Section 18 Reinforcements
At dusk, the battlefield was completely cleaned up. This was a very perfect victory. The Shenwu Elves wiped out twice their enemies, but did not suffer any losses themselves. But to be honest, every warrior's heart was heavy at this time, and there was no joy that the winner should have.
Verino sat on a stone, with Ashurufate, Dinaser and Xunfeng all around him. An unspeakable silence enveloped them, everyone knew what to say, but everyone didn't know how to speak.
After last night's mischief, Carrie and Ashrufate have now understood the situation of the nearby elves. Eriber is the trading center for elves and humans. As a trade port, the city is naturally located in the rear, very far from the front line. In the long-term tug-of-war, Eriber City and the land where it is located provide a steady stream of logistics supplies for the elves on the front line. At the same time, it also forms an important support point on the elves' strategic defense line. With Eriber as the relay point and supply station, the Shenwu Elves' navy formed a complete garrison circle, making it impossible for the dark elves to use the navy to make long-distance detours and rush to the Shenwu Elves' rear.
Prince Berland is the ruler of this land. With his courage, wisdom and power, he has always been an important general among the Shenwu elves and is famous for his good at naval battles. If he dies, it means that the elves army on this land will fall into a state of headless dragons, giving the dark elves the advantage.
"I want to ask, why did our evil cousins invade this time? Is there something wrong with our navy?" Ashu Rufate didn't quite understand some of the details of the war. Unless the navy suffered a heavy defeat in the naval battle, it would be impossible for the dark elves to transport an army to the enemy's rear. Because this risk is too great, once the transport fleet encounters a warship, it is equivalent to death.
"It's not." Verino finally spoke. "Things are much worse than expected... All the time, our evil cousins were blocked from our defense... But this time, for some reason, they activated an ancient portal."
"Port..." Ashu Rufate arrived instinctively. His original goal was to find a portal on the Dark Elf territory and get a component on the portal...
"Well, a portal. According to our limited intelligence, it seems that there is a portal built by unknown ancient forces on the territory of our evil cousin. Another portal corresponding to this portal is in Usuan, but it has always been regarded as a ruin. We never thought that they could be activated and operated." The addition is Xunfeng. "Our evil cousin opened the portal in some way and traveled directly from another continent to Usuan. Then suddenly, their army appeared behind our defense! It was because of this that my original hometown was completely isolated by the enemy, and we had to give up our hometown and retreat to Eribrew as refugees."
"What portal..." The ominous feeling in Ash Rufate's heart became stronger and stronger. "Where?"
"The portal located in Usulan is right in the middle of our land, behind our original defense line. As for our evil cousin, I don't know very well, but it should be some remote place." Xunfeng replied. He noticed Ashrufate's expression, but misunderstood what he meant.
"Ashrufate, if you want to destroy the portal, then give up. Although you are strong, it is impossible. Our evil cousins are protecting it at all costs."
"So what's going on now?" Ashu Rufa decided to calm down.
"The Phoenix King led our army and finally managed to limit the invasion of our evil cousins to a smaller range. But before we could react, they had seized all the favorable positions, and the Phoenix King and our generals had no way to drive them back to the portal. The war turned into a long confrontation."
"I understand... that is to say, under this situation, we have gathered all the troops that can be gathered on the front line, and our evil cousins still have a lot of strength to call." Ash Rufate quickly understood the situation of the entire war. "But, although they have the spare energy, they should not be able to join the war..."
"I don't know," said Verinor. "But they must have found some way to get around our defense..."
"I believe this is not a big loophole," Ashu Rufate pondered for a while. "It is obvious that there are not many troops they bypassed... they can only be used to harass our rear and force our front-line troops to return to aid. If the loophole is large, they will directly send a large army to attack forward and backward to break our defense."
"These things are too far away, not something we can judge. What I care about is what the dark elf said before... Could it be that Prince Berland really... was killed?" Verinor's voice was very soft. Maybe even he was afraid of what he said.
