Chapter 618: The Royal Court is Overjoyed
Just as expected.
At the same time as the Royal Court faction received Xiangcao's letter, they also received secret reports from a traitor within the Reform faction.
The Elf King, who is still considered the Elf King for now, stared at the letter in his hand.
He is totally unable to understand now.
The Elf King knew the elf Vanilla Moonshadow, a little girl from a branch of the royal family.
In his memory, Vanilla was unremarkable and no different from other ordinary royal members.
The only thing worth remembering is that this royal bloodline of the elves went to the edge of the elven forest and was captured by humans. A normal member of the royal family would not take such a risk.
In order to prevent the bloodline of the royal elves from flowing outside, the Elf King also sent people to rescue them.
But what is the situation now? This can be said to be a little elf girl from a branch of the royal family who has no characteristics, no qualifications, and is at most a little rebellious.
He has actually led an army to compete with the royal court.
The Elf King racked his brains to recall but could not figure out what was so special about Vanilla, or what special talent she had, that allowed her to have such an exaggerated ability to bring out a group of elves to fight against him in such a short time.
Moreover, the reformists, who are now at a huge numerical disadvantage, actually have a slight advantage in the war.
This is simply incredible.
If he could have another chance and regret it later, the Elf King would never let Vanilla, this incredible girl, go.
Now he had to be careful when facing this scary girl.
The Elf King is very sure that the real leader of the reformists now is Vanilla, and Vanilla is definitely not a puppet or mascot.
Because Nidhogg wouldn't have such ability, and neither would that group of useless elven nobles.
It is the human influence that is more questionable.
Fortunately, Vanilla is just a girl after all, and she is very naive at her age.
Vanilla wants to stop the war to save the elves' golden world tree.
The Elf King's Court had also learned some relevant information a long time ago, and they could probably guess that the Renaissance faction was going to take action against the Golden World Tree.
But they still decided to send troops against the reformists.
Indeed, the Golden World Tree is extremely important to every elf, and can almost be said to be indispensable.
But at this time, do you hope to cease the war, make peace and save the world tree together?
The Elf King took a deep breath. He was glad that if he had to face Vanilla 30 years later, then there would never be such a good opportunity at this time.
Fortunately, Vanilla is still young and innocent now.
Vanilla naively believed that since the Golden World Tree was so important, everyone would make the most correct choice in theory to protect the Golden World Tree.
The Elf King certainly didn't care about the Golden World Tree, but was it so easy to destroy it? The Golden World Tree was really in danger of being destroyed, and the Elf King felt that it was completely possible to defeat the Reformers and then go back to rescue them.
All I can say is that Vanilla didn't choose to fight him to the death, and it's fortunate that she gave him the chance to go back and save the Golden World Tree.
When he wins, he will thank Vanilla for his contribution to the fate of the elves.
Although if it weren't for Vanilla, there might not have been any rebellion at all.
"Everyone knows what's going on. The rebel Vanilla Moonshadow is willing to cease fire with us in order to save the Golden World Tree. She has decided to lead the army to rescue us, and may have even dispatched troops to take action." The Elf King looked at the elders of the Council of Elders and spoke lightly.
The elf elders nodded one after another: "Ms. Vanilla is very intelligent, but she is still too young."
The elders all breathed a sigh of relief.
According to legend, the elven royal family is blessed by the Elf God and possesses talents and wisdom far beyond ordinary elves.
In the past, the elders believed that this was just a legend.
But now, seeing what the only elven royal bloodline that was left alive had done, they had to believe in some of the truth in it.
Although the other members of the royal family who still belong to the royal court today still don’t seem to be anything special.
Including the Elf King.
Fortunately, it is finally being resolved.
They were even somewhat glad that someone would attack the Golden World Tree, otherwise, in a head-on battle, they would not have much confidence in defeating the army led by Vanilla Moonshadow.
"Let's get ready now. We will send a letter to agree to Vanilla's armistice agreement, and we will each lead our troops to 'rescue' the Golden World Tree." The Elf King ordered.
