Feeding Troops into the Fight

Key points about the Elemental King storyline in Lost Island Campaign:

1. When the Alliance / Horde combined navy arrives at the Lost Island, the island's defending forces should launch the first wave of attack with a murloc/ Sea Beast Legion of 30,000 troops.

2. After the first wave of troops is basically wiped out, a second wave of the Legion should be launched, consisting of a legion of fishmen/dragon turtles, etc., with a force of 30,000.

3. After the second wave of troops is basically wiped out, Legion composed of mermaids/Hydras should be dispatched for a third wave of attack, with a force of 30,000.

4. A large army of Water Elemental and wind elementals, numbering 100,000, should be deployed to defend the beach.

5. After the beach troops are wiped out, send the Merfolk Empire army to guard the Yartera City with a force of 50,000. Send the Water Elemental Legion to guard the Yarvis City with a force of 50,000. At the same time, troops should be divided to guard the eight camps on the island, with 20,000 troops in each camp.

6. Apart from the troops allocated above, concentrate all remaining troops on the Lost City for the final defense, with an estimated force of 100,000.

7. Deploy approximately 5,000 elite units of the Immortal Legion into the Lost Temple for defense, as the final instance of the Lost Island story campaign.

8. During the story campaign, apart from the troops already assigned, the movement and reinforcement of any troops are strictly prohibited to avoid situations where the Alliance / Horde Legion is defeated by a numerically superior force.

9. Ensure that the Elemental Legion are far away from the island's respawn points to prevent adventurers from being ambushed and killed after resurrection, and to ensure that adventurers can calmly join the battle.

10. After each stronghold is captured by the Alliance and the Horde, a small force should be dispatched to launch a counterattack, creating the illusion of a fierce battle for the adventurers. At the same time, the number of counterattack forces should be strictly controlled to avoid accidentally recapturing the stronghold.

11. During the story campaign, ensure that in each battlefield—naval ambush, beach defense, twin city defense, and camp capture—a boss participates in the battle and is killed by enemy heroes. Simultaneously, ensure that the following bosses can safely retreat to the Lost Temple as the guardian bosses of this instance: Sairen, the high priestess of the siren; Water Elemental Lord Wotkud; Hydra demigod Sgelari; Naga sea witch Lady Xiwadelin; Mermaid Ariel; and the twelve core members of the Murloc Knights.

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Xiao Yu quickly finished reading the script. Strictly speaking, the script was more like a set of precautions. Basically, it was a combination of piecemeal tactics and divide-and-conquer tactics. However, the script didn't teach Xiao Yu how to defeat the opponent one by one, but rather how to be better defeated by the Alliance and the Horde one by one.

Basically, you need to ensure that your troops are scattered and attacked, so that they are defeated one by one by the enemy. You also need to send your subordinate bosses out to die, but of course, you can't let them all die. You need to leave the bosses guarding the dungeon alive.

After reading the script Xiao Yu was speechless.

He glanced at Zhang Xinghun. "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this script? Why didn't I just gather the troops together and send them out together? Water Elemental, mermaids, and fishmen are basically all units that excel in naval warfare. They should be sent out together. Sending them up little by little like this is just too ridiculous."

Zhang Xinghun explained, "There's nothing we can do about it. The elemental army, the mermaid army, the Murloc Army, and all sorts of other miscellaneous forces on the Lost Island number over 500,000, while the combined forces of the Alliance and the Horde only number a little over 100,000. Even if we add the 100,000 or so adventurers, that's only about 250,000. That's a full 100% difference in troop strength. And while the adventurers are very strong, their advantage isn't significant at sea. So if we really concentrated our forces and launched a one-shot attack, the outcome would be hard to predict. You might even win. But the problem is, we can't afford to win this battle. If we win, how will the game's storyline progress? The adventurers will go on a rampage!"

Therefore, to ensure the smooth progress of the story, the Lost Island must be captured, which naturally requires dividing forces to defend it. This way, the adventurers can win each battle with some close calls, but not too easily either, making the game more enjoyable.

Damn, Xiao Yu didn't know what to say.

He now understood why the bosses in so many games he'd played before were always defeated by adventurers—it was all because the script artificially lowered the villains' intelligence. They could have won with a single attack, but instead, they were slowly feeding the enemy kills. When he was a kid, he often complained about how stupid the villains in cartoons were; he never imagined he'd be like that himself.

