Chapter 383 - 239 Prosperous Golden Tree_2
Compared to the army personally led by Uranos, the Elf Court’s army was laughable, suffering consecutive defeats, winning rarely, and even those victories were insignificant and had no impact.
The performances of the two nations’ armies were extreme opposites, completely contrary to each other, at least in the eyes of outsiders who didn’t know the inside story.
The elves, indulged in the glory and brilliance of the past, are now so decayed, their military is lax, responses sluggish, morale low, and the commanders short-sighted and extremely foolish.
The highest decision-making level is even worse, attacking each other for their own interests with no awareness of the bigger picture, leading to continuous loss of cities and land for the Elf Court, almost allowing the Undead army to reach the capital, Serenfain.
Although the Elf Court does indeed have many problems, including chaos within the ancient forces and lack of unified commands, the foundation of the Elf Race is there, and it shouldn’t perform so poorly.
Yet, in all calculations, the elves found it hard to anticipate that their opponents, and their own allies, could cooperate against them.
Even if Noah did not lose his bottom line and sold the elves’ intelligence to the undead, Uranos, who almost controls the entire situation, could easily use the elves’ power to deplete the Undead Army, making it almost certain that the elves would be exploited to the point of crying.
As for whether it would cause psychological pressure or a moral burden, Uranos, as the monarch, expressed having none of it. The undead must be killed by someone. If the elves don’t go up to fight, should my knights sacrifice themselves instead?
Choosing between letting his knights die or letting the elves wail across the lands, Uranos didn’t need to ponder. Any competent ruler would make such a choice, as this wasn’t really a choice.
A ruler stupid enough to suppress and exploit his own subjects while benefitting so-called allies, without knowing his own fundamental base, shouldn’t be a king.