Accompanied by the fireworks blooming at the church festival, this not-so-peaceful night temporarily came to an end.

However, when the two parted ways, their moods were not so delightful.

Especially Beatrice, who looked anxiously at Qian, who wore a blank expression.

Qian did not speak, nor did she scold, simply sitting on the carriage, opening the door to send Beatrice inside.

At this moment, Beatrice had none of her former confidence and spirit.

Sitting inside the carriage, she looked at Qian's icy face and glanced at Louis with an expression as if she would drop dead any moment.

Louis could only show a helpless gesture, then saw Beatrice by the window slump backward, apparently having given up.

So, the two temporarily separated, returning to their camps to await the following day's arrangements.

However, Louis did not find peace that night.

Because he received two short messages.

The first message was that Tunisia had made a breakthrough in the battle on the Giant Plain.

Previously, Tunisia was stuck in the quagmire of being "sandwiched between two pieces of bread and cheese".

Contending simultaneously with the Secret Woods and the harassment from the Giant Demon Tribe, Tunisia had been living in unbearable hardship for some time.

Not even the Leaf Village during several Shinobi Wars dared to simultaneously launch large-scale battles against two great nations, generally focusing the main forces to defeat one nation before targeting the next.

But the Giant Demon Tribe is different.

The Giant's tenacious vitality made it difficult for Tunisia to achieve significant results without putting in more soldiers.

On the other side, the Secret Woods, though its territories had severely shrunk in recent years, was once the core of the Elf Realm.

If they truly fell behind, the Supreme Forest had no reason not to help its ally.

This made Tunisia, after starting a war with the Giant Demon Tribe, have to allocate more forces to guard against the potential joint forces of the Secret Woods and the Supreme Forest.

With no way to free themselves, they were destined to be trapped here.

But now, a significant change suddenly occurred on the front line, where a Magic Brigade deployed by Tunisia achieved remarkable results in a short time.

Specifically, it was a first-class Mage Brigade mastering a certain magic, bursting with incredible tactical effects while validating a new magic.

"Olivia's Acid Arrow?"

Louis said, puzzled.

Just by the name of the magic, it was evident that this spell model was created by his little swan.

From the pure magic perspective, this magic's damage was not much better than Ma Youfu's Acid Arrow.

Ma Youfu's Acid Arrow summons a flickering green arrow whizzing towards the target, dispersing into a strong acid mist upon collision.

This magic causes the enemy significant corrosive damage and also incurs secondary corrosive damage over a certain period.

It's considered one of the high-cost-performance spells in the second circle.

Olivia's Acid Arrow is different; this magic does not have strong corrosive damage immediately after exploding.

It can even be said to be far below the initial damage of Ma Youfu's Acid Arrow.

But the problem is that this spell can continuously deal four rounds of sustained corrosive damage, with the damage increasing each time.

Originally, the corrosive damage that lasted less than half a minute has now been extended to more than ten minutes, with the damage becoming more astonishing towards the end.

This magic is said to be why Olivia joined the White Tower Mage Exchange Group.

And two days before everyone went to Tunisia, the related spell models and learning points had already been sent to the Tunisian side.

Many might find it strange, even with the high damage of Olivia's Acid Arrow after multiple corrosions, the power of a second-circle magic is limited.

Many giants can even withstand fourth-circle magic and survive; why bother using a mere second-circle?

But in fact, it's not like that.

The pride of the Giant Race is their robust life vitality.

If the damage doesn't exceed a certain limit, it tends to result in an awkward situation.

Damage dealt to giants in battle can even be slower than their natural recovery speed.

So in the front line, you have to fight the giants while preventing those not dead from rising again to take you by surprise.

But the prolonged duration of Olivia's Acid Arrow temporarily changed this embarrassing scenario.

Firstly, its low circle makes it easier for the Mage Corps to grasp and allows for more usage.

Secondly, the giants cannot control their recovery ability, with the long duration of Olivia's Acid Arrow forcing the giants' recovery ability to focus more on healing their corroded skin.

