690 A secret agreement Part 1 (1/2)
Saleen felt a little disappointed, but he did not show it on his face. He immediately thought of a problem. ”The Pan's turtle alchemical boat is powerful, but I only have one and I am not hopeful of capturing another creature like the pan turtle. The pan's turtle alchemical boat is Metatrin City's secret weapon, the enemy mustn't know about it. If I have a warship that can dive the existence of the pan's turtle alchemical boat will be concealed. Holy Rock City uses this item to equip its navy which means that it can be repeatedly produced unlike my pan's turtle alchemical boat. If I create a manufacturing method, I will possess a huge number of it, which will be very practical. I don't have to use metals to craft it because I possess thundercloud wood. The thundercloud wood is much tougher than metals and isn't heavy. A lot of magic nuclei can be conserved if it is used in underwater navigation.”
”I, will have to thank His Majesty for this.” Saleen was grinning from ear to ear, ”This diving warship has arrived at an opportune time. ”If I want to expand the navy, I will surely have to use humans. If the entire army is made up of spirits and the winged skeleton meets with a mishap, I will not be able to command so many spirits.”
Seeing Saleen feel so jubilant, Barde finally had peace of mind. At this point in time, without a formal ceremony, a letter of credence could not be handed over. They could only discuss trade. After settling one-hundred-thousand magic nuclei in one go, Barde began thinking about the possibility of establishing personal relations with Saleen.
”Nailisi, go and collect the diving warship.” Saleen gave Nailisi one Dimension Stone. In name, this alchemical equipment was called a warship, but it was in fact a small vessel. Since Saleen possessed some experience from crafting similar equipment with Lex in the past it would not be too difficult for him to study this equipment.
Nailisi was all smiles when she received the Dimension Stone, then she went to collect the entire diving warship. Her ability was akin to that of a sorcerer already, even a normal grand mage might not be able to store this huge object which measured over ten yards.
Tiffany observed this event, but she pretended not to notice. She did not realize that Nailisi was an imp, nor did she detect the scent of a grand mage from Nailisi's body.
At that moment Barde and his confidante claimed that they were a little exhausted. They left without waiting for the performance to be put up by the singers who were borrowed from the nobles. Daniel went to arrange their lodging. Only the soldiers from the palace's swordsmen camp lived in the palace, so there was nothing Barde could find out. Saleen's main secrets were all concentrated in the temple.
Saleen invited Tiffany and Stephanie to stay behind. Seeing that Tiffany did not stand up, he knew that she had something to tell him. The nobles had also left, only Aini remained. In the temple, only Saleen's followers stayed behind.
”Great Mage, does His Majesty have something to tell me?” Saleen only opened his mouth after seeing that Barde and the rest had left. There were few formalities between mages, mages would not beat about the bush.
”His Majesty doesn't have much to say. He asked me to find out whether Metatrin City can deploy troops to assist Holy Rock City or not. If your capabilities are too weak, then forget it, but if there is such a possibility… His Majesty would like to make a trade.”
”Trade?”
”Since you aren't a noble conferred by His Majesty, His Majesty will make it up to you if you deploy your troops.” Tiffany made her words even clearer. ”This compensation wouldn't be without conditions. If your soldiers are too inferior, His Majesty can do nothing either. You have to win a few battles, that way it will be easier to draw funds from the national treasury.”
”Deploy troops? I… heard that the war in Loulan is very advantageous to Qin.” Saleen did not agree in a hurry, although he really wanted to send troops into Loulan in a justifiable manner. He was most afraid of not being able to participate in such matters.
”There is news from Sikeqinya City. Emperor Danny, who added a 'sacred' word in front of his name, seems to be interested in joining the war.” Tiffany's words appeared more arrogant now, but she was not directing her scorn at Saleen. The emperor of Sikeqinya, Emperor Danny, was a conceited fellow who was more abominable than the Cloudflow emperor and had added a 'sacred' word in front of his name.
In the eyes of a sorcerer, he was a clown. Even though he was a Golden Grand Swordmaster, he was still a clown.
What about Emperor Chanake? His powers had exceeded that of a Golden Grand Swordmaster, but he wasn't so presumptuous. Emperor Chanake was not indomitable, he was ambushed by the Holy See in the end.
”Understood…” After all, Saleen had experienced quite a number of tribulations in his life. With Lex's actions and Narnia's teachings, Saleen had no choice but to have a clear picture of the mainland's situation.
Sikeqinya might appear to be scattered sand, but in actual fact, it was powerful enough to disrupt the balance between the other three empires. If Sikeqinya wanted to help the Tanggulasi Empire, it would deploy troops from Laiyin Duchy. It would actually attack the land in northern Qin as a result.
At that position, Qin did not possess any sturdy barrier. Originally, it had relied on Loulan for shielding. Now that Loulan was in shreds, soldiers from Laiyin Duchy only needed to pass through a hill measuring about three-hundred miles to enter Qin.
The Qin Empire had only stationed Lex's army there. Due to the terrain, armies which entered from this direction would have to pass through Phoenix once more and wind north before they could enter Qin again. By then, only the plains would be in the way of the invaders.
Be it the Tanggulasi Empire or Sikeqinya, either one of them had more cavalrymen than Qin.
In a field battle occurring on the plains, the power of the cavalrymen would always surpass that of the infantrymen unless the infantrymen were from a magic army. Two main forces from Qin had attacked Loulan, the vanguards had already reached the midline of Loulan. More than half of Loulan's land had been seized, it would be impossible to send troops to stage a rescue.
The moment Laiyin Duchy attacked from this point, Qin could only depend on the northern nobles to defend the invasion.
In the past people from Phoenix would naturally take the lead. At this moment, the Phoenix people hated Qin to the core, it would be too difficult to ask the Phoenix nobles to deploy their troops.