Chapter 485: Emergency! Urgent Reinforcements! At the Eleventh Hour!

"Mother, I wonder what the gods' lands in the south are like?"

At the edge of the Sacred Flame Forest, Chenxi and Lomina flew through the air, waiting for the flying ship to arrive.

Chenxi's question made Lomina shake her head: "I'm not sure either, but since my god is so powerful, he must surely rule an empire in the south."

At this moment, several dark dots appeared high in the southern sky.

"Mother, the flying ship!"

Chenxi pointed at the dark dots, her face lighting up with joy!

"Let's go, we'll go meet them!"

The two women flew toward the flying ship.

On the flying ship, Meng Ying also spotted them; under Meng Ying's command, the flying ship began to slow down.

"Chenxi, the Holy Maiden?"

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, Meng Ying spoke first.

"Yes, it's me. Are you Meng Ying, the Holy Maiden?"

Chenxi flew closer; though Meng Ying wore a blue veil, she was still surprised by how young Meng Ying appeared.

"I wonder what realm she's in."

Chenxi thought.

Elves are different from humans.

An elf's magic is largely not cultivated—it grows naturally—and even Chenxi, before being cursed by the Shadow God, rarely spent time deliberately practicing magic.

Only after being cursed did the entire Night Elf tribe, including herself, begin to strive hard to cultivate magic!

So seeing such a young Meng Ying, she couldn't help but wonder about Meng Ying's Magic Realm.

Meng Ying nodded and said: "My god sent me to deliver these flying ships to you—ten in total, each equipped with three to nine Magic Stones. These Magic Stones can power the ships for six months of continuous flight; when their energy is depleted, bring them all to the City of Miracles to recharge."

Chenxi and Lomina landed on the flying ship, gazing at it, their faces filled with delight.

The flying ship was not small.

The City of Miracles' flying ships were lengthened and widened based on the one created by the god of the Houton Kingdom; even the smallest model was fifty meters long and about fifteen meters wide, with two decks. If used purely for transporting people, a small flying ship could squeeze in at least eight hundred people.

The medium-sized flying ships exceeded one hundred meters in length and thirty meters in width, with three decks total; if used purely for carrying people, one medium-sized ship could hold over three thousand.

As for the large flying ships, they were even more terrifying—over two hundred meters long, over eighty meters wide, with four decks total; if used purely for carrying people, they could hold over ten thousand!

For Magic Stone allocation: small ships carried three, medium ships six, and large ships nine. The energy within the Magic Stones was abundant enough to sustain continuous flight for six months.

Altogether, these ten flying ships could carry over twenty thousand people at once!

Most elf tribes living in small forests numbered only twenty to thirty thousand; the smaller ones could be evacuated in a single trip, while the larger ones would need only a few more trips.

"Wonderful! Thank you for bringing them all this way, Holy Maiden Meng Ying. Please come rest in the forest!"

Chenxi said happily.

Meng Ying shook her head: "No, I must return to the south—urgent matters await me there."

As Chenxi was about to speak, an Aerial Elf flew over.

"Queen Chenxi, it's bad news! A Wind Elf tribe in the south has sent a distress call through the Seed of the Life Tree—they're being besieged by the Purple Gold Empire and are now trapped on a mountain. The situation is critical—they beg for our rescue!"

The Aerial Elf spoke with visible panic.

Hearing the Wind Elf's words, Chenxi and Lomina both turned pale.

Normally, migrating elf tribes would not send a distress call unless they were at their absolute limit.

"Where are they? Did the Life Tree tell us their location?"

Chenxi asked urgently.

The Aerial Elf nodded, extended her hand, and pushed forward a ball of Bai Guang; Chenxi received it and immediately learned the Wind Elves' location.

"The Purple Gold Empire? That's a small empire—small empires usually have only a Legendary-level presence. How dare they intercept elves? Chenxi, let's go together!"

