Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 784 Information Feedback
Through the interdimensional information transmission of the Magic Network Central Hub, the intelligence message from Eisengard was successfully delivered to Starfire City, the capital of Saint Valen, in less than an hour.

The two messages were sent less than a quarter of an hour apart, an unusual situation that immediately attracted the attention of the capital's intelligence department. After being personally reviewed by Asdaren, they were delivered to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible.

Upon seeing the intelligence, His Majesty the Emperor was so overwhelmed that he forgot to even have breakfast.

"Who is in charge of the intelligence group currently active in Ironhill City?" Harvey asked Asdaren, his brows furrowed.

“A high priest of the Stoneheart Hermitage, Your Majesty… You should remember him, Elder Hughes’s son, Mr. Turalyon Hughes.”

Old Hughes' only son... Harvey nodded, indicating that he was indeed aware of this person's existence.

After all, a few months ago, Hughes, who also served as the regional intelligence chief, had taken the opportunity of reporting to write to him and plead for the privilege of transferring his soul into an alchemical body to his aging and magically declining father, so that he could become an alchemical life form.

Harvey did not immediately grant the request, partly because he was busy with the war on the Ice Sea front, and partly because he believed that the Stoneheart Hermitage's contributions to the kingdom were not significant enough to warrant such a reward.

Hughes Jr. probably realized the problem, so in the subsequent military operations against Eisengard, he worked extremely hard to cooperate with the Northern Army in intelligence activities, and even went so far as to personally infiltrate "enemy-occupied territory" to carry out extremely dangerous enemy situation monitoring work in Ironhill, which was ravaged by alien races.

Harvey laid the two slips of paper containing intelligence on the table and smoothed them out with his palm. "They probably paid a terrible price to get this intelligence out."

Asdaren was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "The magic network hub can still detect a connection point of a magic brain device within Ironhill City... Perhaps there are survivors from this intelligence team."

Such an urgent message, leaving them no time for a detailed description, basically indicates a grim outcome.

Harvey shook his head and said calmly, "Summon Pierce and the other senior officers. We need to hold a meeting immediately to discuss... The military plans against Eisengard must be adjusted."

……

Pierce, who had gone to inspect the outpost yesterday, hurriedly returned to the capital after receiving a summons from the emperor.

When he stepped into the conference hall, all the other high-ranking officers of the Northern Army had already arrived.

"Your Majesty, our military deployment in southeastern Eisengard has just begun, why the sudden...?"

Harvey waved his hand to interrupt Pierce's question and said in a deep voice, "Beneath Ironhill City lies a floating island fortress of the Lizardmen. After nearly three months of close monitoring, it is estimated that it has a force of over 80,000... and at least three high-level evolved beings stationed there!"

The emperor's expression turned slightly grave. He paused for a moment before continuing, "I suspect they have already realized our strategic intentions and will not sit idly by while the human army establishes a foothold and builds a permanent military base in the Wind Erosion Ridge area. This would pose too great a threat to their main base in Ironhill City in the southern border."

The high-ranking military officers present were immediately in an uproar. Pierce also realized the problem and asked in a hoarse voice.

"Do you think they will take immediate action against Wind Erosion Ridge?" Harvey nodded, took a deep breath, and looked around the hall. "Gentlemen, our strategic deployment in Wind Erosion Ridge is not yet complete. If the enemy makes a desperate move and sends evolved beings to launch a surprise attack, what should we do without reinforcements from the superhuman combat department?"

Two or three high-level evolved beings might not be a threat to the army, but harassing and destroying an artillery position under construction would be a piece of cake. Similarly, the airship force, which also relies entirely on magic energy, would be targeted as a result.

The Demon Lizard Evolver's bizarre and unpredictable demon-devouring ability was witnessed by all during the battle on the front lines of the Ice Sea.

Furthermore, based on the troop deployment data provided by intelligence, it is inferred that the floating island main fortress beneath Ironhill City released nearly 10,000 soldiers to land on the surface in the past month, and then left the city and disappeared without a trace.

Along the entire eastern defense line, no Northern Army combat units detected any activity of this alien army.

This means that the main consciousness of the Lizardmen is probably quietly accumulating a surprise force in places undetected by humans, which could launch a massive attack on the defenses built by humans at any time.

Asdaren decisively advised, "Your Majesty, we should immediately halt the construction of the military base at Wind Erosion Ridge and relocate all logistical supplies, engineering personnel, and heavy artillery weapons to avoid incalculable losses from an enemy attack!"

An official in charge of military logistics and transportation cried out in anguish, “Your Majesty! General! We have mobilized almost all the logistics personnel and transportation departments deployed in Eisengard, and we have only just managed to deliver the modular heavy artillery to Wind Erosion Ridge…”

Not to mention the large quantities of artillery ammunition, weapons and equipment and construction materials that have been transported over the past half month, including equipment parts for several planetary-level energy-concentrating arrays, which are only now entering the assembly and debugging stage.

Faced with the swift and agile high-level alien evolved beings, no matter how strictly ordinary soldiers guarded against them, they could not stop them from creating chaos... These creatures, which could not be locked onto by beam anti-aircraft weapons and could not be chased by airships, were very easy to kill if they were focused on detonating a few liquid magic energy storage tanks or destroying a few newly assembled split magic energy heavy cannons.

"We cannot retreat from Wind-Eroded Ridge. If the alien evolved beings succeed in their attack... the next step will likely be a massive influx of Demon Lizardmen. If we retreat even a step, we will be at their mercy."

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Pierce was resolute and decisively voiced his opposition to the evacuation.

The high-ranking military officers immediately split into two factions, each holding different positions and engaging in heated debate.

Harvey tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and after the conference hall quieted down again, he turned his gaze to Dean, the Starfire Special Forces instructor and tactical commander, who was sitting at the far end of the long table.

Seeing the emperor's intense gaze but his silence, Dean steeled himself and stood up, bowing with his hand on his chest before speaking in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I believe we should immediately dispatch the Starfire Warriors to the southeast as the main defensive force of the Wind Erosion Ridge base to deal with any potential alien evolved beings."

"Do you believe that Starfire Warriors can shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting against the alien evolved beings without the assistance of high-level battle mages?" The emperor's question was very direct.

Dean pondered for a moment, then decisively said, "While I can't guarantee 100% that we'll kill the target, at least we can stall their movements, allowing the other combat units to coordinate the battle and thwart their raid plan... There shouldn't be too much of a problem."

(End of this chapter)