[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree":3,"chapter-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-232":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1154333,1499,"Chapter 232: 226 The Strength of the Half-Beast","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-232",232,"\u003Cp>Chapter 232: Chapter 226 The Strength of the Half-Beast\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s interesting to note that the elves are on the surface, while the dark dwarves are underground. Yet, it’s the Elf Forest that remains more isolated in terms of information…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The actions of the half-beasts were actually communicated to the elves by the dark dwarves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty thousand troops!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this number, the expressions of the three elves sitting opposite the dark dwarves varied greatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death God Priest noticed that the female elf referred to as the Holy Daughter’s pupils shrank slightly. Her once delicate and fair face turned ashen. She seemed quite frightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the right, the black-haired male elf also widened his eyes, showing some amazement. However, he didn’t seem afraid. Rather, there seemed to be a hint of curiosity and eagerness?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… the most mysterious was still Divine Favored Zero, sitting in the main seat in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Her expression remained unchanged, showing neither fear nor concern, nor excitement like the strange elf named Li Mu. She was utterly expressionless, as if hearing just a number…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty thousand! They actually… mobilized thirty thousand at once!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice’s voice trembled a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a race where everyone is a warrior and fiercely brave, the thirty thousand troops of the half-beasts were quite different from the “thirty thousand troops” of other intelligent races!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, in human warfare, they tended to exaggerate the army’s number, inflating ten thousand to thirty thousand, or thirty thousand to a hundred thousand, which was commonplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, many intelligent races didn’t have all combat soldiers in their armies during wars. The number of auxiliary and logistics personnel often exceeded those of soldiers who fought directly…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an army of thirty thousand, only about ten thousand might actually be frontline combatants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But… the half-beasts were different!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a derivative race of beastmen, the half-beasts inherited the beastmen’s trait of everyone being a soldier. They resembled nomadic tribes from the Blue Star; during wars, their forces were entirely made up of soldiers capable of frontline combat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, as a Black Iron race, these thirty thousand… meant at least thirty thousand Black Iron rank professionals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A force of thirty thousand professionals at the Black Iron level might not have been significant a thousand years ago when the Segis World’s magic power was abundant, and experts were frequent…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the magic level across the Segis World was low. Although the Black Iron rank wasn’t much affected, breaking through to silver and gold was much harder than a thousand years ago. Legendary beings were much fewer, and demigods… hadn’t been heard of for nearly a millennium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this context, thirty thousand Black Iron professionals were incredibly frightening instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*That was a terrifying number… Even though Alice knew that the Mother Goddess had summoned nine thousand extraordinarily talented Chosen Ones, only a limited number could truly grow!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of now, there were only a little over two thousand Chosen Ones at the Black Iron rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And quantity changes bring about qualitative changes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*A force of thirty thousand well-trained Black Iron-level warriors posed a far greater threat than the tens of thousands of scattered, chaotic, and intellectually inferior shadow troops that once attacked Black Rock City.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Facing such a massive force, even if all the half-orc warriors were at the Black Iron Lower, anyone below the golden rank would meet their end in battle.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including Black Dragon Mairrel!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, given time, it could defeat a half-orc tribe of five thousand, but when confronted with an army of thirty thousand vigorous half-orcs fighting for their faith with high morale…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a dragon, if not fully grown… it would still be beaten to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gold-ranked professionals facing such a vast number could only manage to retreat safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To single-handedly rout such an enemy would require a legendary expert transcending the secular world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had to be a seasoned legend!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Did the Elf Forest have legendary combat power?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Cave Spider Empress Rose, whom the Mother Goddess subdued, was one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she had just entered the legendary rank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, she was a demon beast of the Underworld with a dark attribute, fearing light and fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While night was fine, her power would be greatly diminished in daytime battles on the surface, possibly even comparable to a golden upper-rank professional…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention that, besides the dark-attributed True Gods, most True Gods of Faith had the light attribute, which was inherently deadly to dark creatures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In faith wars, without fighting on their home turf rich in dark elements like the underground world, dark creatures like Earth Cave Spiders were easily targeted and eliminated…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, aside from serving as mounts to the Chosen Ones, Alice didn’t believe the Earth Cave Spiders could be a significant combat force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the Spider Empress Rose, Divine Favored Zero was also considered half a legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a lower gold expert, but with the favor of the Mother Goddess, she could summon Her power to unleash legendary-level attacks…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ability made even Alice very envious…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, being able to unleash legendary-level attacks was different from being able to fight thirty thousand troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Perhaps Divine Favored Zero could use the Mother Goddess’s power to destroy a legendary peak Shadow Dragon in a single blow, but that was because there was only one target.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Could she sweep away an army of thirty thousand in one move?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Could Divine Favored Zero summon the Mother Goddess’s power limitlessly? After all, she was merely a lower gold professional.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Besides, didn’t the half-orcs have legendary combat power?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Didn’t the half-orcs have corresponding defenses?