novelraw #200 - Section 200
#200 - Section 200
Currently, one hundred thousand border troops and three thousand magicians are assembled in Netto City, preparing to launch a retaliatory battle against the Kingdom of Terra.
Yes, only a battle, not a war.
Because their actions are not supported by the Empress, this is now a joint operation by the border troops and the Arcane Society, not a full-scale war by the Empire against the Kingdom of Terra.
No elite field corps have been dispatched, and the number of soldiers is not as large as the last time the Eternal Night Empress personally led the army.
No famous generals from the military are participating; commanding this battle is General Kelvin Duncan, the defense commander of Netto City.
The accompanying magician commander is Sophie Amity, the fourth consultant of the Arcane Society and the head of the Amity Trading Company.
According to the Empire's usual war sequence, this combination is probably a pair of threes, a slightly stronger type within the vanguard.
The Green Vine Empire previously announced a strategy of peaceful development and recuperation, but the Kingdom of Terra's provocation of directly stealing the Green Vine Empire's inventions and selling them among the great powers for profit has caused a huge public opinion dispute, and Sophie is also trying hard to lobby for this battle.
However, to the surprise of many, the Eternal Night Empress, who always fights when there is a battle, has not expressed her attitude on this matter, and the cabinet officials are divided into several factions.
The internal affairs faction, led by Angelina, does not support the war. The Orc Kingdom's counterfeit Soul Imitation Bracelet is a commercial competition, so they will use commercial means to sanction Terra.
And Margaret, the Left Prime Minister who always opposes the Right Prime Minister for the sake of opposition, is also strangely silent, maintaining an astonishingly consistent pace with Her Majesty the Empress.
Margaret is the military's largest spokesperson in the cabinet. If she doesn't speak, it will be extremely difficult for others to promote this war.
In the end, it was Sophie's persistence, with the Amity Trading Company responsible for the war expenses, and she persuaded the Netto City garrison commander with heavy profits, that they were allowed to conduct a battle.
If it fails, there will be no follow-up. The Eternal Night Empress has stated that she will not participate in this battle.
This is the first time since her ascension to the throne that she has been absent from the Empire's foreign battles, which is quite disappointing to many Imperial people.
But they are still full of confidence in the Empire's victory. Last year, they swept the Cambusak Desert. Now, a defeated rabble dares to jump in their face and output, so cleaning them up must be simple beyond compare.
General Duncan and the lucky cat Sophie think so too.
Although the Empress did not participate in the war, they have received the support of many mages from the Arcane Society, and they have an absolute advantage in equipment and magical power.
Even if the Kingdom of Terra has the support of the great powers, the accumulation of the Arcane Society over the years is not for nothing. The orcs must understand that their things are not so easy to steal!
This battle actually has the shadow of capital coercing the country, stirring up war for profit.
This is also Roger and the Eternal Night Empress hiding behind the scenes, wanting to see how bold the capital forces are within the Empire...
As a result, Sophie, a white glove, also proved with her own practical actions that when interests are touched, even her loyalty will be blinded by greed, forcibly promoting irrational battles.
The Soul Imitation Bracelet was counterfeited, losing a large overseas market, and Sophie felt that the Amity Trading Company was the biggest loser.
She risked a break in the capital chain to successfully mass-produce the Soul Imitation Bracelet.
She understands restricting exports, after all, the domestic market has not been completely eaten up, and the money of foreign races can be earned slowly.
But a counterfeit dog thing came out, stealing the Empire's technology, selling things more expensive than me, earning more than me, and saying that we stole her things...
Sophie directly lost her composure.
Those should all be this cat's money, give it back to me, meow!!!
As the largest chamber of commerce within the Empire and a consultant to the Arcane Society, her energy is not small. She immediately launched a public opinion storm, adding fuel to the fire in the Empire to promote this matter.
What she saw was the money she earned less, and what she told the Empire's magicians and people was the Empire's honor.
In the past, the Empire's public opinion channels were of course only the official newspaper, 'Long Live the Queen'.
But after the Mage Camp and Dauntless Space appeared, whether it was posting on forums or short video information on Dream City, they were faster and more interesting means of public opinion.
The prototype of modern Earth's media has already appeared. There are official channels laying out in this regard, and there are also smart enough merchants who have smelled the huge opportunities in this area.
Mastering the eyes of the world is obviously an extremely profitable business that can drive many aspects.
With Sophie's keenness and Roger's guidance, the two each held 50% of the shares and created an entertainment program that reported gossip and rumors, called 'Imperial Spring and Autumn'.
During the Mage Camp stage, they were training the team. When Dauntless Space opened, this entertainment program quickly appeared in front of the world with a huge amount of exposure traffic.
There are no celebrities in this era, but there are enough executives and nobles.
With Roger's shares, the intelligence of the Dark Guard naturally flowed directly into the country, and then the two bribed Margaret to get information about the Magpies and Nightingales and foreign countries.
In the end, many insignificant gossip messages were artistically processed and presented on 'Imperial Spring and Autumn'.
