Chapter 693 – Fight
When Zhao Hai heard the Demon Dragon King, he couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "You Majesty, didn't your subordinates tell you? I just got the Succubus Berry as my wife."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but stare for a moment before he laughed and said, "This King forgot. Hahaha. To be honest, this King is quite envious of Mister Zhao Hai's luck. It's not easy to subdue a Succubus to become your wife. Mister is truly lucky."
Zhao Hai certainly would not tell the Demon Dragon King that it was Cai'er who told him all about the Demon Realm. To be honest, Zhao Hai was quite sympathetic towards these Demons. If they only chose to come peacefully, then Zhao Hai will not stop them. However, instead of doing things peacefully, they chose to do war. Although Zhao Hai disliked wars, he certainly wasn't afraid of it.
Because of this, Zhao Hai chose to lead an army to resist the Demons rather than have Cai'er deal with them. If Zhao Hai were to make Cai'er deal with the Demon Race, he could just make her withdraw all of her branches there. In time, the Demon Realm would possibly enter an extremely severe food crisis.
Zhao Hai didn't want to starve the entire Demon Realm, so he decided to just fight the Demons in a straightforward way. At the same time, he was also unwilling to expose Cai'er's identity since it may have a bad influence on her branches.
Zhao Hai looked at the Demon Dragon King and smiled, "Your Majesty has a Succubus as a wife as well, there's no reason for you to envy me. Right, Your Majesty came as a vanguard, there should be no need to build a city, right?"
The Demon Dragon King looked deeply into Zhao Hai and said, "Mister might know a lot about the Demon Realm, but this time you are mistaken. We decided to build this city so that we can have our own base in the Ark Continent. No matter how much you natives would like us to go away, you would have no other choice but recognize the existence of our Demon Race."
Zhao Hai shook his head as he smiled faintly and said, "We can actually recognize your presence, however, it seems like you don't like us being here. To be honest, the Ark Continent is too small compared to the Demon Realm, all of you cannot just transfer over here. This made me wonder why you even wanted to wage war."
When he heard Zhao Hai, the Demon Dragon King seemed to turn mad as he shouted, "Why we go to war? Why?! It's because of lesser creatures being able to occupy such a beautiful land while we Demons get to experience such a hellish landscape. This land should belong to the Demon Race! Anyone who dared to stop us will die!"
Zhao Hai looked at the expression of the Demon King and sighed, he knew that talking would only get this far. He looked calmly at the Demon Dragon King and said, "Then it's war!"
But before Zhao Hai gets to command his army, he gets interrupted by the Demon King who said, "Mister, wait. Do you really want to become an enemy to the Demon Race? Mister is a Dark Mage, your kind had always been suppressed in the Ark Continent. At the same time, your belief in the God of Darkness is no different to our faith for the Demon God. How about mister joins our side, and together we shall conquer the entire continent. With Mister's strength, as long as you help us occupy the continent, then we would surely give you a very high rank."
Zhao Hai stared at the Demon Dragon King, then after a moment he suddenly laughed, "I want to thank Your Majesty's good intentions. However, this Zhao Hai already considers himself as a person of the Ark Continent. Although there are friction between the powers in the continent, all of us share the same resistance against being slaves or being exterminated. Even if the Demons or the Divine Race make out continent's rivers turn red, we would still continue to fight on until the very end!" Zhao Hai expressed his thoughts, as well as the conviction of the entire continent.
The Demon Dragon King looked at Zhao Hai, his expression turned ugly as he said, "Mister's words truly enraged this King. Then from now on, the entire Demon Race and I shall be your mortal enemies!" Then the Demon Dragon King waved his hand as the Dragons that were pulling his carriage issued a loud roar. After that, the Demons around the carriage charged towards Zhao Hai. It seems like they wanted to eliminate him here and now.
Zhao Hai smiled faintly as he waved his hand. The Bone Dragon retreated back as the other undead pressed on forward, blocking every attack coming towards Zhao Hai.
The Demon Dragon King slowly turned back as well. In fights like these, the superiors would naturally refrain from engaging in the initial clash. It just didn't conform to their status.
