After receiving the letters brought back by Egbelt in advance and listening to the relevant reposts of Liat himself, the 100,000 troops around the fortress entrenched forty miles outside the city of Karthas quickly withdrew, and they also retreated resolutely and simply!
In just less than a week, in addition to leaving some necessary garrison troops, most of their main forces retreated completely to the original territory of their empire, and the senior generals of the empire such as Barnhart and Leon returned directly to the city of Faruzanliya, the capital of the empire.
Obviously, after learning that the floating island was indeed a powerful enemy that was threatening and was the kind of terrible foreign enemy who was preparing to invade the entire Elusalia continent in a dignified land, the Empire was of course not in the mood to fight and waste time with the rats huddled in Kalsas City, but prepared for the more difficult and terrible war that might be coming soon.
After all, compared with those of Karthas's openly and unworthy enemies, the huge floating island that is still hanging high above the border of the empire and openly declares to occupy the entire world and urges countries to transfer power peacefully is the first enemy they are now to deal with.
No one is willing to "peacefully" hand over their own power and country, and the emperor of the empire is of course not happy. Even if the other party is like the empire, he is still using the power to establish a slogan of "a peaceful world without racial discrimination, class oppression, and war pain", but that is not possible either!
Although, their Recart Empire has always launched a war on a unified continent under similar excuses, and also wants to unify the entire world and establish a peaceful world without racial discrimination, class oppression, and pain of war. However, it is okay for their empire to shout out and put it into practice. But now it is different if someone else shouts out and is ready to put it into practice.
Anyway!
His Majesty Barnhart, like the monarchs of the countries that were invaded and destroyed by the empire, felt very uncomfortable when he heard a powerful force suddenly emerge and put forward the slogan of "high-end".
Farozanlia City.
“…”
At this time, Barnhard was standing silently before his throne with his back to his four confidant generals, listening to Egbelt, the commander of the Empire Black Dragon Magician Legion and the prime minister of the Empire Think Tank, who had been stranded on the Floating Island for several days, and had only arrived back earlier today, describing everything the other party saw, heard and inquired about in the Floating Island and Silver Moon City.
a long time.
It was not until Egerbelt finished speaking and stopped that Barnhart seemed to suddenly come to his senses, slowly turned around and looked at Egerbelt, who looked haggard and did not look better than he hadn't had a few days of sleep.
“Um…”
“Egbelt…”
“That is,…”
"That floating island, that Silver Moon City, they have the ability to directly send large-scale legions to the ground, so they don't need to land the floating island on the ground or use other login tools first?"
"Is that true?"
Originally, Barnhardt thought that their empire might take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy descending the floating city and landing in the troops to lead the four legions to launch a sudden raid and attack the floating island, and then destroy the opponent's teleporters and even the entire city.
Or, they can try to seize enemy landing ships, such as ancient weapons aerobatics, and then lead the soldiers to land and attack that hateful island?
But now, after listening to Egbelt's report and knowing that those foreign enemies did not need to land or transport troops at all, but directly used the high-end portal technology to conduct fixed-point and large-scale troops to deliver, he was stunned.
To be honest, there are actually many magic commanders in the Black Dragon Magician Legion, and they are not weak. Egbelt is very good at teleportation spells, but Barnhardt himself knows that the Empire can barely do some small troops and short distances.
However, if you want to use the portal to directly use a portal to send thousands of heavy cavalry on a large scale and teleport back after the battle is over, that kind of technology and ability, with the current magical power of the empire, is definitely an impossible task to complete.
This alone will let him know how big the gap is compared with the forces of the forces that they have always been proud of in real combat and even ordinary military operations!
"Yes."
"I never saw that there were such large transport tools on the floating island from beginning to end. Instead, there were several legion-level teleportation bases."
"even……"
"They also have a huge super portal that can directly connect their 'Azeroth World' that spans interstellar and planes!"
"Some of them like to call it 'Dark Gate'?"
