Chapter 421: Beast Skin Tent (2/2)

Still, despite the fact she was more than worthy to fight for the position of Grand Prime Minister in the future, she had practically been a glorified secretary to Noah since she was 13 years old. Even now that she was almost 23, she hadn't deviated from this role at all.

In fact, the only difference between her past self and her current self was that she had swapped out her usual gray pantsuit for a flexible leather patched armor. From afar, she looked no different from a female sniper to assassin, even down to the numerous knives strapped across her body.

Despite her small stature, she had quite a good figure as well. This much was clear even when she wore those gray pantsuits. Not that anyone dared to looked, anyway…

Maybe Jessica was the only one who could read out names like 'Mordred' and 'King Arthur' without bursting into a fit of laughter. It was clear that she found nothing funny about it. Or maybe she didn't have much of a sense of humor to begin with.

”Infinitely close to the Fourth Dimension?” A young man asked. ”How did they manage to pull this off?”

The other youths nodded. They too were curious about this. From their understanding, this world shouldn't be so strong. After all, it came from an SS-grade Zone.

”It's impossible to tell so early on.” Jessica replied coldly. ”Our best guess is that their Force seems to be several times thicker than the norm. It is likely that they have a technique able to thicken Force beyond the normal limits. This much has also been partially confirmed from other avenues of intelligence.”

After allowing the youths to murmur amongst each other for a while, Noah finally spoke again.

”Our target is the Demon Empire. What are the main pitfalls?”

”The first is their numbers. The second is our ignorance. The last is their terrain advantage.” Jessica replied efficiently.

”Their numbers aren't only made up of Demon Lords, but also large hordes of demonic beasts. They seem to have some methods of controlling these hordes, though not with great accuracy.

”Secondly, we are ignorant of much of their methods. They seem to employ a branch of Force Arts for what they call 'magic' or 'Mage Arts'. We are still gathering information on this. I suggest that we send a few ambassadors to their Kingdom and form friendly relations.

”Lastly, the terrain. Their so-called Demon Empire's core is located within a mountainous region. It's almost impossible to launch a large-scale attack.”

Noah nodded, tapping lightly on the table. His mind spun quickly, his gaze locking on to the mountainous regions Jessica mentioned.

A suffocating aura exuded from the young Prince. At that moment, many around him could hardly breathe. Seemingly used to such a thing, they could only clench their jaws, waiting for it to pass.

Finally, the tapping stopped.

”Forming diplomatic relations is not a bad idea, but it will take too long. Imperial Grandfather granted us three months at most to complete this mission, we can't afford to waste it.

”Since there is no path of attack through the mountains, we will make one. Implement the detonation plan of 2097.

”Jessica, you will lead your squad to deal with the demonic beasts. The more you pull into our control, the better. You have two weeks.

”Finally, send an ultimatum to this King Arthur. It's either he helps us to level this Demon Empire, or, after we're done, he'll be next.”