Before long, the undead and the Demons clashed, their strengths were unexpectedly the same. When the Demon Dragon King saw this, he couldn't help but knit his eyebrows. Although they had collected a lot of information pertaining to Zhao Hai, it seems like they still underestimated him. The Demon King didn't expect Zhao Hai to be this difficult to deal with.
There were also some races in the Demon Realm who were able to control the undead. This was because the Demon Realm was a very good environment for the evolution of undead. Therefore, this made the undead of the realm very strong. Making them one of the main battle forces of the Demon Realm.
Naturally, the undead couldn't be the true battle army of the Demon Realm. Although undead could be controlled by races, there was only one race that can command them with great complexity, and it was the Demon Realm's Lich Race.
The Lich Race was very special in that they were extremely low in population. Moreover, they were quite mysterious. However, they were just the Demon Realm's version of the true Lich Race.
The True Lich race were legendary beings of the underworld. They were creatures that only existed in soul form and couldn't be harmed by physical attacks. All of them were innately talented in Dark Magic. In the past, there was a Dark Mage that was able to summon a true Lich. That Lich had wisdom that was no lesser than a Human. At the same time, it was also not willing to be under the control of a Human. This caused a backlash on its summoner. This was also the time where people came to know of their existence.
On the other hand, the Demon Realm's Lich Race was actually just a type of Demon that possess half of a soul form. This meant that they were still susceptible to material attacks. However, their bodies still had a strange ability of going ethereal when an attack arrives, greatly minimizing the damage done to it. This ethereal form can only be achieved for a short time, and cannot be used continuously as well. Therefore, they were called the Demon Realm's Lich Race.
The fighting strength of a Lich is no worse than a Vile Demon. The only reason why they weren't rulers of the Demon Realm was because of their low population. It was estimated that the entire Demon Realm only had around ten thousand Lich.
The entire Demon Realm was so big, and for the number of Lich to only be ten thousand was something that baffled a lot of people. However, since each one of them were very strong, nobody dared to annoy them. Even the Vile Demons would act polite towards these beings. The Lich were able to control a large amount of undead. As to how much, nobody really knew. What they only knew was that a extremely formidable Lich appeared a long time ago. That Lich was able to control an astonishing 1 million undead and controlled them in order to annoy the Vile Demons. It was precisely because of its actions that the Vile Demons decided to sent troops in order to deal with the Lich.
In order to kill this Lich, the Vile Demons sent an army of 3 million. In the end, of the 3 million, only 850 thousand managed to survive. At the same time, the battle also made the Vile Demons lose 20 9th rank experts. This battle was a testament of how powerful the Lich were.
And while the Vile Demons were surrounding this Lich, they were also able to witness the prowess of the Lich's undead. The undead were quite strong, majority of them had 7th to 8th rank strength. Additionally, these undead were unafraid to die in battle. This fearlessness was something that even the Vile Demons were unable to emulate. This event made the Lich Race untouchables in the Demon Realm.
In the beginning, the Demon Dragon King thought that the Demon Realm made the most powerful undead. After all, the constant battle in the Realm was the best catalyst in creating formidable undead. However, the Demon Dragon King eventually found fault in this belief. Zhao Hai's undead were actually more formidable than the undead in the Demon Realm. They even managed to achieve 9th rank strength.
One must know that the Demons were beings that grew up in battle, this gave them formidable fighting power. Even if they were still 8th ranks, each Demon can easily exhibit 9th rank strength. 8th ranks of the Ark Continent were completely unable to contend with 9th rank Demons.
This time, since the Demon Dragon King acted as the vanguard of the Demon Realm, he was tasked with building the city in order to establish a foothold for the Demon Race. Because of this, not only was he given powerful Vile Demons to command, the other races of the Demon Realm also sent their elites for him to use. This made the vanguard army much more powerful than average Demon armies.
However, such an elite army actually fought to a draw with Zhao Hai's undead. It was no wonder that the Demon Dragon King was surprised.
Zhao Hai looked calmly at the battle in front of him. He was using this battle in order to gauge the strength of the Demon Army. It was quite obvious that these Demons weren't 9th ranks, but their strength was still very strong. They were actually able to fight evenly with the 9th rank undead. Although there was still a small gap between them, the mere fact that they lasted this long was already quite surprising.
