Him and their stars.

Chapter 1696 Inspirational Story

Viscount Sobaek is a person who can easily strike a balance with himself, and he certainly hopes that his comrades are the same.

But now, he could only watch the other person continue to chatter with worry.

"If I could defeat Taia in the shortest time, the battle situation would definitely be different. Yes, I made a misjudgment, and my personal combat power could not directly change the situation. This is all because of my lack of ability. Alas, this is all my fault. I just knew that as long as I took action, I might be able to forcefully seize a passage, but I didn't expect the enemy's masters to arrive so quickly. It's all my fault. I just thought that if I could defeat her, it would also cut off an arm of the Dawn Dragon, but I didn't expect the opponent to be such a master. It's really all my fault."

Having said that, Shameen let out a long sigh, with a look of desolation in the corners of his eyes.

Sobek also sighed. He had to admit that if all these things happened to him, even with his shamelessness, he would probably be very shocked.

But then, Shameen behind the screen suddenly raised his head. In an instant, the gray and bleak aura was swept away, and the high fighting spirit appeared in his eyes again: "But, no matter what, I am still alive, and I have seen my own weaknesses, so it is far from the end! Every day in the future, I will be stronger than I am today. It must be so, and it can only be so. Today's blood and failure are meaningful. I will apologize to His Excellency the Marshal. After I get the punishment I deserve, I can go into battle again with ease."

...Well, he has reached a balance with himself, but the way is not quite what he expected.

Sobek could not help but admire his colleagues' determination and resilience, and at the same time he was very envious. As a descendant of a declining aristocracy born in a colony, he could no longer use such shameful lines to encourage himself after he turned fifteen.

  The hope of the nobles is like this, accumulating abundant happiness and security since childhood, and when needed, they can take it out to balance the inner order. But for a young man like me who struggled to rise from the colonial town, there are too many things to consider!

Sobek was a little jealous, but he still reminded her: "...Actually, you don't have to belittle yourself. King Soleon suffered a much greater loss than you did. If anyone is to be punished, he should be punished first."

"He is his. I am mine. His Highness has his responsibilities to fulfill, and so do I."

This guy was indeed too grand, so grand that he almost glowed, but it was also so grand that Sobek couldn't help but frown, thinking it was quite strange. He didn't know if he was judging others by his own standards, but he did feel that it was unnatural.

At this moment, in the center of the headquarters of the Imperial Army's newly built "No. 0" Fortress, a huge screen was floating, showing the Sayde Fortress, which was more than two standard astronomical units away from here.

As we all know, Fortress Zero is the largest space city in the Galactic Empire's construction plan for the galaxy, and it is built completely according to the standards of the Skyfortress. Therefore, even with the empire's financial resources, national strength and construction level, only less than one-third of the construction has been completed.

However, even so, a headquarters capable of commanding tens of millions of troops and its various supporting facilities, as well as a dormitory area capable of accommodating senior military officers and their secretaries, adjutants, guards and service teams, have been completed.

Probably because the habitability of the fortress is much better than that of the battleship. In short, the marshals and generals moved the headquarters of the entire army to the fortress, and also moved their own residences there - the Galactic Empire is still a society that pays great attention to hierarchy. Of course, there are commanders who love their soldiers like their own sons, but most generals who are born into traditional aristocrats still pay great attention to pomp and quality of life, and ordinary soldiers have almost no objections.

The duty of a general is to lead his officers and soldiers to victory, to bring them honor and benefits, rather than to aspire for a high moral position. Regardless of whether this is correct or not, this has been the ethos of the Galactic Empire for many years.

Now, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, Marshal Ikenroga, and his two deputy commanders, Admiral Rosaneo and Admiral Misaro, were conversing while observing the cylinder with a missing corner.

"Has Viscount Shameen failed again? Hey, what can we do? After all, it's the Dragon of Dawn. Even Duke Xia Ming's 'Metamorphosis' plan failed, let alone a young Four Heavenly Kings?" Marshal Ikenloga sighed.

"In fact, there is no such title. It is all a rumor spread by the outside world." Admiral Misaro, the top expert of the Imperial Army at the scene and the titular Knight Commander of the Star Knights, let out a long sigh, wiped the non-existent sweat from his smooth forehead, and said worriedly: "I just hope that this young man with unlimited potential will not be hit too hard and affect his future development."

