The island of the Holy Edge was conquered by the elven army, and only a hundred of the blessed people who stayed on the island survived.

The others were all killed in battle without exception, and the entire Shengfeng Island was covered with a strong smell of blood.

So even though the war was won, Lacles, who was standing on the island, was still frowning. This is because of the current environment on the island, and the second is because the cost of conquering the island is somewhat too huge.

In this attack on the island, with the reinforcement of the Imperial Admiralty, Lacles and Elway led 5,000 heavily armed elven warriors, nearly 100 elven mages and more than 200 creation puppets.

Therefore, I thought it should be a one-sided battle. But he never expected that in order to capture this inconspicuous island, thousands of elven warriors were killed in battle, and twenty elven mages and more than fifty puppet creations were killed and destroyed.

It was the first time in decades that the Elven Empire, which had ruled a vast territory, had suffered such a loss.

"Well, if you report this news, it will be known to the high-ranking members of the Imperial Diet. I don't know how to curse and slander us. ”

Elway was standing beside Lacles at this point. I couldn't help but sigh and say such a sentence.

However, in this regard, Lacles, who was frowning at this time, waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "Let those fools who have never even made a boat say go." No matter what they say, they won't easily replace us.

After all, until now, we have not gained any substantial benefits from the war. And the enemy showed great tenacity in battle after battle. Now, this is a complete mess in the eyes of many. So no one will want to replace us at this time. ”

"Hey!"

Hearing Lacles say this, Elway couldn't help but sigh again. So next, he stared at Elway beside him and said, "I feel that this war is really unnecessary now. We mobilize such a large army to wage war against these xenos who call themselves humans. Originally, it was intended to gain military merit in order to improve our position in the Empire. But now, we're caught up in it.

If you can, we might as well take this opportunity to make those human beings pay us at the cost of stopping the war. In this way, we can at least get some substantial benefits, and we have an explanation for the above. ”

"Oh, naïve. The war has already come to this point, and even if we want to stop now, these xenos who call themselves human will not agree. In this war, we haven't even been able to capture a single prisoner.

They would rather die in battle than be captured by us. Moreover, their commander even tore our encirclement at the last moment with a part of the xenomorphs to the death. This shows how strong the desire to fight is for these xenos who call themselves humans. ”

"So what to do, is this thankless war going on?"

After the Second Battle of Saint's Edge Island, Elway was reluctant to continue fighting. The casualties caused by the war were so great that even he, as a commander, could not bear them.

At this time, however, Lacles calmed down. So he turned to look at Elway on the side, then patted the other party's shoulder and said, "No matter what kind of war it is, there will be an end one day." How can the war go on forever. ”

Elway: "What do you mean?"

Lacles: "Heh, as long as we defeat these xenos who call themselves humans, and make their ships dare not sail out of the harbor." So do they have any other way to choose than to give in? ”

"Yes, that makes sense. So we should take advantage of the victory?"

"That's right. Lacles smiled and nodded, "We're just going to take advantage of the victory." If I'm right, there must be islands farther to the west. We're going to uproot these islands one by one, so that these ugly aliens who call themselves human beings will know that the sea is a place they can't tread from now on!"

Lacles said in high spirits. And the gesture he showed at this time was able to inspire Elway beside him to a certain extent. Elway nodded.

It's just that they didn't know that just as they were conquering Saint's Edge Island, powerful artillery had already been invented. So the way of war at sea became very different at the moment when artillery appeared in this world.

Therefore, in the subsequent naval battles, Lacles and the others won many victories one after another, and won seven or eight small islands in one go. But when the elven fleet approached Shengdong Island, the green-robed bishop Li Qi and Lin Shui, who had recovered from his injuries, also took the initiative to meet them with a new human fleet.

This time, the Human Fleet not only replaced its own ships to make them as large as the Elven ships, but also equipped all the new ships with newly invented cannons.

The elven fleets at sea thus lost their greatest advantage. Therefore, after a fierce battle at sea, it was only a little more than an hour before the three warships in the elven fleet were sunk.

Lacles, as the commander, saw that the situation was not good, so Fang took the initiative to retreat when the fleet still had the strength to fight. Then the remaining twenty or so elven warships began to flee in the direction they came.

But because they were worried that the elves would set a targeted trap in the middle, Li Qi and Lin Shui, who finally won a sea victory, gave up the pursuit after the victory. But even so, the victory was hugely encouraging.

When the flotilla returned, the entire island of St. Dong began to cheer and celebrate. It felt as if they had completely defeated the elves.

And in the celebratory crowd, low-level miners like Dongmen Hu and Ye Qing did not participate in this war from beginning to end. But after the outbreak of the war, the two were lucky enough to be selected as militia members to maintain law and order, so after returning with a month's salary reward given to them by the church, the talkative Ye Qing couldn't help but brag to others.

"You know, this time I had the privilege of meeting many warriors who have been blessed by the true God. Because we did a good job of maintaining law and order, Ah Hu and I were even called over to answer.

Those brave and resolute blessed beings, they even patted me and Ah Hu on the shoulders and praised us, and then gave us the money as a reward. But Ah Hu and I are not stingy people, so we used the money to buy wine for everyone. How's that, that's interesting, isn't it?"

"Interesting, interesting. Come, everyone raise a glass, let's respect Ye Qing, respect Ah Hu!" Many miners were also very enthusiastic at this time. People raised their glasses in celebration, and then there was no shortage of curious questions about the war.

But where can Dongmen Hu and Ye Qing know so much, Dongmen Hu smiled and didn't speak, but Ye Qing was happy to brag nonsense at this time. Inside and outside the island, it is happy.