Tauren Overlord

It was only at this point that King Degal of Volachia signaled Ghost Charna to pause and asked a more crucial question:

"Why do you think they won?"

Charna recalled for a moment and continued her report:

"The Tauren Overlord and his legion are both extremely powerful and far beyond our expectations."

"The source of this strength may be because he has an extremely radical idea - to let ordinary living people participate in casting spells."

"We all know that the ordinary living are very difficult to control."

"Once we give them weapons, they may no longer accept our control and even use our weapons against us."

"It is precisely for this political reason that not many rulers are willing to create low-energy magic props for ordinary people."

"Besides, we already have a very good alternative - the Skeleton Soldiers."

"These tools are much easier to control than the living, and can help us do everything from production to warfare."

"The key is that they are unable to betray their masters. Even if they produce them, they will not shoot themselves in the foot."

"The Tauren Overlord has a different way of thinking. He directly creates low-energy psychic weapons for the uncontrollable humans and ratmen."

"I haven't figured out how he guarantees the loyalty of these living people..."

"But in terms of combat effectiveness, a unit where everyone can cast spells, or even more than one type of spell, is indeed much stronger than regular units."

"According to a normal coalition of humans and ratmen, the Tauren Overlord should have needed 50,000 to 60,000 men to defeat the Imperial beasts."

“But in fact, he only dispatched five or six hundred elite troops to achieve the victory he wanted.”

"Of course, the elite troops are not the only reason why the Tauren Overlord won."

"We know that traditional military doctrine places great emphasis on supply lines."

"But the Tauren Overlord can use his portal to gather all his elite troops at a single point on the battlefield."

"This ability to ignore the chain of troops brought him a huge strategic advantage and even completely rewrote the rules of war."

"This ability is a bit like Marshal Selron in the Empire."

"That demon once used his ability to flash back and forth to destroy the Kingdom of Taimenia, whose population far outnumbered that of the Empire."

"But the war potential of the Tauren Overlord is even stronger than Marshal Selron!"

"Marshal Selron can only jump continuously by himself and cannot teleport troops, so the number of people he can kill is ultimately limited."

"The Tauren Lord can bypass the huge Sea Alliance and send troops directly from the Maoergan Peninsula to the Northern Continent."

"This means...if we become enemies with the Minotaur Lord, he can also send troops to all over the Sea Alliance."

"The vast majority of our cities will then be undefendable."

"In addition to being able to teleport troops, the minotaur's own strength is also quite strong."

"We previously speculated that his upper limit was three, but now it seems that this speculation is also wrong. He should have reached level four."

"It's unlikely that he had reached this level before, otherwise he would have used it in the New Luna Defense Battle more than two months ago."

"This means that he has probably reached the fourth level in a very short period of time. He can complete the journey that would take many people twenty years in just two months."

"Such a person is likely to reach Rank Five within his lifetime, no, within ten years."

"We may even witness the birth of a sixth-ranked empire god in this era."

"In short, the actual war potential of this Minotaur Lord is likely to have surpassed that of other lords in the entire New City Republic."

"Time is on his side. As long as he continues to develop like this, he will become even stronger."

"Whether it is the Tauren Overlord himself or his elite legion, we should try our best to avoid becoming his enemy."

"If we can use his power to deal with the Empire, it will undoubtedly be the best case scenario."

"If the worst-case scenario happens, and he ends up turning against us, we'll be in trouble."

"A normal-sized army would not be able to do anything to him."

"If we really want to destroy him, I'm afraid the five major member states of the alliance - such as our Kingdom of Volachia - will have to mobilize the entire country."

"What's even more terrifying is that the power of the Tauren Overlord is still growing."

"Perhaps after a few years, or even just a few months, even the whole nation of Volachia may not be able to destroy him."

"For such a force, my idea is to either pull it into the alliance, or eliminate it as soon as possible to prevent it from becoming stronger."

"Certainly, I think trying to root him out must be the worst option."

"As long as we can still choose to be his ally, it must be better than being his enemy."

"Fortunately, judging from the current strategic situation, there is no need for him to attack the Empire and us at the same time."

"It can even be said that we are natural allies in opposing the Empire. The only thing left is better communication and coordinated operations."

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255. The Emperor's Determination

At the end of the report, Ghost Charna emphasized two issues that she cared about.

The first question is why the Empire dared to launch an attack on the protectorate of the Intermarine Alliance.

"The Empire's degree of centralization has always been higher than ours, and the major marshals have always acted in a unified manner under the command of the Imperial Emperor."

"The possibility of a single governor or a single marshal acting on his own is almost zero."

"Since they have chosen to declare war on the New City Republic, it means that they are likely ready for the final battle with us."

In response, Count Shant and Vampire King Degar both nodded.

Another equally important thing seems to be more "personal".

"Our Undead Priest Elsa and Her Highness Lilia have both been too close to Mr. Woziki Shuode..."

"I mean, it's probably too close to talk about."

Lilia is Degal's daughter, but the king has more than one information channel, so he is mentally prepared.

No father would want the cabbages in his field to be eaten by others, but Degar just smiled indifferently, as if he didn't care.

He also issued further instructions:

“Don’t bother them, and don’t do anything that could be misinterpreted as hostile.”

