"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" As soon as Li Huailin arrived at the camp, he immediately met Legg. Of course, the other party immediately bowed to Li Huailin and said.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" All the soldiers beside him also knelt down. All of them looked at Li Huailin with shame. After all, the battle last night was really ugly. They didn't even see the opponent and were defeated. It was really too shameful to say it out loud.
"You guys really know how to make trouble for me." Of course, Li Huailin was also in a bad mood. He bluntly said, "But we can talk about the punishment later. Right now, we need to solve the current problem."
"Yes, Your Majesty," everyone answered in unison.
"Report the current situation," Li Huailin said.
"Your Majesty, we didn't lose many people in the battle last night." Legg said, "There were about 1,000 casualties, most of which were caused by our own trampling. The main thing was that it was too chaotic last night. I couldn't see anything clearly in the dark … "
"Alright, alright, stop looking for excuses." Li Huailin waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter how we lost. Let's talk about the current situation."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Currently, our main forces have basically not suffered any losses, but our equipment and machinery are in a mess, and we are in urgent need of battle resources. Also, all of us here have brought two days worth of rations. If we don't replenish our rations by tomorrow, we might run out of rations … We won't be able to fight for a long time, "Legg replied.
"Your Majesty." As they were talking, two people walked over from the side. Li Huailin turned around and saw that one of them was someone that Li Huailin recognized. It was Rollins, the president of the East Asia Saint-level Alliance that Li Huailin had appointed. The other person, Li Huailin, also looked a little familiar, but he couldn't remember his name. However, from the display above his head, he knew that this guy was called Dirtwater. It seemed like he was a Sword Saint of the Orc race. These two should be the Saint-level experts that Geert had found.
"Your Majesty, it was thanks to Sir Rolynn and Sir Ditwa's protection that we were able to escape from the forest safely. They didn't do anything wrong," Legg explained to Li Huailin. This was mainly because Legg had always thought that Saint-leveled people were high and mighty, but now, not only did they cooperate with him, but they were also very polite to him. Of course, Legg had a good impression of the two of them, so he took the opportunity to speak up for them.
"Oh." Li Huailin nodded casually. It seemed that he was not going to pursue the matter, which made Ditwa and Rollins heave a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Legg continued to ask.
"Don't worry about the supplies." After giving it some thought, Li Huailin said, "We must resolve this matter by tomorrow. Make do with the weapons and equipment."
"Your Majesty, these Druids are not easy to deal with," Legg said. "We didn't know what was going on with them, so we weren't prepared. That's why we were caught off guard last night."
"Yes, Your Majesty. We only found out last night that Druids have the ability to control trees," Rollins said.
"You didn't know either?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, we don't have any experience fighting Druids." Rollins nodded. "We don't have any Druids in our Saint-level alliance."
Li Huailin nodded, then looked at the forest not far away. Currently, Li Huailin's army was stationed on a flat piece of land, and not far away was a huge forest. If Li Huailin was not wrong, that should be the direction of Moonlight Valley.
"Is it over there?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Legg nodded, then took the tactical map next to him and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. We are now here, and this is Moonlight Valley. As you can see, Moonlight Valley is in the middle of this large forest, and it is surrounded by trees, so if we want to attack, we definitely can't go around the forest. The problem is that these Druids have the ability to control trees. Once we enter the forest, they will control these trees to fight with us, and we can't even find their bodies. And these trees … Your Majesty, you can see that there are so many of them. In this way, the Druids may have an army of millions. "
Yes, it was not an exaggeration to say that there were millions of trees in such a large forest in front of Li Huailin. If the Druids could turn all these trees into Treants, an army of a million would not be a joke.
Of course, according to the theory, even if the Druids could turn trees into Treants, they would still need mana. It was not possible for the 2,500 Druids to have so much mana to turn all these trees into combat power. However, they were not very clear about the specific situation. How many Treants could a Druid control? How much mana would they need? This was not very clear, so the worst-case scenario was really bad.
"Burn it." Looking at the forest, Li Huailin suddenly murmured.
