Volume 4 Chapter 144

Volume 4 + Chapter 144: The Envoy of The Elven Race

“Now that we’ve basically grasped the situation, my destined rival, how high do you think the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance’s chances of victory are?”

The little fox asked Xia Yi a question that was hard to ignore.

She also wanted to use this question to gauge Xia Yi’s attitude toward this war.

“Isn’t it obvious?”

A smile appeared on Xia Yi’s face.

“Obviously one thousand percent!!”

This answer was completely beyond the little fox’s expectations.

“Huh? One thousand percent?” the little fox complained. “Was your math taught by a PE teacher? How could the odds of victory possibly be one thousand percent!”

“Hmph, what do you know? One hundred percent isn’t good enough. Only one thousand percent counts as truly strong!”

Here, Xia Yi quoted the famous line of a certain assassin who famously messed up.

“So that’s what you mean by being extremely confident? Why are you so confident about this war?” The little fox was still puzzled.

“Because in this war, the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance must win!” Xia Yi explained. “If the commanders start wavering first, then the troops will waver as well. You know how difficult this war is. For the sake of morale, we must firmly believe that we will absolutely win!”

“My destined rival…!”

The little fox seemed to gain some insight and looked toward the sand table.

The current situation was that the fox race and the elven race were taking the lead on the front lines, while the other nations remained in a semi-observing state, and it wasn’t even certain whether they would join later.

If the fox race and the elven race failed to achieve results in the initial battles, then the armies of the other nations might never enter the battlefield at all.

If they failed to press everyone into attacking in one decisive push and apply pressure on the Vampire Clan, the Vampire Clan could simply continue to resist, fight a defensive war, and recall the troops stationed with the Orc Alliance. At that point, it would be nearly impossible for the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance to conquer the Holy Crimson Empire.

In the worst-case scenario, other nations might even begin to fear the Vampire Clan’s strength—and possibly defect.

Therefore, it was necessary to declare that the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance had absolute confidence in victory, to make all member nations believe this, thereby creating the chance of victory and pushing everyone to go all in.

Only by going all in could they win. If they didn’t play like this, they wouldn’t even have the chance to sit at the table.

“To be able to think this far ahead… seems you really do have something there,” the little fox laughed. “This is a high-stakes gamble, my destined rival.”

“The Vampire Clan is a powerful enemy. Everyone must work together with one heart. Aren’t you fox folk one of the alliance leaders? This task should fall to you—use every means possible to ensure the other nations don’t keep sitting on the fence.”

“That goes without saying. At the very least, with the dragon race’s assistance, we’ve already driven back the fearsome Vampire Clan airship forces, allowing the fox race to firmly establish ourselves along the border of the Holy Crimson Empire. I’ve already sent envoys to inform the other nations. That alone should be enough to give them confidence. Now, it all depends on the elven side,” the little fox said.

She pointed at the piece representing the elven race.

“The elven race is also positioned along the border of the Holy Crimson Empire, and they’re planning to capture this critical pass. If they succeed, it will be like tearing open a massive breach in the Vampire Clan’s defenses, allowing the Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance to continuously pour into the empire’s territory through this opening.”

“That’s another crucial battle,” Xia Yi said with emotion.

“Yes. If the elves fail to take the pass, then they’ll definitely have to wait for a second wave. That would deal a devastating blow to morale and might even affect the decisions of other nations,” the little fox narrowed her eyes. “But if they succeed, then it would mean our Anti–Vampire Clan Alliance has already secured sixty percent—no, one thousand percent—chance of victory!!”

Xia Yi nodded. “Fox Radish, you’re catching on. Looks like you’ve grasped the essence of one thousand percent.”

“Therefore, the elven race absolutely must not fail in this battle…”

“Princess Yue Liu, sorry to interrupt, but an envoy from the elven race has arrived,” a fox soldier reported from outside the tent.

Xia Yi and Yue Liu both looked up and exchanged glances.

“Let the elven envoy come in and see me directly,” the little fox ordered.

“Yes, ma’am.”

The fox soldier withdrew.

Not long after, an elven envoy entered the tent. Upon seeing that both the fox princess and the dragon princess were present, he respectfully bowed to each of them.

“I’ve long heard of you both. You must be Princess Yue Liu of the fox race and Princess Xia Yi of the dragon race. I am an envoy of the elven race. Upon arriving here, I already heard the good news. Congratulations to the fox race and dragon race on achieving victory in your first battle against the Vampire Clan…”

“Elven envoy, there’s no need for pleasantries. State your purpose,” Yue Liu said.

“Since Princess Yue Liu says so, I shall get straight to the point,” the elven envoy raised his head. “The matter is this: our elven race is preparing to capture a critical pass of the Holy Crimson Empire. However, to proceed cautiously and guard against unforeseen changes, we wish to secure assistance from other forces.”

“Do you mean direct military support?”

“Not exactly. Princess Yue Liu, we don’t need other armies to directly join the battle. We only need them to remain on standby behind the battlefield. If anything unexpected happens, they can then enter the fight and provide reinforcements,” the elven envoy said confidently. “As long as no accidents occur, our elven race is fully capable of taking the Vampire Clan’s pass. This is merely an extra safeguard our general wishes to put in place.”

Yue Liu fell silent for a moment. “…We would very much like to help the elven race, but our fox race must also prepare to advance into the Holy Crimson Empire. We have no surplus troops to spare. Even if we could send some, they wouldn’t be enough to change the outcome of the battle.”

“Is it truly impossible?”

The little fox suddenly changed her tone. “However, you could request assistance from the dragon race. The dragon race doesn’t have too many assignments at the moment.”

The elven envoy quickly turned to Xia Yi and pleaded, “Princess Xia Yi, may the dragon race be able to provide assistance in this matter? Just this once! You should also understand how important this assault on the Vampire Clan’s pass is. This will be the only time we require aid—there will be no further trouble for the dragon race afterward!”

Xia Yi thought for a moment. Helping the elven race here would indeed be the right move, completely opening up the situation. After that, the dragon race wouldn’t need to exert further effort to achieve the desired outcome—drawing all the observing nations into the fray and pushing them to go all in.

“Very well. But the aid the dragon race can provide will be limited to this one time.”

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