Although Egbelt didn't know what it meant to cross the plane and the "Dark Gate", he could understand that crossing the interstellar world. After all, in legend, the demons in their world were summoned to the world from the red moon in the sky.
It is difficult for those demons to come to the continent of Alusalia from the closest red moon, while those Azeroth races who don’t know where the planet is can directly conduct large-scale interstellar teleportation and build such a terrifying giant interstellar portal. The strength and superb level of its magic technology can be seen.
Anyway, Egerbert's heart became colder and colder during those days. Especially when the other party didn't mind that he, the dark magician, went to study, watch and inquire, the behavior made him feel more and more frightened and shocked!
“!!”
"Portway!"
"Can it be ruined?"
"for example……"
"Take the opportunity of their invitation to attend that conference, send some capable magicians to hang out, and then take the opportunity to destroy it?"
Barnhardt suddenly seemed to have grasped some point, and hurriedly walked down the throne steps with great enthusiasm, came to Egbelt, and asked eagerly and somewhat assumedly.
"His Majesty……"
He opened his mouth. Although Egbelt didn't want to hit the emperor in front of him who didn't seem to know magic very well, he couldn't lie in such matters and dared not lie, so he still had to add honestly:
"The portal of that level can be said to be permanent and unlikely to be destroyed."
“It can only be closed.”
In fact, Egerbelt didn't dare to say something, that is:
The power of mortals cannot be shaken by that level of portal, let alone a few magicians.
If they are really forcibly destroyed by brute force, then the chaos and terrible space turbulence and the tearing force formed by energy will surely break their world into pieces in an instant, and even the portal is useless at a height of ten thousand meters!
Not to mention anything else, the power contained in a portal of that level, in Egbelt's rough estimate, will definitely create a truly terrifying black hole!
That level is at least tens of thousands of times more terrifying than the so-called "black hole magic" created by the black magicians, and it is not easily imagined by the wisdom of mortals.
What made Egerbert even more despair was that since the other party could skillfully create the eternal portal in a short period of time and run well, and even teleport at least hundreds of thousands of warriors of various races, it could further explain what level the other party's power and civilization had reached. The queen named "Assala" always likes to call them "mortals", so there would definitely be no reason.
"Close?"
"snort!"
"What's the use of closing it? They can turn it on again after closing it!"
Barnhard gasped in annoyance, then turned his head and walked back to his throne with hatred.
He didn't know the terrible things Egerbelt was thinking, nor did he know that Egerbelt had hidden many things that were enough to make them even more desperate. He just felt a little annoyed and unhappy about not being able to destroy that portal.
“That is,…”
"Because they have the ability to accurately targeted troops, when we come back, the defensive troops secretly arranged on the ground around the floating island will not play any role?"
"I'm right?"
After sitting back on the throne in annoyance, Barnhart continued to ask in silence.
"Yes!"
"Your Majesty, if they want, they can even directly send tens of thousands of troops to the square outside our castle."
"The mages of our Black Dragon Legion can only defend and interfere with the space in the palace at most, so that they can't easily open the teleportation channel here. As for the outside, they are a little helpless."
In order to make Emperor Barnhart, Leon and Vargas next to him clearly recognize the gap between us and us, Egbelt could only assume and sigh in such a vivid way.
The reason why he sighed was because it was not all hypothesis, but because the other party did have that ability, and it was something he had seen with his own eyes, so there would definitely be no falsehood!
“…”
Barnhart suddenly stopped talking.
Obviously, he also knew that if that kind of enemy could really teleport thousands or even tens of thousands of heavy cavalry outside his throne castle at any time, what would that mean for him, the emperor and the empire they had to conquer for so many years?
“…”
“…”
At this time, on the side of the Throne Hall, the two commanders of Leon and Vargas, who had been listening silently, could not help but look at each other in horror.
They know that Egerbelt never lie!
Moreover, the other party doesn’t like to exaggerate things. On the contrary, in many cases, that guy likes to delete things and reduce things, and choose some less important things to comfort them?