This way, many giants that would have stood up after just a few minutes might, due to perfect timing, take over ten minutes to rise.

In just ten minutes, the trolls' greatest combat advantage was largely shattered.

The soldiers' efficiency in harvesting trolls more than doubled.

Coupled with the outstanding performance of the frontline command and prior arrangements, Olivia's first battle with the acid arrow achieved brilliant results.

Trolls unprepared, whether on the eastern or southern lines, temporarily lost the ability for active offense due to the enormous casualties.

Although they haven't retreated, the sense of oppression they brought diminished sharply.

"Where did the little swan learn such strange magic?"

But it must be said, this wave of little swan did a great service for Tunisia.

Even if the Giant Demon Tribe later found a way to counter this magic, it essentially removed one of their tactical cards.

"Little swan, you helped a lot!"

The continuation of Tunisia is beneficial to the Ense Empire, and even more so to the division of the industrial chain.

Allowing the home base to develop a bit more might give it a fighting chance against the Demon King and the armies of the abyss, Louis thought.

Then came the second brief message.

The secret forest's assault on Manchester Camp failed.

This news was related to Louis.

Manchester Camp is a large Half-Elf settlement surrounding the Secret Forest.

The small-bodied Half-Elves usually avoid drawing attention to themselves, to stay out of futile conflicts.

This habit allows them to survive all over the Star Continent.

Although Louis believed the real reason is that the Half-Elves, standing only three feet tall, are hard-pressed to leverage their physique against taller beings like humans and elves.

This is not because they love peace and disdain dispute, but more because they can't win.

Compared to Tunisia, which requires full effort, dealing with Manchester Camp of assembled Half-Elves is much easier for the Secret Forest.

The Secret Forest has had rather humiliating years.

Compared to the well-developed Supreme Forest, half its territory was eaten away by powerful neighbors.

— The majority being taken by Furnace Castle and the Supreme Forest.

This has proven dwarves not only like drinking and forging but also smashing enemy heads.

Moreover, it shows that elves aren't as peace-loving as they claim, showing no mercy when dealing with their kin.

The Secret Forest has managed to recover a bit over the years, reclaiming some land, but most territories remain lost.

Their internal conflicts are not much weaker than Tunisia's, and Louis suspected their endless trouble at Tunisia's border also served to divert internal issues.

Of course, Manchester Camp wasn't part of the Secret Forest's past lands.

But who cares about their opinion?

The Secret Forest pulled out epic elven works from the Elf Realm's heyday, claiming the land beneath Manchester Camp was once theirs.

— They weren't even willing to present land deeds.

That's because their supposed deeds were burnt down when the Elf Realm was dismembered by countries.

No matter, a small area like Manchester Camp is seen as easily consumable territory by the Secret Forest.

Previously, the elves, leveraging their professional level advantages, frequently targeted Manchester Camp.

Lacking core combat power and equipment, Manchester Camp's territory has continually dwindled over the years.

By the end of last year, it was less than half its peak size.

Louis found that if this trend continued, the Half-Elves of Manchester Camp would be unable to secure even basic living conditions.

In the future diary, the Half-Elves launched a death charge towards the Secret Forest with the lowest grade equipment, ending in total destruction.

Louis did some investigation, discovering that this group of Half-Elves had some foundation.

In the future, their miserable defeat was partly due to hesitation, and partly due to lack of qualified weapons.

Coincidentally, Louis had heard from a diary about a rare, undeveloped mineral resource in the area.

He conferred with Beatrice, offering to trade weapons and equipment for mining rights.

Firstly, because the minerals were truly scarce, and secondly, because they wanted to use the Half-Elves of Manchester Camp to divert the Secret Forest's attention.

If successful, it might alleviate Tunisia's crisis somewhat.

Louis was utterly surprised when just a batch of weapons helped these Half-Elves defeat the elves stationed locally.

"Wow, these Half-Elves are something!"

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