While the battle progressed on, Zhao Hai's mood had turned heavier and heavier. If this was the strength of their 8th ranks, then what can be said about their 9th ranks? It seems like the fight with the Demon Realm wouldn't go smoothly as what he thought.
The two sides proceeded to strangle each other in the air. Zhao Hai's undead always fought head-on with the opposing Demons. And these Demons were no stranger to this kind of battle. They even managed to make a formation in the air while fighting with the undead.
Chapter 694 – This Enemy Is Hard To Deal With
The reason why Zhao Hai battled with the Demon Race right now was not to block them nor stop them from making their fortifications. Zhao Hai knew that this was impossible. He attacked this time in order to probe the Demon Race's fighting strength.
In the end, it seems like the Demons were very strong. This was bad news for the continent. The stronger the Demons were, the harder it would be for the continent to fight back.
Zhao Hai continued to watch the battle. Although the fight was quite intense, there weren't much losses in the Demon Race's side. These Demons were very proficient in fights, they seemed to be complete veterans when it came to these, they rarely get injured. Even if they were unable to dodge an attack, they would still make movements to ensure that they would get minimum damage. Then after getting injured, they would immediately proceed to retreat from the front. It was evident that they were very used to these maneuvers. Not only was their bodies sturdy, their recovery was also quite quick. Therefore, it wasn't very easy to kill one of them.
Zhao Hai could remember his previous fight with a group of Vile Demons. After receiving a mortal wound, they could even launch a counter-attack. While thinking about this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but feel apprehensive. If all of the Demons in the Demon Realm had this property, then it would be really scary.
The Demon Dragon King and Zhao Hai looked at each other from across the battlefield. Both of them knew that there wasn't much to be had in today's battle. Although Zhao Hai had a lot of undead, he was still unable to kill Demons at a faster rate. While the battle was going on, more and more Demons were still coming out of the rift. Since continuing the battle would useless, Zhao Hai had planned for his retreat.
Although the undead were called that way, it didn't mean that they have true immortal bodies. Once experts of the Demon Realm arrived, then it might be possible for Zhao Hai to suffer huge losses. Since he didn't want to go all out, Zhao hai smiled towards the Demon Dragon King and said, "Your Majesty Demon Dragon king, I shall be retreating for today. I will wait for you in Demon City." Then Zhao Hai turned his Bone Dragon around and headed back to Demon City. When he left, the undead who were still fighting the Demons suddenly vanished. This made the Demons, who were planning to go all out fighting, stare. Even if they wanted to continue fighting, they already didn't have an enemy to fight with.
When the Demons saw Zhao Hai standing alone on top of his Bone Dragon, heading back to Demon City at a leisurely pace, all of them thought of one thing, it was to rush in and kill Zhao Hai. And as they were going to execute their action, the Demon Dragon King suddenly shouted, "Halt! All of you go back with me." All the Demons turned to the Demon Dragon King and stopped what they were about to do. Although they didn't know why the Demon Dragon King stopped them, they knew that they couldn't violate his commands. After all, the army rules of the Demons were extremely strict.
At this time, a Vile Demon flew towards the Demon Dragon King and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't you make us chase? We still have a lot of people on our side. Moreover, more people would keep coming as time goes by. It is the best time to pursue. If we manage to kill this Zhao Hao, then we would gain huge merit towards the Demon Race."
The Demon Dragon King looked at the vile Demon, he was quite fond of this subordinate of his called Loyola. He was a very brave warrior and was also a good commander, his only negative was his hot temper.
The Demon Dragon King looked at Loyola and replied, "Don't forget about what's important. We are here to build the city first. As long as we've built this city, then the Demon Race would be able to establish a footing in the Ark Continent. This would give us much more leverage in attacking the continent. On the other hand, what could we accomplish in chasing after Zhao Hai? From our investigations, not only does Zhao Hai have formidable undead, he's also a 9th rank expert. Moreover, he is a rare Human that trains in both Battle Qi and Magic. With this in mind, are you really confident in dealing with him?"
When Loyola heard the Demon Dragon King, he didn't make any other noise. He had personally fought in the frontline, so he was aware of how strong Zhao Hai's undead were. Zhao Hai's undead vanished because he received them, they weren't defeated by the Demons. If they pursue, then Zhao Hai can just use those undead to suppress them once more. It was truly impossible to deal with Zhao Hai in this way.
