[{"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-246":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},1154347,1499,"Chapter 246: 240 Evie's Doubt","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-246",246,"\u003Cp>Chapter 246: Chapter 240 Evie’s Doubt\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Half-Beast Army had been repelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Half-Beast Army retreating like a tide, the Natural Saintess Alice also let out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she hurriedly joined the Druid players to begin assisting other players who were injured in the recent defense battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over a thousand Half-Beast warriors died in battle, but the player casualties were not few either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players participating in the defense task were generally of low level, and despite the protection of the castle walls, nearly five hundred players returned to the World Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the number of injured players, it was over a thousand people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, compared to the Half-Beasts, this loss was already considered small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, those deceased players also returned promptly after reviving through the Teleportation Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the overall defensive power of the castle had not actually decreased by much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, the only real losses were the defensive facilities and the castle walls that the Half-Beasts and Bimong Giant Beasts destroyed in the recent battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the cheer from the players, they began to clean up the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the coordination of the two commanders, some players started gathering the equipment left behind by the Half-Beasts on the castle walls; others began repairing the walls damaged in the battle; and still others, with Divine Favored Zero’s permission, opened the castle gates and went down to gather the equipment left by the retreating Half-Beast Army…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rather eerie; although the battle had been fierce, with both sides risking their lives, after the battle ended, there wasn’t a single corpse on the battlefield, only bloodstains and equipment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This eerie situation made the native elves’ eyelids twitch, but the players were already used to it and didn’t care at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the players’ cleanup, the castle walls became lively once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after achieving a major victory, the atmosphere in Black Dragon Castle was much more relaxed than before the battle started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the players were even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The benefits brought by over a thousand dead Half-Beasts far exceeded the players’ losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having tasted the sweetness of a major plot, players couldn’t wait for the next wave of Half-Beasts’ sieges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These Half-Beasts give so much experience points! I just helped kill one warrior with others and got 5000 experience points directly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 11 player from the third test excitedly looked at their experience bar and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, only 5000? I charged ahead, even died once, but my cumulative contribution points were over 200%, and I gained over 30,000 experience directly! These Half-Beasts give more experience than human mercenaries!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another shield warrior player proudly raised his curved blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you died once! Isn’t that a loss?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh heh, I’m part of the Mengmeng Committee. Our guild’s taunting warriors have their contribution points reimbursed if they die in major plot missions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, I’m envious!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, many players purely enjoyed the feeling of the recent battle:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”Exciting! This is what war should feel like; old RPG games are so weak in comparison!”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”Awesome! This is more fun than fighting demon beasts!”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seriously… Just as I was getting the hang of it, they retreated! Such a shame…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players tasted the sweetness, their battle spirits thoroughly incited, and when they looked towards the distant Half-Beast Army again, their eyes had completely changed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They shouldn’t not come back, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No rush, there must be another wave of sieges! They’ve hardly lost anyone; they definitely won’t give up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha! If we eliminate all these Half-Beasts, imagine how much experience that would be!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh heh, reaching Black Iron Middle Rank won’t be a problem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haha! I just told our friends on ambush duty about our battle achievements; they’re so jealous now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh heh, who told them not to choose to defend the city?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players were extremely delighted and full of morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the retreating Half-Beasts were rather dejected and disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lionheart King Imsh led nearly nine thousand Half-Beasts out of the castle’s firing range, his expression quite unsightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was careless… I didn’t expect the elves to gather such strong forces.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally thought that with a ten-thousand-strong army and five Bimong Giant Beasts, capturing such a minor place as Black Dragon Castle would be a breeze. Yet he found himself biting into a tough bone…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It seems… I must resort to Father God’s power.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lionheart King Imsh clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could take down the Elf Clan relying solely on worldly power, he would greatly please the True God. However, it now seemed… that he must summon the Totem Guardian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Divine Favored of the Elf Clan had appeared, and the castle’s defense was robust, seemingly with a Divine Power blessing…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying solely on the Half-Beasts to sacrifice themselves would lead to heavy losses!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Lionheart King Imsh took a deep breath and ordered to his left and right:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bring the High Priest here…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the Half-Beasts’ Chief Priest, accompanied by two Silver Priests, came before Lionheart King Imsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great King, it seems your offensive wasn’t successful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wearing a bone crown and with paint on her face, the Chief Priest smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In her hand, she still held a Skull Necklace that constantly flickered with light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at this moment, the red on the necklace seemed deeper…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lionheart King Imsh squinted his eyes, taking a deep look at the necklace in her hand, seemingly very apprehensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently sensing his gaze, the High Priest touched the necklace in her hand and chuckled softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great King, rest assured, I will not use this Divine Artifact unless it’s absolutely necessary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lionheart King Imsh remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he looked at the High Priest complexly and slowly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I underestimated the power of the Elf Clan, High Priest. I decided to summon the Totem Guardian directly. Have you prepared the summoning altar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to Lionheart King’s words, the Chief Priest nodded, a fanatical expression on her face:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you desire, we can request the power of Father God at any time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players’ battlefield cleanup was very swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no bodies, just equipment to pick up, which was the players’ specialty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the ground outside the city walls was completely cleared, and the players didn’t even spare the clothes on the Half-Beasts, confiscating everything and bringing it back…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the walls, the damaged defensive structures were being repaired systematically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone eagerly awaited the next Half-Beast attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Eve, standing atop the walls, had a somewhat solemn expression…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”Just now… something was competing with me for life force.*”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A situation similar to when Dema and the others died earlier appeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the recent battle, nearly half of the life force in the dead Half-Beasts wasn’t absorbed by Eve’s war priesthood!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those who died outside the walls, even when the war priesthood’s skill triggered, Eve didn’t gain much life force; it seemed to evaporate out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the life force of the deceased players was fully recovered, and the life force of the Half-Beasts who died on the walls was almost entirely received by Eve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, overall, out of over a thousand slain Half-Beasts, about a third of the life force remained unaccounted for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although, in total, Eve still profited, it was less than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”It’s a capability similar to sacrifice! However… it shouldn’t be a True God or an Evil God, because the other party absorbing life force seemed only to be a mechanism, or instinct, more like some sort of ritual, or perhaps… a Divine Artifact!”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”I’m afraid… that it’s the thing I sensed previously!”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”This ability to absorb life force is very subtle; if I weren’t already controlling the war priesthood and had full command of the life divine authority, I wouldn’t have detected it at all!”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”What the heck are the Half-Beasts up to?”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*”It seems I need to be more careful…”*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Eve pondered, suddenly… she felt a change in the Box of the Dead stored in the Divine Country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Death God Hela had responded.\u003C\u002Fp>",1348,"2026-06-03T12:38:19.556Z","2026-06-03T12:38:27.252Z",1,"novelbin.me","708f6d0a3bbab58a05be89dcb33d3cacabd0e926737db381aaaa561c6308a933","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-247","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-245",1431,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Felf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-cover.jpg"]