Contract (2)

Lily struggled gently in my arms, but how could I let her go?

"Although I believe you are not a despicable person, I must ensure the greater good. I think this request is reasonable. What if your people turn against us after the war, and you abandon me? What would I do then?"

"But... but our Holy Elves haven't formed a contract with humans for a thousand years. Even I don't know this kind of spell, so... so..."

"You can rest assured about that. I am also a summoner and have a deep understanding of different contracts. As long as you agree, I can immediately perform the contract ritual and then return with you to the Elf Holy Land to fight."

Poor Lily didn't even have a chance to consider. With no other choice, she agreed to my request, becoming my current servant and future sex slave.

The "One Life Saves the Entire Family" operation was a great success!

Fortunately, she couldn't see the wolf tail wagging behind my back, hehehehehehe! Hahahahahahaha!

Outside the city of Ferbenley, it was already a no-man's-land beyond the empire. I personally led thirty of my Royal Guards, along with the elf female slave who had just formed a contract with me, gathering at the city's north gate.

After my careful styling, Lily wore a beautiful long gown of sea-blue and silver-white, adorned with two delicate handicrafts, and a long sword at her waist. Combined with her silver hair gently flowing in the breeze, she was not only heroic but also incredibly beautiful and alluring.

"Draw swords!"

The thirty of us faced a ten-foot-tall, square, pillar-shaped marble monument. At my command, everyone stood respectfully and drew their swords, pointing them diagonally towards the sky.

This monument was called the "Three-Three-Three Heroes" monument, and it was placed in all ten northern counties. When soldiers had to pass through the north gate of this city, they had to dismount and salute this monument. This was a military discipline I personally set.

"Salute!"

All the soldiers brought their swords to their foreheads, performing the highest military salute of the Vorusy army. Although Lily didn't understand what we were doing, seeing the solemn atmosphere, even I, who was usually talkative, suddenly became serious and silent, so she had no choice but to follow suit.

"Lower swords!"

We uniformly pointed our swords diagonally towards the ground.

"Sheath swords!"

A sound of metal friction rang out. After we sheathed our swords, we mounted our horses and officially set off. Lily sat in front of me, riding the same warhorse. Elves love nature and treat animals like family and friends, so they rarely ride horses and certainly wouldn't use tools like saddles that enslave animals.

Lily was the same. Her sword skills and magical cultivation far surpassed mine, but her riding skills were truly terrible. So, I had to compromise and ride behind her, holding her. Although her figure was tall and slender, when I held her, she was surprisingly not bony. Instead, her fresh, natural scent combined with healthy, balanced muscles made the embrace very enjoyable.

Approximately every three hundred years, the Holy Elves select a female with excellent potential for saintess training. Their lives are generally very simple and ascetic, using methods similar to ascetics to enhance their spiritual power and unleash astonishing magical abilities. Lily herself is of the water element, and her water magic has reached the level of a high-ranking mage among humans.

Within our empire, there are over a thousand basic mages registered with the Mage Association. However, only about three hundred, from monks, warlocks, and magic apprentices, manage to cultivate to the level of a beginner mage. About one hundred ascend to intermediate, and high-ranking mages like Karon, my top mage, number no more than thirty in a nation of over ten million people.

And that boy Karon is a supernova of the Mage Association, the youngest high-ranking mage currently. But the price he paid for this achievement is truly unimaginable.

Therefore, being able to take in Lily, a high-ranking slave mage who doesn't require a salary, is a huge gain for me!

Incidentally, since I haven't officially graduated yet, the Mage Association only recognizes me as a small-time warlock, which is incredibly short-sighted.

As for the elves, since their lifespan is more than ten times that of humans, they naturally have a great advantage in cultivating magic and swordsmanship. Taking the Holy Elf as an example, their population is only about 1.4 million, and their regular military strength is only about 200,000. They also lack powerful cavalry. However, the imperial royalty, with its million-strong army, never dares to mess with them. The reason is that they have thousands of mages ranging from beginner to intermediate.

You can imagine how magnificent the scene would be if a super battle group of five thousand mages unleashed fireworks on the battlefield.

There was once an anonymous person, intimately familiar with the elves, who was even jointly wanted by two major elf clans, an unprecedented event, for seducing female elves. He ended up hiding his identity for over a thousand years next to a public toilet south of my county. He analyzed that if the imperial army were to flatten the elves, the chances of victory would be 100%, but at the cost of at least 400,000 lives.

Losing 400,000 troops would be equivalent to suicide.

"Still not used to it?"

Lily, the beautiful elf whose slender waist I held tightly, was too shy to answer.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it after riding a bit longer."

"Um... Master, are you only bringing these thirty knights? This seems..."

"Hahahaha, didn't your uncle say that one Avanti Radell is equal to 500,000 soldiers? Do you think that's not enough, Lily?"

"Although that's true, but..."

"Don't worry, my other subordinates have also been dispatched, but their movements must be kept secret, otherwise my arrangements won't be effective. By the way, do you know the background of that pretty boy named Tenshu?"

I became more and more presumptuous, starting to whisper close to Lily's ear. I even felt this little girl begin to tremble. She truly lived up to being a super old virgin over two hundred years old. Taking her would surely be very nourishing.

"That... Tenshu is the most outstanding talent among the younger generation of Dark Elves. Since they are a survival-of-the-fittest race, regardless of age or gender, anyone with talent can become a leader, which is why there are such young commanders."

I kissed her earlobe as a reward for answering my question, and at the same time, my thoughts flew to the Holy Land of the Holy Elf.