Chapter 28: ~Opening Concert.~ (1/2)
***Jamaian Union, Jondul-Harbour***
Finally! Finally! The world is going to be ~mine~!
I watch the progressing bombardment of Jondul-Harbour. It's one of the bigger port-cities under the control of the Jamaian Union.
It's night and the coast is illuminated by flashes of light. My generals were ordered to do this as fast as possible. Time is of the utmost importance while the Jamaian troops are still occupied with Mislow.
This port offers the best starting point for my invasion. There was the possibility to choose between Mislow and Jamaian because both of them are weakened by their rivalries.
I chose the Jamaian Union as my first conquest. They control more land than Mislow and therefore they were forced to place more of their military closer to the border.
My invasion force is coming from the sea which means that the Jamaian troops are completely out of position. According to my generals we should be able to take this city before the enemy can even think about starting to move.
Then we can establish a toehold to conquer the whole main continent! According to my spies we should be able to conquer the most important economical cities of Jamaian before they can withdraw from the Mislow border.
They will march back and find their cities taken by my forces. In front of them will be their own fortified cities. Behind them the Mislow army.
The Jamaian Union is already doomed before the war even started. Then we will have a little talk with them. They will either yield and add their forces to my own or we will crush them without fail.
Of course the rulers of this country will have to swear loyalty to me with a magical contract. I won't allow any disobedience.
After Jamaian is under my control I have to decide between Mislow and the Academy. It's hard to judge which one will be the easier prey.
Mislow has its troublesome mind-magicians. So I guess that invading them with normal troops would take too much of my time. I will have to wait for my personal elite forces to do this smoothly.
Unfortunately I didn't dare to bring them with me because I first had to win a decisive victory against the Nation of Mist. If I had lost my fleet together with my personal troops it would have been a huge setback.
Then there is the Academy which is a whole city with more magicians than you normally get to see in a whole army. Conquering them will be tricky.
I am strong and powerful but I am not stupid enough to try to fight that many magicians at once. The Academy could prove to be my worst enemy so far.
There is Norfolk too. They control a huge area but I don't think that they are of any importance in this equation. Their army is next to non-existent and once I am done with either the Academy or Mislow the others will fall one by one.
I watch the coastline which is illuminated by fire.
Another big explosion lights the night and I can witness one of the tallest visible buildings being torn to pieces.
One of my generals bows to me. “The watchtower has fallen Empress. We will start to land our troops now.”
Idiot. As if I wouldn't have seen that for myself! “See to it that we get the city and it's inhabitants intact. I don't want to see a useless smouldering ruin in the morning.”
He nods and turns back to concentrate on the battle.
Somehow I wish that there would be some other immortals. It's boring to deal just with those useless short lived people. The guys from the Nation of Mist are a little amusing but they aren't aware of the true reality of this world.
If they would remember their previous lives at least. I sigh. I was cursed with wandering eternity until I was blessed with this body.
My attempts to create the ultimate and everlasting peace failed on several different worlds until I arrived here.
Either I failed in establishing a lasting peaceful society once I had conquered the world, or I always died before I could conquer it completely.
A single lifetime simply isn't enough for a goal like that. But my declared goal is to create the perfect society. Everlasting peace all over the whole planet!
I am simply sick of being reincarnated into one warring world after the other. Therefore I will create my own world of eternal peace. If the universe won't give me what I wish for I will create it on my own.
It took me quite some time to forge a society which will always strive for the ultimate and everlasting peace. The Phenex Empire will make my dream come true.
Unfortunately it's impossible to achieve peace without beating the lesser individuals into submission. The elements of a society which yearn for chaos and freedom have to be suppressed.