On the south coast of the Calan Continent, the Echo Islands.
This was a huge group of reef islands adjacent to the coastline.
Due to the action of the tides, this group of reef islands would sink below sea level for most of the year. Only in September and October, when the storm season was approaching, would the reef islands emerge, becoming a forbidden area that no navigator dared to set foot on.
Therefore, the Echo Islands were used by the Pale Witches to build a stable forward base for their continuous invasion of the Calan Continent.
The elves knew the danger that the Echo Islands posed to them, but they were helpless.
This was the only main island in the Echo Archipelago that was exposed to the sea surface all year round. The witches had set up a large number of defensive and offensive spell formations. In addition, there was a Grade 3 Advanced Witch overseeing it. If the elves wanted to remove it, they would have to pay an unimaginable price.
Moreover, the Echo Islands were still 60 to 70 miles away from the Calan Continent. If the elves wanted to attack the main island, they would have to send a huge navy and air cavalry. Once the elven navy was sent out, the crisscrossed reef groups around the Echo Islands would become a nightmare for them in battle.
As for the elven air cavalry, if they set off from the south coast and flew 60 to 70 miles to besiege the strong stronghold of the witches, most of the pegasi and hippogryphs would not be able to sustain it. Therefore, the Echo Islands had existed for one or two hundred years, but the elves had never uprooted it.
The only thing the elves could do was to build a new elven city, Greenwater City, near the coastline closest to the Echo Islands. They stationed a powerful elven army there, the Windrunners, to resist the invasion of the witches.
This Windstalker army seemed to include all of the aerial units of the Elven Kingdom that could fly, from low level Flower Fairies to high level Green Fairies, from low level Pegasus Knights to high level Silver Pegasus Knights, as well as groups of Hippogryphs, Chimera Demon Beasts, Wind Hawk raiding teams …
As long as it was a flying magical beast that could be found in the Calan Continent, they could be seen in Greenwater City.
Coupled with a large number of low-level Druids and their summoned jungle companions, if the witches dared to invade Greenwater City, they would have to face an overwhelming number of flying magical beasts.
With Green Water City and the large Windrunner army restraining them, the invasion of the witches in the south coast seemed to be all bark and no bite, appearing a little weak.
After the allied forces of the Dark Witches and the Pale Witches crossed the ocean and entered the Echo Islands, they could only send some witch squads to bypass the Greenwater City and make some small trouble. Due to the existence of the Windrunner troops, as well as the elven villages around the coastline that had already moved inward, the witches' harvest wasn't that great, and they even had to endure tremendous danger to their lives.
This invisibly lowered the witches' profits from the war, thus causing serious dissatisfaction among the dark witches who had crossed the border!
This was especially true for the Tier 3 Dark Witch, Ursa, who had led the team to the Ashen Witches.
This time, Ulthar led the team here, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the leader of the witches. In addition to bringing back a small group of elves for the Dark Witches, he also had to find a way to obtain the supreme treasure of the Pegasus family — the Water of Magic Spring.
The expansion of the Dark Witches in the Shadow Plane was going smoothly, and they urgently needed to migrate a group of high-grade intelligent life that could reproduce on their own. After choosing, they found that the Faen Forest elves provided by the Ashen Witches were the most suitable.
However, the elves that the Ashen Witches regularly captured from the Faen Plane were either elven warriors or elven archers. Almost all of them were physically strong and suitable for training as war slaves. This was a bit inconsistent with the expectations of the Dark Witches.
What the Dark Witches wanted was a whole group of elves that included the elderly, children, women and children. The number of elves should be at least 400. This way, it would be convenient for the witches to observe and test the infection process of the Shadow Plane against foreign intelligent life groups.
As for the Pegasus Magic Spring, it was the key to the continuous production of magical beasts in the Magic Forest of the Calan Continent. It was said that a pregnant Pegasus or Silver Pegasus could only give birth to a real Magical Beast Pegasus after returning to their holy land, the Magic Spring, and using the water from the Magic Spring. Otherwise, they would only give birth to ordinary wild horses.
This strange phenomenon, of course, also aroused the curiosity of the witches.
Recently, the Dark Witches were planning to cultivate a group of suitable flying wizard beasts, so they were eager to get some of the Water of Magic Spring for research.
However, the Pegasus Magic Spring was far away in the depths of the central mountain range, which was also heavily guarded by the elves. So although the Dark Witches were anxious, they did not dare to act rashly. They could only think of ways to slowly obtain it.
Therefore, the Dark Witch Ursa could not bear the fact that the Ashen Witches occupied the periphery of the Calan Continent and did not make any big movements. She wanted to part ways with them as soon as possible.
However, at this time, she unexpectedly received a battle invitation that made her heart beat faster.
The battle invitation came from Alice.
Since the outbreak of the Witch Disaster, the Destiny Witch leader Alice, relying on her powerful floating ship, left the Ashen Witch's fleet and broke into the Calan Continent alone. The branch witches had long been envious of this huge metal fortress that could advance and retreat freely.
