At this point, Palanor put on a smug expression as if he had calculated everything meticulously and said, "In this way, even if they can win in the battle to capture the Mist Forest, so what? Because then, we have the ability to seize the opportunity when the Dac elves' combat power is weak on the main battlefield, launch a major offensive against them, and make them suffer greater losses on the main battlefield, or even reverse the situation. So, between gains and losses, which one is more profitable? I believe only the Dac elves themselves can figure it out clearly before they dare to launch such a bold attack on the Mist Forest!"
Palanor reorganized his emotions and continued, "Besides, don't forget that zombie soldiers need Death Tokens to control them. And each token can only control up to twelve zombie soldiers. This means that the Dac elf tribe needs to send enough controllers to control these zombies. However, these controllers will be affected by the Mist Forest's concealment, and they will be sending themselves to death if they enter the forest recklessly. Once they die, even if those zombie soldiers adapt to the Mist Forest, what can they do? They will still become uncontrolled living targets for us to kill at will."
"Furthermore, although the Dac elves' giant zombie flying beasts can transport troops, they are limited by factors such as the speed of those beasts, their own defense capabilities, carrying capacity, and the time required to create such beasts, coupled with the favorable visibility of the sea area in front of the Mist Forest, making it difficult for them to arrive near the coast of the Mist Forest without being detected by us. Consequently, the Dac elves cannot risk having their flying beasts shot down midway and can only resort to landing operations to engage in direct frontal combat."
"So, you may ask how much threat the Dac elves' harassment of the Mist Forest can bring to the Leit elf tribe, but actually not much. However, their constant harassment from the rear has also exerted a certain restraint on our forces. But if we don't take strict precautions against their raids, we are prone to suffer huge losses due to underestimating the enemy. In short, if the Dac elves really launch a large-scale attack on the Mist Forest, it's fine, but it's actually this irregular and irritating harassment that is more frustrating!" Palanor said with some helplessness.
Hearing this, Han Yun nodded, indicating that Palanor's words made sense.
At this point, Palanor suddenly changed his tone and said, "However, precisely because we can almost always guess the scale and timing of the Dac elves' attacks. So, over time, the Leit elf tribe has once again fallen into the old trap of being prone to arrogance and complacency. Because we have always been able to resist the enemy's attacks well, many Leit elves have begun to gradually become conceited, and arrogantly concluded a set of attack rules for the Dac elves. Coupled with the repeated actual combat tests, the Dac elves' attacks have indeed followed the patterns we know, which has made us more confident in defending against enemy attacks."
"Therefore, Mist Town has re-adjusted the patrol system set near the Mist Forest coastline based on the nearly consistent raid frequency and scale of the Dac elves, pulling more troops out of the forest to ensure that other battlefields have sufficient forces to resist the Dac elves' frontal attacks."
"Although this change in troop deployment is very bold, there has never been any problem with it, which further exacerbated the lax thinking of the rear guard responsible for defending the Mist Forest. This also laid a very wrong foundation for the ambush battle that happened not long ago." Palanor said heavily and then sighed deeply. Then, he began to regretfully narrate the recent ambush battle.
It was a dark and stormy night, with strong winds and waves on the sea. Not long after, a grand storm swept in from the sea. Such storms were very common at night, but what the Leit elves guarding near the coastline did not expect was that accompanying the storm was a large assault team of Dac elves. This assault team was very powerful, with groups of giant zombie flying beasts carrying assault teams composed of elite soldiers from the Dac tribe and a large number of zombie soldiers, swiftly descending towards the border of the Mist Forest, aided by the strong sea breeze.
The defenders of the Mist Forest, because the stationed troops had been reduced before, coupled with the fact that the Dac elves had attacked the Mist Forest just a few days ago, we still habitually thought that they would not dare to invade us again, at least not in a short time. This resulted in us not being able to organize our forces in time to effectively intercept the enemy's airborne troops' flight formations. Moreover, because the enemy came so aggressively this time, we had to mobilize all the troops stationed in various parts of the Mist Forest at that time to gather together and jointly resist the Dac tribe's assault army, which far exceeded the previous scale.
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Since Palanor was a scout, he did not participate in the battle but continued to hide in a few towering trees with his team, observing and promptly reporting the enemy's combat movements to the ground forces. At the same time, they continued to monitor the sea level around them to guard against other enemy airborne units using this battle as a cover to circumvent other directions of the Mist Forest to deploy troops.
