As A Cardinal, I Don't Do Overtime Chapter 198
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The next morning.
The sun was shining brightly.
It was nine o'clock in the morning.
Monn and the others arrived at the Orthodox Church on time.
They gathered the Holy Knights together.
They told them about the plan to fight against the goblins with the elves today.
Monn considered whether to take the Holy Knights with them using spacewalk.
In the end, he decided not to.
So, when they arrived at the Elf Land, it was one hour later.
The Elven Queen had already reorganized the army.
She was waiting for the arrival of the Orthodox Church's Paladins.
Of course, Her Majesty, the Elven Queen, who knew what Monn was like, did not start preparing early in the morning.
Instead, she estimated when Monn and the others were about to arrive.
Only then did she begin to gather the elven army.
When Monn and the others arrived.
Monn and the Elven Queen nodded as a greeting.
The elves looked at the Holy Knights not far away.
Curiosity flashed through their hearts.
This was the first time they had seen so many humans.
Of course, what made the elves even more concerned was the aura of the Holy Knights.
It was as if they had fought in countless bloody battles. Their killing intent was fierce and made the elves fired up.
This made the leaders of the elf army grit their teeth. They did not want to lose to the Holy Knights of the humans.
Outside the Elf Land.
The Sun was high in the sky. More than 20,000 elven soldiers had already gathered.
Standing at the front were Usmarie, Eve, and Monica, the three leaders of the elf army. Next were ten mountain giants that were more than 20 meters tall.
Next were the Holy Knights of the Orthodox Church.
They did not try to steal the spotlight.
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Because in the Elf Forest, the elves were the ones who truly understood their Master.
"Your Majesty, the Elven Queen!"
Eve held a beautiful longsword in her hand, she said respectfully, "According to your orders, the elven female hunter Legion has released all the magic owls. We know everything within a five-kilometer radius! In this area, there is a goblin nest, an evil spider cave, and a pack of magic wolves. The rest are scattered magic beasts with weak combat strength."
The Elven Queen said, "You and Monica will lead three mountain giants and an elven legion to destroy the evil spider cave and the pack of magic wolves. The rest of the goblin nests will be destroyed by Eiffel's team!"
"Yes, your Majesty!"
Soon, the even army, which numbered more than twenty thousand, split into three teams.
They headed in three different directions.
Eiffel also led her elven army to the marked goblin nest.
They cleared out the scattered magical beasts along the way.
Half an hour later, Eiffel arrived near the goblin nest. She did not let the elven army hide, so she was quickly discovered by the goblins near the lair.
A large number of goblins rushed out of the lair with crude weapons in their hands.
The leader was an old goblin.
The old goblin trembled as he looked at Eiffel and the commander of the elf army behind her. He said, "Noble elves, this is the territory of the Goblin Kingdom. You have crossed the line!"
"Your territory?"
Eiffel smiled coldly, "A year ago, the Goblin Kingdom had to pay us gold coins every month, begging for our protection. If it weren't for us, you greedy and weak goblins would have been killed by the ogres in the west. However, the Goblin Kingdom doesn't know what gratitude is. Instead, you sent troops to attack our territory. How do we settle this?"
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The staff in Eiffel's hand flashed with a dazzling light.
It complemented her slender and graceful body, making her look extremely divine.
The old goblin was so frightened that he took a few steps back.
He said with a trembling voice, "Respected elf, all the unhappiness between the Goblin Kingdom and the elf race is caused by Zagor. The evil Zagor is like the ogre that I hate. Please rest assured, when he returns to the kingdom, he will definitely be punished severely!"
Eiffel sneered and said, "That ugly goblin commander Zagor and the 5,000 goblins under his command have all sunk into hell. They can't go back!"
"What?"
The old goblin turned pale with fright.
Zagor led the goblin army to attack the Elf Land and there was no news for an entire day. He originally thought that the goblin army had encountered some trouble, but he didn't expect that they had all been wiped out.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Muffled footsteps sounded, and the ground shook.
The old goblin narrowed his eyes.
Four mountain giants that were more than 20 feet tall appeared behind Link. They were bare-handed, but they terrified all the goblins.
The old goblin said in fear, "Dragon God, it's the mountain giants!"
He finally understood why Zagor had died on the battlefield.
Four Low-Level Holy Rank mountain giants. They alone could kill five thousand goblin warriors. With the power of the elves, it was expected that the entire goblin army would be wiped out.
"Why would mountain giants who believe in the Earth Goddess appear in the Elf Land?"
The old goblin could not understand.
In the entire Elf Forest, there was only one giant, and he was the King of the Hill who ruled the ogres. When did four more mountain giants appear? And they even joined the elves.
Mountain giants and elves obviously had different beliefs!
The old goblin said anxiously, "Great elf, our Goblin Kingdom is willing to exchange gold coins for your forgiveness and mercy! The Evil Zagor is already dead. The Goblin Kingdom and the noble elves can completely reconcile."
"Let King Zaza tell us that!"
Eiffel waved his right hand lightly.
"Attack!"
"Roar!"
The four mountain giants immediately roared and charged into the goblin army's camp with earth-shaking footsteps. Like four heavy tanks, they tore the goblin army's defensive line into pieces.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Countless arrows from the elven archers flew into the air and then quickly fell.
Every elven archer was a sharpshooter, and they had two innate talents, hard bowing and shooting. One increased attack range, and the other increased attack damage.
With wave after wave of arrows, the goblins fell one after another.
In addition, a large number of elven female hunters rode fierce black panthers into the battlefield.
They waved the silver-moon scimitars in their hands, quickly harvesting the lives of the goblins. Even in the face of a group of goblins surrounding them, the female elven hunters were fearless.
After entering a selfless battle state, the female elven hunters would even throw their weapons, the silver-moon scimitars.
At this time, their talent, moonblade, would be activated.
The silver-moon scimitars, which were like boomerangs, would bounce five times in a short period of time. After killing five goblins in an instant, they would return to the hands of the female elven hunters.
A bloody massacre was ongoing!
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