"That Woziki Shuode cannot be an ordinary person. He is most likely a subordinate of the Minotaur Lord, and is responsible for monitoring Earl William and us."

"There is also a half-elf named Serena with him. She is definitely not one of ours."

"You are at the front line. Do you think she is more like someone from the Empire, someone from Earl William or the Tauren Lord, or someone from another member country?"

Only then did Charna realize that there were many omissions in her report, but she thought that nonsense might cause bigger problems. After thinking about it, she decided to tell the truth:

"I haven't observed carefully enough to make a judgment..."

After a while, Degar finally spoke, whispering:

"Continue your mission north, but be prepared to return at any time."

"If Lilia wants to stay there, I agree and allow her blood servants here to join her..."

Empire, New Luna City.

Field Marshal Selron also unfolded the spiritual scroll and participated in the highest-level strategic meeting of the Holy Blessing Empire.

Very few people could participate in this meeting. Apart from the four marshals of the empire, the only one left was the supreme ruler of the empire - the God-Emperor himself.

The first three marshals each reported on the battle preparations of their own troops and reconfirmed the final plan on how to eliminate the Sea Alliance.

Only after Marshal Selron stated his planned deployment did he make a new suggestion:

"Your Majesty, the great Divine Emperor, I encountered an extremely special situation while suppressing the beastmen."

"The rebel called the Minotaur Overlord that I reported to you before has the potential to grow far beyond our expectations."

"Not only is he trying to revive the old Luna Court, he also has the ability to teleport collectively, allowing him to expand his land in the New City Republic."

"For an opponent whose overall strength is not that strong but whose growth potential is extremely strong, we should not give him enough time to develop."

"Can we first concentrate our forces to eliminate this Minotaur Lord, and then have a final decisive battle with the Sea Alliance?"

"Our war with the Sea Alliance will inevitably be a life-and-death contest. If we allow that minotaur to grow in this war, it will probably bring disaster."

After hearing Marshal Selron's words, the other imperial marshals looked at each other in bewilderment.

The one who broke this tranquility was the Emperor of the Empire himself.

His form was difficult to describe, as was his voice, yet even a Level 5 warrior could feel the oppression of his superior.

"I know. The Fifth Marshal has sent news that Nargis was defeated and his entire army was wiped out."

This horrific news shocked several marshal-level figures in the empire!

Especially Selron himself. It was not until now that he realized that he had underestimated the minotaur!

They all knew that Nargis was a governor of the empire. What a powerful person it was to be able to annihilate a governor's entire army!

But what shocked them even more was that the fifth marshal under the Divine Emperor actually personally investigated the so-called Minotaur Overlord.

There are five marshals in the empire, and each of them has a heavy workload and is busy with all kinds of affairs.

Marshal Selron commands most of the army outside the empire; Admiral of the Navy commands most of the navy outside the empire;

There is also a Taimenian Marshal to suppress the Taimenian provinces, and another marshal stationed in the heart of the empire - Fuguang Island.

But there is another marshal who is the core of the core in the empire's combat plan, and that is the fifth marshal who has only a single line of communication with the God-Emperor.

The Fifth Marshal does not directly command combat troops, but focuses on cognitive warfare to disintegrate the enemy from within.

When the Empire conquered the Kingdom of Taimenia, Selron was ostensibly the main force.

This spellcaster, who excels in mobility, can easily slaughter a small lord at random every day.

It was impossible for a single small lord to form an effective defense network to prevent his raid, because any line of defense could be bypassed by Selron.

No matter how they defended, Selron could attack them from all directions, and they could only passively take the beating.

Therefore, Selron didn't need to confront the troops of the Kingdom of Taimenia head-on.

As long as he goes around in circles, wastes time, and kills as many people as possible without being able to defend himself, the people of Taimenia will definitely be the ones who can't hold on in the end.

However, fighting like this alone is far from enough to quickly destroy the Kingdom of Taimenia.

If we keep wasting time like this, it will probably take several years to destroy the Kingdom of Taimenia, and by that time the Sea Alliance will have intervened.

But in fact, the Kingdom of Taimenia only lasted for more than forty days - the decisive factor was actually the Fifth Marshal of the Empire.

The Fifth Marshal did not rely on force to kill the enemy, but his destructive power was greater than killing the enemy directly.

He continued to spread the news of the kingdom's impending demise throughout the kingdom, so that all potential leaders would have confidence that their country would be destroyed.

Countless leaders trained by him also passionately led the way in the Taimenian people's war of national defense and turned against the kingdom!

The destructive role played by the Fifth Marshal was strategic. The leaders under his command constantly cooperated with the Imperial Army from both inside and outside, and were the key to the Empire's conquest of the kingdom.

With the help of the Fifth Marshal, Marshal Selron no longer had to take out the Taimenian fortresses one by one.

Most of the people of Taimenia have become "smarter" under the guidance of the Fifth Marshal. Since they can't defeat them, they can just join the empire.

Even if there are 30 powerful kingdom knights hunting Serlun together, Serlun does not need to kill the enemies one by one.

When he killed the first Kingdom Knight, the clever Kingdom Knight had already realized that there was no solution to this situation;

When he kills the second knight of the kingdom, even the most staunch patriot will be shaken;

By the time Selron killed the third kingdom knight, he didn't need to do anything else.

Because a knight of a kingdom can betray his country and become a leader of the empire.