Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 372 - 355: Ula—!

The battle horn of the Dark Alliance had sounded, and Blade City, like a colossal war machine, slowly shifted from inside to out, switching to wartime mode.

The entire city was instantly enveloped in an atmosphere of tension.

The residents scattered, with those below Black Iron retreating to their homes to hide, while those above shouldered bags of supplies, forming voluntary support labor for the war effort.

Brin, the current chief of the Elder Council, accompanied by soldiers, followed the flow of players toward the city walls.

As the current supreme ruler of Blade City, he had to shoulder the responsibility of command.

However, Dark Dwarf Huo Xu did not choose to leave. Instead, he returned to the Death God Temple of Blade City, where, under the relieved gazes of the Death God Priests, he activated the Dungeon defense core...

Although others could perform this task, previous sieges had proven that handling it by Huo Xu, who was Divinely Favored, was better.

With Huo Xu’s control, the power of faith stored within the temple instantly activated the defense system. Dark gray energy spread out in two directions from the temple center.

One stream of energy quickly covered the entire city wall of Blade City along the ground, while the other shot skywards, covering the cavern ceiling and encapsulating Blade City like an overturned bowl.

This was the same method used by Black Rock City when defending against the Shadow Army, a large-scale Divine Arts defensive barrier with an area coverage comparable to a forbidden spell.

However, if you observed carefully, you would notice that this Divine Arts defensive barrier was not completely sealed; gaps were left on the city walls.

This was unavoidable...

If it were sealed completely, the consumption of the power of faith would increase several folds, and the remaining power in the entire temple would not be able to sustain for long.

Thus... the Divine Arts barrier could only shield the most likely ground and underground areas from sneak attacks while leaving a section above the city walls empty as the battlefield against the enemy.

And this area had also been the primary source of casualties for the Silent Alliance’s troops in previous attacks.

In the Underworld, filled with Demon Beasts and creatures adept at climbing, the walls’ role was not as significant as on the surface. Their value only lay in choosing the battle on top of the walls.

At this moment, Dark Dwarf warriors and Underground Dwarf Mages already stood on the city walls, preparing various ranged machines to counter the massive army while nervously watching below the walls.

Composed of monsters, Dark Dwarves, Spirit-Sucking Monsters, undead, and Goblins, the Dark City State Alliance’s army gradually surrounded them...

All you could see was a dense, dark mass.

Accompanied by the tremors from the advancing army and the echoes of monsters’ roars and howls in the caverns... the Dark Alliance’s army seemed even more oppressive and fearsome in the already dim Underworld.

Some soldiers of Blade City subtly changed their expressions, as they noted that this time, the enemy’s attack was even larger in scale than previous ones.

And indeed, this was the case... After several days of siege, the Dark Alliance had almost gauged Blade City’s strength. Under the command of Witch Demon King Pelonie, the army decided to capture this Silent Alliance’s outpost in one fell swoop.

Leading the charge was an army of Goblins. They were poorly equipped and numerous, rushing toward the city walls under the Death Knights’ threat, carrying ladders and shouting...

They were cannon fodder and also the vanguard.

"Goblins! Prepare to fire arrows!"

Seeing the approaching Goblin "sea," the Dwarf soldiers on the walls steeled their expressions, raised their bows, and fired in unison.

With swooshing sounds, thousands of arrows rained into the ocean of Goblins, quickly felling these weak creatures in large numbers.

However... there were just too many Goblins.

Under the Dark Alliance army commanders’ urging, they charged forward with red eyes, wielding poor-quality swords and carrying makeshift ladders, or raising short bows to shoot back while advancing.

The Dwarf Steam Cannons mounted on the walls boomed loudly, hurling massive steel balls into the Goblin forces, crushing a swath of unlucky creatures into pulp.

Nonetheless, regardless of the losses, these Goblins never took a step back.

This was the plight of the weak; as subservient races of the Dark Alliance, the Spirit-Sucking Monsters and Dark Dwarves raised Goblins as cannon fodder.

If they didn’t fight desperately, they would still die, taking their tribes with them.

And after paying a massive price in lives, these Goblins successfully arrived beneath the city walls and, under the Underground Dwarf Mage’s Magic bombardment, frantically built ladders and began climbing...

Melee combat officially began.

The Dwarven warriors roared, swinging their axes and giant hammers, cleaving the climbing Goblins in half or smashing them into a pulp.

The Goblins either panicked or screamed insanely, but whether scared or frenzied, every Goblin on the city walls did not retreat, instead swinging their weapons to slash at the Dwarven warriors.

Perhaps Goblins generally lacked power, most not even reaching level 10, but their swarming numbers were enough to drown any Dwarven warrior...

Curses, screams, moans, the whistling of arrows, the crunch of blades sinking into bones mixed together, painting the walls like a scene from Hell.

Indeed, because the frontline of the walls was too long and the Goblins too numerous, the Silent Alliance’s warriors quickly became encircled by Goblins.

Wounds began to appear repeatedly on their bodies, the edges of their axes dulled from countless chops, and their breathing grew heavier.

Yet, at that moment, they suddenly heard shouts of slaughter coming from behind...

"Charge! For the Elf Clan! Uh, no, for the friendship of Silent Castle City!"

"Charge! Comrades!"

"Ura—!"

Accompanied by excited shouts, tall figures rushed onto the city walls one after another.

They were both male and female, some in splendid armor and robes, others in modified standard equipment from Blade City. Like a torrent, akin to a sharp blade, they burst into the midst of battling Goblins and Silent Alliance soldiers.

"Whoa! Turns out we’re fighting Goblins! There’s so many of them!"

"Haha! That’s what I’m best at!"

They laughed, faces twisted with savage glee, slashing down Goblins like chopping vegetables, and began driving them back purposefully.

The Goblins were startled by the sudden addition of enemies.

They quickly became chaotic, instinctively avoiding and huddling together.

However, these newly clustered creatures soon found themselves burned into ashes by Fireballs through rhythmic spells or pierced into sieves by Ice Blades...

The elves’ skilled movements, every strike aimed accurately at weak points, the flawless "annihilation-terror-expulsion-magic resolution" combination, seemed as though they were professionals at this...

"El... Elves?"

Watching the players who suddenly stormed onto the walls and began their frenzied slaughter, the Dark Dwarves and Underground Dwarf Mages were left dumbfounded.