The Hope Energy Focus Lens blew everything out, obscuring all traces of the spell. Siegel dodged to the side as he threw out the Flame Soul Crystal, so the last wave of impact didn't hurt him.

Mohr was not far in front of him, rolling over and standing up from the ground. He drew his longbow and his floating shield flew beside him. The young squire looked around vigilantly, and suddenly realized that he was in a clearing outside the city of Myr, and that there was no danger around him.

Siegel stood up and patted the dirt off his body. The wand in his hand was slightly hot, causing some stinging pain in the part of his finger. This is the discomfort caused by the forcible use of magic, and it is not a big deal. The elemental concentration of Heim Collar has always been very stable, and it quickly replenishes the feeling of energy deprivation in the body.

"Safe?" Moore asked cautiously.

"Yes for the time being. Siegel said, "Let's go back to the city." ”

The return of the lord was a relief to everyone, but it didn't seem like his mood was high. Aside from a warm smile in front of Isaac, his face was always serious and terrifying. Janet came to inquire and received no answer. The mage lord locked himself in his study, not allowing anyone to disturb him, claiming that he needed to clear his mind.

For a whole day and a night, the lights were lit in the study. Siegel spread out the map of the New World on a large square table, and laid out the formation with chess pieces of various colors. It's not accurate, but it's enough to help him.

Strange news came one after another, some of which Siegel had expected, and some of which had arrived without warning. Among them, the disappearance of the Ghost Mist Swamp was the first to come.

The fog dissipated, and the black water receded. The ghostly swamp that had existed in the New World for more than 600 years disappeared overnight. Only large tracts of fertile land remained. The surrounding peasants were ecstatic. More land meant more food and a better life, and they entered the area faster than the adventurers.

Then they meet the elves, and the elves' legions of tree giants.

Only a handful escaped, and the others were all killed or imprisoned, all on charges of "invading" the elves' borders. "The area where the rune tree is located is the kingdom of the elves," the elves claimed. The agreement of the Three Clans hundreds of years ago was based on the situation at that time, and rune trees could only grow near the Elven Sanctuary Forest, and could not survive elsewhere. It wasn't like it was now that they could walk around, so the three clans agreed to use this way to determine the border.

Originally, I thought that the elves would still be like their compatriots in the old continent, immersed in the glory of the past, and lived a tragic and romantic life all day long. But they didn't expect them to find a way to improve the rune trees over the course of hundreds of years, pushing the elves' magic level to a new level. The mage, druid, and the priest of the Moon Temple worked together to turn the rune tree into a tree giant.

According to the latest intelligence, the elves called these tree giants the Ancient Trees of War, in honor of the combat weapons they used to fight dragons in ancient times. Where all ancient trees exist. It is the territory of the elves, and the other races either surrender and leave immediately. Or be ruthlessly wiped out.

The sudden flames of war burned every human territory, and the avenue of cloaks was the first to be annexed. Heading west from Creekwood to Fort Hub, it's all now under the control of the elves. The ancient trees of war rumbled through hills, fields, and rivers, and all the villages were easily leveled by them. The peasants fled in terror into the castle, some lords opened the gates to protect their subjects, others closed the gates in fear, shivering among the stone towers.

So far, the elves have not begun to attack the castle, but have fenced it off with ancient trees. According to the news from the occupied territories, the elves believe that in the tri-clan agreement, the human lords at least keep the territory enclosed by the castle walls, because there are no ancient war trees in it. But outside the walls, since the trees are growing well, it should be taken over by the elves.

Upon hearing this, Siegel immediately ordered all the inhabitants to take action and begin to build the wall. With the help of the earth elemental, a low wall was built around the original Heim Territory, and although it was shaky and not up to the standard of siege weapons, it was still visible.

Siegel knew that this was nothing but self-deception—the ancient tree of war would have to break down the wall with a single push—but he still had to. The news of the war in many places caused panic and rumors spread among the Haim leaders, and the peasants were afraid to work in the fields, and the fields began to be deserted. The clouds of war loom over, and only by keeping everyone busy and thinking with their hands and feet rather than their heads can the atmosphere of territorial panic be gradually eliminated.

The elves know that the strength of the human lords lies in castle defense, so their tactics are very simple. The Ancient Tree of War controls the countryside, and only cavalry can attack and threaten humans. But the ancient trees rely on each other, and the losses of the cavalry will not be small, so in the end, humans can only be trapped in the castle, like isolated islands. But there are no fields and villages, no peasants to cultivate, what do the people in the castle eat? Hunger will eventually help the elves defeat all enemies, and humanity will eventually lose to time, and lose the land and everything.

If you think about it, Siegel actually lost to time.

Elves have a long lifespan, and as long as they have a goal in mind, they can use a hundred, two hundred, or even five hundred years to develop a technology, and then use another five hundred years to lay it out. When they come up with a thousand years of savings, what is there on the human side?

If you think about it, although humans are more creative and progress faster, they have a shorter lifespan than elves and are "eliminated" faster. Constant learning and re-accumulation has led to the fact that only a few people can become the top, and they can't last long. In terms of mages alone, the number of apprentices and apprentice mages is a thousand times that of elves, and the number of formal mages is also dozens of times superior, but at the level of archmages, humans are far less than elves.

