing a crown of wreaths, was discussing with many high-level elves.
These elf leaders looked terrified, but with obvious arrogance, they shouted one after another:
"Emerald King, the beautiful garden of the elves is being invaded by demons. In this royal court, there are 100,000 of our loyal soldiers. King, you should lead our soldiers to beat the demon back to his plane!"
The reason why these high-ranking elves are clamoring like this is mainly because in the elven culture, the elven king must lead the charge when facing an enemy invasion.
Anyway, it was the Emerald King and the 100,000 elven soldiers who went out to fight. It had nothing to do with them, so naturally they would be more arrogant.
Karanthis was even a little hesitant. This was a mature and handsome elf who looked to be in his 40s.
As the King of Elves, he was certainly willing to fulfill his responsibilities, but the elves had not experienced a real war in thousands of years and had long forgotten how to fight a war.
As for the so-called 100,000 soldiers, they are actually just a decoration. They have never received any military training. If they really enter the battlefield, they will probably just fight each other.
The only advantage is that the 100,000 soldiers all have magical equipment inherited from ancient times. Apart from the good equipment, everything else is really terrible.
As for who the enemy was and where those undead came from, Karanthis had no idea. As the Elf King, he didn't want to die.
After hesitating for a moment, Kalansis Emerald Crown looked at the long-haired male elf next to him and asked:
"Your Excellency the Archbishop, the Church of Destiny is the only one that still has contact with the outside world. Do you know where those undead souls come from?"
The Archbishop of the Church of Destiny smiled and bowed slightly, saying, "That is Deya Cavendish, my king. He is known as the 'Undead King' in the outside world. He is an evil necromancer who has turned millions of living people into skeletons."
The Archbishop's words made the high elves present nervous. Doesn't this mean that if the royal court is breached, they will also become undead? !
No, this is absolutely not allowed. They are beautiful and noble elves and must not turn into those rotten monsters.
The Archbishop of the Church of Destiny said leisurely: "Don't worry, everyone. Although I don't know how the immortal king came to the elves' territory.
But his own strength is not strong. He has only the strength of six to seven rings at most. His most powerful ability is the power to create undead.
Now, the witch is following him. She is his only support.
In the realm of the King's Court, our King is a powerful warrior with the strength of the Nine Rings. As long as our King takes action personally, it will be very easy to kill the immortal king."
After hearing what the Archbishop said, the elves calmed down and said in shock:
"So she was the helper that witch found. We should have killed her right away."
"That's right. I was too merciful back then. If I had killed her back then, there wouldn't be so many problems now."
"Emerald King, please lead our powerful elven warriors to destroy the evil wizard!"
Kalansis was still a little hesitant. He said, "That necromancer has captured hundreds of thousands of elves. If we attack him, what if he kills all of them?"
“King, the more you hesitate, the more daring the necromancer will be. If he finds that capturing elves can make you compromise, he will only capture more elves. Those elves are just a group of untouchables. Their lives and deaths are not important.
As long as we high elves are still here, the elves will not perish and will prosper again!"
One by one, the high elves' leaders began to give advice.
Although the Elf King felt that what they said was problematic, if all those so-called untouchables died, what would be the meaning of his existence as the Elf King?
But he was sure that these senior executives were wrong about one thing, that is, if he compromised, the other party would become more aggressive and take advantage of him.
At this time, an old elf lady with wrinkles on her face walked into the hall. She said, "Emerald King, as a king, you should care about your people. We should first ask the necromancer what he wants, so that we can decide the next course of action."
Seeing this old lady with wrinkles all over her face, the expressions of both the Elf King and the high-ranking elves changed slightly.
Because this old man is the high priest of the 'Watcher of Balance'. For thousands of years, the Watcher of Balance has been the only god of faith of the elves.
It was only in the last few hundred years that the Church of Destiny emerged and occupied the faith of some of the elves.
Facing this high priest who enjoyed great prestige among the elves, even the Elf King and these high elves did not dare to speak too loudly.
The Archbishop of the Church of Destiny said at this time: "High Priest, the enemy has now besieged the royal court and even captured so many elves.
If the king does not show his thunderous means, but instead communicates with the evil necromancer, it will only make the elves distrust the king.
Besides, the evil necromancer has the support of the witch, who must be here for revenge. We cannot have any illusions about the enemy. Even if we have to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of elves, we must destroy the enemy!"
With the support of the Archbishop of the Church of Destiny, the high elves' leaders felt more confident. Everyone agreed with the Archbishop's words, and even the Elf King was moved.
Seeing these high-ranking elves who were doing nothing but eating and drinking, the high priest cursed: "Ridiculous, ridiculous, what you said is indeed reasonable, the pride of the elves should not compromise with invaders.
But you also have to look at the specific situation. How many elves are there now? If you ignore the lives of hundreds of thousands of elves, the elves will be on the verge of extinction!
Even if we can defeat the current enemy, when the next enemy appears, hundreds of thousands of elves will be captured, will you continue to kill them?
By then, the entire elf race will be wiped out by your own hands. You have forgotten the teachings of 'balance' and the elves' principles of doing things!"
Her words were not groundless. Under the influence of the Church of Destiny, these high elves have become selfish.
It is obvious that the elves' culture was influenced by the Watchers of Balance and they love peace and nature. It is precisely because of this that the elves did not perish back then.
And now, the elves have completely embarked on the road to destruction.
The high priest left in anger.
However, the high elves didn't care about her departure at all. They were discussing how to maintain the king's dignity regardless of the lives of hundreds of thousands of untouchables.
Listening to the discussion of the elves in the distance, the high priest sighed softly.
Perhaps she would become a sinner of the elves because of this, but this was the only way to keep the elves as a race alive.
The high priest, who had lived for who knows how many years, made a decision.
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He was somewhat surprised to receive a visit from an old elf with nine rings in height in Deya's undead camp.
When Mavis saw the old man who came to visit, she also exclaimed: "High Priest?!"
When Deya saw this old man who came to visit him suddenly, he suddenly had a premonition that he would get the true truth of the world from this old man!
(End of this chapter)