Chapter 285: Their First Professional Match! (1/2)
The moment that the counter ended, everyone from Team ARES materialized inside the throne room of the said Tradean Empire.
Other than everyone from their team, there were also fully armored NPCs who were bowing towards Pedro—their King in that simulated scenario. And… They did not dare lift their heads without his command.
Thus, Pedro used this chance to scan through the details of the Simulated Battle and the objectives he needed to accomplish to win the match.
[Tradean Empire: Team ARES]
[Military: 10,000 NPC Soldiers]
[Population: 100,000 NPC Civilians]
[Match Objectives]
-Conquer Enemy Stronghold or Annihilate the Opposing force!
[Objective Completion Reward: Win the Match!]
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Pedro simply waved his hand to the right—consequently closing his player interface. Then, he sighed and said, ”Raise your heads, brave and loyal warriors of Tradean! I, your King, wants to know the situation we are in?!”
”Yes, your majesty!” The Empire Soldiers, Warriors, and Knights lift their heads as a red armored man with thick brown hair on his face stepped forward.
The man said, ”We got the news that the Defacto Kingdom will launch a full-scale attack to your highness' lands! They have prepared 5,000 soldiers to attack us by surprise! Luckily, our spies were able to warn us just several hours ago! We already have alerted the whole Empire and have gathered around 1,000 of our men and stationed them outside the walls!”
”We have also sent messengers to call our remaining troops back—that are hunting monsters in the Tradean Ravine! Their number was around 9,000 and is enough for us to single-handedly crush the enemy! However… It would take them two to three hours to return. And I fear that if the Defacto Kingdom launches an attack now… Forgive me, your majesty, but… There's only a slim chance for us to win the battle!” The man explained to Pedro with a worried tone.
Pedro frowned in response and asked, ”How many soldiers are guarding the gates?”
The man could only force out a smile and said, ”Embarrassingly… There are only 10 Soldiers assigned on each of the four gates, your majesty! It was supposed to be around 50 soldiers but because of the dire of the situation, we assigned 40 from each gate to the main force!”
Pedro simply sighed and shook his head in response. Then, he glanced to Talia and Lony, while saying, ”Bulk, Shawarma follow me! I will personally lead the thousand men to the battlefield!”
The Empire Soldiers, Knights, and Warriors could only stare towards Pedro in response as Lony and Talia simply nodded with a mischievous smirk in response.
”But your majesty…” The man with the red armor wanted to argue.
But Pedro simply glared towards him and said, ”I know your worries! But with my lead… We can rally the thousand soldiers and make them fight courageously for the empire! This way, we can buy some time for the reinforcements to arrive and even prepare themselves for the fight!”
The red armored man wanted to argue but Pedro spoke once again before he could utter a word, saying, ”I, the King of Tradean Empire, commands you—the strongest warriors, soldiers, and knights of the Empire, to be the shield of the Empire's Walls in my absence! My Queen, White—together with my Advisor, Chicken Burger (AN: this is Mathew), would gain an equivalent authority as mine when it comes to decisions that need my approval!”
”Now… Arrange my horse and prepare the thousand men to leave!” Pedro said one last time that made every NPC forced out a smile in response.
At this moment, a man with the red armor knelt towards Pedro and said, ”Your highness… Forgive me for my selfish request but… Please allow me to join you in the battle! As the General of Empire's Soldiers, I should be beside your majesty's side at the least!”
At first, Pedro was hesitant. If he takes all the thousand men—including the 'capable' soldiers, with him, he was afraid that there would be no one to defend the Kingdom if the enemy attacks even with a small diversion force.
Although Sabrina, Mathew, Arvee, Roval, Loren, and Aldo would be left on their stronghold, he still finds it risky to leave the defense of an entire stronghold to themselves.
That is why Pedro wanted to leave the strongest soldiers behind. This way, the rest of the Team ARES would have a second line of defense that would eliminate threats or enemies that are able to pass through the player's defenses.
But since he wanted to utilize the chance to strike first and cause disturbance on the opposing force—making them realize the fact that their ”plans” were seen through by their enemy, Pedro had no choice but to agree since it was only one of the tens of soldiers, warriors, and knights inside the throne room.