Under the bloody sunset, the elves of the Silver Moon clan were fighting fiercely with the dark elves and their army of servants, risking their lives. The difficulty of the battle was beyond all the elves' expectations.
Different from the previous charge that was scattered all over the mountains and plains, the attack of the dark elves and the servant army this time seems to be much more organized, and the number is several times larger than before. Therefore, although the elders of the Council of Elders are responsible for commanding the formation, it is not a problem for the elves to win.
, but heavy casualties are inevitable.
Starting from early morning, the dark elves and the servant army went against the norm and took the initiative to launch an attack during the day, appearing like a tide on the high ground outside the bottom of the Elf Valley.
What was different from the past was that a tent decorated with daggers and blood was set up on the high ground, and a flag with a bloody dagger was set up in front of the tent.
Princess Arwen told Irothgar that this meant that the dark elves were unified into one force from the original dozen or so factions. The leader was the Drizzt family, and the head matron was Nagaros, a legendary dark mage.
Organized dark elves and servant armies began to participate in the attack, instead of the random gatherings before.
The Bloody Dagger banner represents the existence of the cleric Lolth, the Dark Demon Spider Queen.
However, the elves expressed great contempt for the magical abilities of the dark elves. In their view, the dark elves used despicable and inferior dark spells. Any adult elf mage can go to the underdark and become a great wizard.
But for Grantham, the most threatening ones are the clergy of Rose, the Spider Queen. The divine spells mastered by those clergy are not only powerful, but also have extremely terrifying magical effects.
Hundreds of extremely muscular tauren holding huge battle axes stood on the high ground and roared loudly.
They were covered in extremely heavy wrought copper battle armor, with necklaces made of skulls hanging around their necks. They also had armor on their knees with several sharp spikes on them. The spikes had already been dyed brown with blood.
Behind the tauren army was a tall dark elf with a dark body, who was the commander of this attack.
The number of servants on the highlands has obviously exceeded 3,000, and is still increasing, while the main force of the dark elves is still waiting in the rear and has not attacked.
Elos and a group of elven elders stood on a particularly tall and wide ancient war tree arrow tower. The protection of this arrow tower was also very strong. Although it was located on the last line of defense, its absolute height ensured that the people on it could
Overlooking the entire battlefield.
This is also a magic launching platform. Dozens of magicians from the elves have gathered on the platform, so the security here is also very tight.
In addition to hundreds of elite warriors from the elves, Yekaterina also leaned leisurely against the wall, looking boredly at the dark elves and servants in the distance.
"Those tauren...are they the Minotaurs?" Iloth asked the elder Grantham next to him with some confusion.
"It is obviously not as strong as the Minotaur. The Minotaur is an outstanding divine beast. If the real Minotaur appears in the Empire of the Underdark, it will definitely take on a heavy responsibility. It is impossible to form this army. They are just ordinary people.
They're just tauren warriors." Elder Grantham, who had hundreds of years of experience, said with certainty. If there were hundreds of Minotaurs on the other side, then this battle would not have to be fought.
Elos nodded and said: "It seems that the dark elves are indeed just like the legend. Not only are they evil in nature, they also like to enslave races that are weaker than them and use them as cannon fodder on the battlefield."
The elven elders all agreed with Iloth's point of view and replied: "Yes, every time we fight, these despicable underground species send out an army of servants to consume our war potential, and finally send out their elite troops. It is shameful to say,
These lowly servant armies reproduce so quickly and in large numbers that the new generation will fully grow up in just over ten years. And it takes about fifty years for a warrior of our elves to reach adulthood. Although we can repel them every time
The attack of the dark elves and their servants, but, I am ashamed to say, our ability to withstand losses is far weaker than these despicable underground species."
Elos nodded. In fact, the same is true for wars between human empires. The conscripted serfs or free people are first allowed to consume the opponent, and finally the main force is sent to make the final decision.
