The middle-aged man said with a sad expression, "The situation in our country is quite complicated. The country is controlled by three major families, and these three families hold an election every twenty years. Only the winner will stand in the open as the royal family of this country."
This is why, as a royal ruler, I can only muster a paltry 500,000 troops.
Tang Yan looked at the middle-aged man, but sneered inwardly, "500,000 troops, huh? Looks like you're quite the actor, huh?"
She then feigned anger and said, "Since we are short of manpower, I will return to Tianjun Kingdom and ask my father to send troops to reinforce us."
"If that's the case, then I really thank you on behalf of Qi'er."
"Uncle King, what are you saying?"
After some polite exchanges, Jun's mother tried to persuade Tang Yan to stay a few more days before returning home, but Tang Yan politely declined without saying anything more.
In the hovercar traveling at high speed, Zheng Shuang asked, "According to him, if 300,000 of the 500,000 troops are sent out, there should still be 200,000 left in the capital. Should we plan how to deal with them?"
"He doesn't have a damn 200,000 troops! He only has 300,000 troops in total, and he didn't really go out to rescue the Seventh Prince this time."
He wanted to demonstrate his military strength in front of those two families to pave the way for the next election," Tang Yan explained.
"According to you, that 300,000 troops were just for show? Then all of Kuina's preparations were for nothing," Wan'er said.
"Since those 300,000 troops don't want to fight, then we'll do the opposite. We'll attack the capital first. Once the capital is under attack, those 300,000 troops will be in a hurry to rush back. That way, Kuina can take advantage of their weakness," Tang Yan said.
“That’s right. They’re focused on getting back and have no intention of fighting Kuina. This situation is incredibly advantageous for Kuina,” Chen Wei said.
"I will now inform Liu Xin to have Kuina secretly lead a group of people to intercept them on their way back. When we attack the imperial city, we will also notify them to attack with us."
It was early morning, just as dawn was breaking, when several dazzling lights appeared above the imperial city, followed by a deluge of fire points pouring down.
After using an Ice Roar, Zhou Yu took the lead and swooped down on his flying mount.
Behind her, however, were swarms of bees and butterflies, flying mounts.
In the palace, the king suddenly sat up, kicked open the door, and looked up at the sky, shouting, "Guards! Guards!"
A moment later, a man with an effeminate voice rushed in, shouting, "Something terrible has happened! A group of people have appeared out of nowhere and taken over most of the fourth floor!"
"Quickly notify General Tali to return immediately!"
No sooner had the words been spoken than a group of about 500 people dressed in golden armor suddenly rushed in from the backyard of the palace.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The man quickly put on a purple-gold battle suit. "Let's go! Come with me to fight!"
In a manor that is no smaller than a palace, several middle-aged men gathered in the center.
"It must be that those two families saw that our royal family sent troops out to suppress the rebellion and wanted to take the opportunity to attack us."
"Second brother is right. We will now send our respective soldiers to the palace to support eldest brother."
At the same time, outside the town of Prague.
Kusand led 10,000 men in a roaring attack on the distant camp.
"General, we have received orders from the King that foreign enemies are attacking and we must return to the capital immediately to provide support."
"General, an army has launched an attack on us from the direction of Prague."
"General, everyone in the camp's management department has died inexplicably, and a large number of space cubes under their care have also been lost."
In just a few minutes, General Tari received several important messages.
He steadied himself and ordered, "Full speed back to the capital to provide support!"
When the 10,000 soldiers led by Kusand saw the royal army hurriedly returning, they did not choose to pursue them immediately, but instead followed them all the way.
Just as General Tali was leading tens of thousands of large hovercraft of various types through a valley, the weather suddenly changed, and a dark mass of flying mounts seemed to cover half the sky above the entire valley.
"Oh no, an ambush! Get the high-altitude aircraft airborne immediately!" General Tari roared.
Perhaps even General Tari didn't anticipate that his decision would lead to even more casualties.
Seeing the aircraft already halfway up in the air, Shangguan Liang made a gesture, and ten thousand bolts of lightning simultaneously fell downwards.
Before the soldiers in the large aircraft could even engage in combat, they were half-dead from the impact of the crashing aircraft.
Lightning, fireballs, ice spikes, hurricanes, wooden spikes, and earth spikes were unleashed relentlessly and indiscriminately downwards as if they were free.
After a five-minute barrage, a giant baby-faced girl carrying a huge brick charged in from the other side of the valley.
Xiaoxue spotted a hovercar, swung a brick and smashed it down, instantly splattering blood from the crushed hovercar's gaps.
Song Qian also took the lead, leading her team of ten thousand people to push straight through.
After seeing the entire royal army enter the valley, Kuina also blocked the retreat of the 40,000 people who had been hiding.
At first, these people, who had just mastered the skills, were somewhat timid in the face of hundreds of thousands of royal troops.
Fortunately, Liu Xin led more than two thousand Longmen members to the front.
"Don't be afraid, everyone! Just follow behind them and unleash your skills!" Kuina shouted.
After the initial chaos subsided, the royal army began to line up and prepare for their counterattack.
Fortunately, those placed at the front were all battle-hardened members of the Lungmen, and Liu Xin activated her magic shield the moment she launched the charge.
Therefore, even if some ability users' attacks hit Lungmen members, they wouldn't cause much damage.
On the third floor of the Imperial City, in the Mo Family Hall.
"Reporting to the patriarch, according to reliable sources, the royal family on the fourth floor is now doomed."
The beautiful young woman exclaimed in surprise, "So fast? Do you know who they are?"
The young man hesitated and said, "They don't look like people from the Dragon Origin Continent?"
"How so?"
"They are all too strong! And they all use flying birds as their mode of transportation."
Another woman said, "Patriarch, should we take this opportunity to join forces with the Huang family..."
The patriarch glared at him and said, "Do you think there are too many people in the Mo family? You want to make a move without even figuring out the strength of your enemy."
"Could it be Tianjun Kingdom that did it? I heard that their Ninth Princess came here yesterday," someone suggested.
“Impossible. Tianjun Kingdom is strong, but not to that extent,” someone objected.
The female head of the family tapped her fingers incessantly on the armrest of the stool. After a moment, she said, "Let's wait and see. I believe that whatever force it is, its goal is to control this country, not to destroy it."
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