The elf's actions were completely unexpected by all "people", and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as being caught off guard and defeated. A race that used to be able to stand up to dragons has shown great strength and shocked the world in one fell swoop.

Humanity responded immediately.

In their bones, humans are actually the same as orcs. There are destructive factors. Since the elves use trees to attack. Then humans started setting fires. The New World is full of burning fires. Black smoke obscured the sky. Sometimes, the night sky is lit up with red flames.

Such a move slowed down the elven trees' advance, but it did not stop them. Elven mages and druids cast spells and rain to fight the fire. The day when the fuel runs out, the flames will always go out, and the elves will become more careful in battle. Their archers, under the cover of trees, will shoot anyone they try to approach, and the chances of humans setting fire to it are becoming less and less.

Siegel also heard something. For example, benevolent elves will shoot wounds rather than kill, especially for unarmed civilians. Some see it as mercy, others as nothing more than a ruse to inflict wounded and consume human supplies.

Hearing this, Siegel slammed the table hard to silence everyone. He said angrily: "Mercy is not to shoot that arrow, and the enemy's tricks are an excuse for your own defeat." All the elves who approached the outer walls of Heim's Territory, except for the unarmed ones with white flags, shot them back with heavy crossbows!"

"What about those ancient trees of war, what can we resist?" asked somebody.

Siegel's gaze swept over all the knights present, and then asked, "Your knightly oath." What do you say about the besieged homeland and the weak?"

The knights all stood up. Chant aloud: "With my sword, honor and life!"

Siegel is so tough, and rarely angry, in fact, there is another reason: dwarves. The dwarves did nothing in this elven event and let it happen. Their closing of the country seemed very suspicious at this point, and there was no explanation afterwards. The dwarven Elint came to Myr without revealing the reason for their actions, much to Siegel's devaluation.

He also heard the news that many human refugees, including those who used to live and farm at the top of Mora, had climbed the walled mountains under the threat of war and came to the gates of Mora, hoping that the dwarves would open the gates and give them a place of refuge. But the closed door and the repetitive, curse-like "The country is closed" completely extinguished these people's hopes. Without the flame of hope, the cold of the snow-capped mountains gradually eroded, taking away the fire of life from many people.

He had heard of many corpses rolling down from the top of Mora, shattered on the ice and rocks. The blood of humans stained the sacred mountain of the dwarves red, and even the ghosts of death wandered on the way to the top.

The elves have blocked the coast of the New World from east to west, and the only one that can still connect with the Old World is Waterdeep. So from the map, the walled mountains have really become a cage, and the humans in it have nowhere to escape. Some lords plucked up the courage to negotiate with the elves. It is said that on the premise of surrendering and laying down his arms, the lord can take his people through the elven occupation area, go to the sea and take a boat, and return to the old continent where the powerful starry kingdom is located.

It's just that these people didn't know when they got on the ship that the mighty Star Kingdom was already on the verge of civil war. The firewood had been piled up, and the oil had been poured on it, waiting for one king to stand on it and be lit by another.

Siegel didn't know the news of the Old World, he just felt that the elves' trick could quickly disintegrate the fighting spirit of mankind and make victory come faster and better. With the situation so obvious, who still has the confidence to win?

No matter what others do to Siegel, he will never sit idly by and watch the elves attack and harm his own people.

On the one hand, he wants to think about the safety of his own people. He mobilized all his forces, runic materials, magic tools, and elemental rune guards, all to dig the passages of the city walls. This is the only way to escape and escape from prison as a last resort. There were many people who tried to climb over the walled mountains to the other side of the New World. But they all failed, dying from various natural disasters: avalanches, ice cracks, cold, and predators hidden under the vast white snow. But Dwarf Locke said that it was just the effect of the Rune Array of the City Wall Mountain Range.

Only their passage can cross the walled mountains, and only the dwarves can deal with the dwarves.

The dwarves didn't help, but fortunately they didn't fall into the ground. Seeing that the Dwarves were still helping out, the inhabitants of Heim Territory were able to remain united. For the sake of safety, the elves in all territories either leave immediately or enter residential surveillance. It is also something that must be done in war, at least much more merciless than executions in other territories.

The affairs of the territory can be solved, but the two letters put Siegel in an extremely difficult situation.

The letters were from the Mage Federation, one to Master Siegel and the other to Baron Siegel Squid, Lord of Heim.

As the spokesperson of the Mage Federation, Archmage Caspar summoned all the mages to assist in defending the Tri-Peaks Tower and repelling the threat of the elves. At the same time, all human lords will unite to put aside the contradictions of the past in the face of the great rights and wrongs of the race war, and unite for the sake of a place for humanity in the New World.

Fighting alongside Knox?

Siegel had never imagined such a situation, and for the first time he sat in his study, feeling overwhelmed. The pipe had long since been extinguished, leaving only gray residue and a faint bitter smell in the air, just as he was in the mood. (To be continued......)