Green Monster Epic

"Pay attention!!!"

"The barbarians to the south have been making a lot of small moves recently, they might come attacking at any time!!"

In the shadows of the wide buffer zone, two handsome, slender, armored elves were lying motionless about seven or eight meters apart on the sunken ground. The older-looking elf glanced at his companion, whose eyes were glazed over, seemingly lost in thought, and couldn't help but scold him in a low voice.

The elf scout, after being reprimanded by his companion, immediately snapped out of his daze, clearly regaining his focus. However, the long, monotonous lurking was truly unbearable. Another magic hour passed, and apart from the chirping of birds and insects in this wilderness, there were almost no traces of other animals. No one could concentrate on guarding the surroundings all the time.

For thousands of years, since the kingdom pushed its borders to the current area, no large, hostile wilderness armies had appeared in this buffer zone with the wilderness. Even the dwarven armies, a formidable enemy, had never set foot here.

Now, just because the barbarians in the southern wilderness had mobilized a large rabble to gather at the border, the commander stationed at the border fortress had cautiously dispatched elite border scouts to carry out lurking and guarding missions. These scouts had been on duty here for more than three months, but had never seen a single wilderness warrior cross the border, not even an adventurer. How could these elite warriors not feel a bit of懈怠 (xie dai - laxity) and resentment?

The high-ranking border officials listened to the latest intelligence gathered about the northern wilderness army every day. Seeing the enemy continuously increasing its forces to surround the front-line fortress, and a large amount of supplies piled up like mountains, it was clear that they had designs on the wilderness border, which was short of troops due to the counterattack of the dwarven kingdom's army. Every commander guarding this place had a solemn expression.

However, for the lower-level elf warriors and the residents living here, the long-established fixed mindset made them completely unable to feel the pressure and threat. They did not believe that the uncultured barbarians to the south would really dare to attack their strong and solid fortress, which they had managed for countless years.

Although the older scout captain still maintained basic vigilance, the monotonous and boring long wait gradually wore down his taut nerves. In fact, his own performance was not necessarily much better than his companion not far away.

Chirp chirp~~

The sound of a startled bird flapping its wings came from behind. However, having been in this wilderness for a long time, they were already accustomed to this situation. The older scout captain casually glanced behind him, and after finding nothing unusual, turned his head back to the front, continuing his boring guarding mission.

However, just as he turned his gaze to the front, a blurry object slowly approached from the blind spot in his vision. When it was less than half a meter behind the elf, a cold light suddenly appeared and stabbed fiercely towards the other party's heart.

At this moment, the elf sensed the abnormality and turned around to check. A strong arm suddenly strangled the elf's neck. As a tingling sensation came from his back, the elf's strength seemed to be drained like a punctured ball. His limp body maintained a crouching position, and life quietly flowed from his body.

The other elf scout, a few meters away and still distracted, suffered the same fatal injury at the same time. However, he was far less perceptive than his captain. Until his death, he was unable to detect the abnormality. It was hard to say whether he was lucky or unlucky.

Soon, in every corner of this seemingly peaceful and natural wilderness, energy fluctuations like scattered sparks appeared. The sound of weapons clashing and fierce roars spread out, breaking the silence of the night.

The wilderness's most elite assassins and shadow warriors, personally trained by the top assassins, were eager to perform well as the vanguard of the Northern Alliance army's first battle. Druids with insect affinity talents first found the location of the enemy scouts lurking in this area, and then thousands of high-level peak scouts who had advanced from thieves broke into smaller groups and launched assassinations against the enemy scouts almost simultaneously.

Most of the elf scouts did not have time to react and were assassinated, but a small number of elite elf scouts noticed the abnormality and responded in time, not only avoiding the fatal attack, but even being able to warn their companions around them.

Shoo shoo~~

Shoo shoo~~~

Dong!!! Dong dong!!!

Magical fireworks shot into the sky and exploded with a bang at an altitude of thousands of meters, forming clusters of magical light that lasted for a long time, attracting the attention of the soldiers stationed in the Thorn Fort, an elf fortress dozens of miles away.

"What a pity!!!"

The huge snake-like crowd strode forward with agile steps, quickly marching towards the north. Apart from the slightly rapid breathing of each warrior and the crisp metallic sound of armor rubbing against each other, there were no other noises. The entire army marched in silence and order.

Albad led hundreds of thousands of troops marching from Weeping Wind Fortress, and met Nelson and other Northern Alliance commanders who had set out from Thunder Fortress halfway. They happened to see the clusters of bright fireworks rising from the road ahead, which were so eye-catching in the dark night.

Obviously, the vanguard's goal of clearing obstacles and setting off alarms had failed a little. The elf front-line fortress army had learned of the Northern Army's invasion, and naturally had time to organize their troops for defense.

"Pass down the order to speed up and approach Thorn Fort within half a magic hour!!"

"Nelson, take three legionnaire corps to assist the siege weapon corps. I want to see the siege weapons appear within my line of sight when the main force arrives at the city."

"Yes!!"

Albad was not surprised that he failed to catch the enemy off guard. After all, the Northern Army's malice towards the elf border was undisguised. No matter how stupid the elf garrison was, they would not ignore the existence of this powerful enemy. The only uncertain thing was the timing of the Northern Army's attack.

However, having this advantage was not bad. Now that his own vanguard had helped clear most of the dark哨 (àn shào - sentry post) that the elves had set up in the buffer zone, the main force of the Northern Alliance Army had advanced to half the distance of the buffer zone before being detected. This meant that the reaction time of the enemy's border army was reduced by more than half. With this ebb and flow, the Northern Army had gained a better chance of victory.

The mighty army arrived under the walls of Thorn Fort within half a magic hour. The first few cavalry corps had already begun to clear any suspicious buildings and creatures around Thorn Fort. The spellcaster teams that arrived later also began to build magical facilities on the open ground and depict the linked magic circles needed for the joint spellcasting that would follow.

Thousands of flying knights riding two-legged dragons and griffins flew back and forth in the sky, constantly transmitting the information they had collected and the orders issued by their superiors. As the legions, which had been slightly disorganized during the march, regained their battle formation attack posture, a solemn and icy atmosphere of the battlefield burst forth and surged into the sky.

A great battle was about to break out.