Chapter 730
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Saleen looked at the generals seated at the table and pondered for a moment before saying, "In July, Lex came to Metatrin City and we signed a treaty . This treaty concerns both countries, Bitter Water Prefecture and Metatrin Kingdom . " Saleen spoke very seriously and the generals all paid careful attention . Saleen continued, "Nevertheless, even without that treaty, I would still be here today . This is because a few years ago, when I was still a small grade-2 mage, Lex helped me . I am from Sikeqinya so many people may think that Sikeqinyans only care about money . "
Saleen's tone became relaxed and the generals could not help but laugh . This King and grand mage did not put on any airs .
"Indeed, I am someone who is especially fond of gold coins, but I can never forget what Lex has given me . Today, I am here not because of the treaty between our two countries . It is because my men and I will defend every inch of land in Bitter Water Prefecture along with your Lord . Regardless if the enemy is from the Holy See or from the huge Cloudflow Empire, I, Saleen Metatrin, will never back down . This is not the oath of a King but the promise of a mage . "
At this point, everyone became very stern . A mage's promise could never be broken .
"I have brought along a fleet . In order to give everyone sufficient assurance to continue doing what needs to be done later on, Mu En, give an introduction of this fleet . " Saleen gestured to Mu En as he spoke .
There was a strange smile on Lex's face . She knew that Saleen would never give up on her Prefecture and that Saleen valued their relationship very much . What she was smiling about was that Saleen was using a person from Bitter Water Prefecture disguised as a death sorcerer .
Mu En was an inconspicuous person . Although he was a high-level swordmaster, he had never appeared in anyone's sight before . Mu En was Earl Besta's bodyguard, but was also newly selected to be sent to the small town at the border . His family had always followed Earl Besta and everyone in Bitter Water Prefecture knew that .
Mu En swallowed; is entire body was burning . The winged skeleton's voice rang in his head . He had no choice but to follow the winged skeleton's instructions so he said, "This time around, His Highness has brought along a spirit fleet . "
Mu En waved his hand as he spoke and the winged skeleton immediately came to the front to set up a magic image array on the table .
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"There are six skeletal warships . Each of them is twenty yards long and can carry two-hundred human soldiers and eight-hundred spirits of the dead . Each warship is equipped with high-level magic compass, a spirit gaze magic array, and its main weapon is big magic stone artillery with a range of more than ten miles . Its secondary weapon includes twelve medium magic stone artilleries with a range of five miles . The warships are driven by death magic and do not require sails . There are twenty-four catapults for targets within five miles . Close combat equipment include sixty alchemy crossbows and twelve sets of fire-breathing dragons . "
The winged skeleton did not allow Mu En to talk about the full nature of the skeletal warships except for their main weapons . Upon hearing about it, the generals of Bitter Water Prefecture became more optimistic .
Mu En continued to introduce the other small-scale warships and Saleen was relieved . He could see that all the generals had regained their confidence and every single one of them was paying full attention to what Mu En was saying .
Saleen was confident in destroying the enemy's main warships, but could not guarantee that he could stop the Cloudflow forces from reaching the shore . The Cloudflow's troop carriers were powerful magic warships in their own right . If they were unable to sink these warships, the Cloudflow soldiers would come ashore and attack Daliang City .
What Saleen needed to do was simple . He needed to bring up the morale of everyone and clinch a decisive victory on land . Cloudflow had been dominating the seas for thousands of years . He had to be prepared . No matter how good his own warships were, it would be a hard-fought battle .
The best result he could hope for was for both sides to suffer heavy losses . The only difference was that Cloudflow would be losing their navy soldiers while Saleen was merely losing spirits of the dead . The horrifying thing about death troops was that if there was enough time and magic nuclei, Saleen could summon them without stopping, constantly replenishing his troops .
Mu En spoke for more than an hour before completing the introductions of Saleen's warships . This was when Saleen continued to speak to the generals, "Cloudflow fleets may be invincible on the seas, but I am confident that my death troops will be able to destroy their catapults, magic stone artilleries, and large-scale alchemy crossbows . I just need everyone to hold this place . "
Saleen stood up even as he spoke . He stretched out his hand and pointed at the magic map . The location he was pointing at was the east side of the shore, which was the rocky terrain near Qin .
"I will build a spirit castle here in ten days' to force the Cloudflow armies that have come ashore to go by the flanks . The small town cannot be expanded at the moment and a ten-thousand strong army will not be able to hold the town . "
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"The Cloudflows will come ashore?" A general asked .
"If there are one-million of them, I can guarantee that less than six-hundred-thousand will come ashore," Saleen replied with a smile .
The reason behind Saleen's confidence was that he had yet to introduce the diving combat vessel and the pan's turtle alchemical boat . The diving combat vessel was not a large equipment, but the threat it posed to troop carriers surpassed any main warships . It had undergone tests and was found to be able to dive to a depth of one-hundred yards . It would never be discovered unless any grand sorcerers paid special attention to it .
Once such diving combat vessels got close enough to troop carriers, the latter would be dead meat .
