Players are a productive group.

In fact, for any normal person, as long as there is a clear goal and sufficient motivation, there will be a strong burst of action.

It's just that in most cases, people live in a state of confusion, neither enough self-control nor enough execution, so they ...... In reality, the implementation of various affairs is always delayed and redundant.

This is also the biggest difference between ordinary people and extraordinary people.

Of course, in the game, the game system helps players set goals, and the game rewards provide players with plenty of motivation, where even the most lazy people in reality will subconsciously increase their efficiency.

Under the layers, the final action force formed is terrifying.

In reality, if you want to gather an army of 100,000 people in the Middle Ages and prepare all kinds of war materials, it is impossible to do it for ten days and half a month, and it is normal for a few months to do so.

But with the spur of the game system, in less than three days, the supplies that can support an army of 100,000 people to sustain a month's battle have been prepared by the players.

To put it bluntly, it's a matter of efficiency.

The inside and outside of Grey Harbor are filled with all kinds of war materials, such as spare equipment of various standards, arrows needed by shooters and players, mass-produced magic stone bombs, and so on.

And the various kinds of dry food processed from various crops, the various fruits that cannot be named and kept fresh by natural magic, and even some brewed ale fruit wine, are also piled up in carts and carts.

This is only the public strategic materials prepared by each guild, if you add the items that players carry personally, I am afraid that there will be more.

After five years of development, the Elven Forest has finally formed a huge production capacity, and at this moment, it is running at full strength for the same goal, and the effect is amazing.

The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first, which was vividly demonstrated by the players.

However, the mission system did not give a specific date for the battle, and the mission was officially opened when the number of applicants reached 100,000.

After deliberation with the Player Operations Department, and after considering the wishes of Sophia, the mission commissioner, the date of this battle was finally set to a week after the mission was launched.

Of course, it's Seggs time.

If you convert it to Blue Star time, it will be almost two days later.

It's also to give players a time to prepare and adjust.

After the first few large-scale war missions, everyone understands that this kind of war plot is quite time-consuming, and it is necessary to adjust the game time, and plan the personnel arrangements of each legion in advance according to the time when different participants can go online, so as to avoid the situation that players are not online on a large scale during the battle......

It's possible.

For example, if there is an encounter battle during the daytime on a weekday, the number of participants will be embarrassing.

So...... In the previous few major war missions, players often chose the time of the attack on a real-life weekend.

Fortunately, now the Blue Star time is the summer vacation, and it is a good time for the majority of student parties to go on a mission.

Among the players of "Elven Country", the most are the college dogs with the most free time, summer vacation or something...... It's perfect for gaming.

While preparing supplies, players whose strength still has room to rise have also begun to further frantically brush up on their books, intending to improve their strength as much as possible before the war officially begins.

Of course, that's for later.

In short, a hidden mission can be regarded as a complete mobilization of the power of the whole server.

Even the discussions on the forums on the official website have been swiped by the topic of this war mission, asking for all kinds of supplies, recruiting people, explaining the battle plan, and popularizing the current situation of the human empire.

And in the midst of such intense preparations, the time has finally come to the day when the player's combat department plans to attack......

……

Elven Forest, Grey Harbor Pier.

A merchant ship flying the flag of Lily of the Valley slowly docked and lowered its shipboard.

The white sails were slowly retracted, and the sailors jumped out of the ship and secured the ship with ropes.

Some ragged civilians also stepped onto the deck, breathing in the fresh air, and looking curiously and enviously at the elven city on the shore.

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They are all civilians fleeing from the Maple Leaf Territory, the ultimate target of the northern part of the empire.

Accompanied by several sailors, a well-dressed merchant stepped off the ship, looked around the docks, and his eyes lit up when he saw an elf on duty at the dock administration.