However, if such a huge floating ship wanted to fly in the air for a long time and fight in enemy-occupied areas, the number of magic crystals consumed at every moment was shocking. Therefore, it was not that the branch witches did not have such means, but they were really unable to support such a terrifying consumption of magic crystals.
As for the Destiny Witches, the Tower of Destiny had closed itself for thousands of years, so the number of magic crystals they had accumulated must be astonishing. Therefore, they could extravagantly consume magic crystals in a short period of time to make up for their shortcomings in combat power. Although the other witches were envious of this, they were not surprised.
The Destiny Witches led by Alice had been breaking into the Calan Continent for half a month, so they must have gained something. However, with their current team, they did not even have a Level 3 witch to hold the line. They must have been badly hit by the strong counterattack of the elves!
Now that Alice had taken the initiative to invite the Dark Witches to act with them, it seemed that they had suffered a lot.
With a hint of sneer and contempt, the Dark Witch Ursa did not hesitate to accept Alice's battle invitation.
…
Faen Calendar 10471, October 12th.
Two light elven warships patrolled the periphery of the Echo Islands.
Compared to the large human ships, the elven warships were slightly smaller. The hull was long and narrow, and the upper deck was relatively flat. On it, there were many long-range magic equipment unique to the elves – bird-winged ballistae.
Such elven warships were obviously not suitable for the stormy deep-sea areas, so they could not set sail for long distances. However, in the coastal areas near the coastline, due to the ship's advantages such as high speed and flexibility, they became the most common combat ships in the elven navy.
It was a sunny afternoon.
The sky was blue, and the sea breeze was gentle.
Two elven warships were patrolling the periphery of the reef island, enjoying the beautiful and pleasant sea view while monitoring every move of the witches on the Echo Islands not far away.
From time to time, some winged pegasi flew up from their ships, carrying elven knights equipped with monocular, silently monitoring the surroundings from a high altitude.
The snow-white horses, wide white wings, and the elegant posture of walking in the air as if they were walking on flat ground made this group of pegasi knights attract everyone's attention. There were elven warriors on both sides of the elven warships waving at the pegasi knights, greeting them loudly.
Although these magical pegasi were handsome, their stamina was far inferior to other flying magical beasts, so they were usually only responsible for monitoring the airspace within three to five miles of the elven warships. Guarding the airspace further away was often the responsibility of the Hippogryphs with their endurance.
Today's sea conditions were so good, and the scenery between the blue sea and blue sky was boundless. Therefore, the pegasi knights who were on guard in the air suddenly played the old trick of diving and treading on the waves around the elven warships. Vigorous pegasi carrying the elven knights swooped down from an altitude of two to three hundred meters, and the moment they neared the surface of the sea, they suddenly pulled up horizontally. The pegasi's four hooves stepped on the rolling waves, treading on the undulating waves.
This soul-stirring scene immediately caused waves of cheers from the elves. Even the tall fortresses of the Echo Islands in the distance had many black dots drilling out, peeking at them from afar.
Cedaris wiped away the splashing sea foam on his face, and once again flew higher amidst the cheers and waving of the elves. The silver pegasi under him kept climbing with all its might, and finally arrived at the side of Knight Hegus, who was soaring hundreds of meters in the air.
"Don't you want to go down and play for a while? It's rare to come to the Echo Islands, and the witches don't dare to come out easily. It's a good opportunity for our old buddy to relax. I've been cooped up in the cabin all this time, and my bones are about to rust … "Cedaris asked briskly, his eyes filled with deep confusion.
Most of the elven aerial cavalry had been transferred to Greenwater City, and even a few powerful elven oracles were stationed there. The 'Witch Disaster' that broke out this year had been strangled by the elves at its source. So far, the attacking large group of witches had not even had the chance to set foot on the elves' homeland.
As for the scattered teams of witches who had sneaked into the Calan Continent at night, as long as they dared to show themselves, they would definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the elven windrunners and elven powerhouses.
Therefore, psychologically speaking, Cedaris did not take the group of witches in front of him seriously.
It was said that this year, the focus of the witches' attack was once again on the Faen Continent, which was dominated by humans. The Calan Continent was just a bluff. Therefore, as long as they survived the four-month low tide period, when the violent monsoon blew in the depths of the sea, the witches would have to obediently return to the evil Shadow Island again.
At that time, the Echo Islands would also be swallowed by the surging sea, and once again sink under the sea.
Without this powerful outpost, it would not be so easy for the witches to invade the Calan Continent again.
Just as Cedaris was "harassing" Hegus, the somewhat stubborn and eccentric silver pegasus suddenly shook his body. He pulled out a shiny silver telescope from his waist, held it in front of his eyes, and looked into the distance on the other side of the sea.
"Warning … Warning … Enemy attack!"
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