Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Players’ Ambush

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Demacia discovered three young elves in the Half-Beast stronghold’s prison!

When he posted the screenshot on the forum, the players exploded almost instantly…

Humans were creatures rich in emotions, with a natural sympathy for the weak.

At the same time, most people lacked the ability to resist cute, adorable creatures.

And young elves perfectly fit this description…

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Their big eyes were incomparably innocent, and their fair, tender skin seemed as if it would break with a gentle touch. Their not-yet-fully-grown appearance was undoubtedly pure and cute.

Additionally, their dirty clothes, the occasional show of panic and despair in their expressions, and the faint wariness and aloofness they inadvertently exuded made the three young elves look like bullied little kittens.

In an instant, all the players’ sympathy flooded in…

“So…so cute…ah…no…so pitiful!”

“Even though it’s a game, those expressions are just unfair, aren’t they?”

“The Half-Beasts are too much, having the nerve to target our noble and beautiful Elf Clan! Count me in for this mission!”

“Demacia, you stay put and don’t mess around!”

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Demacia, …

“Let’s go, go, go! Let’s rescue our elf companions!”

“Here we come! Here we come!”

The players, who had already been excited by the hidden mission, became even more enthusiastic.

In Eve’s perception, She surprisingly discovered that the players accepting the mission grew from mere dozens to hundreds very quickly…

They all joined Demacia’s team and began moving in groups of threes and twos towards the stronghold.

The reason wasn’t just the mission’s rewards but also Demacia’s screenshot…

In the end, Li Mu even had to open a group voice chat specifically to start directing the team and prevent the players from rushing in and messing things up…

“You bunch of bishounen and loli fans…”

Eve was silently speechless.

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As the sun set in the west,

in the southeast region of the Elf Forest, four Black Iron Lower Half-Beasts were walking through the forest.

They were carrying a dead Unihorn Wind Deer in their hands.

It was a Black Iron Lower-level Demon Beast, and its blood contained strong Magic Conducting qualities, making it excellent material for carving arrays.

However, this type of beast was hard to find, and the Half-Beasts had gone to great lengths to finally capture it.

They chatted as they walked.

“Ah, it wasn’t easy. We spent an entire day hunting a Wind Deer, I wonder if Lord Priest would be angry…”

“No choice, the forest in this area is too barren…”

“If you ask me, Lord Priest is too impatient, does he really need to set the array to communicate with Father God right now?”

“Heh, well, you don’t know. Reporting secrets to the tribe can’t compete with the rewards from directly reporting to Father God’s Excellency!”

“True that…”

But as they walked, the leading Half-Beast suddenly stopped.

“Wait!”

With a serious expression, he looked around:

“Something’s off, it’s too quiet here…”

After saying this, he sniffed the air.

In an instant, his face changed:

“Not good, there’s an enemy!”

As soon as he finished speaking, with a shout of “Attack!”, an onslaught of magical waves came from all directions, Fireballs, Wind Blades, Thunder Strikes…rained down on them like a storm.

The four Half-Beasts were stunned.

Panicking, they tossed away their prey and began to evade.

But even so, due to the sheer density of the magic, they were unfortunately hit, quickly sustaining injuries, with the worst off even losing an arm…

Before they could react, another identical shout came:

“Go!”

With a clattering sound, over a dozen tall figures suddenly appeared from all around.

They were all dressed in luxurious equipment, faces filled with excitement, wielding weapons, and charging towards them with cries of “Ura” and “Charge,” looking like they had seen their father’s killers.

Where did these elves come from?!

How did the elves know they were here?!

Seeing the four bewildered Half-Beasts, Li Mu smirked, casting a Vine Technique as he commanded:

“Everyone, don’t go all out. They’re strong, but we have numbers, we can wear them out bit by bit!”

He added another line:

“Don’t hit their faces!”

They had been lying in ambush here for a long time.

Due to contact with Demacia, the Half-Beasts’ movements were fully under the players’ control.

Since the Half-Beasts wanted to create a sacrificial array, they inevitably had to hunt Demon Beasts in the forest.

The specific Demon Beasts they needed were far from their stronghold, especially the primary game, the Unihorn Wind Deer, which the players conveniently knew the location of.

Through Demacia’s shared mini-map, Li Mu deduced that this was the inevitable path of the Half-Beasts returning, so they had been ambushing here with a group of players for a while.

Now, they finally caught them.

The Half-Beasts were strong, and although the players had also reached Black Iron Lower levels, their combat experience was far inferior.

However, because the players didn’t fear pain or death, when they truly fought the Half-Beasts, they showed an almost suicidal determination, leaving the Half-Beasts handicapped.

Even so, several players fell in the initial engagement.

But there were so many players that despite the Half-Beasts’ strength, they were still outnumbered, with wounds accumulating on their bodies…

When the levels were similar or marginally higher, a strategy of overwhelming numbers was always a killer tactic for the players.

The players were destined to become the nightmare of enemies not too different from them in strength.

“They’re crazy! They must be crazy!”

Facing a group of fearless elves, the four Half-Beasts grew terrified.

Their retreat was accompanied by loud, desperate cries:

“We surrender! We surrender! We are willing to leave the Elf Forest, please stop attacking!”

Having said this, the leading Half-Beast grinned slightly.

This was their killer tactic!

Elves loved peace.

As long as they were willing to yield, these straightforward long-eared creatures would show mercy and not pursue relentlessly.

This was long-standing wisdom from the Half-Beast’s years of elf hunting, a method that never failed.

But this time, the elves did not stop…

“Surrender? Haha, we don’t take prisoners, you’re better off becoming contribution points and experience!”

The players chuckled and intensified their assault.

“They’re about to fall!”

“Kill them!”

“Defeat the evil Half-Beasts and rescue our kin!”

“Ura—!”

Hearing the elves’ shouts, and seeing the bloodlust in their eyes, the Half-Beasts stood stunned.

Wait a minute?

They… they would pursue to the very end?!

When had these elves become so bloodthirsty?

For a moment, the Half-Beasts found themselves inexplicably fearful, feeling their understanding of elves collapsing in an instant.

“Are they…really elves…”

murmured in disbelief as they looked upon the menacing, distorted attractive faces.

The players gave them no chance for further thought, launching various skills in a frenzy against the Half-Beasts.

One player delivered a strike, retreating immediately for others to follow up.

The coordination was incredibly tight…

Finally, the first Half-Beast couldn’t hold on any longer.

Struck in the chest, he slowly fell to the ground.

After the first Half-Beast fell, the players’ momentum only grew stronger, and the remaining ones gradually couldn’t hold on anymore…

In the end, at the cost of eight player casualties, the final Half-Beast fell to a flurry of blows.

Immediately, the group of players eagerly stripped them of their clothes and began to roll for loot.

Li Mu did not join in. Instead, he looked at the Half-Beasts’ blood-soaked corpses with a solemn expression:

“I didn’t expect the Half-Beasts’ combat ability to be so formidable…”

Their ambush consisted of twenty-seven players above level 11, yet they suffered such significant casualties.

And these were only Black Iron Lower Half-Beasts!

Li Mu couldn’t help but sigh, realizing that the combat prowess of intelligent creatures and mindless Demon Beasts simply couldn’t be compared at the same level.

He sighed and called out to an elf girl in the team:

“Little Xian Miao, start disguising them for the others.”

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