The Demon Dragon King looked at Zhao Hai's back and said, "If this person isn't eliminated, then our Demon Race would surely have great big troubles. This matter should be reported to His Majesty." Then the Demon Dragon King took his carriage and went back to the Demonic Abyss.
Although the Demon Dragon King was the monarch of the Demon Realm's northwest, he wasn't the Lord of the entire Demon Race. He was only a king in his own territory. In front of the Great Demon King, he can only be an official, this explains why the Demon Dragon King still had someone to call 'His Majesty'.
Zhao Hai returned to Demon City under the cheers of the defenders. These people hadn't heard Zhao Hai's exchange with the Demon Dragon King, but they still witnessed the fight that happened. Although Zhao Hai couldn't wipe out the opposing party, he was still able to completely match them. This made every person in the city very excited.
After all, Zhao Hai was just one person, yet the Demons were still unable to overwhelm him. This was truly something that can raise people's morale.
In the past, these people only knew Zhao Hai's strength through word of mouth, they hadn't seen him make a move with their own eyes. This time, they had finally managed to see how powerful Zhao Hai really was.
When he saw the people in the city, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile faintly. Then when he turned his head to look at the Demon camp, his expression couldn't help but turn heavy.
After some time, Zhao Hai turned to the guard closes to him and said, "The Demons wouldn't be attacking for quite some time since they are still busy with their city. Stay here and monitor them, I'll be taking a rest."
The guards complied with thunderous response. Then Zhao Hai flew up and went inside the Bone Dragon's mouth.
Everyone in the continent were aware that Zhao Hai tended to go inside his undead and live there. Therefore, when the guards saw Zhao Hao enter the Bone Dragon, none of them were very surprised.
Actually, Zhao Hai entering the Bone Dragon was just to conceal that he just went to the Space. After arriving inside the Space, Lizzy immediately came to welcome him as she said, "Brother Hai, this enemy is truly difficult to deal with. These Demons are quite strong. Moreover, their formation was something they developed across many years. Finding a formation to counter them would not be easy."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "They are truly difficult to deal with, they're quite suited for battle. You must have seen it, although we managed to injure a lot of Demons, the number of their casualties aren't very large. We didn't manage to make them suffer enough losses. Also, their numbers would continue to swell up. This is quite troublesome."
Lizzy nodded, Megan did the same as well. Then after some time, Megan said, "Big Brother Hai, the Buddha Empire's evacuation would still need some time. Do we need to stop them here for long?'
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "i don't know. The only action we can make is do our best here. I already reached an agreement with the Fishmen. They will be entering the Buddha Empire's waterways, first is to help the refugees in their retreat. And the second would be to block the Demons if it becomes necessary. But even if we use the rivers to block the Demons, we still cannot stop their further advance. It seems like we can only rely on the Dwarf Mountain and the Elven Forest to block their advance."
At this point, Lizzy frowned and said, "Is this fine? The Demons are very strong. Can the Dwarves and Elves really block them?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Rest assured, they can certainly block them. Don't forget, the two of them have their own Divine Artifacts. More importantly, I'm quite sure that the Radiant Church had started to get anxious. They should be starting their move any time now."
Lizzy agreed with this point. Although Zhao Hai couldn't see what the Radiant Church was doing, one could still see that they had been anxious just by the state of their Empire.
Zhao Hai looked at the Demon Camp on the monitor and sighed, "The Demons have changed their methods this time. I can remember that in the records of the Dwarves, the Demons immediately attacked upon entering the Ark Continent. In the end, the Demons went to far and was beaten back by the various races. But this time, it seems like the Demons have gotten smart. They actually decided to build a city first. As long as this city gets built, then they would gain a stable footing in the continent, allowing them a safe place to retreat. This isn't good for us."
Megan frowned, then she said, "Wouldn't it be better for us if we destroy the city?"
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that won't be easy. The Demons are settled on having this city. I'm afraid that with my current strength, we still couldn't afford to destroy it."
Megan looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Are you sure? We have about 20 million undead in our hands. Couldn't they just overwhelm the city?"
