Mage Veigar

Chapter 594 Disastrous Failure
Holy Dynasty, City of Ice and Fire.

Vega turned his gaze to the intelligence officer: "What is the situation of the Empire's war?"

For the past seven days, Vega has been unable to sleep or eat.

The outcome of the war between the Empire and the Dynasty has a huge impact on the Dynasty. Now Vega is paying attention to the war situation over there with a complex mentality of wanting the Empire to win, but also wanting the Empire to lose. It seems that it will not be good for him whether either side wins the war.

simply put.

If the Empire wins, the Empire's already arrogant attitude will be raised to a terrifying level, giving them the illusion that the army is still invincible. Under such terrible morale, Vega may not be able to keep the northern part of the Empire in the coming year.

With an army of seven million and an invincible morale, even the God of War would be intimidated.

Of course, Vega doesn't want the Holy Dragon Kingdom to win either.

Everyone knows how arrogant the Holy Dragon Ancient Kingdom is now. They look at other races, including humans, with the same eyes as animals. They don't care about the criticism of other countries at all, and openly do things that anger God and man.

Once the Holy Dragon Kingdom wins.

It is entirely conceivable that they will launch a war of revenge against the dynasty. It will not be so easy to repeat the same trick in the next war, after all, Vega cannot find a point to undermine the opponent's morale.

The enemy's morale cannot be weakened before the battle.

Then the chances of winning the war would be widened to 19:1, with Vega at 1 and the Holy Dragon Nation at 9.

Because the Holy Dragon Nation is an army that fights explosive wars, their combat effectiveness in a short period of time is unmatched. If they also have that kind of invincible morale bonus, then Vega is not sure that he can withstand the first wave of mad dog-like attacks.

This is where Veigar is contradictory.

Whether the Empire wins or the Holy Dragon Kingdom wins, it seems to be of no benefit to him.

Veigar sighed and muttered to himself, "It would be great if we could make both the Empire and the Holy Dragon Kingdom lose, and at the same time boost our own morale while damaging theirs."

Let’s talk about it.

The dynasty is not strong enough to intervene in a war between the two most powerful countries. If it really has this strength, Vega would not mind giving both countries a beating to indirectly boost his own morale.

Putting aside his thoughts, Vega looked at the intelligence officer.

The intelligence officer saw Vega's gaze and immediately reported: "The armies of the Holy Dragon Kingdom and the Empire are facing each other in Harsh City, the pearl of the West, northwest of the Empire. The Empire has more than two million soldiers, and there are countless professional magicians. It is completely different from the Kingdom's previous battle against the Holy Dragon Kingdom. This time, the Empire seems to want to announce to the world that the overlord has returned."

"What about the Holy Dragon Kingdom?"

The intelligence officer did not hesitate: "The Holy Dragon Nation has a total of 500,000 soldiers, ten flying dragons, ten holy dragon envoys, and the army is called the Flying Dragon Legion. The legion commander is Augustus. They are coming with great momentum. Although they have not yet launched an attack, a war is imminent."

"Keep a close eye on the war situation in the empire and report any new developments at any time."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As the intelligence officer left, Vega came to the map.

He glanced at the city of Harsh, then glanced at the location where the Holy Dragon Army was stationed, and for a moment he was unable to guess which country had the advantage and which country had the disadvantage.

After all, the empire has two million troops.

They don't need to find a favorable terrain to fight a tug-of-war like Vega did. The base number of imperial soldiers gives them enough capital to drag the Holy Dragon Kingdom into a period of weakness.

By then, the Holy Dragon Kingdom’s magical defense will disappear, and it will become a piece of meat on the chopping board.

If we analyze it theoretically, it seems like this...

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The Empire also holds the same view on this theoretical analysis.

I have two million troops at my disposal, including countless professionals and magicians. I have mobilized more than eight air corps. Now the total strength of Harsh City in the northwest exceeds the total strength of the United Kingdom, or even double.

With such a huge force, why can't we defeat your 50 soldiers from the Holy Dragon Kingdom?
From the commander-in-chief Eskar to the soldiers at the bottom, everyone regarded this battle as the king's return.

"It's time to remind the world that the Empire is back!"

