From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The sunshine in the Elf Main City Keros remains as bright as ever, showing no signs of impending disaster.

Lu Heng and Queen Orelana discussed the crisis for about an hour when the Elf Sword Saint Terence returned hurriedly from outside.

This Sword Saint of the Elf Clan took on the heavy responsibility of guarding Kolos City after the death of Great Mage Augustus.

Of course, his job wasn't to stay in the city all the time.

He also needed to patrol the Moon God Lake from time to time and train the warriors of the Elf Clan.

When Great Mage Augustus was in charge of the defense of the main city, the army of the Elf Clan primarily built their defense system centered around Arcane Masters.

After Terence took over this position, he began to cultivate Elf Warriors and established the defense system centered around powerful warriors.

There is no right or wrong between these two developmental directions, nor does Terence wish to change the defense system; rather, his skills and Augustus's are originally two different directions.

He is not good at arcane arts, continuing the arcane system would only decrease the combat power of the Elf Guard.

Changing to the defense system he specializes in is the correct choice.

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The news of the great crisis facing the Elf Clan spread to the main city, and soon after, it was conveyed to Moon God Lake.

Upon hearing the news, Terence rushed back immediately, although he tidied up his attire before entering the palace, he still appeared travel-worn.

"It's been six or seven years, finally we meet." Terence nodded towards Queen Orelana as soon as he entered, then opened his arms to hug Lu Heng.

He was, after all, Lu Heng's swordsmanship teacher and had fought side by side, making them mentor and friend.

Terence joined this discussion, and Lu Heng conveyed all the information he knew about the Bone Sovereign.

However, in Lu Heng's memory, there wasn't an effective way to deal with the Bone Sovereign.

Because the Elf Main City in the previous life was broken by the Bone Sovereign, the Elf Clan didn't withstand the attack of the Bone Sovereign, nor did they have any effective countermeasures.

Moreover, many siege warfare strategies do not work in this magical world.

For example, "Fortress Clearing" from the Thirty-Six Stratagems, in a cold weapon world without Extraordinary Power, is absolutely a clever tactic.

"Fortress," refers to reinforcing the city walls.

"Clearing," refers to emptying the grains around the city so that the besieging enemy cannot obtain food supplies from the surroundings.

This strategy might not necessarily be applicable in the magical world.

Perhaps "Fortress" would still be somewhat useful, at least in repelling attacks, where sturdy walls can indeed give the defenders a greater advantage.

"Clearing" is not so certain.

Especially when facing the Bone Sovereign, as the Skeleton Army does not need food supplies, so emptying the grains around the city is of no use.

Certainly, strategies can be adapted.

When discussing the defensive layout, Lu Heng thought of another use for "Fortress Clearing."

"Your Majesty, according to the time flow, the Summoner will teleport over in fifty days, this crisis should also come in fifty days..."

Lu Heng proposed while thinking: "So, we have fifty days to lay out a strategy to respond to the attack of the Bone Sovereign.

"In the history of Human civilization, there is a strategy known as 'Fortress Clearing,' which is the simplest and most effective method to defend a city.

"Of course, the Skeleton Army doesn't need food supplies, so clearing the grains around has no effect, but we can clear away something else."

Su Muyu, upon hearing this, looked surprised and responded: "Clear the skeletons, right?"

Lu Heng nodded in agreement: "Yes, clear the skeletons around Kolos City. The Bone Sovereign needs to enslave skeletons to form his army; if there are no skeletons, he will have no soldiers to use."

Queen Orelana and Terence fell into contemplation upon hearing this suggestion.

"This is indeed a solution, but countless skeletons are buried underground, and completely clearing them might be very challenging."

Lu Heng had already thought about this point.

On the continent of Queldorei, not only the Elf Clan exists but other creatures too. Whether they are powerful Wild Beasts or Giants, as long as there are skeletons buried underground, they can be resurrected by the Bone Sovereign.

The Queldorei Continent is vast, making it impossible to clear all creature skeletons from the entire continent.

Let alone fifty days, even fifty years would not suffice.

Lu Heng had considered this issue and answered directly: "So we need to selectively clear creature skeletons. According to the information I know, the combat power of the skeleton army controlled by the Bone Sovereign is proportional to the level of the skeleton in its lifetime.

"In other words, if the skeleton was strong in life, then after becoming a skeleton soldier, it will also have strong combat power.

"We can't clear all the skeletons, but we can clear the skeletons of powerful creatures, which can greatly reduce the pressure when facing the skeleton army."

Queen Orelana nodded in agreement: "Makes sense, I will hold another meeting to arrange the clearing of powerful creature skeletons."

In Lu Heng's memory, he clearly remembered that in the skeleton army, there were several particularly terrifying creature skeletons.

The fiercest among them was a giant dragon skeleton, with a pair of bone wings, flying in the sky, and able to breathe frost.

The Arcane Master team among the Elf Clan could not withstand the attack of this Frost Bone Dragon.