However, it seemed that the Dac elves did not intend to distract us with a feigned attack while launching attacks on the Mist Forest from other positions. But because of the strength of the forces they used this time, both in quantity and combat power, the intensity and fierceness of this battle far exceeded that of the past.
White magic, black magic, arrows, and crossbow bolts filled the sky; the clash of weapons, battle cries, and roars, mingled with the howling sea wind and thunderstorm, echoed along the entire coastline. Both armies clashed fiercely from the edge of the coastline to the cliffs above, and then onto the vast grasslands leading to the Mist Forest. Aerial beasts and giant eagles tore at each other, turning the rain pouring from the sky into a blood-soaked deluge.
The resilience of the Laites' army stationed in the Mist Forest was formidable, but they were only mortal. As the battle intensified, their stamina couldn't quite keep up with the Dark Elves, who had enhanced their bodies with dark magic. Coupled with the need to withstand the relentless onslaught of the undead soldiers, the defensive stance of the Laites gradually shifted from parity with the enemy to a more defensive one.
With the advantage of the undead soldiers in a war of attrition becoming apparent, the flames of war that had been contained on the high cliff grasslands began to burn towards the Mist Forest. The elven defenders of the Laites, while continuing to repel enemy attacks, hastened to gather more forces on the edge of the Mist Forest and prepared to construct a second defensive barrier there to block the possible breakthrough of the Dark Elves into the forest.
The determination of the Laites in the battle was unwavering, but their defensive forces had already fallen behind. They regretted withdrawing the defense forces from the Mist Forest, putting themselves in the current passive situation.
However, it was not a time for regrets. They had to continue to resist until their reinforcements arrived because they could not allow the Dark Elves to set foot in the Mist Forest. Otherwise, if the Dark Elves occupied even a corner of the Mist Forest, they could gradually free their undead soldiers from the forest's concealment, giving them the ability to compete with the Laites using the immune undead soldiers.
The battle lasted from morning until nearly sunset. As the situation deepened, the combat advantage of the zombie legion began to show. They were emotionless fighting machines, tireless and impervious to pain. This contrasted starkly with the fatigued Laites warriors who had suffered heavy casualties due to prolonged intense combat. Although the Laites had the support of white magic and could still contend with the Dark Elves' legion in combat, from Pailanode's perspective, the Laites defenders were gradually falling behind, and the confrontation line was gradually approaching the border between the grasslands and the Mist Forest.
Both attackers and defenders were determined, and the second round of intense fighting was about to begin. However, at this moment, an elliptical black energy suddenly appeared on the cliff behind the Dark Elf army. Although neither side of the battle saw the energy, the reconnaissance team stationed high above witnessed the entire process of its appearance.
According to Pailanode's description, after the black energy appeared out of nowhere, a figure immediately stumbled out of it. Then, Pailanode saw a black and red light ball detach from the fallen figure's body. The eerie light ball quickly rose into the air and flew towards the slope grassland connecting the cliff and the Mist Forest.
Due to Pailanode's strong perceptual ability, he immediately understood the movement of the light ball as it quickly flew down the slope towards the warriors of both tribes engaged in the fierce battle. Pailanode immediately had a very bad feeling, but the light ball flew so fast that he didn't have time to warn his soldiers. So, he loudly warned his teammates of the danger, then quickly jumped to another giant tree and prepared to take cover to avoid danger.
Almost as soon as Pailanode turned to take cover, the light ball that had rushed to the soldiers silently exploded. After the explosion, a dazzling purplish-red light accompanied by the huge shock wave killed all the life in its path.
The strong shock wave generated by the explosion spread all the way to the depths of the Mist Forest, accompanied by the extremely penetrating purplish-red light. Pailanode, relying on his keen perception, sensed the danger of the purplish-red light, so he dared not stare directly at it.
Nevertheless, even with just a glance at the beam of light, Pailanode was almost scared to fall off the giant tree. Because he saw that all the warriors on both sides of the battlefield, as well as the group of Laites elves gathered at the edge of the Mist Forest, including his own reconnaissance team members, were lying dead, unable to move.
Among the Laites elves ambushed in the depths of the Mist Forest, although there were still survivors, they had suffered injuries from the light beam, causing severe damage to their sensory systems. Moreover, their brains had suffered serious damage from the shock wave, resulting in severe amnesia and even dementia.
In short, except for the fortunate Pailanode, all the warriors involved in this battle from both tribes were either killed on the spot by the explosion or completely incapacitated due to severe brain damage.