Eskar looked into the distance, and was obviously a little angry about the recent remarks made by the continental countries that the Holy Dynasty, the Nolan Empire, and the Oracle Freedom Alliance were listed in the same sequence as the continent.

The Free Alliance is not so bad.

As the undisputed overlord of the West, it has the qualifications to be on equal footing with them. But since when did a mere holy dynasty have the right to compete with the empire in terms of seniority?

In terms of economy, military strength, industry... a country that has just mastered the technology of war airships, relying solely on a few victories in wars, wants to be at the top of the continent and share this piece of cake with them?

What a joke.

The dynasty's comprehensive national strength was dozens of times lower than theirs, but the fact that Vega and Okasos could be ranked first together was not something that Eskar or any of the subjects of the empire would accept.

So Eskar was determined to win this battle.

It is necessary to use this war to announce to the continent that the current empire should be divided into a separate sequence, and the Free Alliance and the Holy Dynasty can only be ranked in the second sequence.

As for the Holy Dragon Kingdom, there is no need to mention it.

This country has never been recognized by the continental countries. Although the United Kingdom has been destroyed, legally and nominally, the United Kingdom is still the owner of that land.

The empire is very determined to fight this war.

But many times, problems cannot be solved just by determination.

The war soon began.

Originally, the countries on the mainland believed that the Holy Dragon Kingdom would suffer another major defeat and then behave itself.

However, this war, which was originally thought to be almost one-sided, encountered an unexpected event.

Less than seven days after the war started, the empire lost the important city of Harsh, the pearl of the West. More than 300,000 ground forces were killed, nearly 200,000 soldiers were missing, and even six of the eight huge air corps were destroyed. The losses were extremely heavy.

The empire suffered an unprecedented defeat!

It could indeed be described as a disastrous defeat, as the number of enemy deaths was less than 3, and they were almost one-sidedly defeated and beaten by the Flying Dragon Legion without any chance to fight back. They could only be described as retreating step by step.

The cause of the failure was also found.

Now Eskar's Tian Ji horse racing strategy has proven to be ineffective.

Because the explosive power and advanced military force possessed by the Holy Dragon Kingdom’s army are simply too strong.

When they attacked, no one could stop them; when they retreated, no one could stop them, because the soldiers of the empire simply could not hold back the enemy like the soldiers of the dynasty at that time, who were determined to fight to the death.

The mistake of the Empire was that it was too concerned about its main force and attempted to use cannon fodder troops to consume the magic power of the sub-dragon soldiers.

So arrogant!

How could a group of cannon fodder soldiers who have not been brainwashed be determined to die and try to stop a group of bloodthirsty demons? They would of course be defeated at the first touch of the demons' attack, not to mention trying to stop the enemy.

The second mistake the Empire made was its assessment of the advanced military capabilities of the sub-dragon species.

Although the Empire possessed many high-level magic scrolls that were enough to defend against the attacks of the Holy Dragon Envoys, the Holy Dragon Envoys were not dead objects after all. They still successfully destroyed several secondary command posts, and the command of the Imperial Army was once interrupted.

Besides.

Even with the military strength of the Imperial Air Corps, it is still unable to contain ten flying dragons.

Specifically.

One air corps can fight against a flying dragon without being defeated, and 1.5 air corps can definitely destroy a flying dragon.

This time, the Empire dispatched eight air corps, while the Holy Dragon Nation dispatched ten flying dragons. Although the Empire seemed to take this war more seriously, the Holy Dragon Nation only looked down on the Empire and humans on the surface, but took this war very seriously on the inside. This was because the entire Holy Dragon Nation had only more than thirty flying dragons, which was evident from this point.

It is said that even a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit, but what about the empire?

Use cannon fodder to consume the enemy's magic power.

Use eight air corps to contain the enemy's flying dragons.

He does not take the Holy Dragon Envoy seriously.

After all these incidents, the empire finally paid a heavy price for its arrogance.

Now the remaining 150 million soldiers are setting up a defense line in the secondary strategic city of Atal'Hakkar, but the entire army is filled with pessimism. No soldier is looking forward to the next war, and morale has fallen to the bottom.

(End of this chapter)