"Although I don't understand psychics, I know that he is a young man with an unyielding will. I can see it from his eyes. When he becomes Ali, he will just work harder to improve himself." Admiral Rosaneo said.

"This is one of the reasons why I am worried." Admiral Misaro said: "When it comes to cultivation, if you force yourself too much, you will easily go astray."

No matter how hard you try, no matter how hard you force it, it won't work. What's going on? Are you psychics the only ones in the world who are pretentious?

Marshal Ikenroga and Admiral Rosaneo certainly wouldn't say that, or even think that. As veterans who were nearly 150 years old in total, they just smiled with understanding.

"We still have to go and appease Viscount Shameen. The boy's mission was just a test, and his responsibility was to provide auxiliary attack, and he did successfully complete his work." Marshal Ikenroga still behaved like a truly honest elder.

"So, what exactly are we testing?" Admiral Rosaneo said.

"That depends on what His Royal Highness King Sorain says. He should be returning soon."

Just as he said this, someone sent a live report that "the Titan ship Xiaolong has returned to dock No. 4 and is undergoing inspection" and "His Royal Highness King Soleon is rushing to the headquarters."

The marshals and admirals stopped talking for a moment, awaiting the arrival of the youngest elector in active service.

Ten minutes later, a sturdy, energetic figure appeared at the headquarters gate. Perhaps because his figure and pace seemed so youthful, the average age of the people at the scene was reduced by several orders of magnitude.

"Marshal, officers, I'm back." The young elector stood at attention and saluted everyone first.

His military rank was also that of a general, but because of his age and seniority, he was the last in the on-site command sequence. According to military law, he should have saluted.

However, he was the noble Elector, and therefore could automatically be considered one of the candidates for the future Supreme Being. According to the ceremonial and heraldic laws, he was also absolutely qualified to receive the salute of an Archduke or an Imperial Marshal.

Obviously, the young new King Suo respected military law more and respected the veterans present. This made everyone very satisfied and also allowed the command structure of the Imperial Army to maintain a relatively positive atmosphere. This was very important.

After receiving the return salute, he also made sure that the marshal and the two seniors had put their hands down before ending his military salute. From a purely polite point of view, this tall and young Elector King is qualified to be a professor of etiquette.

He then took the whole bottle of iced Kuo Luo brought by his subordinates, drank it all in gulps, and laughed heartily: "Wahahahahaha, the junior has really suffered a lot! This attack still failed. Thank you commanders for your support for my willful behavior. However, although it failed, this exploratory attack is still meaningful." "Oh, please tell me in detail." said Admiral Rosaneo.

If it were someone else, this statement would have sounded a bit sarcastic. But everyone present knew that the general, who was as rigid as an old judge, was a man of his word. Besides, he was also the chief judge of the entire army.

King Solayen nodded and stretched out his voice: "We..."

"us?"

"Our Xiaolong-class Titans are incredibly powerful. With the new aiming mechanism, they can be deployed in formation to inflict heavy damage to the enemy in a fleet decisive battle. However, it is still a bit difficult to directly demolish a fortress with artillery fire."

"Oh..." Admiral Rosaneo showed such an expression, not hiding his disappointment at all.

King Solayen continued, "Also, this doesn't mean that the Dawn Angel class shouldn't be built. If I were to choose, I would still prefer the Dawn Angel class, which is faster and has a more balanced combat power. She can actually replace the Four Seasons God class. Uh, Marshal, no offense."

This has nothing to do with me, a frontline general, Admiral Rosaneo thought, but it has something to do with the Privy Council and the Grand Marshal's Office... Well, with this calculation, King Soren is indeed a new member of the Privy Council, and Marshal Ikenroga is indeed one of the helmsmen of the Grand Marshal's Office.

Sure enough, the old marshal listened to the prince's analysis of the current Titans with great interest, nodded and praised, "Your Highness, although you are young, your perspective on the problem is very comprehensive and admirable. The adults in the Privy Council should be very happy to receive your battleship evaluation plan. As for the Shikigami, it has only been in service for more than 20 years. Even the glorious Galactic Empire has its limits in shipbuilding capacity."

