Chapter 1094 - A Power of Attorney (2/2)

“They think there are two possible reasons. One is that the demons have noticed our change and can’t play their old trick anymore. The other is that the demons can’t assemble enough troops to have a second round of attack in such a short time.”

“Really?” said Roland thoughtfully. Apart from the demons’ remarkable learning ability, he was also very concerned about that Senior Demon acting as the skirmisher.

Indeed, this was not their first time meeting a Senior Demon.

Now he remembered after they had met the first Senior Demon at the snow mountain, they had encountered this particular type of Senior Demon four times. However, several hundreds of years ago, Senior Demons used to be commanders only. The Union would only have had a chance to kill them after the Blessed Army had slain all other regular demons. They had apparently lost their superior status over the past hundreds of years and started to participate in a battle more often than they used to. This was definitely not good news for them.

For the soulless God’s Punishment Army, Roland could still develop some specific tactics to tackle them. For a group of Senior Demons with various powers, he could literally do nothing about them but to cross his fingers.

Since there were no particular methods to fight the Senior Demons off, the only way Roland could think of now was a universal strategy, which was to catch the enemy unprepared and eradicate them with more powerful gunfire.

“The demons would definitely not allow us to prowl around the Fertile Plains. We should stay alert, making sure we leave them no chance.”

“Noted!” Leaf said while raising her voice. After the communication was over, she said with an abrupt return to her usual manner, “Your Majesty, Iron Axe has hung up.”

“Alright…” Roland heaved a sigh and asked, “Who’s next?”

“The Minister of Construction, Karl Van Bate.”

Roland was a bit surprised to hear the Ministry of Construction have problems, as they had already sufficient materials and manpower to carry out their projects. He thus said, “Transfer the call.”

“Your Majesty,” Leaf said whilst mimicking Carl’s voice this time. Although Roland could still somehow distinguish the difference, the rustling of the twigs and leaves made Leaf’s performance quite impressive. “The construction team has encountered some problems recently. I hope the other departments of the Administrative Office could help us.”

“It seems… Leaf has got addicted to this voice over job,” Roland thought.

The report from the Minister of Construction was fairly straightforward. The night raid had shocked many workers and resulted in a low morale among the workers. As many foremen had noticed their workers were slacking off, they wished to change the workers’ shifts or allow their families to visit them so as to raise their spirits.

Roland thought it was practically impossible to change everybody’s shifts since not all the workers were willing to trade their lives for a higher pay. As such, he steered the conversation to the second method. “Family visits? I remember more than 70% of the railway workers are immigrants who don’t have a family. If we allow family visits, those who don’t have relatives would feel bitter against those who do, which would then exacerbate the current situation,” Roland replied.

“I’ve thought about that, Your Majesty,” Leaf answered for the Minister. “The railway construction team once asked all the workers to submit a Power of Attorney, in which they named the person who will have the full authority to take care of their personal matters in case they’re killed in action. This person must be very important to that worker and thus, in a sense, can be regarded as his family member.”

“That sounds like a plan,” Roland said after a moment of reflection. “Alright then. I’ll ask Barov to arrange it.”