"Everyone, be careful. Don't reveal any flaws. If Vanilla becomes alert, we may not be able to gain the upper hand. Then our World Tree may really be in danger." The Elf King emphasized this after giving the order.
The elf elders all nodded slightly, and after discussing some details, they left the meeting place one after another.
…
Xiangcao also soon received a reply from Wang Tingpai.
She called another meeting and said that all the elves would voluntarily protect the Elf World Tree.
At the meeting, many elven nobles reminded Vanilla that the royal court did not really want a ceasefire, but probably just wanted a chance to catch its breath now, or even planned to plot an attack on the reformist camp.
But Vanilla insisted on having her own way.
In fact, it can't be said that he is stubborn. There are still many elves who support Vanilla's choice.
I just don’t know whether they saw through Vanilla’s plan or just completely and unconditionally believed in Vanilla’s decision.
In short, although Vanilla's decision had many opponents, it was still implemented.
After confirming the ceasefire with the Wangting faction.
Vanilla led the army to leave the battlefield where they had been fighting with the Royal Court for a long time.
…
At the same time, Rand, Elsa and Lysa came to a place not far from the World Tree.
There are indeed quite a few wandering, suspicious elves here.
The Golden World Tree is the embodiment of the Elf God's blessing on the elven race.
For the elven nobles, there are no restrictions on going to the World Tree to admire or pray.
But these elves are clearly suspicious.
Rand used his [Blessing 6: Favor of the Torch Goddess].
At first glance, it's all gray and black.
Rand shook his head.
This blessing is very useful in your own territory, and the probability of error when judging friend or foe is very low.
But among the elves, everything is basically gray and black, and it is hard to tell who is worse or more hostile.
But it’s not completely useless.
At least some of the sprites around vanilla already appear neutral colorless instead of hostile gray-black.
Hopefully, there will be a chance for elves and humans to "coexist in harmony" in the future, although it could also be argued that the evil human Rand is in the shadows, controlling the elven queen behind the scenes?
"Catch a few and interrogate them. Maybe we can find clues." Rand said to Elsa.
Elsa quickly captured several elves who were doing unknown things, and after interrogating them, she got some clues.
"They are indeed members of the Renaissance faction, but they are just minions. They received orders to set up some traps around, and they don't know anything else." Elsa said.
"It seems we have come to the right place. Next we just need to do some preliminary work and then we can wait for Vanilla's people to arrive." Rand supported his chin and stared at the golden World Tree.
"It's so vast and beautiful," Rand commented as he gazed at the World Tree.
It may seem strange to use the word "vast" to describe a tree, but there is nothing wrong with using it to describe the Golden World Tree.
The existence of the Golden World Tree would make Rand clearly realize that this was a world with gods and magic, not an ordinary Middle Ages.
As for why Rand and others only did the preliminary work, it was naturally because Rand did not bring many people to the Elf Forest this time.
The Elf Forest and the Moon Kingdom are far apart, and even Rand has no way to transport a large number of troops to the Elf Forest.
Even if it could be done, Rand could not transport a large number of troops to the Elven Forest.
If even things like fighting wars are done by humans for the elves, then the elves might as well be slaves of humans.
Fortunately, at least under Vanilla's leadership, it seems that there is still some hope for the elves as a race.
Next, I hope that the strategy discussed by Vanilla and him will be more effective.
Take advantage of this opportunity to deceive the Royal Court Faction into advancing recklessly, and then with the blessing of the right time, place and people, defeat the main force of the Royal Court Faction in one fell swoop, and then rescue the World Tree.
…
Shortly after Rand began handling preliminary matters surrounding the Golden World Tree.
The Royal Court's army has already set out to pursue the Reformist army.
At first, the Royal Court Faction was a little worried that Vanilla was lying when she said she wanted to stop the war and support the Golden World Tree, but now it seems there is no need to worry, as Vanilla is so naive.
Even the reformist elven nobles, generals and their soldiers became so naive.
The Elf King's mount is a majestic white deer.
The Elf King led his army forward.
"Where is the reformist army? We should calculate the time and they will soon catch up." The Elf King asked the Elf noble general.
The elven noble general replied: "Normally we should have caught up with them today, but we can't find any reformist troops nearby. Maybe they are faster than we thought."
