Chapter 72: The Opportunity Has Arrived

Chapter 72: The Opportunity Has Arrived

Hels noticed Airael had come to a halt and had to shout for the third time, “Your Majesty!”

As soon as he yelled, he realized something was off.

Could it be that Your Majesty was so distressed that she had gone completely bonkers?

The city was on the verge of being breached by the Human Race, and yet she was smiling so brightly!

“Hels, Celia, Aurora, we are going to win!”

Hearing Hels’ shout, Airael turned around, looking at the three Elves standing beside her with a cheerful grin.

Indeed, Your Majesty has lost it!

Hels felt a wave of sadness wash over him.

In addition to feeling sympathetic towards Airael, he was also extremely worried about his own future.

The state Your Majesty was in could be seen as his failure as her guardian.

Unlike him, Celia and Aurora didn’t think as much.

However, they were puzzled too.

Clearly, they were about to lose, so why was Your Majesty saying they were winning?

Noticing the expressions on the three Elves’ faces, Airael quickly explained, “Look outside, what do you see?”

She pointed towards the human army that was rushing in from outside.

After just a glance, Hels spoke up, “Your Majesty, the human army is launching an attack on us.”

At this moment, he began to feel confused.

The way Your Majesty appeared didn’t seem like someone who was losing her mind.

So, was Your Majesty truly mad, or not?

“Exactly! But don’t you see that the human army’s formation is becoming chaotic during the attack?”

“It does seem to be getting disarrayed,” Celia chimed in, nodding after they all took another look at the humans outside.

Though they still didn’t completely understand Airael’s meaning, the three Elves began to realize that maybe the situation wasn’t as bad as it seemed.

Airael was thrilled as she exclaimed, “Then our opportunity has come!”

Originally, she had been pondering how to create chaos in the human’s formation outside, but now, thanks to the broken city gates, their formation was unraveling on its own!

Airael felt as though the situation had flipped by fate’s design!

Just when they thought defeat was inevitable, she had caught a glimpse of victory!

“What opportunity?” Hels immediately asked.

“The opportunity to defeat the humans!” Airael said, looking at him with a deliberately mysterious expression.

Once she finished speaking, Airael jumped down from the small stone pedestal, leaving the Elves behind as she dashed towards the stairs leading down from the city wall.

“Your Majesty!” Hels exclaimed in shock, then hurried after Airael.

Racing down the city wall, Airael made a beeline for Hela, who was currently organizing the Elves to fend off the human assault.

Although her command skills were rather rusty, she didn’t need to perform any complicated maneuvers.

All she had to do was ensure the Elves held the frontline.

Even though the human assault was fierce, the Elves were resolute in their defense, making it truly difficult for the human soldiers to penetrate their defenses.

Moreover, the broken gate was much like the city wall, and the humans’ numerical advantage couldn’t really come into play here.

They could only rely on endless reinforcements to keep up the fight.

“Hela!” Airael shouted excitedly as she reached Hela’s side.

Only then did Hela notice Airael.

Seeing Airael, Hela finally set aside her concern for the Elven frontline and anxiously told her, “Your Majesty! It’s dangerous here; you must leave at once!”

She could no longer allow Airael to act recklessly.

The city gate had already been breached, and the humans could storm in at any moment.

“Hela! We’ve won! Quickly send the signal flares to the Treemen hidden in the forest outside to launch an attack on the humans immediately.”

At that moment, Hels and the other Elves rushed over, hearing what Airael had just said.

They all stood there in a daze, perplexed by Airael’s order to attack the humans now.

They were on the brink of losing—wasn’t sending the Treemen to attack just delivering them straight into the enemy’s jaws?

Even if they wanted to sabotage the team, did it have to be this blatant?

Moreover, Your Majesty, didn’t you previously say that the Treemen could very likely be the key to our victory?

It was no wonder Hels and the other Elves didn’t understand Airael’s strategy.

Although they were each strong fighters, none of them were commanders; they were bodyguards who rarely encountered military matters.

As for Hela, she was still unaware of the general situation at hand.

After a while, Hela looked at Airael and asked, “Your Majesty, are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?”

“Hela, this opportunity must not be missed! Besides, if we deliberate any longer, we Elves may not be able to hold on, and then even if the Treemen warriors move, we’ll be the ones who’ll end up in trouble.”

Airael’s words made them all frown.

Because Airael’s statement left them confused.

If Your Majesty knew that the Treemen could be put in jeopardy, then why insist on this course of action?

Seeing that Hela still hadn’t grasped the situation, Airael couldn’t take it anymore and said urgently, “Hela, I’ll explain everything in detail later, but for now, please launch the signal flares to have the Treemen attack the human army, alright?”

Looking at Airael’s serious expression, Hela asked again, “Your Majesty, are you absolutely certain about this action?”

“I’m completely sure!” Airael responded resolutely.

“Alright then!”

With that, Hela took out the magical signal flare she had kept for such occasions.

In the next moment, the magical signal flare soared into the sky before bursting into a vibrant display of red smoke.

The explosion of the magical flare and the sudden appearance of red smoke drew a lot of attention.

At this time, Lov and the other high-ranking commanders of the Elven Race finally realized that the situation had spiraled out of their control.

During the time they had been entangled, the human army had actually breached the city gate and was preparing to launch a full-scale assault.

Especially Lov.

He felt a wave of guilt wash over him.

As the commander of this battle, he hadn’t managed the fight well and had plunged the Elven Race into chaos; he felt he had failed in his duty.

While the human side sensed something was amiss, the opportunity for victory was right within their grasp.

Soon, they brushed off their concerns and focused entirely on the attack.

In the forest outside the city.

Deep within the forest, the Treemen had been keeping a close watch on the unfolding battle since it began.

Many Treeman warriors had longed to join the fight, but due to Airael’s orders, they were stuck waiting in position.

Now that the signal for attack had finally come, the Treemen sprang to life, towering figures of ten meters tall emerging from behind the trees.