Game of the World Tree - Chapter 768

768. Chapter 765: Protecting the Homeland

Maple Moon Free Territory, Saier Town.

As the southwestern border of the Free Territory, this small town has become the main town for trade between Maple Moon Territory and the Empire and the Kingdom of Iris in the south after the territory became independent from Holy Mannia.

In the entire Maple Moon Territory, in addition to the river trade on the Vimur River, the land trade node is the fastest developing here. According to the current development situation, it is very likely that Saier Town will become a large city in a few years.

However, since the demons invaded the Holy Mannia Empire and the Kingdom of Iris a few months ago, the number of caravans has greatly decreased.

Instead, more and more refugees have fled from the south as time goes by.

Even if they have not been to the battlefield in person, the townspeople know from the refugees that the situation in the south is getting worse.

The Kingdom of Iris on the south bank of the Vimur River is not bad, and it does not seem to be the main attack direction of the demons’ invasion.

In addition, there are many magicians in the Kingdom of Iris, which benefited the most after the magic power of the world of Segos recovered. It is said that the demon army was barely blocked outside the Ars Mountains on the south bank of the Vimur River by relying on the favorable terrain of the mountains .

But on the fertile plains on the north bank of the river, the Holy Mannia Empire was in a worse situation.

Every day, new bad news came.

As a southeastern border town bordering the empire, Sayre Town gradually became panicked with the continuous bad news.

There was no way, it was too close to the battlefield in the south. Although it was protected by the goddess of life, people were still afraid of the demon army that was getting closer and closer.

Especially after January, the cold winter came, and various rumors gradually spread in Sayre Town. Many residents had planned to pack up and migrate to the north.

Fortunately, a few months ago, the Church of Life arranged people to build high walls around the town, which brought some confidence to the remaining residents.

It is said that a teleportation array to communicate with Zerolan was also built in the city, but it was not officially started.

More and more soldiers came to the town of Sayre to garrison. Several mercenary groups were recruited and stationed in the city, including an elven mercenary group of 500 people.

The increase in military strength gave residents a sense of security, especially after the elves built several watchtowers on the hillside outside the town.

At this moment, two human soldiers were on routine alert at the southernmost watchtower in Sayre Town.

It’s interesting to say that at first, the elves planned to be on guard by themselves, but not long after they gave up standing guard on the watchtower and handed it over to the city guards stationed in the town.

Rumor has it that the reason was simply because it was too boring.

However, this seemingly strange reason made the human soldiers more awed by these elven mercenaries stationed in the city.

Many of the soldiers had experienced the war to liberate Maple Moon Territory a year ago.

They knew how powerful these beautiful elves were.

The boring daily life mentioned by the elves is longed for by countless soldiers, while the fun they talk about is actually the battle that many people are afraid of…

The human soldiers watching in the watchtower hope that this boredom will last forever.

However, this is destined to be a luxury.

After completing the fifteen-minute guard duty, the soldier climbed down from the highest platform and returned to the tower in the center of the watchtower.

This kind of observation must be carried out every quarter of an hour, and two guards take turns.

However, just as he climbed down from the platform and was about to hand over to his companions, he faintly heard some monster-like roars coming from the sky.

“What’s the sound?”

They looked at each other, and saw confusion and vigilance in each other’s eyes. With

a slight solemn look, the two stood up at the same time and looked outside the watchtower. They saw that dark clouds appeared in the southeast sky at some point.

Faintly, it seemed that countless black spots were constantly enlarging.

The two looked at each other, and quickly found the telescope produced in the elf forest in the tower, picked it up and looked in the direction of the dark clouds.

When the black spots in their vision enlarged, their expressions changed slightly:

“What is that?”

In the telescope, flying monsters appeared.

They had bat wings on their backs and a hideous appearance. They were very similar to the legendary demons…

The monsters flew very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they changed from black spots to visible to the n*ked eye.

As they approached, the roars like beasts became louder and louder.

Then, the earth began to tremble.

As far as the eye could see, along the banks of the Vimur River in the distance, there was a faint black smoke rushing…

The black smoke was diffused, like a black line, covering the entire horizon, and even in the Vimur River, there seemed to be a gray-black fog spreading.

Seeing this situation, the two guards’ expressions changed:

“Not good!”

