Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 476 The Empire Deploys!

More than a hundred years ago, the predecessor of Ace University, the Tresia Kingdom Research Institute, completed its research on white gunpowder and related weapons.

After a long period of accumulation, the kingdom finally launched a massive war to unify the entire continent.

With the help of gunpowder, the Kingdom of Tresia was invincible. The roaring guns and thundering cannons crushed any enemy that dared to stand in their way.

In the end, apart from the bitterly cold northern frontier and the swampy southern region, only the Valais Kingdom remained on the entire continent.

The Kingdom of Valais is known as the Kingdom of Extraordinary Beings, possessing the most extraordinary beings on the entire continent, with over 70% being Saint-level experts.

While the Kingdom of Tresia was expanding wildly, the Kingdom of Valais also took advantage of the global chaos to annex its surroundings.

Thus began a protracted war between the two kingdoms.

Ultimately, the Kingdom of Tresia achieved final victory, but during this war, the Kingdom of Tresia was puzzled by some phenomena.

They felt as if, besides the Kingdom of Valais and themselves, there was an unseen force secretly involved.

Every key juncture and every important event seemed to hint at something amiss.

It seems that the big hand is the one that decides everything.

After the new empire stabilized, the emperor at the time secretly investigated for a long time, but the giant hand disappeared without a trace.

No trace could be found anymore; these secrets could only be recorded in a few confidential files and circulated quietly.

"Appearing and disappearing unpredictably, using unusual techniques, acting without any apparent purpose or with an extremely clear purpose."

A glint of light suddenly appeared in Eurysippus's already somewhat cloudy eyes.

"It's uncertain, but it's very likely to be one of those mysteries from a hundred years ago, so when he told Aria that he came from some mysterious place, he might not have been lying to her."

Byron III nodded: "That's what I think too."

He looked at Ciplatz and slowly said:

"Teacher, this time I will dispel the fog surrounding them and see what kind of people dare to manipulate the world!"

"Writer, listen to me!"

Alia took a deep breath, stood outside the conference room door, and lowered her voice:
"You must explain the dangers and risks posed by the Golden Armored People in detail later, and it's best not to conceal anything."

She bit her lip, recalling the wealth minister who was considered a 'stupid pig,' and said with a complicated expression:

"They are not me; you can't fool them with your lies."

Is this an admission that he's rather naive?

Li Xia looked at Aliya, who seemed rather dejected, with surprise, then smiled:
"Don't worry, I have no conflict with the Empire."

He pushed open the door, showing no sign of worry or nervousness. Aliya watched as he calmly sat down in a chair, as if he were returning home.

He nodded to the imperial ministers who were watching him from the screen.

Doesn't this person feel afraid?
Aliya felt that even she herself felt immense pressure when facing those gazes.

She quickly shook her head, banishing those chaotic thoughts, and hurriedly sat down next to Li Xia.

To Aliya's surprise, the huge conference room fell into silence.

Neither of them spoke; they simply gazed at each other through the screen.

This peace had lasted too long, so long that Aria was starting to feel restless and uneasy.

Suddenly, Euler Cipras's voice rang out:
"How many people are on the other side, and how strong are they?"

"More than 300 people, plus servants totaling more than 1000. The strength of the main force of the 300 people ranges from high-level adventurers to saints, and the strongest is unknown."

But they won't be weaker than me.

Li Xia smiled slightly, surprisingly without any questions, and chatted casually with Ciplus as if they were old friends.

"Your purpose?"

"Kill them all."

That statement is not wrong. Once all the golden-armored men are killed, the world war will be over in a sense.

You only need to spend two days at the university and the cemetery.

"that's it?"

Cipras raised his eyebrows.

"that's it."

Li Xia nodded.

Then came another long period of silence. The seated high-ranking officials and the emperor seemed to have become statues, not uttering a single word, simply listening silently to the conversation between Li Xia and Sipras.

Meanwhile, Alya felt her mind was completely blank, wondering why the transitions were so erratic.
"Can you tell me about your background?" Cipras finally spoke again, but this time he changed the direction of the question.

"No comment"

"Can't you say, or don't you want to say?"

".(silence)"

"I understand, thank you."

Cipras let out a long sigh, nodded respectfully to the emperor, and stepped back.

"Send the order!"

Byron III suddenly spoke in a low voice.

"Fuck!"

The screeching sound of chairs sliding on the floor rang out in unison.

"The First and Second Border Guard Corps rushed to Montreal as quickly as possible."

The Royal Airship Corps' First Squadron blocked the airspace around Montreal.

Declare a state of emergency in Montreal to prevent enemy attacks.

"Yes!"

The military minister gave a concise and forceful reply.

He immediately bowed and left the room to carry out the emperor's orders.

Indeed, it was decisive and efficient, without any hesitation.

The two border defense legions, totaling approximately 60,000 men, faced a mixed force of over 1,000 men from the Divine Kingdom.

It can absolutely be described as a crushing defeat.

Even someone as strong as Li Xia wouldn't dare to charge head-on against Griegan's 10,000-strong army from the era of cold weapons.

It can only be described as a sudden attack to disrupt the formation, followed by an immediate retreat.

Although the Tresia Empire has entered the era of firearms, its melee weaponry and individual strength are developing in tandem.

Those soldiers who used white powder guns were no ordinary people; in terms of individual strength, they were even stronger than the average soldiers of the Griggan.

With their equipment, each of them could be as lethal as a top-tier apostle in an instant.

It was still at the third tier where the individual strength wasn't strong enough to defy the heavens.

It could be said that the only thing the divine kingdom could do was to find a pit in advance and bury itself.

After issuing the order, Byron III turned his gaze to Li Xia:

"Is there anything else worth noting?"

Li Xia's mind raced:
"Have!"

"This is the end?"

It flew up and down with a whooshing sound, asking with some confusion:
"This is too fast! Didn't the Divine Kingdom take this into account?"

"They must have considered that I would have to rely on the power of the natives, but I never expected it to happen so quickly."

Li Xia entered the airship and followed Aliya to the special private room on the ground floor once again.

"The larger the empire, the greater its lag in response."

If it weren't for Aria, the Empire would probably have needed quite a while just to investigate the university.

Even for me, an enemy apostle who knows everything, it certainly won't be something that can be accomplished in a day or two to convince the Empire to take action.

What the Kingdom of God desires is precisely this time difference.

"But Boss"

As Aowu listened, he suddenly asked in a low voice:

"Don't you feel that the kind of super lucky thing that happens to us, like meeting Aria, is not something that happens to us?"
I feel... there's something fishy about this!

Li Xia paused, then slowly fell silent.

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