How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 134 : Prelude to War

The sun set in the west, its final rays adding a blood-red hue to the earth.

As if foretelling Elasia's fate.

"Hehe, what a magnificent spectacle!"

Standing atop the [Goblin Giant's] head, the [Goblin Emperor] gazed toward the Imperial Capital's walls that seed like re mounds compared to the [Goblin Giant].

The goblin army that had dyed the ground almost green stood in the open space about three li from the city under the leadership of over ten [Goblin Kings].

Siege weapons operated by [Goblin Prophets] were aid at the city walls.

Its heart had never been so surging with excitent.

If all went as expected, after this battle Elasia would completely lose its ability to counterattack.

The strategist beside it looked at this scene and nodded smugly.

"Your Majesty, exactly like this. Don't rush to attack now."

"We'll first display our most visually intimidating combat power before Elasia's army at this ti, which will maximally destroy their morale."

"Fear of giant things is human instinct, and fear of darkness is even more so."

The strategist smiled smugly as he pointed to the trembling soldiers on the city walls.

"Your Majesty, look—night hasn't even fallen yet and they're already this terrified."

"Next, we just need to wait for nightfall, when human fear is at its maximum and their vision is poorest, then attack to usher in the goblin age in one stroke!"

The [Goblin Emperor], highly pleased with his strategy, nodded with satisfaction.

"Good, good. You humans really understand how to deal with humans."

The strategist smiled obsequiously:

"As Your Majesty's dog, for Your Majesty's sake, this slave can deal with anything."

...

Standing on the city walls, Cecilia and Aelia's faces were extrely grim.

Although they had prepared themselves ntally for the severity of the goblin disaster based on Elashia's previous warnings, they truly hadn't expected it to be this severe.

The endless goblin army spread across the entire plain, and even from the city walls they couldn't see the end.

Large numbers of [Goblin Giants] stood almost taller than the city walls just by standing there, nearly eliminating the small sense of security the walls gave the soldiers.

"This... exactly how many are there..."

Even Aelia, who had fought goblins her entire life, felt her legs go weak.

Too many... there were simply too many...

The sunlight stretched the shadows of the [Goblin Giants] a full three li from the walls onto the city walls themselves, making the soldiers shudder just looking at them.

Too tall... they were even taller than the city walls...

"Don't worry, goblins that tall can't possibly fight us!"

Cecilia used her voice amplified by [Qi] to desperately maintain morale.

"That's nothing but the enemy's thod of intimidating us! If these large goblins charge over, the knight order will naturally eliminate them with magic crossbows!"

As a general, Cecilia's words were indeed reasonable.

Magic crossbows were specifically designed to deal with such large creatures.

However, the soldiers actually knew this reasoning as well.

But they still felt instinctive fear.

The reason was simple—fear of giant things is human instinct.

The goblins weren't attacking; they were just standing at a position about three li from the city.

Ti passed minute by minute, and Cecilia's heart grew heavier.

These goblins definitely had guidance from human strategists, otherwise they absolutely couldn't have positioned themselves so precisely.

The magic crossbows, which had the longest range among Elasia's ranged weapons, had a range of about two li. Beyond this distance, arrows ford by condensed [Qi] would dissipate.

Other weapons couldn't even reach enemies beyond one li.

Cecilia knew—the enemy's approach was simply to wear down the Elasian army's morale.

But she had no solution either. Besides telling the soldiers this, there was nothing else she could do.

Cecilia thought it over—to boost the soldiers' morale, she had only one thod...

Cecilia grabbed a trembling officer behind her and said:

"Quickly go to the governnt hall and summon Lady Candice and Her Majesty Elashia!"

"Ah... yes, sir!"

The officer fled down the city walls as if granted amnesty, as if he never had to return.

Watching the officer flee down the walls in terror, Cecilia's heart grew even heavier.

For the Elasian Imperial Guard, an army that heavily emphasized crossbow ranged attacks, the importance of morale was self-evident.

If soldiers using precise instrunts like crossbows were imrsed in fearful emotions, both their shooting accuracy and their rotation speed with comrades would be affected.

...

The goblin strategist carefully observing the Elasian soldiers on the city walls also showed a quite grave expression.

He turned to the [Goblin Emperor] and said:

"Your Majesty, it seems Elasia's Imperial Guard has appointed a quite capable general. We need to be cautious in our attack."

"From my experience accumulated in armies, I can tell this military force is extrely well-trained."

"Although I can see fear on almost every soldier's face, their military formation on the walls shows no confusion whatsoever."

"This isn't sothing ordinary armies can achieve."

Upon hearing his words, the [Goblin Emperor] laughed disdainfully.

"No matter how capable, they're still just cowardly humans. You'll see when we attack tonight."

The strategist hearing this also smiled obsequiously in agreent:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Then he said seriously:

"Your Majesty, you must rember that the [Goblin Giants] can only stand three li from the walls and watch. They absolutely cannot actually participate in battle."

The [Goblin Emperor] asked dubiously:

"Is that magic crossbow you ntioned really that powerful?"

In its impression, [Goblin Giants] should be existences that human conventional weapons couldn't handle.

The strategist answered with extrely certain tone:

"Yes, that weapon's destructive power is beyond your imagination."

"This crossbow's destructive power is extrely alarming—it can kill a [Goblin Giant] with just one shot."

"So [Goblin Giants] can only serve as props to intimidate enemy forces and must never participate in siege warfare."

After saying this, fearing the [Goblin Emperor] would beco angry over this matter, the strategist quickly added:

"However, Your Majesty, we don't need to worry too much about the enemy's weapon. Firing magic crossbows will render a full ten of the enemy's high-level combatants unable to fight, so they absolutely won't rashly use this weapon in large quantities."

Hearing the strategist's words, the [Goblin Emperor] suppressed its desire to rage and nodded:

"Fine, I'll listen to you then."

Hearing the [Goblin Emperor's] affirmation, the strategist smiled obsequiously:

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Human night vision is much worse than ours. Once the sun sets, human crossbow bolts will lose their accuracy. When we launch our attack then, we'll definitely be able to take the Imperial Capital in one stroke."