Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0068 Reinforcements
Hook was stunned when he heard Lumbak continue to speak: "The enemy soldiers have a kind of hand cannon that can fire quickly, and can launch attacks outside the range of bows and arrows... Our soldiers can't get close to the enemy's line, and any counterattack will be a dead end!"
"What's even more terrible is that the enemy has a rapid-fire weapon that can quickly fire countless small 'shells' and knock all our soldiers to the ground!" The more he spoke, the more mysterious his words became, and the content made Hook's eyes widen.
Are you telling a fantasy story? General Zorn wanted to refute Prince Alante Lumbak, who was already talking nonsense. But he suppressed the urge because he knew that the prince in front of him was sober and definitely not crazy.
If the prince was not crazy, then what he said was true. Having seen the dragon of the Holy Demon Empire, Zorn was no longer so sensitive to strange things. He felt that the other party might really have such a weapon, which also showed that the rapid fall of Volavor, which was guarded by Franky, was not an accidental event.
"Those soldiers from Elanhill know magic! They know magic that kills people! That must be the case!" Rumback finally found a theoretical basis for his analysis and said , "They gave their souls to the devil! In exchange they got these horrible magics!"
Hearing him say this, Zorn suddenly felt that what Lunbach said seemed to make sense. If these weapons were related to magic, then it would be easy to explain: after all, it was natural that the things created by the Holy Demon Empire were so profound, wasn't it?
"Your Majesty! Could this matter be the work of the Holy Demon Empire?" Zorn stood on the side of Lunbach at this time and tried to find some reasons for his "defeat".
Anyway, if His Majesty really blames it, it is much better to push everything to the Holy Demon Empire that he cannot afford to offend than to take the blame himself. Thinking of this, Zorn seemed to feel that the Prince of Lunbach beside him was really a very talented person in shirking responsibility.
Hearing his ministers link these things to magic, Alante Hook, as the monarch of a mortal empire, was at a loss for a moment. The whole hall fell into a terrible silence, so quiet that it was suffocating.
The two officers who came to report the news on their knees did not even dare to breathe at this time, because they had no right to participate in the decision-making at this level. If they had a choice, they would rather leave here immediately.
"I wonder... maybe..." After a long while, Zorn finally broke the silence in the hall and suggested: "Should we contact the Holy Demon Empire... This is beyond our ability to deal with..."
"But! If the Holy Demon Empire is behind Ailan Hill, then what we are doing is not..." After thinking for such a long time, Hook also thought a lot and asked the ministers in front of him.
"Your Majesty, I think... there is no need to consider this now!" Lunbak said at this time: "The Holy Demon Empire is unlikely to support Ailan Hill. After all, their tradition is to stand on the side of the weak."
For many years, the Holy Demon Empire has been obstructing the unification of the mortal world, so it often interferes in wars between mortal empires and chooses the disadvantaged camp - those countries that have the hope of unifying the mortal world have been destroyed by the Holy Demon Empire without exception.
"So, the advanced weapons that Elanhill possesses are definitely not provided by the Holy Demon Empire! They should have just obtained some magical weapons of the Holy Demon Empire from certain channels!" Zorn also realized that the rise of Elanhill was inconsistent with the usual style of the Holy Demon Empire.
Although the Holy Demon Empire has been suppressing the unification of the Mortal Empire for a long time, it has never improved the strength of the Mortal Empire. Not to mention advanced war weapons, even some magic products for daily use are still rare in the Mortal Empire.
Because of this, both Lunbak and Zorn believed that Ailan Hill's technology did not come from the Holy Demon Empire. Even if Ailan Hill offered a higher price, the Holy Demon Empire would not provide them with magic items to help them. The Holy Demon Empire's style was that it would rather send troops directly to participate in the war, which was more direct and convenient, and there was no need to worry about the rise of magic items in the mortal world.
Hook breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, if the Holy Demon Empire had not supported it, everything would have been fine. As long as the Holy Demon Empire still stood on the side of the Alante Empire, Ailan Hill would not be afraid.
"In that case! Then I will use the communication crystal in the royal city to send an urgent message and ask the Holy Demon Empire to send reinforcements!" After a series of analysis, Hook guessed that the Holy Demon Empire was not on the side of Ailan Hill, so he became confident. He looked at his men and spoke in a long tone.