“It’s the demon army!”

“Quick! Sound the alarm! Ignite the magic smoke!”

They were in a hurry, rolling and crawling. One person climbed to the tower and rang the alarm bell, while the other came to the other side of the tower and lit the lamp stand containing special magic materials.

The next moment, accompanied by the piercing sound of bells, red smoke continued to rise into the sky, forming a warning line that reached the sky.

However, as soon as they sent out the signal, several ferocious winged demons fell from the sky, tore through the simple watchtower, grinning, and tore the two into pieces amid their screams.

Blood splattered, and a trace of bloodlust flashed in the scarlet pupils of the winged demon. It clung to the crumbling watchtower with its limbs and roared to the sky.

More winged demons flew from the southwest sky, flew over the watchtower, and flew towards the town of Sayre not far away.

On the ground, the torrent-like demon army gradually appeared.

With the deafening sound of footsteps, they attacked in the direction of Maple Moon Free Territory…

The attack on the affiliated forces of the Church of Life officially began.

…

“What? Has the Abyss Demon begun to attack Maple Moon Free Territory?”

In the temple of the Chosen City, Alice’s expression changed slightly when she learned about the changes in Sayre Town from the player who was resurrected on the World Tree.

She turned around and looked at the parish map hanging on the wall, her eyes gradually becoming serious.

“How is Sayre Town now?”

she turned around and asked.

“Maybe… it has already fallen. When the last of us died in the battle and returned, the demons had already broken through the town gates.”

The reporting player shook his head.

He said with a wry smile:

“We didn’t even have time to activate the teleportation array. The number of demons… was too many.”

After hearing the player’s words, Alice fell silent.

Although she had been mentally prepared for the invasion of demons since the beginning of the war between gods and demons, when the demon army really began to advance towards the sphere of influence of Her Majesty the Goddess, Alice couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.

“Lady Alice, I think it’s time to pray to the goddess for help. I saw that the invading demons are almost overwhelming. That number is definitely not something we can resist, especially the strongest players and Lord Myriel. They are all in the Desolate Wasteland.”

The reporting player couldn’t help but say.

After hearing his words, Alice fell silent.

After a moment, she sighed:

“I know.”

After reporting the intelligence, the players took their leave.

Only Alice was left, looking at the map with a solemn expression.

Pray for the help of Her Majesty the Goddess?

He also wanted to do this.

However, as the Saint of the Goddess, others did not know, but He knew that Her Majesty the Goddess had fallen into a deep sleep for more than three months.

The goddess is not in the world of Segos at all. She has gone to other planes and is ascending to a powerful divine power.

Before the goddess awakens, they can only rely on their own strength.

With a light breath, Alice summoned the priest of the Chosen One who followed her:

“Sir Bilodis, please inform Lady Aurora in the Desolate Wasteland that the demons have begun to attack the Maple Moon Free Territory.”

After giving the order to the Chosen One to pass on the message, Alice walked out of the temple.

The demons began to invade the goddess’s faith territory, and it was time for the elf Chosen Ones to go out.

However, when she thought of the Chosen Ones who became more and more lawless since the goddess fell asleep, Alice felt a little uneasy.

As the earliest NPC in “Elf Kingdom”, Alice knew the Chosen Ones very well.

Although the Chosen Ones summoned by the goddess were brave and fearless, they were also quite realistic and snobbish at the same time.

Before Her Majesty the Goddess fell asleep, She had given the Chosen Ones two tasks, one was to go to the Desolate Wasteland of the Abyss World to participate in the war between gods and demons, and the other was to protect the home of the Segos World.

Alice knew the details of the tasks, including the rewards for completing the tasks.

The problem lies precisely in the rewards.

Alice knew very well that for most of the Chosen Ones, the biggest motivation given by the tasks was to improve their strength.

The round-robin battles in the Desolate Wasteland had already allowed most of the Chosen Ones to advance to the limit of their own advancement.

If there was anything else that could attract them, it would probably only be the quota for advanced job transfers.

However, in the two large tasks issued by Her Majesty the Goddess, there were no rewards for advanced job transfers.