The Cloudflow army declared that they would send a one-million strong army to shore, but it was not possible . Could one troop carrier carry ten-thousand men each? Probably five-thousand was the maximum .
One-hundred troop carriers could only carry five-hundred-thousand men and that was excluding the soldiers' equipment and logistics . There were less than two-hundred Cloudflow ships that were medium-sized or larger on the Separation Sea .
Mu En finally relaxed after successfully completing his act in front of everyone . Lex knew who he was, but he was an unknown to everyone else .
After settling Lex's subordinates and once the generals had departed, Saleen told Lex the exact numbers of all the equipment that he had brought along . After assembling all the components, there would be a total of six large warships, thirty medium warships and one-hundred and twenty small warships . In actual fact, these already surpassed the numbers in a proper fleet .
The large and medium warships were equipped with magic stone artilleries that were newly built . The small warships did not have the chance to change their equipment so they were still stuck with bone catapults .
Every warship would have spirit pools so they would still be able to use bone spirits to carry bloodstones and use them as a form of ranged attack .
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The six jade skeletons would lead a skeletal warship each and each of them would be accompanied by five medium warships and twenty small warships . Each section of the fleet would be given two diving combat vessels . These two diving combat vessels would not join in the battle . Their only objective was to seek out the troop carriers .
As for the pan's turtle alchemical boat, it would be controlled by the winged skeleton personally .
The Cloudflow army would not wait for too long . Once they had sufficient warships, they would launch an attack immediately . According to reports the Cloudflow fleets would reach the north shore of Separation Sea and would be ready to attack Daliang City by mid November .
Lex had stationed a three-hundred-thousand strong army on the west side to stand against the armies of the Tanggulasi Empire . There were less than two-hundred-thousand men in Daliang City and one-hundred-thousand of them were Lex's main battalion . Another ten-thousand were Saleen's first battalion . Although Saleen's sixth battalion had improved their fighting abilities tremendously, they were still not as formidable as the first battalion .
Once Saleen reached Daliang City, the first battalion was returned back to him . By the time Saleen left, he would bring the first battalion along . He would then send another two battalions there to help Lex in her fight . After a few rounds of such arrangements, Saleen's main battalions would all greatly improve their fighting abilities .
Although Daliang City was a newly expanded city, it was not small in scale . Lex had built this city with the intention of it being able to house more than one-million people . The original infrastructure was insufficient so she turned it into an inner city . Three layers of city walls were then built according to the geographical terrains to form an unorthodox-looking city .
When Lex first came arrived, she only concentrated on building up the city . This Daliang City had once stopped the attack of a three-hundred-thousand strong army from Tanggulasi . Saleen walked one round with Lex on the top of the city wall and did not find any areas that needed his help . Lex's equipment for defending the city was sufficient and was comparable to his own . Saleen managed to learn many techniques of defending the city from Lex .
"Lex, I can rest assured about Daliang City . I will now go to Separation Sea to build the bone castle . I will station fifty-thousand soldiers there . When we fight them on Separation Sea, I will try to destroy their troop carriers so that not many of them will make it to the shore . If we can eliminate the one-million strong army, no one else on the Myers Mainland will dare to attack us anymore . " Saleen felt confident as he looked into the distance while standing on top of the city wall .
If Cloudflow had sent forth a one-million strong army to attack on land, Saleen would be helpless . On the west side of Separation Sea was the mountainous regions of Titan Duchy . Not only would it be difficult to pass through that region, they would also have to cut through lands controlled by Tanggulasi . Cloudflow thought that their fleets were invincible and wanted to enter Bitter Water Prefecture through the Separation Sea by attacking Daliang City . It would be a good opportunity for Saleen and Lex to make a name for themselves .
An army of twenty-thousand against one-million soldiers . This battle would go down in the historical records .
Lex looked into the distance as well and said to Saleen, "If not for the treaty between our two countries, would you really have come?"
"Of course . The Emperor of Cloudflow has insulted you and that is equivalent to insulting me too . Besides, we are going to destroy his empire sooner or later…"
"Humph, I killed the Cloudflow envoy because I listened to you . You are obliged to help me . " There was rage in Lex's words . She seemed dissatisfied with Saleen's answer .
"Lex…"
"Let's not talk anymore . I will go and rest . The days when you were not around, I was so tired . " Lex interrupted Saleen and led his black metal grand swordmasters down the city wall .
Saleen was confused . He turned around and asked Isabella and Eleanor, "Did I say something wrong?"
"My Lord, precisely because you didn't say anything wrong, that's why the Princess was upset . " Eleanor smiled and Isabella shook her head too . It was obvious that Lex had hoped to hear another reply from Saleen .
As a Lord and the main heiress to the Grukos royal family, Lex could not possibly be too proactive in expressing her feelings to Saleen . This time around, Saleen traveled so many miles to give aid to her . Lex was already very touched . If only Saleen would be more proactive . It was just that Saleen's mind was mostly occupied with how to deal with the Cloudflow fleets and a small part of him was still thinking about Metatrin City and Sika . There was no way he could possibly remember anything about proposing a marriage to Lex .
Two countries united through marriage would become a single resilient entity compared to a mere alliance .