924 Who to Finish Off First? Part 1 (1/2)
”Nothing important. The main thing is that all three Duchesses have their own unique strengths, so I have tasked them with settling all the trivial issues,” Sika replied.
When Saleen frowned, Sika said, ”Saleen, don't tell me you have gotten used to being a king? You are a mage!”
”It's not because of that. There are too many people around us that we need to take care of. Look, how many people are depending on us for their survival? Every decision we make will impact the futures of more than a million people.”
Sika smiled and said, ”So, what do you intend to do? Take back all the power?”
”There's no point doing that. I'm not saying that you did the wrong thing. It's just that Metatrin City is too important to us. Let's not split up and give away the power easily.” Saleen already knew that some interdimensional spaces were still developing and the one that he controlled was possibly one of them.
If that interdimensional space developed completely, Saleen would be an invincible entity over there and could eventually become the ruler of a real dimension. An interdimensional space that was still in the midst of developing would possess countless resources. No one would fight with him for them and no powerful opponents would be able to enter.
”I know.” Sika's voice took a turn and was so gentle that Saleen's heart broke.
”Ah… Sika, this is my plan. We let teacher take over, but we will not send over the Sregl Island sorcerers to defend the city. The two grade-9 sorcerers in the western town will bring aid to Lonestar City. Nailisi will follow them as well. I will bring Soldier with me to settle Grand Duke Iron Blood's fleet, then we will bring the spirit army to Lonestar City as well. The Sikeqinyans will not launch any attacks. Don't worry.”
”You will take charge of the demons first?” Sika could not believe that Saleen had the same plan as her.
”Yes. I will lead the fleet out to see. Teacher will be behind so the Cloudflow forces will not be able to sneak up on us. After we have defeated their fleet, then we will turn back and deal with the Sikeqinyans.” Saleen was confident in his explanation.
He had 24 ancient warriors and hundreds of grade-9 elemental creatures. On the battlefield, he would have no qualms unleashing the elemental creatures on the enemy.
Besides, the attacking power of the pan's turtle alchemical boat had become so powerful that it was no longer possible that the bone spirits would not be able to sink enemy warships. The winged skeleton had come up with a method of utilizing bone spirits that would increase their power by hundreds of times. The only weakness of the bone spirits was sorcerers, but on the battlefield, there was no way that sorcerers would be able to control the entire situation.
Saleen estimated that based on the population of Dragon Island ruled over by Grand Duke Iron Blood was two or three times more than his own. Besides, after many generations, the number of mages there should not be only about a thousand, which was what the slaves said. In just over 10 years, Lex already managed to develop so many mages. In comparison, Grand Duke Iron Blood was so much more powerful and wealthier. Surely, he would have more mages by then.
On top of that, Cloudflow forces reared magic beasts so low-level magic nuclei were cheap, which meant that the overall cost was much lower than Lex's. Without the help of Grand Emperor Chanake behind the scenes, there was no way Lex could develop her forces to that extent. On the other hand, Grand Duke Iron Blood easily had 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and probably a million normal soldiers.
What concerned Saleen the most was Grand Duke Iron Blood's second ancient warship. There were plenty of ancient warriors on that warship and all of them were grade-9 elite soldiers. Should they be awakened, they would be more powerful than the elemental creatures. Although the latter could be revived countless times, they were many times poorer than the former in terms of combat techniques.
If the ancient warriors on the other ancient warship were awakened, Saleen would have a tough time.
At that moment, Grand Duke Iron Blood could control some of the ancient warriors with the bone alchemy technique. Although he was not as effective as Saleen, those ancient warriors were of grade-9, after all, and were not much weaker than those controlled by Saleen. Saleen refused to believe that Grand Duke Iron Blood had not thought of a way to control more ancient warriors despite possessing the ancient warship for so many years.
Saleen had to snatch the ship over before Grand Duke Iron Blood gained full control over it or sink it so that the Grand Duke would no longer be able to continue studying it. Although Saleen's powers had increased tremendously, he could not take it for granted that his opponent's powers had increased too. The collective power of the entire Mainland had been increasing and Saleen was determined to eliminate Grand Duke Iron Blood before he could become even more powerful.
The Sikeqinyans were not a threat. Lex had her God's Ring, so even if she could no longer hold the city, she would never be in danger as a grade-9 mage.
After discussing the military plans with Sika, Saleen played with the two children for a while. The poor mythical beast was lying on the table and was being manhandled by Saleen's children.
When Saleen saw that the sky had turned dark, he returned to his teacher's room. Jason was in the midst of conducting a magic experiment. When he saw Saleen, he smiled and asked, ”Have you seen Sika?”
”Yes. Teacher, let me tell you about everything that has happened on our trip to the Oceanic Ice Block,” Saleen said to Jason respectfully.
”Take a seat.” Jason ended his magic experiment and ushered Saleen to a seat facing him. He carefully inspected Saleen from head to toe and finally spoke with relief, ”Not bad. You have advanced to grade-9 and your mental strength has become stronger.”