"We must return to Eriber as fast as possible." This time it was Dinaser who spoke. "If that damn guy was telling the truth, then now... Eriber might be in chaos! And our evil cousin is waiting for this opportunity outside the city!"
Dinaser looked at Verino, who nodded heavily and firmly.
"Xunfeng, I'm sorry I don't have time to go back with you to celebrate the victory," said Verino. "We must set off immediately to return to Eribe Ashurufate. Are you willing to go back with us?"
"Oh, yes," Ash Rufate replied. But in fact he didn't pay attention to it at all. In his mind, the matter of the portal just now was lingering.
"Master, your concerns are very likely." Carrie said in his mind. "The ancient portal we are going to is probably the one that was used by the dark elves."
"Didn't you say that the portal has lost its function?"
"But that may be repaired," Carrie replied. "Although I'm sure the Dark Elf does not have such technology, sometimes things are absolutely absolutely true. Maybe a part that has long been invalid suddenly runs again, or maybe the temperature changes make some of the originally loose sockets tighten again. In short, these are possible."
"If this is true...what should do?" Ashu Rufate asked anxiously.
"I strongly recommend that you do not try to go to that portal alone. A feasible solution is to... find a way to organize an army of Shenwu Elves and drive the dark elves back."
"Organize an army of elves?" Ashu Rufat felt that Carrie was a little whimsical. It was possible to organize a green-skinned army, because after all, green-skin only obeyed the boss who could fight. As long as he kept winning battles, the green-skinned all over the valley would naturally come over and quickly form an army. But if he wanted to command an army of elves... there was no doubt that the officers of elves were promoted and appointed, instead of being the boss himself like green-skinned. If you want to become an elf general, you should start with the soldiers and climb up step by step with military achievements... But even if he had the patience, he would have this opportunity. When he really became the commander, the daylily would be cold.
Mimilu can't wait for too long.
"Ash Rufate, Ash Rufate?" Dinaser poked Ash Rufate hard, which made him come back to his senses from his meditation. Because he was talking to Carrie just now, Ash Rufate didn't listen to what others were saying at all.
"Ah, Dinaser, what's wrong?"
"Why do you look absent-minded?" said Dinaser. "Xunfeng just said that they are willing to go with us, or rather, willing to go with you."
"Me?" Ashu Rufate was stunned for a moment.
"They said they didn't have to go back because the enemy had been wiped out, and it didn't matter whether they would go back or not. The shadow warriors were willing to go with us Eriber... to help us as much as possible."
At this time, Xunfeng had already left, so Asu Ruffat asked Dinaser beside him in confusion. "Why are they with me? They want me to lead them?"
"They think you are a prince." Dinaser replied. While speaking, he observed every subtle expression of Ashu Rufate. But Ashu Rufate had already learned to hide all his emotions under his face, so although Dinaser tried hard to test, he got nothing.
"Do I look like a prince?" Ash Rufate replied with an indifferent expression.
"As far as I say, it's really similar," Dinaser replied. As he said this, he noticed that Asu Ruffat hesitated for a moment, and then fell silent.
"Are we going to rush through the night?" After a while, Ashu Rufate finally spoke, but he changed the topic. "March quickly?"
"No, it's not appropriate," replied Verino. "It would be great if I didn't let the ship go... If we were on land, it would mean that it would be possible to encounter the enemy on the road. We must maintain our strength."
“How much supplies do we have?”
"Five days of dry food are enough for us to leave," said Verinor. "Anyway, we have to go back as soon as possible. I really hope that guy is lying to us."
That being said, but Ashu Rufate could understand that under that circumstances, the possibility of the Dark Elves telling the truth is far greater than that of lying.
"Prince Berland, should there be children?" Ashu Rufate remembered Cosbody's introduction before. If he hadn't lie, then the prince he saw at the dock at that time should be Prince Berland himself or his son. "They can take over the command..."
Chapter completed!