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Chapter 886: The Caution of the Imperial Beast Cato

"The entire scout team was wiped out?" Cato looked puzzled. He had collected some intelligence before and knew that the false king of the Voss Kingdom had been captured. Now in the entire Voss Kingdom, only the north was struggling with the undead.

As for Count Lanton's Moonlight Werewolf Army, Cato was also wary of it.

That’s right, in the eyes of the Kingdom of Orre, Lu Xingshi is still the Earl of Lanton and holds the legitimacy of the Kingdom of Voss.

After all, the person who issued the abolition order was a fake king, so his royal decree could not be taken seriously.

So he sent out advance troops to investigate the situation, but all the troops never returned.

He actually knew what had happened, it was nothing more than complete annihilation.

"It seems we have to request reinforcements." Cato keenly sensed that the situation was not good.

The undead in the north of the Kingdom of Voss may not pose a threat, but the Moonlight Werewolf Army is definitely his formidable enemy.

Therefore, the best way to avoid annihilation of his entire army is to ask the empire to send him more troops for support.

The top brass of the empire actually knew that Earl Lanton was a tough nut to crack and it was not easy to take him down. However, the situation within the top brass of the empire was complicated, with the aristocratic faction and the steam faction entangled in an endless struggle.

That’s right, the Aure Empire has undergone many changes. The original aristocratic faction has declined, but it is through the power of the steam engine that it has gradually become the real controller of the Aure Empire.

As for the monarch and royal family of the Aore Empire? They have gradually become puppets.

However, Cato did not have much opinion on this, after all, he was also a member of the steam faction.

The Steam Faction came from the people and broke the original feudal corruption of the Orei Empire. Nowadays, the lives of civilians are getting better and better, and the national strength is becoming stronger and stronger.

However, due to development constraints, the nobility and the royal family cannot be completely eliminated by force, otherwise it will easily cause unrest.

The royal family and the monarch are fine, at least they are controlled by the Steam Faction. On the contrary, the nobles are too deeply rooted and are indeed a problem.

Even though the aristocracy is in decline, its influence is still rooted in the land of the Orei Empire, so it can still interfere with the operation of the empire.

"What's the matter? Why is there so much noise?" Cato was writing a letter back for help when he was interrupted by the voice.

"It's the Moonlight Werewolf. Someone just came to report that it's Earl Lanton's spy." The adjutant came in to report first.

"So fast? Aren't they still being stopped by hundreds of thousands of undead?" Cato was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"They cleaned up very quickly. Now most of the hundreds of thousands of undead may have been dealt with." The adjutant said briefly.

This imperial army that invaded the Kingdom of Voss had no idea that Lu Xingshi had caused chaos among the undead, so even if they were really killing them one by one, they couldn't have killed them so quickly.

But if the undead kill each other, that would be a different story.

As for why they didn't know, it was naturally because the scout team they sent out was completely wiped out.

The information they have is intelligence that has not yet been updated.

If he really knew everything, Cato would have already started preparing to withdraw to the border of the Kingdom of Voss instead of staying here.

"Have you caught him?" Cato asked. He was concerned about whether the Moonlight Werewolf had been caught.

Although there were disputes among the top imperial officials, they all had the same solution for the extraordinary soldiers under Earl Lanton, which was to get them.

Judging from information from all sources, the production of Moonlight Werewolves may not be high, but in terms of quality, they are much better than Steam Soldiers, and more importantly, there will be subsequent improvements.

Of course, cost and output are not a problem, and for the empire, they can be used as elite troops.

Therefore, the Empire gave two options for dealing with Earl Langton.

If the war goes well, capture the enemy alive. If not, try to persuade them to surrender. However, this plan needs to be discussed further, and it will only be initiated after the war has been fought and the cost is too high.

"No, the Moonlight Werewolf is too fast and the Steam Soldiers can't catch up at all." The adjutant's answer was within Cato's expectations.

"The steam experts said that one Moonlight Werewolf under Earl Lanton can defeat two regular steam soldiers, and this is still under normal circumstances. If it is scaled up, this number can be increased."

"This is a group of extraordinary soldiers whose overall strength increases as their numbers grow."

"More importantly, they fight without any fear, unlike our steam soldiers, who get scared and collapse..."

"If the Empire obtains the technology to cultivate Moonlight Werewolves, the current situation will be alleviated a lot." Cato said, looking into the distance.

He didn't care that the Moonlight Werewolf who acted as a spy escaped. This was a common occurrence on the battlefield. Your spy comes here, and my scout goes over there.

If you catch him, kill him directly. If you don’t catch him and he runs away, there is nothing you can do.

Instead, it was the plight of the empire that made Cato feel quite helpless.

The Aore Empire did break through the restrictions of many empires and kingdoms, but it only opened a gap.

In reality, it is still restricted.

Fortunately, the extraordinary soldiers of other empires are not as good as the steam soldiers of the Orei Empire, so they can still hold on for now.

