Chapter 69: The Bait I
Once the last settlement of the Eastern Elves outside the Great Tree Wall, it was also the last battlefield to resist the Ogre invasion until it was slaughtered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Eternal Night Forest.
Instead of planting cloud-canopy trees beside the lush forests and river flats, as their blood relatives did, the ancient elves chose a valley in the Grey Tree Hills to settle down - and it was the "walls" of rocky mountains that made it resist the ogre invasion to the end.
Now, however, it has become the base camp of the ogres, and the Eternal Night Forest, hidden in the dense forests and mountains, is a natural fortress, and anyone who wants to attack can only enter through the mountain pass to the east, and the narrow road can only allow even four or five people to go at the same time.
Even if the War Dancers were able to climb over the hills, the settlement was already in ruins, with no trees to hide from and cover, and hundreds of ogres entrenched.
This is the heart of "Mezca", its life, as long as it pierces this seemingly impossible layer of eggshell, this evil god will be exposed to them.
But the price must be extremely heavy...... Even if the elves of the entire Eastern Forest were mobilized, it would be impossible to muster enough warriors to capture the Valley of the Eternal Night Forest - after all, they had already paid countless blood just to defend this place.
This is the eternal sad place for all the Elves of the East. The fall of the Eternal Night Forest has left this proud forest race to hide behind a large tree wall, losing its southern territory forever.
After disappearing from Mezca's surveillance, and after eight days of running day and night, the expedition finally arrived in the valley outside the Eternal Night Forest, where dozens of scarlet-eyed, murderous war dancers waited to rush in again decades later and slaughter all the ogres who had captured the place.
Just like they did back then!
They've sacrificed so much to get here. Kono, Graces, and many more of the Brethren War Dancers fell in the forest for this moment, their bodies gone.
And in the big tree wall, there are more and more elven warriors fighting bloody battles to resist the invasion of ogres, and every moment a fresh life disappears into this world, wailing and screaming to be torn apart, trampled into a bloody corpse.
Only blood can repay blood, only killing can replace killing - revenge is the last and only motivation for the entire expedition!
This is the last battle of the expedition, and a win will put an end to the invasion, and all the ogre settlements will be torn apart at once, and the eastern elves will once again break free from the shackles of the Great Tree Wall and want to move further south.
And if they lose, they will remain in this land forever, and all sacrifices will become undoubted, even with the support of the Duchy of Lothair, it is only a matter of time before the eastern elves are defeated in the face of a massive Ogre invasion.
Maybe it's a day, maybe it's two days...... The fate of the entire Eastern Elves, and indeed the Duchy of Lothair, is about to come to an end!
"Did you really decide to do that?"
Obviously in a worried tone, Asrael's face showed an excited expression: "Don't you think this is too dangerous?"
"If you're willing to help me, no. The black-haired wizard stood on the trunk of the tree, his left hand wearing the "spellcaster" slowly raised, a small blue rune floating in the palm of his hand, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked: "My dear Asrael, you will help me, right?"
"It's going to be very painful, even if your special physique can be protected from the erosion of the power of the void, this kind of consumption is enough to drain your energy, at least you will be in a coma for about a month, right? You may even die!"
"If I die, it's for life. Loren chuckled nonchalantly, his black pupils already locked on an ogre in the forest in the distance: "It's a good deal to only have a month!"
"Metzka is in the cave under the cloud canopy tree, good luck!" The young man with a long sigh stretched out his right hand and gently grasped the serpentine rune on Loren's right wrist, turning into a black shadow and disappearing without a trace, and the blue rune in his palm instantly shattered.
As if he had been suddenly injected with a potion, Loren's body suddenly tensed, and every vein in his raised neck became extremely conspicuous, and the bloodshot in his pupils disappeared without a trace at a speed visible to the naked eye, and two more blue patterns appeared under his pupils.
Slowly opening his right hand, a satisfied smile appeared on Loren's face...... Just like the last time on the Great Tree Wall, the entire Eternal Night Forest was surrounded by a strong remnant of Void power, and Loren was also unable to use any spells here.
But by allowing the Spirit Hall to invade the real world in reverse, Loren would be able to use these Void powers to his own advantage—if Asriel had to help, of course, and he couldn't do that on his own.
The ogre in the dense forest was still aware of it, and the distance between the two sides was only a few steps. Loren, who was crouching down, pulled out the "bright silver" on his waist and suddenly stepped on the branch under his feet.
Gray-blue afterimages pierced the sky, leaving a dazzling trail in the forest. The ogre, who finally found the movement, had just turned back, and the roaring Loren had already rushed behind it, and the "bright silver" that tore through the air still fell.
Slash down with a sword!
The explosive blade stabbed it in the back of the head, tearing open half of its head - before the monster could scream, it had already fallen to the ground and turned into a pile of rotten meat!
The sudden movement attracted the monsters around him, and immediately two more ogres pounced on him, one left and one right, and the trampling sound of wild running was like the beating of war drums.
Loren, who didn't dodge at all, stood on top of the pile of rotten meat, once again raised the "bright silver", and rushed straight to the second ogre on the right.
The gray-blue light of the sword slashed its sharp claws, and the screaming monster swung wildly with its remaining claws as it retreated.
The black-haired wizard who jumped up to the treetop didn't give it a chance, the black afterimage had already flashed behind it, and the dancing "Bright Silver" cut the tendons of the ogre's legs, and the moment it fell to the ground, it stabbed it with a sword!
The third monster had already pounced in front of Loren, but the light of the "bright silver" dimmed, and the black-haired wizard showed a hideous smile, his flaming left hand waved slightly, and the golden-red fireball shot towards the ogre's head.
"Boom!"
There were no screams, and no wails before death. The monster, whose head had been blown into meat sauce, emitted a scorching smell and crashed to the ground with an explosion.
Standing in place, Loren's eyes narrowed slightly, and the footsteps and shouts of the ogres around him could be heard in his ears, and almost all the ogres outside the valley of the Eternal Night Forest were gathering here.
The evil god named Metzka must have found out - yes, I came to the door myself, without you having to look for it any longer.
Come on, let your brutes come to me, this time I promise not to run away again, I will stand here waiting for you, and then slaughter your "little pets" one by one!
Go on, I know you're staring at me right now, you're terrified, aren't you? You must be panicking in the face of the very few people in this world who can actually hurt you, right?
The roaring ogre pounced on Loren from all directions, and the black-haired wizard standing in place slowly raised the "heart of the tree", and the golden-red flames poured down like flowing water, and the rolling heat wave instantly enveloped him in the center.
The ground trembled under his feet, the ogres were already close at hand, and the black-haired wizard hooked the corners of his mouth and waved the "heart of the tree" hard!
In an instant, the flames turned white, and the explosion that followed drowned out everything!
The roar of fire engulfed the entire forest, and the howling heat rushed in all directions, the trees were blown down, the leaves were flying, and the ogres who had turned into charcoal emitted gray smoke.
The black-haired wizard standing in the middle of the explosion still looked the same, as if he couldn't feel the air around him that was about to burn. The unburned flames around him, the stars held the moon and crouched at his feet.
At the moment when the fire was extinguished, a roar resounded through the sky from the valley of the Eternal Night Forest!
As if the wounded beast was angry, the roaring ogres rushed out of the valley, bulldozing the trees beside them, and pounced in the direction of the explosion.
You've been fooled...... Brute!