Chapter 1138 - Interception (1/2)
Chapter 1138: Interception
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In Neverwinter, Graycastle.
Roland received Iron Axe, the Commander-in-Chief of the First Army, and Edith Kant, the Chief of General Staff.
“How did it go? Do you like riding on the ‘Seagull’?” Roland asked as he looked at the pair with some interest.
“Your, your Majesty, it’s fast, but it’s… a little too fast for me,” Iron Axe answered with a look of terror. “I didn’t feel that way before. However, when I actually sat in there, I noticed that it wobbled pretty badly. I was very scared when the craft went up and down and thought I was going to fall.” He then administered a military salute and exclaimed through his teeth, “Of course, I promise that I’ll do my best to overcome my fear, Your Majesty!”
It appeared that this seasoned Mojin warrior feared heights. Roland asked, his brows raised, “So, how are you going to overcome the fear?”
“I’ll watch more magic movies once this war is over until I’m no longer afraid of it!”
“That’s really like what a Sand National would say,” Roland thought in amusement, a muscle flinching in his face. He turned to Edith and asked, “What about you?”
The Pearl of the Northern Region moisted her lips and answered quietly after a moment of silence, “Fantastic.”
“That’s it?”
Roland waited for Edith to elaborate but the latter did not say anything further. Then he noticed a rosy flush fluttered over her cheeks, her eyes glistening.
Roland heaved a sigh. He had to admit that his subordinates all had some unusual personalities. He expected to see them heap praises on his new invention, impressed and shocked. Now it appeared he had overestimated the psychological impact of the aircraft.
Roland rose to his feet and said, “Since you’re already here, let’s start the meeting. We have to get prepared for the final battle.”
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After six months of construction work, the first main railway was only 60 kilometers away from the Taquila ruin. Once the construction of Tower Station No. 10 was completed, the First Army would be able to directly attack the demons at Taquila. The “Torch” plan had cost much greater manpower and supplies than any of the military operations they had carried out in the past four years. 80% of the iron produced by the Furnace Area were used to build the railway. The sole purpose for this plan was to stop the demons from erecting the Obelisk before the arrival of the Bloody Moon.
Once the Fertile Plains was enveloped by the Red Mist, the demons would be able to invade the interior from the Impassable Mountain Range anytime. By then, not only would the First Army face a bitter battle but the demons would no longer be bounded by distance. Roland definitely did not want to see the battle unfold in this way, considering that human beings were already outnumbered by the demons.
However, if they managed to seize Taquila before the final battle, the demons would have to erect their Obelisk in the other two Holy Cities, the Starfall City and Arrieta. Both two cities were more on the northern end of the plain. Even if the demons built their outposts there, they could not directly threaten the Four Kingdoms. In that case, they would not only have a bigger chance to win the Battle of Divine Will but would also earn another 400 years for human beings to convalesce.
As Graycastle had already entered an Age of Industrialization, Roland was positive that human beings would have much greater achievement in the next 400 years when the survival of the mankind no longer depended on food and basic life necessities. Therefore, the vast plain, in a sense, became their strategic buffing zone as well as their prospective territory for further development.
Men would eventually defeat demons.
Though perhaps this generation might not witness their eventual victory.
This was also why Roland did not explain the reason for this plan in detail.