And according to what Alice learned from chatting with the Chosen Ones, the drop rates of the artifact repair point scrolls and special prize pool lottery tickets that they were looking forward to were also quite touching…

In this case, the rewards of the original tasks have been greatly discounted. Can the enthusiasm of the Chosen Ones to participate in the war really be mobilized?

Alice knew that most of the Chosen Ones liked to fight in a favorable situation, and they would become very depressed when facing an unfavorable situation.

This was the rule she had summed up from the statue summoning missions of the Chosen Ones.

It was okay in the Desolate Wasteland, where several mythological followers of Her Majesty the Goddess were all there, and the pressure on the Chosen Ones was not great, and they fought vigorously.

But now facing the full invasion of the world of Segos by demons, all aspects were crushed by demons, and fighting a war that was likely to be a disastrous defeat and procrastination was victory, would the Chosen Ones… really have the motivation and courage?

Not to mention, the elites and commanders of several major guilds went to the Desolate Wasteland, and some even went to the plane where Her Majesty the Goddess was.

In this case, with the passage of time, the gap in strength between the Chosen Ones is getting smaller and smaller, can they really gather into a force?

At this moment, Alice was worried.

But in any case, the war must continue.

She decided to personally call on the Chosen Ones to gather the army and march towards the Maple Moon Free Territory.

However, when Alice walked out of the temple and came to the square of the Chosen City, she was slightly stunned.

I saw that a large number of Chosen had gathered on the square since I don’t know when.

Everyone put on their most elite equipment and was calling for teammates in twos and threes.

After listening for a while, Alice was surprised to find that the Chosen were calling for teammates to go to Maple Moon Free Territory to participate in the war!

They raised flags of various colors, and the streets were full of people. If you look carefully, you will find that many Chosen have arranged their formations and are rushing towards the teleportation array from the Chosen City to the Black Dragon Castle…

The Chosen City-Black Dragon Castle-Maple Leaf City-Zerolan…

This is a very popular teleportation route among the Chosen.

Many people also drove cars pulled by magic beasts, and the cars were full of baggage.

Every Chosen’s face was full of excitement and fighting spirit.

Seeing this scene, Alice’s expression was a little dazed, and at the same time she was a little surprised.

She had just received news of the demon invasion, and had not yet had time to summon the Chosen Ones. Her Majesty the Mother Goddess was asleep, and had not issued any major missions to summon the Chosen Ones.

However… the Chosen Ones had already begun to organize themselves spontaneously.

Curious, Alice couldn’t help but call one of the Chosen Ones and asked in confusion:

“Sir Chosen One, may I ask… which one is calling the troops? Have you received the mission?”

The Chosen One who was held by Alice was stunned for a moment, then smiled flatteringly:

“There is no general commander yet, Lady Alice, it’s just that our guild is calling everyone to Maple Moon to gather first. However, it seems that the Shapeshifter of the Scourge Knights just said that he intends to take charge this time.”

“Mission? I haven’t received the mission yet, but it doesn’t matter whether there is one or not. The demons are coming. As a member of the Elf Forest, isn’t it normal to participate in the war? This is a war to protect our homeland!”

“Hehe, I haven’t fought a big battle yet! I’m a little excited just thinking about it!”

“Sir Alice, our guild leader is urging me, I’m leaving first.”

After chatting with Alice for a few words, the Chosen One ran towards the teleportation array excitedly, and Lady Saint looked at his departing back with a complicated look.

“Protecting our homeland…”

she murmured.

Alice knew that for the Chosen summoned by the Goddess, this world was just a game.

However, even if it was just a game, a few years had changed some things after all…

A faint song came from the Chosen team, and Alice was slightly lost in thought.

It seemed to be a war song composed by the Chosen and the returning Frost Elves, and the lyrics were in Elvish:

“When the horn sounded that day”

“Everyone in the world could hear it” “In

the lush emerald forest”

“There is an invincible army”

“For the goddess, for faith, for supreme glory”

“We walk on a winding road”

“March under the guidance of fate”

“For the goddess, for faith, for supreme glory”

“We charge on the battlefield of swords and shadows”

“Advance under the blessing of the goddess”

“We are united”

“We are united”

“Our footsteps tread over the ruins of the old times”

“Our name is known throughout the world…”

“We are united as one”

“We are united as one”

“Our footsteps tread over the ruins of the old times”

“Our name is known throughout the world…”

“…”

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