"Also, our strategy of taking the fortress first is not feasible." The King Elector added, "The enemy's No. 7 and No. 8 fortresses have too short a firing window. If we want to land successfully, we must dig more than ten passages on the outer walls of the fortresses from the beginning and launch a full-scale attack to ensure a winning rate. This will inevitably require the use of the main force."

"Indeed, the main force has been mobilized. Why bother with a few branch fortresses? We can just launch a full-scale attack on the main fortress." Admiral Misallo said.

"Besides, it's not very realistic to want to make a feint to the east and attack in the west. My little trick this time was obviously seen through by General Yu Lian. Hahaha, I was so naive to think that my little trick could work." At this point, a look of admiration flashed across King Soleon's face. It didn't sound like he was talking about an enemy at all, but more like he was discussing an idol he admired.

"Of course, this is not surprising. After all, he is the Dawnbreaker! Even Sister Brin... even His Royal Highness King Suluka actually looks at him differently."

In fact, the one who looked at him differently should be His Majesty Emperor Elisir. Why do you have to mention King Suliuka here? Admiral Misaro twitched his mouth helplessly.

"If possible, I would like to capture him very much. Of course, this is to be able to learn military tactics and psychic powers from such a hero. I have no intention of sending him to Your Majesty and King Suliuka to ask for any benefits." King Sore added hastily.

You are clearly putting King Suliuka and His Majesty the Emperor on the same level.

Those present are all among the top 50 in the vast imperial army system. No matter how much they consider themselves to be pure soldiers, they cannot avoid being exposed to the highest level of political rules.

Of course they understood that King Soleon had actually been conveying his attitude towards the election of the emperor - she, King Su, was the emperor elector, and King Ben So was of course also the emperor elector, but he himself was a member of the "King Su Party", without any discount.

Ikenroga thought about it seriously, and realized that the choice of the new emperor this time was indeed influenced by the game between King Suliuka and King Weilunte, and it ended with the victory of the former.

Does this mean that His Majesty the Emperor has already made a plan?

... His Majesty is still in his prime, but he is thinking about these things here, which is really disrespectful! I am really becoming more and more like a hypocritical bureaucrat. Although Marshal Ikenroga couldn't help but remind himself of this, the conversation between Yu Lian and the emperor, as well as the scene of "blood disaster" inevitably emerged in his mind.

Of course, he personally could regard this as nonsense, but its impact on other soldiers had already been substantial.

Everyone's evaluation was correct. This "Dawnbreaker" that suddenly appeared was indeed the most dangerous opponent the Empire had encountered in this century... no, perhaps in the past 500 years. It was probably more dangerous and difficult than Victoria Lee.

However, Marshal Ikenroga calmed down when he looked at King Soleon, who had a firm expression and sharp eyes, and this young man who was full of youthful vigor but also had the mature and prudent demeanor.

He laughed: "Hahaha, then I also hope that the spirit of the universe can show mercy and bless you to get what you want. So, Your Highness, what is your suggestion?"

"To achieve a decisive change, we still have to wait for all the reinforcements to arrive!" The young King Soren spoke passionately and said the most stern words: "We have only gathered three times the strength of the remaining fleet on the front line of the Said galaxy, which is far from enough. At least we have to gather five times as many troops as originally planned."

This time, everyone did not say “that’s it”, but nodded in approval.

The old marshal praised directly, "Compared to your wild imagination and courage to move forward, a position like yours requires self-knowledge and the patience to endure the wrath for a while. I see the future of the empire in you."

Admiral Rosaneo began to report: "Duke Xia Ming will return to the Sede Fortress next month and officially serve as the Director of Mysticism of the Far Shore Cluster."

The so-called Duke of Xia Ming is the official title that Duchess Gary Bian has just obtained.

After her transformation plan failed, she lost the chance to be elected as the emperor, but she was still elected by everyone and successfully became the new Grand Master of the Star Knights. At the same time, according to convention, she was also conferred a hereditary title.

Of course, in times of war, the empire requires all nobles to perform their duties conscientiously.

So, the Grand Master of the Star Knights, who had just been awarded the title, had to return to the Said Galaxy where she had fought and lived. What an inspiring story!