Ever since the steam engine was developed in the Orei Empire, as the supernatural powers derived from steam began to spread, many empires and kingdoms gradually began to cultivate supernatural soldiers.

Just like the undead soldiers and moonlight werewolves of the Kingdom of Voss.

However, the quality is mostly uneven. Most of them are actually the same as undead soldiers, with relatively weak strength but large numbers.

As for the steam soldiers, both quantity and quality are the strongest among many empires, of course, these two conditions are combined. Otherwise, if they are separated, they will not be the first.

There are extraordinary soldiers with insufficient quality but high production, or high quality but low production.

The Orei Empire took advantage of this to turn the situation around.

And if they can get the Moonlight Werewolf, an extraordinary soldier, and cooperate with the Steam Soldiers, they will definitely be able to get out of the predicament.

"But... the situation is unclear now. Your plan to ask for help may affect the judgment of the empire." The adjutant knew that in the multi-front war, the entire empire valued this front the most.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to let Gato, known as the beast of the empire, come in person.

Cato was not the most powerful general, but he was definitely one of the most successful in battle in recent years.

"It is precisely because the situation is unclear that we are asking for help."

"My misjudgment means I get less credit."

"But if my judgment is correct, our annihilation is not a big deal, but the impact on the empire's layout is a big deal." Cato could vaguely sense that Earl Langton was hiding very deeply.

Not to mention anything else, even if he led ten thousand, no, thirty thousand steam soldiers, there would be absolutely no way he could stop the false king Bingvos and such a large number of undead army so easily.

The opponent not only blocked it, but also captured the fake King Voss alive. If we don't treat this with caution, it would be unfair if we don't lose.

"By the way, there's news from the Empire that the former Viscount Langton, who was studying at the Imperial Academy of Arts, has been found."

"Should we use this as a threat?" the adjutant suddenly asked.

"Earl Langton and the former Viscount Langton know each other?" Cato found it interesting when he heard it.

"I don't know him. The situation is..." the adjutant gave a brief summary.

After hearing this, Cato immediately lost interest.

"It doesn't make any sense, but we can use this as a breakthrough point when trying to persuade them to surrender." Gato said casually.

The breakthrough he mentioned was naturally not to let the former Viscount Lanton go to Lu Xingshi to discuss surrender, but to use this as some key points in the negotiations.

What we need to do now is to have a real fight. If we can win, we will naturally save ourselves the trouble of follow-up.

"Okay, send the letter back to the empire quickly." Cato finished writing the letter, sealed it and stamped it with his own seal as an anti-counterfeiting mark.

He wrote not just one letter, but five. The content was the same, but they were delivered by five different people, and the routes they took were different.

This kind of military situation naturally requires extreme caution.

Of course, if one person is missing and fails to return to the imperial capital, the entire route will be purged.

This route, which involves intelligence and logistics, is extremely important to the empire.

The adjutant took the five letters and left to arrange the task.

"Unfortunately, the main force of the empire is resisting other empires. Otherwise, even if Earl Lanton's Moonlight Werewolves are very powerful, they will be destroyed by steam." Cato knew the difficulties of the empire.

Otherwise, the torrent of steam would be enough to flatten everything.

...

"Dong Lang is looking for me? He wouldn't come to me for no reason." Lu Xingshi was conducting an experiment when he heard a message from the butler, saying that Dong Lang wanted to talk to him about something.

This forced Lu Xingshi to terminate the experiment.

In fact, he was already a little impatient, not because he was impatient with the experiment, but because he was impatient with all kinds of mundane affairs.

For example, the invasion of the Orei Empire and the cleanup of the undead, although he was not in charge of these, they still required his coordination.

It takes about one to two hours every day to handle these tasks.

"Forget it, let's just meet."

"It's a good opportunity to bring this magical weapon, the Death of the God of Winter and Ice and Snow, to it to see if it can be exchanged for something else." Lu Xingshi thought, this thing is made of the heart of the winter wolf after all.

As for giving it to the other party to improve their favorability, forget it.

It’s too precious. Lu Xingshi hasn’t researched it yet. It won’t be too late to give it away when its value decreases after research.

The premise is that there is still some left after his research. He doesn't even know what the situation is with his own experiments, so he certainly can't guarantee that it won't be damaged.

"I always feel that this thing is a bit similar to the fate of the emperor." Lu Xingshi looked at the death of the God of Winter and Ice and Snow in his hand, and then thought again: "No, it's not the fate of the emperor."

"The fate of the emperor is to choose capable people, but this thing is more like destiny."

When Lu Xingshi reviewed the situation, he realized that his rise was indeed a coincidence.

"Maybe Winter Wolf knows something." Lu Xingshi didn't think it was fate, because the God of Destiny was eaten by Lu Xingshi after wandering in the void. He was a very dead god.

Unlike the God of Winter and Ice and Snow he had met before, who did not die too completely when he died.

(End of this chapter)