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "Don't forget, in addition to their strength, the Demons also have a self-destructing technique. If we push them too far, then they might decide to sacrifice themselves, taking several undead along with them. If we trade like that, we could easily deplete our number of undead. And what do we do when our undead gets depleted? I don't want to use the continent to fill those numbers."
Megan nodded, she understood what Zhao Hai meant. Although Zhao Hai had 20 million undead, this was their main battle force in resisting both the Demon Race and the Divine Race. Topping up those numbers with people from the continent wasn't something that Zhao Hai wanted to see.
Lizzy nodded and said, "It's best if we don't destroy the city, this would give us even more time to prepare. At the same time, if the Divine Race really did come, then the Demons would be able to cause more trouble to the Divine Race.."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned his head to look at the two and said, "How about Laura and Berry? Are they busy?"
Lizzy nodded and said, "Elder Sister Laura is busying herself with the allocation of materials. Although she had Cai'er for help, the tasks that needed to be done is just too many. On the other hand, Berry was still enjoying the scenery in the Space. She kept staring at the unchanging grassland. I really don't know why she liked that scene."
Zhao Hai sighed and said, "The scene might be dull to us. But for Berry, it was the most wonderful thing that she had seen in her entire life. Cai'er had already told us about the situation in the Divine Realm. Cai'er's leaves weren't delicious, yet her leaves are still the most staple food of the Demon Realm. From just this point, we can imagine what kinds of days she had while in the Demon Realm. I'm sure she wouldn't get tired of the scenery for a long time."
Lizzy sighed, then Megan looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Big Brother Hai, Sister Ruyen has been going all out these past few days. It seems like her body is getting weaker and weaker every day. Go and see her. Otherwise, her body might really break down."
Zhao Hai sighed, then he nodded as his figure vanished and appeared inside the Lyon Empire's Royal Palace. Ruyen was currently inside, processing documents. Although Zhao Hai already left, the Great Nobles still didn't dare to neglect Ruyen's presence. As long as something important cropped up, they would immediately have Ruyen look through it. Although this allowed Ruyen to have a grasp of the Empire, this made her very tired as well.
Zhao Hai looked at Ruyen, she was even thinner than when he last saw her. Zhao Hai's heart couldn't help but ache when he saw this, at the same time, he couldn't help but look at Ruyen in a new light. Everyone was young at one point of their life, and everyone makes mistakes as well. For Zhao Hai, Ruyen's hard work can already be considered to be the price that she paid for her past mistakes. Zhao Hai doesn't want to see Ruyen torture herself anymore.
Zhao Hai also thought that he had been unfair to Ruyen. Among his women, the only one who didn't know about the Space was her. This made Zhao Hai feel sorry, so he decided to tell Ruyen about the Space.
When Ruyen heard Zhao Hai sigh, she looked up. Upon seeing Zhao Hai, Ruyen couldn't help but let out a breath as she smiled and quickly said, "You're here."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he looked at Ruyen and said, "I just fought with the Demons. Neither of us lost or won. It seems like we can only use Accra Mountain as a defensive terrain to block the Demons."
Ruyen couldn't help but stare when she heard Zhao Hai. Then she immediately too a step towards Zhao Hai and said, "How are you? Are you injured?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "I'm fine. On the other hand, you look like you couldn't survive for another day. You already did a good job, don't busy yourself too much. I'll take you to a place where you can take a well-deserved rest." Then he went and held Ruyen's hand.
Ruyen was overjoyed when she felt Zhao Hai's warm hand. Zhao Hai looked at Ruyen and smiled at her as their figures flashed and entered the Space.
Chapter 695 – Billy's Idea
In the past, Zhao Hai didn't tell Ruyen and Evan about the Space. What they knew was that Zhao Hai was someone with a Space Divergent Ability.
When their figures appeared inside the Space, Ruyen's mind couldn't help but turn blank. They were currently in front of the Space's villa, and Ruyen saw Lizzy and Megan.
When she saw them, Ruyen couldn't help but pull her hand away from Zhao Hai. She was still ashamed in front of Lizzy and Megan, one was because of her status, and two, because of her past.
When Lizzy and Megan saw Ruyen's action, they smiled but didn't say anything. Zhao Hai turned his head to Ruyen and said, "Alright, Ruyen, you can take a rest here. Lizzy and Megan will tell you everything there is to know about this place. I still need to head out."
