The earth cracked open.
At least before today, the other races never knew how much was under the huge and heavy earth beneath their feet, and only the Dwarfs themselves knew how many holes and pits they had dug in this continent that could be called strongholds. From this perspective, the Elves calling them gophers was not wrong at all.
A massive fleet of flying ships, as if breaking through the sea, broke through the mud, carrying the Dwarfs and flying high into the sky, gathering together.
The Elf Alliance, which should have been weaker than the Dwarf Alliance, now gathered their troops first and marched aggressively towards the Dwarf Alliance. While many Dwarfs were cursing the long-ears for going crazy again, many Dwarfs were also thinking about what gave these long-ears the courage to make such an unreasonable move.
Even with a cheating-like emotional intuition, they couldn't get the answer without the missing information. In the end, what the Dwarfs could do became an incredibly simple thing—just fight.
The first to engage in battle with the Elves was a mixed force of flying ships and Giants. The war, from the moment it was triggered, skipped the foreplay and went straight to the climax. Elves and Dwarfs, Giants and Dragons, hatred had been circulating between them in the endless wars. The desire for the other side to die, the desire for the other side to disappear, was real and not fake, so they naturally didn't hold back when they made their moves.
For Su'er, time seemed to have returned to that desert more than ten years ago. The sand, which should have been cold, was scorched hot by the continuously falling and exploding ships in the sky. There was also the convergence and collision of massive energy, and even the air he breathed in through his nose became scorching.
The only difference was that in the past, he was curled up in a cave in the desert that hadn't been completely turned into sand, while now he was staying in the Elf flagship, which was protected by layers of layers.
But no matter what, Su'er still couldn't forget the feeling of wanting to curse at that time. Because of the too-large battlefield, he didn't even know which direction to escape to, so he could only risk searching for food and water from the Elf ship that had been wrecked for several days.
Oh, right, at that time, he would also worry about whether the temperature would continue to rise, until it was so hot that he couldn't survive... or even more exaggerated? The sand under his feet would melt into lava.
As soon as he recalled the words he had cursed at that time, Su'er couldn't help but chuckle, and this inexplicable laughter also attracted the attention of Think beside him.
"Drink some water," Think said as she brought the water cup to Su'er's lips. After patiently watching him drink, she gently wiped away the water stains from the corners of his mouth and then asked curiously, "Did you remember something interesting? It's rare to see you smile like this now."
"Ah, I just remembered the desert where we first met... Is it convenient to see the scene under the flower-sailing ship?" Su'er simply explained and asked Think.
"That time..." With a meaningful sigh, Think nimbly snapped her fingers.
With a crisp sound, the water pool in front of Su'er also rippled, but it calmed down in a few breaths, becoming as smooth as a mirror. What was shown there was no longer clear water, but the scene below this flower-sailing ship, incredibly clear.
It was not a desert like the one in his memory, but a lifeless rocky ground. Although after this war, it was hard for Su'er not to guarantee that a desert would also appear here, at least for now, it was still in its original state.
From time to time, he could see falling ships spinning helplessly and falling rapidly. What shocked all the Dwarfs was that in such a conventional fire exchange, the Dwarfs were the ones who suffered the most damage. The number of falling flying ships and flower-sailing ships even reached a shocking ratio of several to one, which was completely unimaginable in the past.
The effect of the bombs spewing out from the red-hot cannons on the surface of the front-most flower-sailing ship was only to make it slightly shake. The green glowing shield was like mocking the Dwarfs, not to mention that those long-ears standing on the deck of the flower-sailing ship were really mocking.
Tiny lives jumped out from the falling ships to escape, causing a violent explosion when they hit the ground. The intense yellow flame that was about to turn into a blazing white made Su'er feel the temperature even through such a water screen.
Because the war came so suddenly, his sharp eyes even saw some wild beasts jumping on the surface rocks in this water screen. They were fleeing in panic towards the distance.
Naturally, it was impossible for Su'er to reflect on the loss of life and his own actions in this situation. He didn't even have any fluctuations about the death of the Dwarf lives. Compared to this small matter, what touched him more was the sight of those unintelligent beasts fleeing.
He had been in that lightless cave for too long. How long had it been since he last saw this crimson sky with his own eyes?
He didn't get out of the huge vines and trees. Su'er was even sent to the Elf flagship in that state, and his vitality was connected to this flower-sailing ship, which was a plant itself, at the fastest speed, making him more fragile than any most fragile flower.
When he broke away from that small world where he had grown like a plant for more than ten years, what surrounded Su'er now was the overwhelming confusion and tension, like a wild beast that feared light.
His thoughts couldn't help but scatter. This was the most instinctive fear of a creature... Su'er felt his hands being gently held.
It was Think.
"Don't worry, the gophers' firepower can't break through my术式(magic/spell)," Think said, even making a joke as she slowly patted Su'er's hand.
"...Isn't it bad to make this kind of Flag when a war starts?" Su'er couldn't help but chuckle and also made a joke, "It would be troublesome if a Dwarf cannonball really broke through later."
Think naturally knew the meaning of 立Flag(setting a flag). It was a funny story that Su'er had told her along with the Flügel who was not present at the moment.
"Oh my, that would be troublesome indeed~" Think raised her eyebrows in feigned surprise and sat down beside him, getting a little closer. Her fair feet stirred in the water pool, creating translucent ripples, which made the image of the battle below also fluctuate.