Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 612 - 37: The Empress must be interested in me._2
Violet furrowed her brows and asked, "The elves still haven’t deployed their main forces. These troops can hardly be considered elite. Will they send out their true aces next?"
"Let them come! Who’s afraid of whom?" Audrey snorted proudly, "Hmph. Who doesn’t have their own elite forces? I’ll now send my Heroic Spirit Level and Rare Level ace squads to crush these elves."
Lin Rui calmly looked toward the battlefield, remaining noncommittal.
Audrey observed Lin Rui’s expression, seeing no objection from him, she decisively and capriciously raised her hand, deploying her main forces, the Heroic Spirit Level Ancient Heroic Spirits, and the Rare Level Dark Temple Warriors, to form a squad-sized vanguard, launching a fierce counterattack under the blessing of the Dark Energy Prayer.
This wave of counterattack was sharp and swift, catching the elves off guard. They never expected the Undead Army Array, which had been steadfastly holding their ground, to suddenly be cloaked in Spiritual Energy and aggressively switch from defense to offense.
The elves’ offensive was directly shattered by the undead aces, and in their haste, they couldn’t mobilize enough troops to participate in the defense, unable to withstand the attack from Audrey’s ace squad.
Death’s Wings took advantage of the chaos among the enemy archers and infantry, with their formation in disarray, leading fifteen Ghost Dragons to charge directly into the middle of the forest army, thoroughly disrupting the undead’s attack and defense stance into chaos.
The routed soldiers, unable to find their commander, became scattered like sand and were forced to retreat to regroup.
Otherwise, these disorganized individuals, facing the undead army whose Spiritual Reactions were off the charts, with vicious attacks and damage, would merely be getting slaughtered senselessly.
Audrey hadn’t expected her counterattack to be so successful, and she leapt for joy, excitedly exclaiming, "Hahaha! Lord, there are too few heroes among the elves to command such a massive army, and I managed to make them retreat single-handedly!"
Lin Rui couldn’t help but smile, since you’re a hero, what’s so exciting about leading an army of a hundred thousand to defeat a million enemy troops without a commander?
"Father! Quickly send out your knight troops! Now’s the time to take advantage of the situation, the forest army is bound to suffer heavy losses and will be soundly defeated. It could lead to another battle-level decisive victory."
"No! It’s unnecessary. Withdraw your forces."
"What?" Audrey was stunned, "Father, what did you say? Did I hear wrong?"
"I said withdraw your forces," Lin Rui said to her clearly.
"Oh, oh, okay. I’ll pull them back right away." Audrey ordered the cessation of the pursuit without hesitation, recalling her entire army. Then she realized, "Why are we retreating when we’ve already won?"
Lin Rui said, "No war is fought just for the sake of fighting. What’s our purpose in battling the elves?"
Without waiting for Audrey to guess, Lin Rui said directly, "To make the elves understand that without paying a savage price and spending enormous time, they cannot defeat us to seize the Eye of Light. This is enough; there’s no need to slaughter many elves and sour relations with the Forest Influence."
"But aren’t we already in a state of hatred with all factions on the Colonization Star because we hold the Eye of Light?"
Lin Rui said calmly, "It’s not a big problem. Even if the elves are hostile to us, they’d never allow Emperor Setra to regain control of the Eye of Light."
Audrey immediately laughed with excitement, like a little girl who snatched candy, and cleverness said, "Then why don’t we just set up the Green Tea Goddess’s war altar right here! With the elves’ troops securely holding the front lines, the fortifications are solid. We might as well offer the Eye of Light as a sacrifice right here. It’s safe and won’t cause any future troubles."
Lin Rui smiled and patted her head, saying, "Great idea, but it’s impractical. The biggest issue is, Emperor Setra is coming!"
In the distance, a massive Undead Knight dragged a gigantic throne slowly closer, with Emperor Setra on the throne looking grim-faced, exuding anger, and with a spiritual reaction so violent it seemed it could explode the entire Underworld.
Previously, the overbearing Dragon Language Mage, Vitality Guardian, Gandru’s arrogance was immediately suppressed, for he, a mere Dragon Language Mage, was utterly incapable of confronting the terrifying Emperor Setra on the throne.
If the elves had no special means, not only would they, but also everyone in the Golden Pansy Domain, be doomed to perish here.
The appearance of Emperor Setra finally forced Gandru to make a firm decision. He left the front lines, using his magic wand for support, and approached the Golden Pansy Domain’s formation, saying to Lin Rui, "Come with me, I’ll take you out of here."
"What about my army?"
Gandru said angrily, "Don’t be naive. Our Mother World Tree’s holy body will not carry your kind—humans, vampires, and undead—these filthy beings."
"Alright." Lin Rui nodded calmly, then said, "Then I choose to fight to the death here with my army."
Gandru burned with anger, veins popping on his neck, "Are you threatening me? Then we’ll leave now, and you can die here alone!"
Lin Rui looked at him calmly, his face unchanged and unmoved.
Gandru was filled with righteous indignation, his eyes bloodshot, his face flushed, unable to walk away. After a long time of anger, he said, "Get on! I’ll take all these filthy, dirty things with me."
Unexpectedly, Lin Rui spoke again, "Sorry. I’m not interested in a ’Flash Relocation of a Tomb’."
’Flash Relocation of a Tomb’ referred to the current situation of the Golden Pansy Domain.
Would the elves be much friendlier, considering Emperor Setra wanted Lin Rui dead?
If the Golden Pansy Domain followed Gandru and left on the World Tree’s roots to the elves’ territory...
They would be surrounded by elite elven troops or with the Empress leading the Forbidden Army personally, the Golden Pansy Domain would meet the same end.
So this round was entirely a ’Flash Relocation of a Tomb’.
"What do you want?" Gandru glared at Lin Rui in anger.
If it weren’t for the fact that he had tried earlier, realizing that the elves’ army was helpless against the Golden Pansy Domain’s formation in a short time, Gandru would undoubtedly break this pretentious, hateful human before him into pieces.
Lin Rui resolutely said, "Let me meet the Empress. Promise not to attack my troops before I return from the Empress."
Gandru laughed in anger, "Look at who you are. You, a dirty, lowly human bug, want to meet our noble Empress?"
In the next moment, a long blade pierced his chest.
Gandru’s eyes instantly widened. What terrifying speed, what piercing damage, and his defensive shield had been completely ineffective, pierced straight through!
Su Xi stood behind him expressionlessly, the accumulated massive damage from her Flowing Slash exploding directly inside him.
As a Mage, Gandru was unable to evade the assassination of a top-notch Close-Combat Hunter in time. If not for his stacked shields, this blow would have killed him outright.
Lin Rui looked at him expressionlessly, saying, "I advise you to think carefully before you speak. Although I’m just an Explorer, I’m willing to pay any price so that your elves pay a savage cost too."
Gandru slammed his magic staff on the ground, unleashing a frosty spiritual energy intending to sweep Su Xi away, but the violent energy clashed against Su Xi’s Overlord Body, leaving her unmoved.
This scene directly broke Gandru’s demeanor, and his Legendary Mage aura seemed ineffective. He initially thought he could casually repel the woman behind him, but it turned into a farcical show.
He had to exert full force, frantically producing a lot of vines and thorns around him, finally forcing Su Xi to retreat.
Lin Rui glanced at their skirmish indifferently and said, "You should know that returning the Eye of Light to the World Tree means you’ll soon face the siege of the Tombyard Emperor Setra. I imagine your Empress hasn’t yet prepared the defense line. Guarding the World Tree is something that can’t be too cautious. So meeting the Empress is a wise choice. Trust me, the Empress will be interested in me."