I saw him take three steps and two steps, twisting his fat body, and trotting in front of the elf with a hum, and said flatteringly and enthusiastically:

"This ...... Elf-sama! I'm Erich, the president of the Silver Lily of the Valley Chamber of Commerce, and I want to replenish supplies in Grey Harbor. ”

Hearing his words, the elf looked up at him:

"Silver Lily of the Valley Chamber of Commerce? Transporting refugees again? ”

"Yes, yes, this is a mess, business is not good, and it can only be these things just now."

Erich wiped his sweat and sighed.

The elf didn't say anything, nodded slightly, and said:

"You understand the rules, right?"

"I understand, I understand!"

Erich nodded again and again, and took out a piece of parchment from his bosom:

"This is what we have seen and heard on the maple leaf collar along the way, and the maple leaf collar has not been very peaceful recently, and it has become more and more chaotic...... It is said that the border lord has begun to bloody and forcibly convert the people...... Oh no, it's time to call him His Majesty the Red Maple......"

The elf took the parchment with the information written on it, looked at it carefully, quietly took a screenshot and sent it to the guild group, and nodded:

"Okay, no problem, you can do it."

After speaking, he approved a note to the merchant and said:

"Give the strips and the payment to the guards in front of the docks, and someone will bring you supplies when the time comes."

"Thank you, Elf-sama!"

Erich was overjoyed.

He put the strip away beautifully, glanced at the heavily guarded dock and the obviously more elven mercenaries in the city than usual, and his heart moved, and he couldn't help asking:

"That...... Elf-sama, is something happening in Grey Harbor? How do you feel that there are more and more mercenaries? ”

However, he was greeted with only a meaningful smile from the elf:

"You'll find out when you're in the evening."

"Late ...... Evening? ”

Erich was slightly stunned.

He looked at the elf, but the other seemed to be reluctant to say more, and finally had to give up and continue to ask.

It's just that when he couldn't help but look at the time of Gray Harbor City, he became more and more curious in his heart.

"Could it be that another elven mercenary has been hired by the Empire?"

He muttered.

The slivers and the payment for the purchase of supplies were handed over to the elven guards at the dock entrance, and soon an elf pushing a cart brought supplies.

However, Erich was keenly aware that the speed at which supplies were being sent today seemed to be fast......

"So fast? Have you prepared it in advance? ”

He frowned suspiciously.

Looking at the heavily guarded docks, and then at the apparently abnormal number of elven mercenaries, Erich's heart moved, and he remembered some rumors he had heard recently......

It is said that the Elven Forest seems to have purchased a large number of war horses and equipment in the underground black market recently, and it seems that there is something big about it.

Coupled with the collection of information on the Maple Leaf Collar......

Don't...... Is there going to be a war?

Could it be a maple leaf collar?

Erich's expression moved slightly.

He had heard that some time ago the Empire had offered an olive branch to the Elven Forest.

But...... It seems to have been rejected by the Elven Forest.

This is the news given by the Empire, but he is well-informed and knows that there seems to be something hidden in it.

However, he glanced at the ships on the shore and quickly shook his head again.

No......

Probably not.

The Vimur River, the largest river in the world, straddles the Elven Forest and the Maple Leaf Collar.

If there was really going to be any big move, the elves would have to prepare all kinds of ferries a long time ago, but although there were more boats on the dock now than usual, there were not many more.

However, despite rejecting his own idea, Erich recorded what he had seen in Grey Harbor, intending to sell it for a good price when he returned to the north of the empire.

Eating both ends and reselling information is the usual practice of black market traders.

It's just that just as he secretly recorded what he had seen and heard in the pocket notebook he carried with him, he suddenly heard a long roar like a sea of mountains coming from the direction of Gray Harbor.

It seemed to be thousands of people shouting together, so loud that even the dock under their feet trembled slightly.

Erich's expression changed slightly, and he quickly looked in the direction of the city, not knowing what was happening in the city, but vaguely hearing elven words such as "goddess" and "glory".

And the next moment, with a burst of exclamations, Erich suddenly felt the sky darken.