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs were indeed a Black Iron race, with overall weaker strength on the Segis Continent and a population of only hundreds of thousands…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to insufficient strength, they were forced to huddle in the barren Death Desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after winning nominal control over the Elf Forest after the Divine War a thousand years ago, the half-orcs merely roamed the forest’s edges due to fear of nearby human forces and the many mid-to-high-level magic beasts in the Elf Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, most of their clansmen were of the Black Iron rank, with very few able to break through to silver, let alone gold; a legendary half-orc had never been heard of…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a race might, with the True God’s blessing, find safety in a corner, but they couldn’t possibly rise to become a hegemonic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because… they were truly weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean the half-orcs were devoid of silver and gold experts!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When compared to beastmen and humans, they were weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But beastmen and humans were among the top forces in the Segis World, with humans making up nearly half of the entire world’s intelligent races!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs were weaker than them, but still much stronger than the currently struggling Elf Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even among the half-orcs, there were lucky ones who could, through either fortunate encounters or divine favor, break through to silver strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, standouts reached the golden rank!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example… the Great King of the half-orcs, the strongest half-orc—Lionheart King Imsh, was a lower gold berserker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs’ Chief Priest was also a lower gold spellcaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond their apparent strength, one must also consider the forces the half-orcs could summon!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gods agreed that in faith wars, demigods and above couldn’t intervene…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what about the legendary level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs didn’t have legendary strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the True God they worshiped, the God of Winter and Hunting, Uller, had legendary-strength totem guardians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs wouldn’t summon a Demigod Walker-class divine envoy, but what about legendary ones? Gold ones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if their summoned time was limited, they were still totem guardians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention those half-orcs, like Divine Favored Zero, who enjoyed true God’s favor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overall strength of the elves and the Chosen Ones was still too weak…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice didn’t believe that, without intervention from the Mother Goddess, the Chosen Ones could defeat the half-orc army!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-orcs’ strength was weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today’s Elf Clan… was even weaker!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Mother Goddess, having only recently awakened, didn’t have noteworthy clansmen to show!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*However… if the Mother Goddess intervened, everything would indeed come to a head.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Worse still, revealing the Mother Goddess’s true identity could immediately draw the attention of all the gods, leading to a world-wide crusade…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Thinking of this, Alice felt even heavier.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She instinctively glanced sideways, only to be somewhat surprised to find Divine Favored Zero’s expression was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Hmm?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Alice’s heart was stirred.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meeting with the dark dwarves came with a divine oracle for her from the Mother Goddess, with Divine Favored Zero leading the organization…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*In fact, since Divine Favored Zero was dispatched to the Chosen City by the Mother Goddess, she had subtly become another leader of the Nature Church, on par with Alice.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Yet, unlike Alice, who mainly handled church operations and internal affairs around the Elf Forest, Divine Favored Zero focused more on external matters.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Seeing Divine Favored Zero’s calm demeanor, Alice couldn’t help but speculate… perhaps the Mother Goddess had already strategized.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing their transaction, the dark dwarves provided the elves with some intelligence on the half-beasts before leaving the Elf Forest and returning to the Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the dark dwarves had departed, Li Mu respectfully bowed to the two elf NPCs and then excitedly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meeting room, only Alice and Zero remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice hesitated for a moment before asking,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Zero, I noticed you seemed neither surprised nor frightened by the news of the half-beasts. Do you already have a plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero looked at her and replied,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this battle of faith, I will handle enemies with power from gold to legend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice couldn’t help but widen her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hesitated for a moment, then said worriedly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Zero, I know you can summon the power of the Mother Goddess, but… ultimately, you’re only a lower gold professional. If the half-beasts summon more than one legendary-level totem guardian this time, then you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trust me, I can handle it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Favored Zero’s voice was very calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice: …\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*She opened her mouth, unsure of how to respond.*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero could handle it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Could she really handle it?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*While it might not be necessary to kill the totem guardians, merely stalling until their summoning time ran out, they were still legendary!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*She could kill a Shadow Dragon with True God’s power, but standing against legendary-level totem guardians was a different story!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*And there might be more than one!*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Where did Zero’s confidence come from?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Suddenly appearing, valued so highly by the Mother Goddess, and so self-assured herself…*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Who is she really?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But… even if you can handle the legendary-level totem guardians, those thirty thousand troops…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero interrupted Alice’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The thirty thousand troops can be handled by the Chosen Ones.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Chosen Ones? Their strength is still too weak, even with the ability to revive… With barely over two thousand Black Iron-ranked Chosen Ones, it’s unlikely they can stand against thirty thousand half-orcs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zero glanced at her, smiling for the first time:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two thousand Black Iron rankers can’t handle it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then how about ten thousand?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1858,"2026-06-03T12:38:19.556Z","2026-06-03T12:38:27.252Z",1,"novelbin.me","dbadaa34e198a23ffaec384e462fb2be54a1ff13bbed8e90add92e5032bd92f4","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-233","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-231",1431,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Felf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-cover.jpg"]