Today, the Elf Prince teased the Ogre girl, tomorrow, the Dark Elite Matron opened a hedonistic party, the day after tomorrow, which Lich's experiment failed and put out erotic skeletons, a certain dragon fell in love with a young and handsome adventurer...
These unfounded things are aimed at domestic and foreign dignitaries and well-known people, specializing in the lower three lanes, specializing in writing salacious news, not to mention that the common people really love to watch it, even magicians and imperial nobles, many have subscribed to 'Imperial Spring and Autumn'.
Compared with traditional print media, 'Imperial Spring and Autumn' is a TV show, with beautiful hosts broadcasting daily news there every day, as well as rich pictures and various funny comments. Isn't this much more interesting than the dry 'Long Live the Queen'?
After 'Imperial Spring and Autumn' mastered the traffic password, Sophie promoted the Kingdom of Terra's lack of loyalty on it, and finally successfully drove countless magicians to share the same hatred and volunteer to join the battle to fight Tascica.
These mages are all about money. Although they are organized in the Arcane Society, they all have their own mage towers. If they are willing to participate in the war, it is an extremely strong force.
So General Duncan led this border army with an overstaffed magical force to attack, and then they found that, as expected, the Orc Kingdom was retreating steadily.
Faced with their earth-washing-level magical power, even the most elite troops could not resist. The orc side, of course, also deployed shamans and other spellcasters, but they could not counter so much magic at all.
This time, the Eternal Night Empress did not participate in the war, relying only on the Empire's magicians, whose equipment and wallets have expanded several times, to come up with an infinite fireball sea, which is enough for the orcs to drink a pot.
Such a battle situation, when it is transmitted to the rear, is that Tascica complains to the representatives of the great powers every day.
"Our material supply line has been cut off three times, and the shipment of the Totem Bracelet has been temporarily suspended."
"Blackstone Fortress has fallen, and the key feed for feeding the Eris magic worms is out of stock, so it cannot be expanded in the short term."
"Because the enemy's soldiers are approaching, we have withdrawn the workers from Factory No. 4, and the order production will be delayed."
The representatives of the great powers are also suffering.
Previously, they saw that the daily output of the Totem Bracelet was increasing every day. Their original order for three months might be available in two months, and the atmosphere was one of joy.
As a result, the Green Vine Empire attacked, and the so-called elite of the Kingdom of Terra was as fragile as paper, collapsing at the first touch, directly leading to a rapid decline in the production capacity that had just climbed up, and even a risk of shutdown.
Although Tascica used space for time, lengthening General Duncan's supply line and destroying it, slightly delaying the Empire's advance, the situation is obviously not optimistic.
This empire is really a scourge, what about the promised recuperation?
Is it just recuperating into an infinite sea of fireballs, and directly use money to smash our lovely Tazi, right?
Unbearable!
Originally, the great powers only verbally promised to support Tascica, wanting to trick her into production, betting that the Green Vine Empire would never dare to face their pressure to attack.
As a result, the Green Vine Empire was really stubborn and didn't give the great powers face at all, directly attacking the Cambusak Desert, making Queen Tascica's eyes red every day, but she still put on an extremely firm expression, supporting the operation of the Kingdom of Terra.
She is too difficult!
Tascica's performance this wave can be said to be a movie queen-level performance, crying without crying, weak but strong, touching countless representatives of the great powers, who have sent out messages requesting the rear to send troops to support.
Moreover, there are secret code reminders on the magic transmission, it is real support, not using garbage cannon fodder to make up the numbers, we want to use strong strength to support Tazi!
So, the battle known in later generations as the founding battle of the Kingdom of Terra entered the second stage with the entry of the great powers.
Chapter 177 Your Majesty, why don't you avoid it?
Roger's task for Tascica was to cry, but after thinking about it, Tascica believed that simple crying could not achieve the best results, so she chose to cry in layers.
Without talking about how much loss the Kingdom of Terra suffered, she only said how much the Empire's battle would slow down the production progress of the Totem Bracelet and how many troubles the Elysium Fantasy Realm encountered.
She is playing a suffering but strong young queen, maybe the country is not strong enough, but she has not given up hope in her heart, and has always been trying her best to support the operation of this country.
Such an image is more likely to be recognized by the great powers than a simple crying little girl.
After all, the rulers of the great powers also have brains, not the mob on Weibo, who are randomly compiled and taken to the office and then encounter a workplace tragedy and someone believes it completely.
Every national-level investment is to get back the capital, and the motivation behind it must be profitable.
Tascica plays a pitiful little girl to arouse sympathy, and if she grows into a queen who never gives up, it will arouse the investment confidence of the great powers.
Or rather, this is Tascica's nature.
It's just that with the help of Roger and the Empire, her process of rebuilding the country was too smooth, and she didn't have the opportunity to show her true iron fist methods.
A little girl who has experienced the shattering of faith and the imminent destruction of the country has seen hope in the destruction and ushered in a new life in the darkness. Her mind is far more resilient than ordinary monarchs.
This is also Old Joestar's training for Tascica.