Then, the next morning, choosing a more auspicious time, Alante Hook bathed and changed his clothes, made all preparations, and summoned the ministers to hold a ceremony to summon the Holy Demon Empire to request help.
Although there was no representative from the Holy Demon Empire to supervise, this grand ceremony still had to be retained. After all, it could remind the royal family who used the communication crystal to remember to remain humble and not cross the gap between magicians and mortals.
In a gloomy hall, Hook placed his palm on a dusty crystal. It was a huge crystal, and something seemed to be constantly surging inside it.
When his hand pressed on the crystal, a burst of energy suddenly rushed towards the patterns on the stone wall. Those patterns seemed to come back to life, entangled together like a giant python, and finally dimmed.
After doing all this, Hook seemed to have used up all his strength, sighed, and became a little decadent. He hunched over and walked towards the exit of the dark hall step by step, with an indescribable loneliness on his face.
A few months ago, he was still a monarch who dreamed of reviving the Alante Empire. Now he was like a clown. He had to forget his lofty ambitions and once again bow down to the tyranny of the Magic Empire.
It's the time and the fate... He sighed something to that effect in his heart, squinted his eyes involuntarily in the sunlight, and Alante Hook once again stood in front of his subjects.
"The contact signal has been sent, and reinforcements from the Holy Demon Empire will arrive soon... Everyone... remember today's shame!" He walked down the stairs step by step with his hands behind his back, and spoke coldly to every minister who passed by.
Clark lowered his head even more. The fall of Naru City was directly related to him. However, the war was not over yet, and the accountability had not yet begun, so he had not yet faced the pressure.
Zorn's face wasn't looking good either. After all, his strategy had failed completely this year. Not only did he lose hundreds of thousands of troops, but he also lost a large amount of territory. So his situation was not much better than that of Prime Minister Clark on the opposite side.
Standing next to Zorn, the uncle of the emperor, Prince Alante Lunbach, also had a look of defeat on his face. Compared to Zorn's defeat to the Holy Demon Empire, it seemed that he was even more embarrassed to lose to Ailan Hill.
"Yes!" After a brief moment of shock, everyone lowered their heads and replied to Hook: "We will remember today's lesson!"
"Wait! Reinforcements are on the way! No one can resist the will of the Holy Demon Empire! Ailanhill is doomed to self-destruct! The Alante Empire will win! It will!" The emperor clenched his fists, had forgotten his original ambition, looked at the blue sky in the west, and shouted in his heart.
In a magnificent castle on the eastern plains of the Holy Demon Empire, a magic apprentice put his hands together and pressed them on his abdomen. He walked into a magnificent hall. He stood on the red carpet in the middle of the hall and respectfully reported to the first person: "General Moss... Alante's emergency crystal is lit..."
"Got it." General Moss, who was sitting in the subordinate position, waved his hand to indicate that he already knew about the matter. The apprentice immediately nodded and retreated, with no intention of staying in the hall at all.
"It's only been a few days! The emperor of the Alante Empire has sent out a signal for help. Can't these corrupt empires and these useless monarchs give us a little less worry?" On the main seat, a man was sitting with a big horse and a golden sword. The patterns on the clothes he was wearing were like starlight that were actually moving slightly.
He glanced at General Moss and Knight Commander Ildo, and slowly said, "I have no choice but to trouble you two again... Those mortals are such disgusting fools."
"Don't worry, sir! We will get it done this time." General Moss stood up from his seat, bowed slightly and said to his immediate superior.
"Go! Destroy the recently famous Elanhill without leaving any trace." A pet climbed onto the man's arm. The man lowered his head and teased the pet, which was covered with scales, had claws as sharp as hooks, and flapped a pair of wings .
The little fellow's snake eyes looked at Moss and Ildo curiously, as if he was looking at his lunch. He bared his teeth and made a slight whistling sound, which made people feel uncomfortable all over and echoed in the hall.
Moss and Ildo knew that the little creature had not been completely tamed yet and did not have a basic sense of strength and weakness, so they did not take it seriously. They bowed and backed away, all the way to the door of the hall, then turned around and walked out of the hall.
"Good boy... You are not grown up yet. You can't eat those mortals. It will upset your stomach." Inside the hall, the man touched the pet's head lovingly, making the pet reveal a happy expression: "Ailan Hill? Very powerful? Is he more powerful than a dragon...?"
