Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 774 Joint Operation
United Kingdom of Saint Valen, capital city of Starfire.

The small conference room inside the palace was lit up all night.

Harvey sat at the head of the long table, pondering for a long time before interrupting the others' hushed discussion, "The current situation is indeed not optimistic. It seems that the Lizardmen really intend to make Eisengard their main target for invading the Southern Territory."

In this way, although the capital city in the isolated north does not have to worry about foreign troops besieging the city, they also lose the strategic advantage of nearly a thousand miles of vast interior land. Although Eisengard has a large territory, it is still far smaller than the northern wasteland.

If the Lizardmen were willing to commit enough Winged Ones, they could even launch an air raid directly from Ironhill, the capital of the Kingdom of the Cavalry, towards the eastern border region of Saint Valen.

This would inevitably violate Harvey's original intention of not wanting the war to spread to the country's borders, and would also cause the supposedly invincible Northern Army to lose face and suffer a huge drop in morale. From the perspective of either side, this is absolutely unacceptable.

"Your Majesty, we need to deploy more air forces, so all members of the mage chapter need to be mobilized. Except for those who need to be stationed on the front lines of the wasteland, everyone else should immediately rush to the eastern front."

Fadun was the first to stand up and speak. His words naturally represented the thoughts of the two legendary chiefs who did not wish to participate in politics. In effect, they were making suggestions to the emperor through an intermediary.

Harvey nodded, his expression calm, and said, "The deployment of mage battle groups will be decided by the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff themselves, and the rotation system will continue to be used..."

The extraordinary war between the two races that broke out on the front lines of the Ice Sea caused heavy losses to the mage legions, with two high-ranking members even falling in battle. However, the newly formed alliance did not suffer any dissent as a result. Instead, it became even more united and determined to fight against the common enemy. In just a few months, the number of spellcasters from all over the Southern Territory who came to join the alliance surged. Among them were not only battle mages who had secretly left the old alliance, but also noble mages who came from the Seven Wizarding Kingdoms. Even in Blackrock City of the Evil Moon Mountains, where the war had long since ended, many independent spellcasters had traveled thousands of miles to the capital through the connections of Chief Gallagher.

The complete victory in several battles, large and small, made these previously arrogant spellcasters realize that working in close cooperation with mortal soldiers who also wielded powerful weapons was the best way to resolve this crisis of annihilation.

At this point in the discussion, Harvey suddenly remembered two intelligence reports from within Eisengarde and turned to Asdaren, asking, "Any new information from the Stoneheart Order's intelligence agents in the occupied territories?"

Asdaren slowly pulled a stack of documents from his pocket and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness... intelligence transmission in the occupied territories is often... a one-off event."

As soon as he said this, the conference hall fell into a brief silence.

The chief advisor's meaning was clear: a spy infiltrating "enemy-occupied territory" could only transmit one piece of intelligence that was confirmed to be valuable before being discovered and brutally killed by the alien race. Every mission they carried out was tantamount to risking their lives to gather information for the Northern Army.

Although it is well known that most of these secret order members are fanatical devil worshippers, and their willingness to serve the army so selflessly is mostly driven by faith and the suggestions and encouragement of "Mr. Inner Demon," they are still living, breathing people who sacrificed themselves for the cause of all mankind, which is still somewhat poignant.

“Then let Elder Hughes return to Highland City as soon as possible. After all, he is the intelligence chief of the Eastern Front. He cannot disregard his own safety and continue to be active in the front-line area at great risk.”

Asdaren paused, then said quietly, "Your Majesty, Elder Hughes possesses the highest intelligence clearance, which you personally granted. He's probably unwilling to obey orders to leave the occupied territory... But rest assured, we have already escorted all the families and relatives of the Secret Order's high-ranking members and core members back to the country. They are currently well-received in various locations in Grizzly Bear Fortress and Fengyuan City, and their welfare benefits are very generous." "In that case, let Hughes make his own arrangements..." Harvey sighed, waving his hand and no longer dwelling on it.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Pierce, who had been holding back a lot of things to say, stood up immediately. "Your Majesty, the intelligence sent back by the Hermitage concerns the incursions and disturbances by small countries on the southeastern border of Eisengard. I believe this must be addressed as a priority!"

Harvey chuckled. This guy had heard him say things like "to fight external enemies, one must first secure internal stability" quite often, and seemed to have fully grasped the essence of it.

"Sending a squadron of airships would wipe out this rabble; why bother discussing it publicly?" The Son of Flame picked up his teacup, took a sip, and seemed completely unconcerned.

Harvey thought for a moment, then turned to Asdaren and asked, "What is the current situation on the southeastern border of Eisengard?"

"It's a complete mess..." The chief advisor shrugged with a touch of humanity. "The Duchy of Raton, the independent city-state of Northia, and the County of Jaglitz, which are sandwiched between Eisengard and the Cave Dwarf Kingdom, have all sent troops across the border to plunder everywhere... Their main targets are the gold mines located around Burning Wind Keep and Thorn City. A few fiefdom lords and noble private armies from various countries also take the opportunity to rob civilians fleeing south, including many slave traders who take advantage of the chaos to abduct people."

FaShield asked in surprise, "What about the feudal nobles in southeastern Eisengard? Are they all just sitting idly by? Our eastern defenses have blocked the Lizardmen from moving south, and they haven't been invaded by any other races. Surely they haven't all fled to other countries with their families?"

"Burning Wind Fortress and Thorn City must have reached some kind of agreement with the neighboring small countries and did not intervene... As for the other nobles... well, since the fall of Ironhill City, several major nobles in the southeastern part of the grasslands have declared that they will support the illegitimate son of the late King Hercules. Right now, they are fighting each other fiercely and cannot care about the problem of the people who have gone south being plundered."

Only then did the Son of Flame realize how absurd things were, and he couldn't help but angrily say, "What a bunch of short-sighted idiots!"

Harvey then suddenly remembered that Baron Ramirez of Burningwind Keep had personally written to Saint Valen, requesting his tacit approval of his move to enthrone a new king, and had offered to cede two-thirds of the northwestern border territory of Eisengard to His Majesty the Emperor of Saint Valen as compensation for his help in resisting the invasion of foreign tribes.

At the time, Harvey was busy planning military operations on the Ice Sea front and didn't have time to pay any attention to the other side.

"It seems that even with the sword of the foreign race hanging over their heads, these nobles still don't forget to fight for power and engage in endless infighting..."

Harvey rubbed his hands together and finally made a decision.

"Notify Vaughn, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, to send troops to the southeast of the grasslands as soon as possible to wipe out all the foreign nobles who have invaded and looted the country. Then, in my name, force the lords of Burning Wind Keep and Thorn City to take in and rescue the refugees who are heading south, and wait for us to send people to receive them."

(End of this chapter)