708 Chapter 355 - Elf medicine Part 2 (1/2)
Once Sika and Eleanor entered the temple, the trailing Caucasus warriors returned to the southern gardens. The young warrior who was leading the way wanted to go back already. Sika said, ”Stay behind, act as a guard for Saleen first. If you do this job well, you will be transferred to the temple's swordsmen camp.”
”Ah? Thank you Great Priestess!” The young warrior immediately knelt on one knee, executing an official salute.
The temple's swordsmen camp had a separate composition, the soldiers in it were Saleen's most trusted soldiers. The actual leader of the temple's swordsmen camp was Sika. Saleen held a tight rein over the troops beside him, he demanded high standards. This young Caucasus warrior was sufficiently loyal to Sika and Sika noticed that his powers were equivalent to that of an intermediate grade swordmaster. If his abilities took one step further, he could become an intermediate commander in the camp. This warrior was of pretty good caliber.
This selection was progressive. The Caucasus warriors who could enter the southern gardens had already passed through more than four rounds of selection.
Entering the temple, Sika and Eleanor went to the second story right away. Some Caucasus warriors spotted Sika, then they led Sika and Eleanor to the small cafeteria. This was originally the place where Saleen hosted his guests. Ever since the palace was built, outsiders could not come here to have their meals.
This time round, Saleen had invited the four dukes.
Since two countries were going to form an alliance, these dukes had to be the first to know about it. Sika was the last to arrive. The four dukes had already reviewed the clauses of the alliance treaty, they admired Saleen's meticulousness as there were no loopholes.
This alliance was targeted at a third party. Since Metatrin Kingdom wanted to develop further, it had to have a suitable excuse. Qin could oppose Saleen's expansion directly otherwise.
The nobles beside Saleen were not worried about Saleen's capability, they were worried that Saleen would be ostracized by Qin and that Saleen would not be able to locate an entry point. That secret agreement with Ojarvis could not be used as evidence.
These nobles were displeased that Lex had taken away a large quantity of materials. After looking at the clauses in the treaty, their moods were very much stabilized.
”Sika, we have been waiting for you.” Lex waved her hand and Sika walked over to her grinning from ear to ear, before taking a seat. Eleanor scanned the surroundings, Saleen's followers were also seated. Saleen pointed to an empty seat next to himself, and said, ”Sit here.”
That spot was actually reserved for Sika, but Sika had sat down next to Lex, so Saleen could not say anything.
”County Queen, what is really going on in Loulan? The information we received has a lot of contradiction.” Sika raised a crystal wine glass, toasting Lex. Saleen was astonished, it was unknown when Sika had learned to handle such events with so much ease.
Smiling bitterly in her heart, Lex said, ”The broad picture isn't too optimistic, the Holy See's army seized most of Loulan. We are nearing the middle line, but we didn't breach the most important town. We will launch one last offensive this winter.”
”What about the war puppets?” At this moment, Saleen had to ask this question, as he was very puzzled, ”The war puppets cannot even chase away the Tanggulasi people?”
”They are used to invade cities. Usually, they are stored in hundreds of chariots, where they will be assembled in the vicinity of a city. The Holy See has deployed grade-9 holy masters, trying to destroy the war puppets. If a war puppet isn't assembled, it is very frail on its own. Unless there are a few hundred sorcerers protecting the chariots, the chariots can be easily destroyed by the enemy's grade-9 experts if they are separated from one another.”
”Then aren't they useless?” Sika looked very intrigued.
”Why would they be useless? The enemy's grade-9 experts are kept on their toes, they keep surveilling our war puppets, they don't dare do anything else. The moment the war puppets are transported to the foot of the city and assembled, no cities in Loulan will be able to resist them.”
”That means the war puppets will be used to defend cities?” Saleen probed.
”That's right, the war puppets are not dismantled, they are at the middle line of Loulan, in Siwei Prefecture. This is the offensive frontier of Holy Rock City's right flank. If the enemy's grade-9 holy masters don't defend this place, we will dismantle the war puppets and transport them over.”
”This is because of Alchemy City, right?” Saleen asked.
”Yes, the sorcerers promised by Alchemy City haven't arrived, so we can only wait.”
”You are attacking during winter, will Alchemy City's sorcerers appear?”
”They have promised to deploy twenty-four sorcerers and one-hundred grand mages to aid in the offensive,” Lex replied.
When Nicholas learned of this news, his eyelids jumped. Being borne in the Holy See, he was very sensitive towards the actions of Alchemy City. Based on his experience, Alchemy City was planning to push the battle line to western Loulan by deploying twenty-four sorcerers. With so many sorcerers holding the fort, the war puppets could be safely sent to any city.
The more important aspect was the one-hundred grand mages, the presence of so many grand mages would pose a threat to a grade-9 holy master. The Holy See was warring on two fronts now, it still had to defend against the Cloudflow people at the south of the Chishui River.
Lex had only taken a short nap in the afternoon, so she still felt fatigued. After giving a briefing about Loulan's battle, she was sent back to the residence to rest. Only the four dukes and Saleen's followers remained as they continued discussing the development of Metatrin.
When Lex returned to the county queen's residence, she did not go to sleep right away, she went to chat with the sorcerer she had brought along.