“…”
Barnhardt, the emperor of the Rekalt Empire, was staying alone on the top floor of the fortress, and silently staring at the sky in the distance through the steep terrace.
That's right, what he was looking at at this time was exactly the direction of the empire's border.
Of course, it was the former border.
And now, wherever the heroic army of the Rekalt Empire went, it was the new border of the empire!
This world has always been decided by the strong, and the power determines the truth, while the border line is just a cowardly excuse like the weak people who are weak in the Kalsas.
At least, Barnhart always thought so.
Although the weather is very good today, there is only a scorching sun in the sky emitting a blazing light, and there are almost no decent clouds on it.
However, even though his vision is good, it is still a little far away from the border before the empire. Therefore, no matter how Barnhardt looked, he could not see the slightest trace of the huge floating island floating above the empire's former border.
“…”
For the floating island that inexplicably pulled the mountains and floated above the sky, if Barnhart said he didn't hate it, it would be absolutely fake!
Unfortunately, the other party was in the sky that was ten thousand meters high, and the unreachable height made him and most of his troops sigh.
It is precisely because he has a way to arrive that he is so anxious at this moment. Otherwise, I was afraid that before this, he would have flattened the island by the commander.
Talk!
Du Da! Du Da!
At this time, there were sounds of footsteps and metal collisions from far to near.
Not long after, a knight in blue cavalry plate armor walked up step by step from the spire terrace with heavy steps, and came to the terrace on the top of the slightly narrow spire. Then he stood attentively and stood behind the Imperial Emperor Barnhardt.
"Is it Leon?"
There is no need to look back. Just listening to the rhythmic metal collision sound when footsteps touch the rock floor, Barnhart knows who the person is.
"The patrol is back?"
"how?"
"The group of rats who claim to be justice in Kalsas City have no big deal today, right?"
After pausing, he asked with a sneer without looking back when he heard the other party's panting gradually calm down.
"Yes!"
"Your Majesty, the defenders of Karthas, continue to huddle behind the strong walls today. I have not found any signs of their army being mobilized except for their Flying Corps."
"but……"
"When we came back, we saw that they seemed to have reinforcements coming again, about 5,000, and most of them were relatively elite soldiers."
"Since I only brought more than a hundred cavalry at that time, I did not launch a rash attack and let them enter the city."
Leon did not hide anything at all, and directly told him all the things he saw, even if it was not good news.
"oh?"
"Are reinforcements coming again?"
"snort!"
"That Jessica is indeed a bit troublesome. If Egbelt had burned her to death, then we would have saved a lot of trouble now."
Surprisingly, after hearing a bad news, Barnhardt slowly took his sight back from the distant sky and turned slowly, giving his confidant Leon a complicated and playful smile.
Unfortunately, there are no assumptions in this world.
That Jessica was not burned to death at the beginning. On the contrary, the other party was still alive at this moment, and even kept jumping up and down for this period of time. She frequently used teleportation spells to and from the surrounding small countries and lords in the identity and name of the spokesperson of the goddess of light Lucilis in the world.
Because of the other party's identity and repeated lobbying, it was successfully incited many idiot lords to unite with the kingdoms, intending to join forces to resist Barnhart's imperial army and will, which made him very angry but a little helpless.
“…”
"Your Majesty is saying!"
Leon did not make any comments, but just grinned awkwardly and nodded in embarrassment.
After all, that assumption does not help the current situation.
Moreover, Leon himself knew that the reason why the 100,000 troops of their empire had to be stationed and stopped here was not because there were more defenders in Kalsas, but because of other factors.
And that factor is undoubtedly the floating island of unknown origin that is still floating above the border of the empire!
If it weren't for the fear that the imperial army would be attacked from the rear when attacking Kalsas, they would have been afraid that the elites of their empire's Blue Dragon Knights, Ice Dragon Legion, Flame Dragon Corps and Black Dragon Magician Legion would have long since attacked the walls of Kalsas City and were in the final decisive battle for the final victory.
But unfortunately, it is precisely because of the floating island of unknown origin that their empire is not afraid to act rashly, and they can only let the four elite corps of the 100,000 empires that originally planned to destroy the Kalsas Kingdom spend money and food in vain.
"Don't care about them!"
"Lion, don't worry too much."
"Those are just mobs, not to worry about it!"
"we……"
"Sooner or later, we have to deal with them. Now they come to Kalsas by themselves, which is even better. In a few days, when we free up our hands, we will take them all in one fell swoop!"
"At that time, the battles when pacifying the continent will definitely be much easier."
Barnhardt saw the hesitation on Leon's face. He probably knew what Leon was thinking, so he spoke and comforted him with a few words.
But he was not entirely just comforting.
Because their empire was originally planning to unify this continent, and included Karthas and all surrounding countries and lords in the pre-determined targets of conquest and attack. Now, the great magician Jessica went to unite those guys to make their strike order advance and create a little trouble for their empire.
If it weren't for the floating island, if it weren't for the group of unknown guys floating in the heart of their empire like a thorn in their throat, Barnhard would have long since rushed forward, crushing Kalsas City and destroying the largest neighbor.
"yes!"
"Your Majesty is saying!"
Leon still did not refute, and directly responded loudly. Then, he hesitated to take two steps forward and looked at the blue sky ahead.
That was the direction of the empire, and it was also the place where Barnhardt just looked out.
"His Majesty."
"It's been three days, have Egbelt and the others not come back yet?"