Lomina's face darkened with anger.

Many elves knew little about the political landscape of the human nations on the Continent of Gods.

But during those twenty years, Lomina had read many books on the subject.

Generally, human kingdoms were ruled by Seventh Rank Grand Magi, at most an Eighth Rank Spell-Caster.

Only empires had Legendary-level beings as their protectors.

But empires varied greatly in size.

The Eternal Night Empire, for instance, had more than one Sacred Realm—such a vast empire ranked among the top ten on the Continent of Gods!

The Purple Gold Empire, which was besieging the Wind Elves, was a small empire—its maximum strength was a Legendary-level presence.

Of course, this was the general case.

The reason for this structure was simple.

Human kingdoms had limited resources and few master teachers; without divine guidance, it was nearly impossible to produce a Legendary-level being.

And if one did emerge—and was willing to serve the human kingdom and its patron god—the kingdom would inevitably expand, becoming a small empire.

In short, the Purple Gold Empire was similar to the small empire Qing Ling and Meng Ying were about to establish—perhaps even slightly stronger. Its power far exceeded that of a kingdom, and its patron god might be Second Tier or Third Tier.

If Second Tier, then the strongest of the Second Tier; if Third Tier, then the weakest of the Third Tier!

Hearing Lomina's words, Meng Ying's expression shifted slightly, and she said:

"I'll go with you. It's best you take the flying ships—they can directly evacuate them. And you'll need a few hours to learn how to pilot them. Time is urgent, and we have experienced pilots here."

Chenxi nodded, her face filled with gratitude: "Thank you so much, Holy Maiden Meng Ying!"

Meng Ying said: "We are both Holy Maidens of my god—no need for thanks. Which way, Holy Maiden Chenxi?"

Chenxi pointed southeast: "That way."

"Mm!"

Mengying gave the order: "Set sail, full speed ahead!"

The flying ship sailed grandly toward the southwest.

To avoid conflict with the human kingdoms below, under Mengying's orders the flying ship flew very high, basically above the sea of clouds the whole way.

Mengying looked down, pondering the geographical position of the Purple Gold Empire relative to the Flame Kingdom.

"It should be to the northeast of the Flame Kingdom."

Mengying thought.

If Mengying's calculations weren't wrong, the southern border of the Purple Gold Empire should be over ten thousand kilometers from the Flame Kingdom, with quite a few human kingdoms in between; this time, flying to the Sacred Flame Forest, they might very well pass over the Purple Gold Empire.

And between the Flame Kingdom and those human kingdoms was none other than the Endless Desert to the east of the Flame Kingdom!

This Endless Desert wasn't truly endless, just exceptionally vast in area.

Back when the Lion Clan defeated the Tiger Clan, large numbers of Tiger Clan people fled into the Endless Desert, and the Lion Clan's army pursued them all the way, vowing to wipe them out to the last!

If it weren't for the thousand warriors led by Mengying giving the Lion Clan such a headache, the Tiger Clan people might really have been killed to the last one.

No one knew where those Tiger Clan people who fled into the desert ended up; in any case, the City of Divine Marks only saw one Winnie.

By Mengying's estimate, this Endless Desert was over five thousand kilometers wide, separating the Flame Kingdom from the human kingdoms around the Purple Gold Empire.

If the flying ship flew at full speed, it would be faster, but the energy consumption was huge, and it couldn't fly for too long in one stretch.

"Two days — flying at full speed for two days should get us there. I hope they can hold on!"

Mengying calculated the distance and murmured.

"Has the request for reinforcements been sent?"

Atop a tall mountain, Wind Elf Lydia asked.

"Reporting to the Clan Leader, it has already been sent."

A Wind Elf said.

Lydia nodded and looked down.

By now, this tall mountain had been completely surrounded by countless human troops.

This tall mountain's terrain was rather steep — sheer cliffs on three sides, with only one side having a path up, and even that side wasn't very wide.