Now, the other party has a low face from beginning to end, his expression is also depressed and without a trace of smile. His wording is very rigorous and his tone is extremely low, which is enough to show some things.
"you……"
“?!”
When the atmosphere at the scene became a little dull, Imelda, one of the four generals who followed Emperor Barnhart, commanded the Ice Dragon Legion and the only female general, suddenly opened her mouth and wanted to say something.
However, when she looked at Egbelt, who didn't know what was thinking about, and exchanged a look with the other party, she finally had to choose to shut up.
As a mage, even though Egerbelt had been ridiculed for not being good at studying, she still heard more information and knew that Egerbelt had been avoiding the importance of the matter and did not explain it clearly. However, since the other party did not want to say it, she also signaled her not to say it, so she had to choose to shut up for the time being.
“…”
“…”
“…”
In this way, the people at the top of the empire suddenly stopped talking, and they were all digesting the extremely bad news brought back by Egbelt.
So, the hall of the throne became strangely quiet, with only the subtle "crackling" sounds made by the wax oil of the white candles occasionally igniting.
“…”
"snort!"
"Egbelt, you said..."
First, he sat on the throne thinking and silence for a while, and suddenly, Emperor Barnhardt spoke again and asked Egbelt directly.
"They really have a million troops?"
"The situation is true?"
You know, the empire is now considered to be a powerful military force, but the four elite regiments only have about 100,000. If all the defenders from all over the country are mobilized together regardless of the good and bad, it would be the ultimate goal to raise 300,000. Moreover, so many troops cannot stay together for too long, otherwise there will be major problems in logistics.
So, Barnhard thought about it and then, but he was still unwilling to believe that the "small" floating island could easily bring out a million troops.
"His Majesty."
"The million-dollar army is just the number that the orc tribe is willing to dispatch."
"This does not include the merchant ship elves, Nagas, high elves, dwarves, dwarfs, fire elements, trolls, taurs, etc. in the Azeroth Empire, as well as the troops willing to dispatch by various human kingdoms."
"so……"
"The million-strong army is probably just the least case?"
Although he didn't want to be ambitious and destroy his prestige, Egbelt still had to tell me a little bit more information he had found during the days he stayed for.
“!!”
Bang!!
After hearing this, Emperor Barnhardt was a little dumbfounded and felt that he had no luck with the enemy. Even if he could not defend himself, he finally got angry and slapped the handrail of the throne and stood up.
"Since this is not possible, that is not possible, so don't just think about it!"
"Three days later!"
"I will go to that floating island with you four commanders!"
"I want to see with my own eyes whether they are really as powerful as you said?!"
Then, in his annoyance, Barnhart quickly made up his final decision.
“…”
“…”
“…”
Leon, Imelda and Vargas did not persuade him, but turned silently and watched them. His Majesty, the emperor who was angry, walked towards the side door behind the throne.
“…”
Egerbert had no intention of persuading him, because he really had no choice.
Now, the situation in their empire and the entire Elusalia continent is that in the face of the public threats that are about to come or have arrived, they can't beat them now, and they can't defend them. Therefore, there is really no better way to go to the floating island except to take the initiative to go to the floating island.
“Vargas…”
"Or, don't go then?"
"Your family still needs you, and you just stay in the empire to guard?"
At this time, when the four Imperial Legion commanders present were about to end their meeting, Imelda suddenly turned around and persuaded Vargas, the tall and strong commander of the Flame Dragon Corps.
"Hahaha!"
However, Vargas raised his head and laughed.
"Imelda, I appreciate your kindness."
"If the situation is as bad as Egerbert said, what's the difference between whether I stay or not?"
"I won't say it anymore!"
"That's it. I'm going to go back and see Little Emilia quickly. You don't know. She peed my face just yesterday, but it made me so angry."
As he said that, Vargas waved his hand, pretending to be angry, and took the lead in walking quickly outside the door of the Throne Hall, and soon disappeared into the night.
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Chapter completed!