"God is above! What's that?! ”

"Monster, is this a monster?!"

Following the exclamations of the people, Erich subconsciously looked towards the sky, only to see a huge ellipsoid flying from the city of Gray Harbor......

Located about a few hundred meters above the ground, it is huge, black and white, with a black dragon emblem and a scepter symbol depicted on its sides.

That's the Led Zeppelin that the players made.

Erich didn't know what an airship was.

But seeing such a behemoth, he also couldn't help but widen his eyes and couldn't help but exhale:

"Oh my God...... What is it? ”

No wings, no magical light.

However, it flies in the sky......

This existence beyond common sense shocked Erich and was full of consternation at the same time.

Airships are just the beginning.

After the airship flew overhead, Erich heard the roar of a dragon and the cry of an eagle......

He subconsciously looked towards the sky again, only to see countless dense figures behind the "behemoth".

It was a flying monster.

There are eagles, there are griffins, there are dragons......

As far as the eye can see, there are thousands of horrors!

Each flying beast was ridden by at least one elf, who followed behind the airship, obscuring the entire sky.

I saw them lined up in a scattered formation, slowly flying in the direction of the maple leaf collar.

Erich stared at this scene blankly, his expression shocked.

It wasn't until the sailor pushed him that he reacted.

"Look, Lord Erich! Look in town! ”

The water pointed to the city of Gray Harbor and said.

Erich shuddered, then looked in the direction of the water finger and saw a large number of heavily armed elves appear in the streets of the city.

Most of them were dressed in uniform equipment, or rode horses, or rode all kinds of magical beasts, and surrounded a statue of the holy goddess that shimmered with brilliant light and was stunningly beautiful, and rushed towards the shore in a majestic manner.

The endless line made Erich's heart tremble.

By this time, if he didn't know what the elves were doing, he would have been in the black market for so many years.

"Maple Leaf Collar, their target must be Maple Leaf Collar!"

His expression was slightly agitated.

But soon, a trace of doubt rose in his heart.

That's just the elf that just flew by.

What are these elven knights going to do when they come to the shore?

He looked around, but did not see any extra ferries on the shore.

Erich's doubts didn't last long.

Surrounded by elves, he saw a half-elf girl in a priest's dress come to the shore.

The girl's appearance looked familiar, and Erich felt as if he had seen it somewhere, but for a moment he faintly did not recognize it.

Until the sailor who was traveling with him exclaimed, which evoked his memory:

"Miss Sophia! Isn't this the 'pearl' of Zerorand, Miss Sophia, Lord Erich, Lord Erich?! ”

Sophia......!

Thinking of the name, Erich finally dawned on him.

But soon, it turned into surprise again:

Is she really in the Elven Forest?

What is she going to do?

Erich looked curiously at the half-elf girl surrounded by elves, and his face was shocked.

Then he saw the girl suddenly kneel down, put her hands on her chest, clenched a necklace in the shape of a scepter, and closed her eyes in prayer.

Brilliant light converged on her body, turning into countless flying golden photons.

Under Erich's stunned gaze, the earth suddenly trembled, and the earth on the shore suddenly fled, and a green vine grew out of it.

The vine grew and grew larger and larger, branching and budding and spreading towards the sky, rapidly stretching to the other side of the river.

In just a few moments, a huge "bridge" made of vines appeared over the Vimur River.

Erich stared blankly at this scene and opened his mouth wide in shock:

"Miracles...... This...... This is a miracle! She became a god! ”

He turned his head sharply, staring at the elven team that was starting to move towards the vine bridge, and finally understood why there was no ferry on the riverbank......

With this bridge of vines, the elves don't need a ferry at all!

Miracles, priests in battle, and the long procession, held aloft by the elves, holy and beautiful statue of the goddess of life......

At this moment, the well-informed Erich suddenly realized in his heart:

"Holy war! This is jihad! The elves are about to launch a holy war against the Maple Leaf Leader! ”