Except for the elite warriors, serfs and free soldiers are just used to fill the battlefield as cannon fodder for the flesh and blood machine to run. It is understandable for the dark elves to do this.
They were not allowed to discuss any more, as the dark elves' attack had already begun.
The dark mages on the side of the dark elves danced a strange war dance and roared out bursts of howling spells. After a while, bursts of magical auras that blessed power and speed enveloped the charging servants.
At the same time, there are still a large number of dark spells pouring on the elves, but unfortunately, because the number of mages of the high elves is greater than that of the dark elves, many dark spells have been intercepted or resisted.
All the servants came up like a tide, snorting heavily.
Elder Grantham looked solemn and said: "It seems that this battle will be difficult. Magicians, prepare to cast spells!"
Goblins with ferocious faces and wearing crude leather armor rushed towards the Elf Fortress with wild shouts. Tall Ogres and Cyclops were also among them. Hundreds of Kobolds kept throwing small stones at the Elf Tree Wall, throwing arrows at them.
Tower, trying to suppress the elven archers.
The elite tauren army pressed behind and advanced slowly.
As soon as the elven griffons took off, dozens of them were knocked down by boulders thrown by the Cyclops, which scared the rest of the griffin warriors and flew towards the back of the formation.
The gryphon knights rose into the sky behind the elven defense line, and did not dare to return to the battlefield until they were out of the range of the Cyclops.
With no threat left, the gryphon knight soon revealed its terrifying dimensionality reduction blow.
Each time, hundreds of arrows glowing with magic accurately hit the servants below. Half of the cyclops were killed in an instant, and each giant had at least dozens of arrows stuck in its body.
The remaining four-meter-high Cyclops is so conspicuous and menacing among the groups of servants of different colors.
They withstood the shots of the griffin knights and threw the boulders in their hands at the elven arrow tower like raindrops.
An arrow tower formed by a giant war tree could not withstand such intensive blows. After withstanding the bombardment of dozens of boulders, it finally collapsed. The three elf archers on the arrow tower fell to death.
Under the cover of other servants, hundreds of bull-headed warriors rushed towards the tree wall.
They raised and lowered their giant axes, trying their best to cut down the tree wall. As soon as the ax came down, a piece of sawdust flew away, and it was obvious that the thick tree wall could not stop it for long.
After the initial panic, the elves gradually recovered.
The elves' precise archery skills were an eye-opener for Ilosu and Ekaterina. One arrow after another was nailed to the enemy's joints, armor seams, neck, behind the ears and other weak parts, which was very effective in weakening the servant army.
The combat effectiveness is in sharp contrast to the aimless scattering of human archers who rely on quantity to win.
Following the order from the elder in charge of magic, countless fireballs exploded among the servants, and the magic of the elf magician began to be cast on the enemy's head one after another.
Although only a few dozen elf magicians came, hundreds of servants would fall after every round of magic.
At this point, the one-sided situation was finally reversed.
But Elos knew that the magic power of the elf magicians was limited and would be exhausted soon, and their number was relatively small, so their impact on the battle situation was not decisive.
The outcome of the battle still depends on the charge of the main elite of the dark elves and the high elves' gryphon knights and elven night rangers.
By afternoon, the elves' defense line had retreated to the third and final level behind the tree wall.
This tree wall was guarded by four ancient war trees and was much stronger than the previous two tree walls. The elves also knew that there was no way to retreat, so they launched a desperate fight.
The gryphon knights were also exhausted of their magic power and fighting spirit, and they had very few magic arrows left. They still had enough energy left to defend against the dark elf elite's surprise attack, so they withdrew from the battlefield and went to the rear to rest.
Without the three-dimensional strike as a big killer, the pressure on the elves doubled.
When Yekaterina faced the battlefield with broken limbs flying everywhere and pools of blood spilling out, her face couldn't help but turn pale. She had never seen such a huge war scene.
Eloise looked at it coldly, he was already used to this kind of blood.