"Hmph." General Amber said disdainfully, "Stop lying and deceiving people. A powerful insect master? There are no super-rank insect masters in the empire at all."
After saying that, General Amber looked at the two men with a gloomy expression and said, "You're not trying to fabricate your war achievements, are you?"
"No, no, General, please send men to check the city walls." Hearing this, the two men repeatedly said they dared not, and dared not say anything more. They could only wait for the facts to prove them right.
Upon hearing this, Amber immediately instructed one of the generals behind him, "Dogral, immediately send men to the city walls to check and take inventory."
"Yes." One of the generals behind Amber stepped forward and said, then immediately returned to the rear guard to muster the troops.
"Enter the city," Amber ordered, ignoring the two kneeling men, and led his army into the city.
"Phew..." Town General Ge Genfen and Town Mayor Bodo breathed a long sigh of relief, knowing in their hearts that General Amber, who had led the reinforcements, was difficult to deal with. They just hoped nothing bad would happen.
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"General, the count is complete." At noon, after the 200,000 reinforcements had set up camp, General Doglar, who was in charge of counting the monster corpses in front of the city wall, returned to report.
“Speak,” Amber said.
"Yes." General Doglar immediately opened his notebook and reported, "According to the count, there are a total of 166,000 first-tier magical beast corpses, 82,000 second-tier magical beast corpses, 30,000 third-tier magical beast corpses, 17,000 fourth-tier magical beast corpses, and a total of 295,000 low-tier magical beast corpses (first to fourth tiers are considered low-level magical beasts). There are 800 fifth-tier magical beast corpses, 275 sixth-tier magical beast corpses, only 25 seventh-tier magical beast corpses, 13 eighth-tier magical beast corpses, and a total of 1,113 mid-level magical beast corpses (fifth to eighth tiers are considered mid-level magical beasts). No high-level magical beast corpses were found (ninth to twelfth tiers). In addition, the corpse of an adult super-tier magical beast, the Earth-Ground Demon Tiger, was found. It belongs to the King of Magical Beasts, but its specific level is no longer possible to determine. The number of casualties in the town is 2,700. Furthermore, no corpses or traces of Insect Masters were found."
Upon hearing this, Amber nodded and said, "It seems that this monster siege was just a small beast tide, consisting of low-level monsters. We have already repelled them with our support. Send someone to count the spoils of war."
"General, you can't do that!" Upon hearing this, Ge Genfen and Bodona, who had been waiting, were still unaware of General Amber's meaning and immediately said anxiously, "Many of these magical beasts were killed by mercenaries, and most of them were killed by that powerful super-level insect master. If they are all taken as spoils of war, it may cause..."
"Shut up." Amber looked at the town's general and mayor and said with a sneer, "You want to conspire to take the spoils of war, don't you? That's why you came up with such a lame excuse as a super-level insect master to help resist the magical beasts. I originally didn't want to pursue it, but you still dare to use this as an excuse."
After saying that, Amber called the guards outside the door and said, "Men, take these two guys who lied about military intelligence and embezzled spoils away and execute them immediately according to military law as a warning to others. Let's see who dares to falsely claim military merits."
"Amber, you're the one who wanted to steal military merits!" Ge Genfen and Mayor Bodo cursed and struggled as they were dragged out by the guards. A few breaths later, a scream came from outside the door.
"Report to the Empire." Hearing the screams outside the door, Amber paid no attention and ordered a general beside him, "Tell them that the monster siege here was just a small-scale beast tide. The soldiers and civilians of Gru Town were too nervous and misjudged the number, strength, and timing of the monsters. When our reinforcements arrived, the monster tide had just begun its siege, and we quickly wiped it out, killing a total of 70,000 monsters. The number of casualties was 3,300, mostly from the town's garrison and mercenaries. Also, report our wounded soldiers as wounded as well. General Ge Genfen of Gru Town, who misjudged the intelligence, and the town mayor have been court-martialed."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, the general beside him immediately replied and began to write.
"General, what about that super-tier Insect Master they mentioned?" General Doglar, who was in charge of counting the monster corpses and verifying the intelligence, said with some concern, "Many people in the town said they saw the Insect Master, and also a powerful Summoning King. That Geyser Tiger was killed by an even more powerful Geyser Tiger summoned by the Summoning King. They killed most of the monsters, and in the end, they even repelled the monster tide. Many mid- to high-level monsters retreated before they even joined the battle."
"Is that so?" Upon hearing this, Amber laughed: "Do you think the Empire's 200,000 elite troops and dozens of generals can just run away for nothing, or are they capable of confronting us? Is there any need to worry about that?"
“Yes, I understand.” Doglar replied immediately upon hearing this.
"Summoning King, Super-Rank Insect Master, I hope you don't seek your own death." Amber smiled coldly.
Almost every beast tide is commanded by at least one super-class magical beast. Similarly, in order to fight against the powerful super-class magical beasts in the beast tide, the empire also sent super-class professionals with it, and no fewer than ten of them. Not only were there three professional kings, but there was also a powerful being who surpassed the professional kings.
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Soon, news of the execution of General Ge Genfen and Mayor Bodo in the town of Gru spread rapidly throughout the town. The reason for the execution also spread throughout the town; almost everyone knew that it was an excuse used by the general who came to provide reinforcements to embezzle the spoils of war.
Initially, many were very dissatisfied, even forming groups to confront them. However, after another group was executed for being accomplices, everyone dared not speak out. The other party was an imperial general; they were utterly powerless. Then everyone looked to Wang Han, waiting to see how this biggest beneficiary would react.
The academy's rest area. Students who went out to buy materials and rations quickly brought back the news, along with information that there were more than ten super-level professionals in the army.
Elizabeth also hurriedly found Wang Han and told him the news. However, unlike the others who were waiting to see Wang Han's reaction, she came to persuade him not to act impulsively.
“Wang Han, we must not act rashly in this matter. Not only are there many strong men in the army, but the other party is, after all, a general of the empire, and he has the support of Grand Duke Angra. Taking action would be to make an enemy of the empire.”
“Grand Duke Angra.” Upon hearing this, Wang Han stroked his chin and thought for a moment before saying, “I don’t mind a little bit of spoils of war. If they want, just give them to them. But these spoils of war are not so easy to take.”
"Wang Han, please don't do anything foolish!" Elizabeth quickly said upon hearing this. "Even if you are strong, if you act impulsively, there will be no place for you in the empire."
"It's not about what I want to do, it's about what those magical beasts want to do." Wang Han laughed. "They want the spoils, so let them stay and wait to die. I was expecting you to treat me to dinner and drinks, but instead I got this kind of news. But it's okay, how about you come with us to Ang City this time, and then you can treat me to dinner and drinks."
"Wang Han, what do you mean by the monsters you mentioned wanting to do?" Eliza asked, ignoring Wang Han's subsequent words.
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