26 Chapter 26 (2/2)

The Generals of the Satellian Empire sighed solemnly.

”We need to keep defending and use the time to hurry the research on the new weapon!” A General said.

Everyone looked at him weirdly...

'What the hell is this idiot spouting? That's exactly what we have been doing since the beginning!' They shouted at him mentally and scoffed at the man's words.

”Get out!” Nartus shouted at the man who then quickly ran away.

'Since when has my Empire been producing such horrible Generals?!' He thought angrily and gnashed his teeth.

”Father...” He heard his daughter's melodious soft voice that entranced the younger Generals, everyone then turned to her as she smiled back at them...

”Amelia... now is not a good time to talk to me!” Nartus smiled wryly but Amelia shook her head.

”It's fine, this is about the Empire anyways. Father I believe that we do not need to copy their technology and rather downgrade the weapon a bit so that production is easier...” Amelia stated.

”Downgrading... Have the blacksmiths figured out it's mechanism?” The emperor asked the General responsible.

The said General nodded slowly and replied, ”Indeed they have... but with our current technology, we cannot mass produce such complex weaponry!” He reported...

The atmosphere became tense after the General finished speaking.

”Damnnit... is there really no way?” Amelia cursed with a frown on her face.

The oldest man in the room, General Tyrus then crossed his arms and opened his mouth to speak.

”Your majesty, I believe we should surrender or even request a ceasefire...” He said as Nartus clenched his fists.

”An unconditional surrender in just two days of fighting?!” A few Generals frowned, it was simply humiliating to surrender... but this was was too devastating for the Satellians.

'Those moon lovers!' Everyone in the room cursed at the Lunar Empire.

”...What of their demands?” Someone spoke up as everyone focused their attention on the man, he was a young General and had a face quite pleasing to the eye, he glanced at Amelia a few times but stopped and controlled himself...

”What if they want the Empire? Your majesty, this is a risky option... who knows what those bastards are thinking!” The same person continued.

”We can't help it at this point... I'm sure Aurelius is a reasonable man! It's his son and his faction that did all these!” Nartus muttered and looked down.

”Son?” Amelia voiced out curiously as the young General felt threatened...

”The Crown Prince of the Grand Lunar Empire... he is around your age and a very powerful figure in his Empire, possibly even more influential than Aurelius himself...” Her father explained.

”My spies have gathered some information about him, he was apparently the one planning this... invasion! Aurelius would never do such a thing, he was probably overwhelmed by his war loving Generals...” The man tiredly sighed and relaxed on his throne...

”...Is he married?” Amelia asked her Father.

”I'm not so sure about that... why though?” Nartus asked his favourite child with a smile.

”Maybe the war will end if I marry him... I'm not trying to sound boastful of my looks but I'm sure he will find me pretty...” She mumbled.

”REJECTED!” Her father shouted as Amelia cowered under his scoldings.

”You will marry someone whom you truly love, not some war monger I have no clue of! Enough of this ridiculous conversation. Generals, prepare a letter and send it to Aurelius... Peace talks will be held in the Kingdom of Enleitz. The decision is final, until there is confirmation from the Lunarian side... we will be at war indefinitely...” He said in a voice of authority as the Generals kneeled.

”YES, YOUR HIGHNESS!” They shouted in unison and immediately exited the room.

Amelia was still inside the room as Nartus looked at her gently...

”Silly child, leave everything to me... you don't have to think too much as of now. Your old man can still rule the country!” He laughed as Amelia smiled brightly.

'This world... I love it...' She thought and was more than determined to bring back the peace that was broken by the Crown Prince...

'That hateful bastard! I'll make sure he suffers the worst death!' She added and walked out of the room as her eyes became cold.

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”Your highness, what is the plan as of now?” A General asked Alexis, who was still wearing his General uniform.

”Our forces as of now number at around five million, the enemy has low morale... we can charge them and take over, a few kilometres from their side... but the problem is the fort!” Alexis stated and dragged his finger away from the base and pointed at the drawing of a fort in the large map that was on the wooden table...

”We have cannons for sieges but they are not as efficient as the howitzers being built! The enemy also has the higher ground as the fort is built on the foot of a mountain range...” He mumbled.

”We can charge the enemy... but with a cost!” Alexis ended and looked up at the Generals who were contemplating.

”If the problem is being seen... why not dig tunnels?” A General said as his colleagues laughed at him.

”HAHAHA! You sure know how to joke eh?” His friend nudged him with his elbow and giggled.

”No, that is a good idea!” Alexis chuckled as the Generals looked at him weirdly.

”We need to get close enough to the enemy but still stay away from their attacking range, this could take some time... but if we use around five thousand soldiers we can take over the fort!” Alexis smirked...

”If you haven't forgotten already, we have plenty manpower!” He reminded them.

”Then we need to delay the reply of his majesty! He would definitely try to end the war fast...” An Old General informed the group as they turned to Alexis who nodded his head.

”Attack every messenger that crosses the border, leave none alive... we can let them sue for peace after we have taken the fort!” Alexis stated as the Generals chuckled, they were very happy with the war against the Satellian empire...

The main reason as to why Alexis was so adamant on taking over the fort was because it would leave the Satellian empire defenseless in the Lunar-Satellia front!

If the Lunar empire wanted to attack them, they could do so easily and make the Satellians capitulate and move to the other two great nations, in the case of a four way war that is...