Mage Veigar

Chapter 502 The Way of Empire
The meeting of the Kareni military ended.

The conclusion of this meeting was to send the letter to the Imperial Immortal City and let the higher-ups decide how to respond to Vega, because this matter also involves economic areas such as taxation, which is not something that their military can decide alone.

Of course, this meeting was not without use.

At least all the generals in Kareni City have reached a consensus, that is, without the order from the imperial capital, no one is allowed to engage in battle with Vega without authorization, and the only way to take action is to defend.

Although it was not explicitly stated.

But it is undeniable that they are afraid of Veigar.

Otherwise, if this happened in the past, they would have fought with Vega at least once. The Empire likes to use this method to determine whether to adopt an aggressive or conservative strategy in the next battle.

There are different levels of aggressive and conservative strategies.

There is no doubt that Kareni has now chosen the most conservative strategy. Under this top-level defensive state, no matter how the enemy provokes them, they will not be able to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

In military terms, the empire has always been efficient.

Vega's letter was delivered to the Imperial Military on the third day, and a Supreme Council meeting was held at the same time.

First, the head of state presided over the meeting. "I think everyone is clear about the situation. The traitor Vega raised an army of 70 and wiped out the 137-strong coalition of countries without any effort. Now he has deployed troops in Kareni and threatened to attack Kareni City if our country does not relax restrictions on various industries and exempt industries from tax for five years."

"Too deceiving!"

A lieutenant general staff officer put forward his opinion: "Our country has deployed heavy troops in the north, especially in the city defense of Kareni. We have 25 ground forces and two standard air corps. With such a large scale of force, why should we be afraid of his dynasty's mere two armies?"

"That's a bad word."

Another major general staff officer stood up and refuted: "The quality of the army is one aspect. Everyone here knows that what can really determine the direction of a war is always the talent of a general."

"I don't dispute that."

The lieutenant general agreed with the major general's opinion, but he denied it, "But there are 17 people above the rank of Brigadier General in Kaleni. Are our generals not as good as a mere Vega?"

"Cough cough..."

An old staff officer coughed a few times and said, "I don't mean to boost others' morale and destroy my own prestige, but please forgive me for being frank. When the kingdom invaded Kareni, there were 10 brigadier generals, 3 major generals, 5 lieutenant generals, and 1 general. Even with such a luxurious lineup, Vega was defeated by one person. Please don't turn a blind eye to it."

"That's right, everyone, don't underestimate that little brat."

A middle-aged staff officer stood up and said, "Throughout history, no one has been able to kill 70 people without blinking an eye. Now, the number of soldiers killed by Vega is probably over one million. I dare not say that there will be no one like him in the future, but at least there has never been anyone like him before. It is not an exaggeration to call him the best general on the continent. It is unwise to rush into a battle."

"Oh! Do you want to compromise?"

The Lieutenant General Staff Officer was filled with righteous indignation: "My great empire has many famous generals and an invincible army. Now you tell me that you don't even have the courage to fight and will directly compromise with the enemy? You are betraying the glory of the army!"

"Lieutenant General Norson, please watch your words!"

The old staff officer snorted, "Don't confuse glory with war. Right now the Empire's main focus is on the Kingdom Dragon City front. At this critical juncture, I don't think there is any benefit in creating unnecessary trouble. If paying a little bit of profit can make the Dynasty withdraw its troops, I don't think this deal is a loss. What we need now is time."

"I repeat again! The Empire has never known what compromise is!" The entire conference room fell into noise again. The conflicting points of the meeting could be mainly divided into two parties.

One side believes that making compromises will indirectly undermine the morale of the army and tarnish the glory of the empire. After all, the empire is the superpower on the continent, and it has always been the empire that makes other countries compromise. There is no reason to do the opposite.

The other side is different.

They believe that glory cannot be eaten, and only winners are qualified to talk about glory.

Therefore, sacrificing a little glory and benefit can buy precious time, which is of vital importance to the empire. After they take over the kingdom, why not take back today's humiliation tenfold?
At the end of the meeting everyone looked towards the Führer.

After a brief thought, the head of the empire finally said, "The empire's way of resolving disputes is not compromise. In the history of the empire, even when it was on the verge of collapse, there has never been a precedent of compromise with other countries, because the foundation of the empire is war. Please do not forget this."

"What does the Führer mean?"

There was a flash of excitement in the eyes of the war faction. They had completely inherited the way of survival passed down by the empire to this day, and they liked to solve everything with war.

"War, only war!"

The head of the empire was like a sword covered in dust that finally revealed its sharpness: "The empire has been pushed to the edge of the cliff again. Blindly compromising will only make the enemy more aggressive. You can never feed jackals. There is only one way to deal with jackals - fight with your life!"

"Viva Heads!"

"For the Empire!"

When the head of state demonstrates this will, both the war and peace factions will instantly agree and work towards the same goal.

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the other side.

While waiting for the Empire's response, Vega began to familiarize himself with his own strength.

The first is the level of the profession. The last war in which the coalition forces of 18 nations were completely wiped out allowed Vega to gain a huge amount of magic power.

If there are no other unexpected factors, Vega will be able to directly advance to a star-level professional.

What is the concept of a star professional?
According to Vega's understanding, there is not a single star-level professional officially recorded in the mainland. Even the upper-level professionals are rare. There are about 10 officially recorded, of which 7 are in the Empire, 3 are in the Kingdom, and not even one can be found in the Dynasty.

No, there is one already.

The only one who is self-evident is Vega himself.

Yes, Vega was not able to directly advance to a star-level professional, but was stuck at the peak of an upper-level professional. What made Vega shudder was that the bottleneck that caused him to advance to the lower levels reappeared, preventing him from making any progress.

Why do only professionals have bottlenecks, while promotion to lower-level magicians goes smoothly?
Vega still hasn't figured this out.

And when he encountered a bottleneck again as his strength increased, Vega became more and more confused. He seemed to have thought of something, but he could not grasp the key.

(End of this chapter)