Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Monster Invasion
Broadly speaking, Issac's plan went well. It was sabotage on the enemy's back line. Most of the war needs of the Moskov empire were produced in Kiev. Weapons, armor, magic equipment, food supplies, and carts to transport logistics.
The Moskov Empire covered up the incident and judged that the explosion and fire were caused by an accident. If they come to say that the tragedy in Kiev was due to sabotage, the morale of the soldiers and their people could go down. Kiev has become an unsafe and dangerous place.
Although they knew that what happened in Kiev was sabotage from the other side, they found no trace and suspect behind this incident. Their opponents were completely clean in doing dirty things like this.
"The loss we experienced this time was very great that noble great emperor. Eight out of ten war equipment production sites were destroyed and it took at most six months to repair them again.
Our agricultural conditions are also deteriorating, your great emperor. Plants that are ready to be harvested have burned ludes and leave only a little. In this case, the army's food supply will be disrupted and our advance will be hampered."
While the prime minister delivered his report, the emperor simply nodded. No matter how much loss the emperor received, he had no intention of stopping this war.
The prime minister is no different. But according to his consideration, it would be best if they put off first and focus on recovering their strength.
"As long as the soldiers are ready for battle mentally and physically, there is no problem with that. No need to delay it. Give them equipment and potluck food. After all, the shortcomings can still be covered by the areas we conquer."
After conquering many kingdoms around the Moskov empire, especially those in the North and East, the empire had abundant reserves. The emperor understood the situation but the prime minister understood the real problem better.
Compared to the Heinz empire, the bureaucracy in the Moskov empire was much more corrupt. Nobles and officials more often steal and embezzle most taxes in the form of crops and money.
The prime minister believes that bringing in most of the resources of the conquered kingdom is not as easy as turning a palm.
He believed that the Moskov Empire could win. Given they were also supported by the Dea Theocracy which chose enormous influence across the continent. But even if they won though, this victory would be extremely expensive.
But the orders of the Romanov III emperor were absolute. That's why he started to prepare everything.
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Goblins, Orcs, Ogres, Giant wolves, and various other monsters are eyeing their next destination. It's freaky. Their movements are too coordinated. There must be someone who controls this many monsters.
But the adventurers did not think of it any further. It is the duty of the government to investigate the case. Their job was to kill as many monsters as they could with the casualties from their side to a minimum.
The adventurers who specialized in melee combat instantly advanced and attacked the monsters. The witches sang their spells and supported the melee fighters. There were also those who cast buff magic to them so that their strength increased greatly.
As for the adventurers who had a proficiency in healing magic, they were all gathered in the back line and tasked with treating the injured adventurers.
"A lot of monsters are after this place. But we will definitely win! Isn't that right, Brother Is?"
Lilianne and Issac watched from the top of the wall. Actually, Issac forbade Lilianne to leave, but he was very pushy. How else, right? As long as Lilianne doesn't go to war, everything will be fine.
Slowly but surely, the monsters were already in a desperate position. They could not face the experienced adventurers. No adventurers have been killed so far. He didn't expect that either.
But there were quite a number of injured adventurers. They were immediately taken by their comrades to the back line to be treated and rested for a while then fought the monsters again. Well, they don't want to miss the chance to raise their rankings.
Until the afternoon, everything went well. The number of monsters had already drastically reduced. A small portion of the army had also been demoted to help the adventurers. Soon, all monsters will be wiped out.
But something unimaginable happened. From a distance, a swarm of monsters was seen from the horizon of the sky. Issac uses his long-distance vision and realizes that it is a swarm of wyverns and Griphin is heading to the position of adventurers.
To ease their burden, Issac decided to intervene. Without chanting, a black flame coated with red-colored lightning appeared above his index finger. It was only the size of a marble, but this was more than enough.
Issac directed a small black fireball and red lightning towards the horde of flying monsters and a huge bang occurred. All the flying monsters were gone unceasingly. Even if they did not die from the explosion, they would die from the attack of the red lightning.
The rest, all the monsters that attacked the Northern region of Heinz's kingdom had been completely wiped out by nightfall.