For the next stretch of time, just as Shilke had predicted, Elf Port began suffering frequent nighttime harassment from harpies.
Although, following Shilke's arrangements, the soldiers had begun resting during the day and standing guard at night, the effects of poor nighttime vision were ultimately significant.
As these nighttime raids continued day after day, it was not only the elf soldiers—even the well-trained Great Zhou Soldiers began showing a noticeable decline in condition.
Yet the worse the soldiers' condition became, the greater the pressure on Wright and Shilke, and the more vigilant they grew inwardly.
Neither of them knew when Eredar would lead the Dark Elf troops in an attack, so they could only keep their nerves taut at all times, unknowingly suffering even greater wear and tear.
In this operation, the enemy's advantage of holding the initiative had been displayed in full.
Wright had never understood much about military affairs. Even when the Goblin Kingdom had fought them before, it had been the same. He only had to take the field himself—his whole approach was to solve every problem with overwhelming strength.
Now that he had encountered an opponent whom brute force alone could not defeat, he was utterly stumped.
By comparison, Shilke had first followed Zhou Xu and then served in the Northeast Army for many years. His military acumen was far beyond Wright's.
After being stationed together at Elf Port for this period, Wright had learned quite a lot from Shilke.
Back when he understood nothing, he could neither see through the enemy's intentions nor understand the situation, and thus had not felt much psychological pressure.
Now that he was gradually beginning to understand, and had Shilke analyzing things for him at his side, the more he understood the enemy's intentions, the greater his psychological pressure became.