Ruyen gave a nod before Lizzy and Megan pulled her over and telling her everything about the Space. Then Zhao Hai's figure disappeared as he went out of the Space. This time, he wasn't heading towards Demon City, but instead towards Dwarf Mountain. The Dwarf Mountain is inside the Buddha Empire, because of this, Zhao Hai thought that once the Buddha Empire's army withdrew, the closest army to face the Demons would be the Dwarves.
When Zhao Hai arrived inside Dwarf Mountain, he was quick to notice that the atmosphere here was very different compared to the past. There used to be the sounds of Dwarves hammering here, there were also Dwarven Women, making armor and other things. But now, the place appeared very empty, there weren't any Dwarf children or women present. The only ones left were Dwarves soldiers. When Zhao Hai appeared, he was immediately escorted by two soldiers towards Billy's office. When Billy saw Zhao Hai, he immediately asked the latter to take a seat. After sitting down, Billy looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Why did you come? Did something happen?" Zhao Hao nodded, "The Demons have arrived and I had a minor scuffle with them. Neither of us won or lost."
Billy nodded with a heavy expression. He knew how strong Zhao Hai's undead were, and to think that Zhao Hai was unable to win, it seems like these Demons wouldn't be easy to deal with.
Zhao Hai turned his head to Billy and said, "Patriarch, how are your preparations doing?" Billy gave a nod and said, "Preparations are doing well, moreover, with the magic beasts that you gave us, our communication with the Elves has gone much smoother."
Zhao Hai nodded, after taking the Dwarf women and children to the Black Wasteland, Zhao Hai released large quantities of water element beasts in order to aid the Dwarves. With these magic beast, the Dwarves would have it easier to communicate with the Elves. At the same time, this also made it easier for the Dwarves to traverse the underground rivers of the mountain.
Billy looked at Zhao Hai and said, "The people from the Buddha Empire are still moving. It will take at least two months before all of them left. I'm afraid that relying on Demon City for defense wouldn't be enough. We should try and find another solution."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I also think that Demon City wouldn't be enough to slow the Demons down. Therefore, I plan to lay some ambushes on every city in the Buddha Empire."
Billy nodded and said, "That isn't wrong, but there are some issues. If you want to really ambush the Demons in the Buddha Empire, then relying only on the Buddha Empire's army would be a good idea. The Buddha Empire is famous for their iron, this made their heavy armored cavalry very effective in battling in the plains How about getting the Beastmen to help the Buddha Empire in defending? And while the Beastmen and Buddha Empire cavalry are attacking the Demons in the field, we can also have some Blood Hawk Cavalry and some Hawk Beastmen attack from the skies. Adding your undead to all of these would be a very good way to tussle with the Demons going through the Buddha Empire. Moreover, this would also increase the depth of strategy in the battlefield. What do you think?"
Zhao Hai was shocked, he hasn't thought about this point. Now that Billy reminded him, he can remember that he can now use the entire continent as manpower in this war. So why wouldn't he unite the various forces, making sure that everyone shows their best performance?
After thinking about it, ZHao Hai couldn't help but get pumped up. He was currently thinking about the feasibility of this plan. While the Beastman Cavalry are indeed strong, the Elves are also formidable archers, who also have their own aerial cavalry. If this aerial cavalry were to ride the Blood Hawks, then their speed should be no slower than the flying Demons. The Elven air force could surely disrupt the Demons in the skies while the Buddha and Beastman Cavalries clashed with the ground toops. At the same time, the Dwarves could also assist in defending Demon City, digging tunnels here and there, making offensive and defensive maneuvers many times more effective.
Nobody could blame Zhao Hai for not thinking about this before. One should know that Zhao Hai had not commanded such a huge battle before. Even though the forces in the continent were listening to Zhao Hai, all of them were also preparing themselves to defend the Demons. During the war, Zhao Hai would just issue his ideas and the others would just make the move. That is to say, Zhao Hai just told them the heading, and they just decide how to do it by themselves.
One could say that Zhao Hai's capability can only be ranked as an officer, not an alliance leader of such a big alliance. He just didn't have the talent to do that.