Compared to Kalsas, Leon was obviously more worried about Egbelt, the leader of the Black Dragon Magicians who represented the empire on the floating island and was an old friend.
And similarly, Leon knew that the emperor around him was also very worried.
Think about it, Egbelt is the key role of the rise of the Rekalt Empire, who is the same as the Prime Minister, and is also the leader of the four generals of the empire!
Originally, Leon disagreed with the other party's own risk of going to the unknown place, but in the end Egbelt convinced them and set off with his adjutant, Learte and others.
And now, if you think about it seriously, it is already the fifth day.
So far, the other party has not returned, and no news has been sent back. If something happens to the other party, the blow will undoubtedly be very large and unbearable for the empire.
"No……"
Shaking his head, a trace of frustration and anxiety flashed rare on Barnhart's face.
"Let's wait a few more days to see..."
"At that time, if Egbelt doesn't come back, we will retreat first, and then organize our forces to deal with the floating island first!"
After a while, Barnhard suddenly squinted his eyes and said, gritting his teeth in a very unkind tone.
“!!”
"But your Majesty, shouldn't you destroy Karthas first?"
Leon was a little surprised and hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him.
After all, once the empire retreats now, all previous efforts will be in vain.
And the most important thing is that at that time, no matter whether they can capture the floating island or not, Karthas will have a chance to breathe and precious time. In that case, the next time, when their empire wants to attack again, it will not be so easy.
"No……"
"I'm more worried about the unknown than the known enemy of Karthas!"
"You saw it, too."
“A floating island…”
"Just like that floating island with unknown strength, it forced the hundred thousand soldiers of our empire to stay here for nearly half a month!"
"That unknown and invisible pressure is the most annoying and destructive thing!"
"I will never let this happen again!"
As he said that, Barnhard clenched his fist and smashed the spire's terrace guardrail hard, and smashed the rock guardrail into pieces with just one punch.
"When the floating island is resolved..."
"Lion, I think it's time for our empire to form the fifth legion."
"We want to form a super corps composed of large airships, powerful ancient flying weapons, powerful magic gunboats and a large number of elite griffon knights!"
"As for the name..."
"It's called the 'Flying Dragon Legion', what do you think?"
Now the empire has the "green dragon", "flame dragon", "black dragon" and "ice dragon" which are legions. If there is another "flying dragon" legion, then their imperial army would never be scared by a floating island of unknown origin and hiding here and ignoring the city of Kalsas that can be eaten at any time!
Although the "Flying Dragon" Corps is only present in the future blueprint that Egerbert briefly described for himself before leaving and has no more specific plans, it does not prevent Barnhart from imagining it in advance.
"Flying Dragon Corps?"
Leon was stunned at first, and then remembered what Egerbert said that night.
"His Majesty……"
"Now, it's already very difficult for our empire to maintain the current scale of the griffin knight."
"The Flying Dragon Corps will definitely cost a lot. If you still need those large airships, ancient weapons and magic gunboats, you're afraid that it won't be able to achieve it in a short time?"
Frowning, then Leon tried his best to persuade the words with a slightly implicit word.
The idea proposed by Egerbert is certainly good, but, in Leon's opinion, that kind of thing is very unrealistic for the current empire.
You should know that back then, His Majesty Barnhart was originally just a soldier of humble origin. The other party had no background or support. It was just that he built today's powerful empire with extraordinary courage and strategy.
In addition, over the years, the empire has been busy fighting across the country, and its focus has been on military affairs, and it has almost never really focused on developing the domestic economy and people's livelihood.
Therefore, under this situation, it is already very difficult to maintain the existing military strength and the four major legions with the current financial situation of the empire. It can even be said that it is operating at full capacity. In this case, it is really too naive to imagine that the Fifth Corps, which requires huge manpower, material resources, financial resources and a long time to build it.
"I know!"
"I didn't say I'll do it now!"
"but!"
"Lion, think about it. After solving the trouble of floating islands and destroying Karthas and unifying this continent, we should be able to take a break."
“When the time…”
"We can slowly organize this continent and build the Fifth Corps. With Egerbert and your support, I want..."
Waving his hand, Barnhard said with a relaxed look, as if what he said would definitely happen.
“Hmm?”
At this time, a figure riding a green dragon suddenly appeared in the sky ahead. As the other party got closer, he decisively attracted Barnhart's attention, forcing him to stop the somewhat unrealistic blueprint he had just drawn.
“!!”
“That’s…”
“!!”
"His Majesty!"
"It seems that Liat is back?"
When the dragon knight got closer and closer, when the griffin knights who took off in the Empire camp met and protected each other towards the fortress, they saw clearly the figure of the green armor riding above, Leon finally exclaimed.
"It's him!"
Squinted, Barnhardt quickly affirmed Leon's words.
"quick!"
"Let's go down and see what news he has brought us?"
Then he looked at his confidant beloved general, and then, with some joy and sorrow, waved his hand first and walked towards the spiral staircase of the spiral.
"yes!"
He was also very concerned about what news Learet brought back, and why Leon, who did not return with Egbelt and others, hurriedly followed and quickly chased after him.
...
And almost at the same time.
In the sky forty miles away from the fortress occupied by the imperial army, a huge white eagle was carrying a hurrying knight, and from the sky, almost the same direction as the Liat of the Empire, landing towards the palace castle of Kalsas City at a very fast speed.
Chapter completed!