[{"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-977":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},1155328,1499,"Chapter 977 - 682: Cannon Fodder","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-977",977,"\u003Cp>Ye Ye looked toward the place where he and Nai Nai had just been standing, only to see that it had been smashed by a giant stone projectile, bricks shattered, cracks on the wall extending far...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments of stone were everywhere, still burning with blazing flames, acrid black smoke rising straight to the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Ye Ye’s face involuntarily paled; he shuddered to imagine what would have happened if he and Nai Nai hadn’t moved away in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it’s a game, although there’s resurrection, but... such a realistic scene brings an absolute shock to the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had gradually become familiar with the rhythm and gore of the \"Elf Kingdom\" in battles time and again, Ye Ye’s throat still felt dry at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a catapult! They’ve used a catapult! Damn, where’s the Divine Arts defense barrier? What’s the guild doing?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cursed facing Gale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And shortly after his cursing, countless screams erupted from all parts of the city walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye raised his head and then saw in the sky, meteors dragging black trails and burning incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These meteors drew a bent arc in the sky, flinging themselves toward Augus City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ye Ye’s stunned gaze, these \"fallen stars\" smashed into various places within the city, easily shattering houses into pieces and igniting fierce fires...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the city wall, he could see the panicked citizens inside the city, hear the cries of those human NPCs, the wail of children, and the screams of women...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrows continued to rain in from outside the city walls, occasionally hitting unfortunate players and militiamen, just that the former’s corpses would gradually disappear, while the latter lay still in a pool of blood afterward, never moving again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye even saw a few Silver Bosses, who usually toy with demon beasts in the wild, easily hit in vital spots by arrows fired from an unknown direction outside the city, directly perishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse yet, unfortunate enough to be directly struck by \"meteors\" coming from the sky, in the enormous roar afterward, not a trace of blood could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mixed scent of blood and burnt char stimulated his nasal passages, causing Ye Ye to coldly shiver and wipe cold sweat off his forehead, which had somehow appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at players on the city walls shooting continuously towards outside the city, then looked through shooting slits at the dense crowd of grey soldiers beyond, releasing a deep breath...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his hands were trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though before the war began, he had eagerly anticipated this feast, when the war truly arrived, Ye Ye realized that when a game is so realistic it’s indistinguishable from reality, the shock it delivers isn’t something expressible in mere words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he felt quite insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this war, however strong a player might be, they are nothing more than a trivial soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just at this point, with waves of cheers, Ye Ye suddenly saw a golden beam of light shoot skyward from Folzer Fortress...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beam shot into the sky and spread quickly toward all directions, eventually turning into a pale golden defensive shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shield enveloped the entire city within, leaving only a gap less than three meters high on the vertical direction of the city walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A whistling sound accompanied, as more meteors dragging thick black smoke crashed down, but this time, they merely hit onto the defense barrier, causing ripples...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, under the golden glow, those meteors turned directly into ashes, disappearing completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha! The Divine Arts defense barrier is activated. Let’s see how their catapult stays arrogant now! Hahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Gale laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warrior player looked at the sky and then glanced at Ye Ye, who seemed not to have recovered, patting his shoulder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you daydreaming for? Fight quickly! Everyone is uncomfortable the first time in such a war, you will adjust soon enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Gale’s words, Ye Ye nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took several deep breaths, adjusted his state, and then picked up the magic gun again, joining the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the protection of the Divine Arts defense barrier, players on the city walls felt a lot more relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though arrows from both sides still intertwined like rain, they no longer had to worry about anything suddenly coming down from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye fired chaotically toward under the city walls and ended up not hitting anyone, slightly regretting not having skilled into [Heart Arrow].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually realizing that the catapult could no longer cause damage to the walls, the Red Maple Army outside also changed tactics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of horns came again as the army formation changed once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Masses of Red Maple Soldiers split from the crowd, carrying cloud ladders intended for siege, beginning to move toward Augus City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey hey, are they going for a forced attack now? Even without siege towers? Yezi, watch out, the best moment to harvest experience points has come!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gale laughed aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye nodded, pulled out a bottle of magic potion from his pocket, drank it all to replenish magic, and raised his magic gun again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the city walls, the Red Maple Soldiers moved quickly in their siege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to be crazed, shouting and rushing toward the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players’ elemental bullets and arrows fell like raindrops, and soldiers fell like wheat, but even so, they did not stop advancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, when these Red Maple Kingdom soldiers approached the city walls, Ye Ye frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These sieging soldiers, their gear seemed far inferior compared to the archers just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of them weren’t armored, but wearing coarse, black, white, or grey robes, simple hoods and white headscarves, holding only a weapon in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the cannon fodder force? Light infantry?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye frowned and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh? Does the human army also have siege cannon fodder squads? It wasn’t in the intel that heavy armored soldiers would siege, was it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gale was equally puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Segis World is primarily ruled by supernatural powers, even on battlefields, the warriors are absolutely the main force among the main forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from certain intelligent races driving servant armies like Goblin for siege cannon fodder, most races prefer utilizing heavily armored transcendents when attacking cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans from the Holy Mania Empire excel at using heavy-armored soldiers plus siege towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is what players had thoroughly studied in advance, already prepared for bloody war on the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, looking at these poorly-equipped soldiers outside the walls was somewhat unexpected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, although poorly equipped, the soldiers’ morale was unusually high...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed to have thoroughly cast aside life and death, charging forward while falling without a single step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were simply too many of them...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Batch after batch fell in death, yet more soldiers constantly supplemented from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally... braving players’ arrows and magic, these seemingly crazed soldiers reached beneath the city walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cloud ladders were set onto the walls, and they began climbing from below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yezi, prepare to meet the battle!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gale reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye nodded, put away the magic gun, and drew his longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first batch of Red Maple Soldiers swiftly ascended the city walls, engaging the players in combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ye Ye confronted a short and skinny Red Maple Soldier with a white headscarf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soldier raised a short sword, screaming and charging at Ye Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Ye’s eyes flashed, thrusting out his longsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, a mere probing attack easily stabbed the blade into the soldier’s chest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a transcendent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a thought instantly popped into Ye Ye’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slightly cold wind blew over, removing the soldier’s headscarf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ye Ye’s astonished gaze, revealed a face full of wrinkles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the face of an elderly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, a female.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gazed at Ye Ye with a look mixed with fear, despair, madness, and a trace of relief...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She coughed twice hoarsely, then turned to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Ye Ye, holding the longsword, standing in place...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones sieging were not light infantry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>were civilians.\u003C\u002Fp>",1338,"2026-06-03T12:38:42.658Z","2026-06-03T12:38:52.957Z",1,"novelbin.me","be35365d6436cae5ff54c03e12a986bbea605e5bf57e6e4afd07995efce312ba","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-978","elf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-chapter-976",1431,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Felf-kingdom-game-of-the-world-tree-cover.jpg"]