Billy's idea completely woke Zhao Hai up. If they do as what Billy said, then they won't only have the Accra Mountain as an option, new paths and strategies would be opened up.
Seeing that Zhao Hai was staying quiet, Billy didn't speak. He knew that Zhao Hai was lacking in this aspect. However, he wasn't worried about it since Zhao Hai was still quite young. Moreover, he already has the strength, given enough time, Zhao Hai would mature bit by bit, eventually being able to contend properly with the Demon Race.
After some time, Zhao Hai gained some ground as he looked at Billy and said, "Alright. Patriarch, I know what we should do. However, I would need to ask the Dwarves to dispatch some troops to send towards Demon City. No matter what, we cannot lose that place to the Demons very easily. If we lose it this early, then the Demons would gain more foothold in the continent."
Billy nodded, "That's not a problem. Rest assured, we shall have the troops prepared in a short time." Zhao Hai nodded, then he said, "Alright, then I'd like you to dispatch about 50 thousand troops for Demon City. I'll be heading to the Buddha Empire now and discuss things with the Buddha Emperor. I want to stop him from sending troops to Demon City. instead, I'll have the Beastmen and Elves send some troops there instead. Those troops would be a huge help in defending Demon City and delaying the advance of the Demons. At the same time, we'll have some troops propagate along strategic positions in the Buddha Empire. As for the smaller cities, we can just leave them."
Billy nodded, " The Buddha Empire's situation is truly special. As long as we hold those strategic positions, then we would be fine. Small Cities aren't just worth defending, instead, we can just have Buddha and Beastman Cavalries wander around selected areas."
Zhao Hai nodded, "Alright, then please prepare your army. I'll go see the Buddha Emperor now then the Beast King and the Elf Queen. This time, I need to discuss things with them personally."
Billy nodded, then he stood up to prepare his army. On the other hand, Zhao Hai's figure vanished as he appeared in the Buddha Empire's capital. Iron Knight City was actually more bustling compared to before. However, Zhao Hai knew that this wasn't due to business, these ships were currently transporting people. One could say that the Buddha Empire's capital had become a beast that had been struck by a sword, bleeding out, but instead of losing blood, it was losing its citizens. In the end, this city would be left empty.
Zhao Hai appeared right outside the Imperial Palace of the Buddha Empire. The Palace has now strengthened its vigilance. It was basically under martial law, there were teams of cavalry constantly patrolling the place.
When he got out of the Space, Zhao Hai immediately summoned his Bone Dragon and then rode it towards the Buddha Empire's Imperial palace.
At this point, everyone in the continent was aware that the Bone Dragon symbolized Zhao Hai. Even if they didn't know Zhao Hai's face, they would still know it was him due to the Bone Dragon.
Zhao Hai's status in the continent was now very high. He can come and go out of an Imperial Capital at will. Moreover, his words were already considered as Imperial Decrees by the various powers in the continent.
Zhao Hai's sudden appearance in the Buddha Empire's capital caused a commotion in the city. Both Warriors and Mages looked at him in reverence while Nobles looked at him with worry. They were afraid that Zhao Hai was carrying unfavorable news.
The Buddha Emperor was currently inside the Great Hall, handling several domestic matters. When transferring citizens, it was imperative that nothing went wrong, and this was a very hard thing to do. The Buddha Emperor hasn't slept for several days, his appearance had become much thinner compared to before.
When Zhao Hai's Bone Dragon landed on the Imperial Palace, court eunuchs immediately informed the Buddha Emperor. Upon hearing that Zhao Hai came, he was startled, just as the other Nobles in the Great Hall. They were all afraid that Zhao Hai had brought bad news. What the Buddha Empire needed right now was time in order to evacuate its citizens. If Zhao Hai brought bad news, then things would become even more difficult.
When he arrived at the Great Hall, Zhao Hai was immediately personally greeted by the Buddha Emperor. Upon seeing the Buddha Emperor come out, Zhao Hai immediately gave him a bow as he said, "I have seen Your Majesty." Then the Buddha Emperor didn't hesitate to pull Zhao Hai's hand and said, "Is mister doing well? Why did you come visit? Did an accident happen in the frontlines? Mister can rest assured, in two days, the Empire would have about a million elite cavalry reinforcing Demon City."