Now they are in a canyon in the Elf Forest.
The terrain here is already somewhat rugged and narrow. According to the original plan, they intended to catch up with the reformist army here, and then use the narrow and rugged terrain to wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.
But now the scheduled location of the battle seems to be wrong.
Then either the reformists are eager to save the Golden World Tree and are marching very quickly.
Either there is a traitor inside, or the information is inaccurate.
Then it is...
The Elf King looked up at the narrow terrain and towering cliffs around him.
Now he had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Your Majesty, should we rest here today? The soldiers are a little tired after running for so long." The elf general asked.
The Elf King shook his head: "I feel that the situation is not right. Let's go through this canyon area first, and then find a place to camp and rest. It's a bit dangerous here."
"What do you mean?" The Elf General was a little stunned. He understood what the Elf King meant.
"I just have some doubts, go and do your job." The Elf King shook his head.
The elf general quickly went to convey the order.
The Elf King was looking at the sky.
There are already some dark clouds in the sky and the weather is not very good. It is likely to rain later.
Being surrounded in this kind of terrain would be very bad.
The original plan was for them to encircle the reformist army here.
But now…
Now we can only get through as quickly as possible, returning the same way won’t be any faster.
I hope that's not true.
What happened in the past kept echoing in the Elf King's mind.
As we all know, Vanilla is an elf genius who possesses great strategies at a young age.
The strategy of surprise attack on the Royal Court's military camp before the Royal Court's army had yet to fully assemble was formulated by Vanilla.
Vanilla said that it was the royal court that wanted a ceasefire, so she was naive to be so sure.
This conclusion was drawn from the inside stories of the reformists and intelligence gathered from various sources.
And if Vanilla was really using this opportunity to lure them into taking risks.
Doesn't that mean she's deceiving even her own people? This...
The clouds in the sky are getting thicker and thicker.
Lead-black clouds covered the heads of all the elves like an iron curtain.
The Elf King even somewhat unconsciously prayed to the Elf God, the God of the Elves, to prevent such a terrible fate from befalling them.
pity.
The opposite happened.
And after they walked for some distance.
On the cliffs on both sides, rustling elf figures have appeared.
Obviously all of this was calculated by Vanilla, and all of this was a conspiracy of the reformists.
The Elf King felt a little shudder.
From the very beginning, when the news that the Golden World Tree was threatened came out, all reactions from both sides were taken into account by Vanilla.
This made the Royal Court believe that Vanilla was a young elf who was eager to save the Golden World Tree.
All their thinking logic was too smooth, so they could not imagine that this was Vanilla's plan.
Until now, everything has been so reasonable, isn't it? Can't they admit that Vanilla is a young elf who can defeat all the thinking of old guys like them and calculate all their ideas? "Damn it." The Elf King cursed to himself.
Vanilla appeared in front of the Elf King in the slightly hot drizzle.
"Commit suicide, uncle, you lose." Vanilla looked helpless.
The Elf King is of course Vanilla's relative.
And now she had to say such cold words to her relatives.
Of course Vanilla knew very well that because of this Elf King who no longer met the needs of the Elf Forest, a large number of innocent elves had died, and if she did not defeat her uncle, more innocent elves would die.
So even though she felt uncomfortable, she would definitely not show mercy.
The Elf King remained silent.
The Elf King knew very well that the probability of the Royal Court winning was very low.
Although the royal court's army still surpasses the reformist army in both quality and quantity.
But now after a long journey here, some people are already tired.
Moreover, due to the previous surprise attack, although they managed to stabilize their position, their morale was generally not high. Now that they have fallen into another trap, their morale will only be worse.
So the only chance of winning now is to kill Vanilla in front of him.
The only people around Vanilla Moonshadow now are the black dragon wizard Nidhogg and a giant crow.
If there is a chance to kill Vanilla, then maybe there is still a chance to continue fighting.
Vanilla blinked her blue eyes, which were exactly the same as her uncle's. She knew what her uncle was thinking. She just said again: "Commit suicide and leave the army to me. I will save the Elf Forest."
(End of this chapter)
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