However, even though he was unhappy about taking money to solve someone's problems, Xiao Yu had no choice but to accept it occasionally. "Alright, let's do it that way then."

Seeing that Xiao Yu agreed, Zhang Xinghun was relieved. On the other side Jiang Zeyan continued, "Alright everyone, the Lost Island battle is about to begin. All participating heroes, please take your positions and do your best. All participating BOSSes, please take your positions as well. Your task is very difficult. Not only do you have to give away your lives, but you also have to do it beautifully and artistically, so that people feel that you died heroically."

The participating BOSS heroes nodded in agreement and left the game company's office lobby to log into the game.

Only Xiao Yu remained, walking at the very back.

"Elemental King, we're counting on you this time," Li Mingfei said, patting him on the shoulder. "If you perform well, I'll get you two more commercials later."

Feeling Li Mingfei's gaze, Xiao Yu deeply felt the weight of his responsibility.

He left the game company, chose to log into the game, and soon, Xiao Yu appeared in the Immortal Throne of the Elemental Plane.

Xiao Yu was currently in the Chamber of Chaos, and he could hear a voice constantly ringing in his ears. It was Walter Kuder praying to him.

Xiao Yu closed his eyes and found himself standing in front of a pool of water. The water rippled, and the image of Walter Kuder appeared before him.

Wotkud (Water Elemental Lord): "Great Elemental King, your servant heeds your teachings. Tell me, how shall today's battle proceed?"

Since he was going to act, he had to get into character. Xiao Yu took a deep breath and immersed himself in the role.

Azathoth (Elemental King): "I have already devised the tactical plan for this battle. The Elemental Legion are destined to win. Now, you need to allocate your forces in this way and this way to ensure absolute success."

Xiao Yu then explained the situation regarding the troop deployment.

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Wotkud was clearly a bit confused. Well, Wotkud wasn't stupid; how could he not see the problem with this allocation of troops?

Wotkud (Water Elemental Lord): "Lord Azathoth, are you sure you want to do this? If we can't concentrate our forces, we might be defeated one by one."

Azathoth (Elemental King): "Don't worry about that. I have my reasons for doing this. There are many powerful spellcasters in the Alliance and Horde armies that are attacking the Lost Island. They have a lot of area-of-effect spells. If we concentrate our forces to fight them, we may be severely damaged in one fell swoop."

Therefore, we must attack in waves, constantly wearing down the enemy's forces. The combined forces of the Alliance and the Horde only number 100,000; even if three of us trade for one, we are certain to win."

"But Lord Azathoth, the enemy has many adventurers involved in the battle," Wotkud said worriedly, having witnessed the adventurers' strength firsthand.

"Those adventurers are nothing but a rabble; there's no need to worry. And when necessary, I will personally take action. Go to battle, my servant; the elements will be with you."

Watching the image in the pool disappear, Xiao Yu couldn't help but sigh. He'd finally gotten rid of him. Sorry, guys, what can you do when you're NPCs?

Not long after Wotkud went down, Xiao Yu heard the summoning voice.

"Azathoth, Elemental King, your faithful servant summons you to descend into this world."

[System Prompt: The High Priestess Sairen has sacrificed a piece of sea essence to summon you. Due to the limited amount of offerings, you can only accept the summons in projection mode. Respond to the summons? Yes/No.]

Xiao Yu accepted the summons and instantly appeared on a towering cliff top.

This is a cliff corner outside the Lost Temple. It was here that he used the artifact Scourge of the Ocean to defeat the Naga army, seize the Lost Island, and build up an industry. But today, he will witness the fall of the Lost Island.

It's undeniably ironic.

With a touch of sadness, Xiao Yu stood on the cliff edge and looked out to sea. Before him, the Alliance and Horde fleets numbered over a thousand warships, stretching as far as the eye could see, their imposing presence no less than that of the two hundred thousand Naga army he had once commanded.

P. S.: Some recent plot developments may not have been very enjoyable, and may even have been a bit frustrating, but I had to write them because of the needs of the story. I hope you readers will understand. However, this situation will not last forever, and there will be a huge twist soon. Please be patient.