Revealing the most tragic truth of the world in front of her, if all his arrangements are successfully achieved, even if he returns to the kingdom of God, the orc kingdom integrated out, led by Tascica, is enough to become a thorn in the Empire.
Unfortunately, Old Joestar was a few moves short, not to mention that the layout was not completed, and he completely pushed Tascica to the opposite side of the goddess of war, willing to become the Empire's pawn and show the banner of resisting the gods.
It's just that at this moment, from the perspective of the great powers, Queen Tascica's true identity is still a secret. She is the orc who hates the Green Vine Empire the most.
Those who are truly far-sighted have already felt the potential of the Kingdom of Terra and recognized Tascica's potential.
With her youth and personal strength, living another three hundred years is nothing.
Such a young and talented queen, who also has an unyielding hatred for the Green Vine Empire, if cultivated...
Wouldn't that be helping everyone resist the first line of defense of the Green Vine Empire?
What's more, now the Kingdom of Terra can get the Soul Imitation Bracelet that the Empire refuses to export. Who knows if she will come up with more interesting technology in the next step? What reason is there not to support such an ally?
So the support of the great powers really came, and they sent out real strongmen and elite troops, carrying many precious magic items. Everyone has smashed their blood to help the Kingdom of Terra survive this wave.
The Elven Empire directly sent out the Moonshadow High Priest, who is the beautiful young lady Maya Moon Dancer who acted as a translator on the shoulder of the God of Nature.
She brought one hundred Royal Sharpshooters, as well as the artifact Sun Star guarding the Moonshadow Shrine, which is equivalent to 50,000 majestic troops.
At the same time, there is also the Elf Prince's intention to marry Queen Tascica.
Other countries are not willing to be outdone, and they have sent out elites, and there are many national-level treasures.
In the magical world, stacking the number of top strongmen is much faster than dispatching soldiers. Carrying the latter is mainly for occupying territory.
The support of the great powers is very loud, and there is no intention to be low-key. There is an intention to compare the ostentation in Sirena City.
Their fanfare is also meant to scare off the Green Vine Empire.
Previously, the Eternal Night Empress did say that she would not participate in this war, but who knows if that crazy woman would not be able to restrain herself and appear if they participated in the war to the end.
A woman's mouth is a deceiving ghost.
Everyone thinks that she is strong, but it is impossible for one person to fight against so many strongmen, but in case the battle is tragic and losses occur, no one wants the meteor waterfall to smash their own strongmen, right?
So if it can be solved by deterrence, it is definitely a good thing.
So the major powerful clans discussed it and claimed that the Nine Clan Allied Forces supported Sirena City, and made a simple appearance for the strength on the surface. Naturally, the Green Vine Empire's spies brought the information back to the troops departing from Netto City.
However, General Duncan had no intention of retreating after seeing the news, and continued to maintain his speed and advance towards Sirena City.
According to Sophie's courage, she was not afraid at all:
"Elite? What I'm fighting is the elite!"
The lucky cat looked at the legendary mages behind her, as well as the magic towers and golem legions they mobilized for this trip, indicating that they were not at a disadvantage in terms of strongmen.
With the power of magicians, one against two is no problem, right?
The Empire's national strength is rising, magic equipment is mass-produced, and magic scrolls are printed like they don't cost money, and the mentality of the Empire's magicians is also unprecedentedly inflated.
The combat power of a mage is 30% his own magic level and 70% the wealth he possesses.
With the development of magical industrialization, the first to rise were the magician class, and naturally, their mindset was different from what it used to be.
So what if the great powers provide support?
Our Majesty single-handedly held off the six-nation alliance. Now, if we do a classic re-enactment, it shouldn't be too difficult, right?
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In the Kamburg Sack Desert, the Dathia Canal is under construction.
This is one of the Terra Kingdom's monumental projects aimed at turning the desert into an oasis. It involves drawing ice from the snow mountains in the Northern Territory to build a semi-underground artificial canal. Special methods are used to reduce evaporation, and new cities are built only in designated locations.
According to Tassica's plan, this costly canal will be one of the highest achievements of this world's magical civilization. It will be built in five phases, eventually becoming a water network that runs through the entire desert, connecting the important cities of the Terra Kingdom via water transport.
Tassica once envied the canal transport system when she was lying on the bank in the Capital of Arcana. In the future, it may really appear in the desert.
Currently, the first phase of the canal is still under construction, with only over five hundred kilometers completed, and a medium-sized settlement has been established. Within two years, it will become a magical industrial city, providing materials for the massive Dathia Canal project nearby.
This place is temporarily called Dathia One Settlement.
Now, General Duncan is leading his troops towards Dathia One Settlement.
Compared to the rebuilt, tall, and solid Serena City, attacking a construction project is easier, and the resulting damage is no less significant. If successful, it will definitely make the Terra Kingdom feel the pain.
He doesn't have many choices. There are no reinforcements, and his supplies are limited. He only has this one chance to strike.
If he fails, he will have to return to Naito City in disgrace and face the ridicule of his colleagues.