"Your Majesty, this is not easy." Legg said, "I did think about it before, but we don't have any combustibles here. If we just ignite it, we may not be able to burn such a large forest, and … it will take a long time."
Legg was right. It was indeed a terrible thing for a forest to catch fire, but it was not easy to burn a forest quickly. In fact, living trees were not very easy to burn. If there was a combustibles like kerosene, it would be more convenient to burn them. Otherwise, they would not even be able to light them up. Legg and the others had raided lightly this time. Not to mention kerosene, they did not even have time to bring supplies, let alone kerosene.
What's more, even if such a large forest was really ignited, Legg estimated that it would take more than ten days or more than half a month to burn it all. Therefore, this method was relatively simple to think about, but it was not feasible to do.
"If ordinary fire can't ignite, try using a more special fire," Li Huailin said.
"A more special fire?" Legg did not understand what Li Huailin meant. Just as he was about to ask, a soldier suddenly ran over.
"Your Majesty, Marshal (referring to Legg), Moonlight Valley has sent an envoy." The soldier knelt on one knee and reported.
"Envoy?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned.
"Yes, two oddly dressed elves are now outside the camp."
"Your Majesty, do you want to see them?" Legg asked.
"Let's go take a look," Li Huailin said.
Of course, the soldier immediately led Li Huailin to the entrance of the camp. As soon as he arrived, Li Huailin saw two oddly dressed elven NPCs. Both of them were wearing very strange decorations. The elven equipment was already very strange, but the equipment on these two people were all "green products." For example, Li Huailin could see that the clothes were made of wood, and the decorations were all kinds of feathers and plants. If it were not for the elven appearance, Li Huailin would have thought that he had encountered indigenous savages.
The two people who came looked a little similar. They might be two brothers. They were not very old. They might be considered young among the elves (the specific age could not be seen because the elves had a relatively long lifespan). Li Huailin looked above their heads. One was called Sudier Wanderer, and the other was called Sindos Wanderer. Both names were red. Li Huailin was basically sure that they were Druids.
Neither of them looked very good. They looked at Li Huailin's group with hostility. Seeing everyone's attitude toward Li Huailin, they probably guessed that Li Huailin was the leader. Sudier stepped forward and said to Li Huailin, "Are you one of the leaders of the Continental Alliance?"
"No one else. I am the leader," Li Huailin said.
"I know what the Continental Alliance wants, but the Moonlight Valley has never participated in the wars of the outside world. After all, we are a part of the elven race. Now that you have let the elven royalty join you, you have nominally unified the entire elven territory. Why are you still attacking us?" Sudier said.
"No reason. I like it." Li Huailin spread his hands.
"You want to start a war because of your own selfish desires?" Sudier said. "Although the Moonlight Valley does not participate in any wars, we are willing to pay any price to protect our territory. Don't think that we are easy to deal with just because we stand aloof from the world. What happened last night is just a lesson. If you don't retreat, we will not be polite anymore."
"Alright. Look at you two cowards." Li Huailin spread his hands and said, "If you can scare an army away by just scaring them, there will be no war in the world, okay? Did you guys cultivate so hard in the valley that you became stupid? Do you think you can persuade us to retreat by sending two messengers? If you know about the Continental Alliance, you should have heard about our current power. If I really want to destroy you, I can mobilize the entire continent. Can you stop us? We only prepared a little too hastily last night, so you got the upper hand. Are you really that cocky? Can you fight against the entire continent? I'm really curious. Where do you get the confidence to negotiate with me? "
Li Huailin's aggressive words silenced both of them. That's right, they were just defending their territory last night. They didn't know who had attacked them, but after asking around today, they found out that they had attacked someone from the continental alliance. Even the Druids knew what kind of organization the Continental Alliance was. Li Huailin was telling the truth. If they really wanted to start a large-scale war, the Continental Alliance could mobilize the armies of the six major countries. No matter how many Treants they summoned, it would not matter.
"What exactly do you want?" Sudier asked, a little weakly.
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