"What do you think, Immortals?"
In the royal court of the Nitin Empire, the king sitting on the throne should have been high and mighty, but at this moment, his attitude and expression were humble as he looked at the few people with strange auras below.
The immortals he was referring to were three older men and two young men.
These five men all carried weapons, some hanging around their waists, and some hanging behind their backs.
Although he was wearing interstellar clothing, he looked somewhat like a master.
A middle-aged man with a black beard under his nose took a step forward.
"Your Majesty, this battle is unavoidable. We can only meet it head-on. Everything has its consequences, and where there is a result, there is also a solution."
The king was delighted and said hurriedly, "What the Immortal said is true. How should we fight back in this battle?"
"The aliens' strength lies in their warships, which have more advanced technology than the Nitin Empire. If we want to break this situation, we may be able to start with their warships."
"Master Li, we have also discussed this issue, but the alien warships have strong defenses and concentrate 80 to 90 percent of the aliens' combat power. If we fight against the warships, it would be equivalent to a head-on fight with the aliens, which is disadvantageous to us." The rough general Lu Hongwei had obvious wrinkles on his brow.
The Li Xianchang he mentioned had a calm expression, "General Lu doesn't even have this much courage, how can he fight against aliens? It would be better for him to surrender directly."
"Master Li, you are joking. Fighting a war requires more than just charging forward bravely. Tactics are also needed," Lu Hongwei said in a deep voice.
"In that case, General Lu, use your tactics to win a battle for us?" Immortal Li looked at him with a smile.
The young man next to him laughed and said, "The aliens are very powerful. Tactics are useless against them. If they were useful, would you generals still be standing here asking us for help?"
"How about asking the immortals to help us destroy the alien warships?" said a general expressionlessly.
Before Li Xianchang could say anything, the young man next to him looked cold.
"That's not the attitude of someone asking for help."
"You are joking, Immortal. We ask for your help just to win this battle. I will have to trouble you again next time." Realizing that the Immortal was angry, the king hurried out to smooth things over and glanced at Lu Hongwei and the general.
"I am just a reckless man. Please forgive me if my words offended the immortal." Considering the overall situation, Lu Hongwei admitted his mistake again.
"Whether we can defend Galan Star depends on the immortals." The general lowered his head reluctantly.
Several people showed satisfied expressions.
"There is nothing to discuss about this matter. Once the war begins, just fight. Your Majesty can continue to discuss tactics with General Lu and the others. We will leave first and will appear when the war breaks out."
After Immortal Li finished speaking, the other immortals, led by him, also left.
After they were far away, the guards came to report that the people had left the royal court, and the general Lu Jingyuan burst into tears.
"General Lu, don't be angry. Be careful of what you say." Lu Hongwei reminded.
The king sighed and said, "I am sorry for the injustice you have suffered."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to say that. This is what we should do for the Nitin Empire." Lu Hongwei said calmly, "As long as we can save the Nitin Empire, this little grievance is nothing."
"But it's so fucking frustrating. Everyone thinks they are so great." Lu Jingyuan was very unhappy and felt a surge of anger in his chest.
"It's really remarkable." Cabinet Minister Cheng Wen looked around at everyone and shook his head as if things had changed.
More than a year ago, these people were fighting each other to the death.
Now many old faces have disappeared, and no one knows when these remaining ones will leave.
Once upon a time, these people would stand on the same front and fight against the enemy together. If it had happened two years ago, no one would have believed it.
"Lao Cheng, are you trying to boost others' morale and destroy your own people's prestige?" Lu Jingyuan said with disapproval.
"I don't think so. I don't want to argue with you now." Cheng Wen said, "Do you know why other immortals all follow Immortal Li as their leader?"
Lu Hongwei thought for a moment, "Because Li Xianchang is the strongest?"
"That's right. When they first appeared, they left for a while. After they came back, the others followed Li Xianchang. At first, I didn't see any difference between Li Xianchang's strength and others, until I saw something later." Cheng Wen subconsciously kept it a secret.
"What's the matter?" Lu Jingyuan, who had a quick temper, asked immediately.
"That Immortal Li can fly, without the help of anything, and he can soar into the air. Others can't do that, and it seems that they need the help of props."
These people didn't appear for long, only about three months.
If it weren't for their powerful strength, the Nitin Empire would not have been so humble as to serve a few people who were so arrogant that they even looked down on their Majesty.
"I guessed it a long time ago, but I didn't expect it to be true." Lu Hongwei sighed.
"How come you all saw it but I didn't?" Lu Jingyuan said with a frown.
"If you put more thought into it, you will find out." Cheng Wen looked at the king, "Your Majesty, for the sake of the Nitin Empire, I have to ask you to be patient for a while."
The king waved his hand. "If I couldn't bear it, I wouldn't be sitting here any longer. The aliens have now gathered several forces to deal with us. What a pity! If we could be given a little more time... How is the aliens' research on the Star Stone Mecha going?"
Lu Hongwei replied, "Your Majesty, we are missing two important things. I am afraid that we cannot develop the Star Stone Mecha. However, we have integrated some of the Star Stone Mecha's technology into our own mecha. The performance of the mecha has indeed improved, but it may still not be as good as the Star Stone Mecha."
“It’s good to have such an achievement.”
If it had happened in the past, improving the performance of the mecha would have definitely caused a revolutionary change, but now, no one would be happy.
However, the king did not discourage everyone's morale. Now everyone can only do their best and leave the rest to fate.
"I hope that Li Xianchang and the others can be relied upon."
"I always feel that it is not very reliable." Lu Jingyuan muttered to himself.
The king pretended not to hear, but he thought the same thing.
But in the current situation, there is no other choice but to trust each other.
"By the way, what is the situation with those forces? Have the negotiations yielded any results?" The king took the initiative to change the subject.
"There is a result." Cheng Wen changed the subject, "But the conditions they proposed are not ordinary low."
The king was silent for a moment. "Tell me, what are their conditions?"
"Confer them the title of king, recognize their legitimacy, allocate fifty planets to them as their territory, and do not interfere with their right to speak in the territory."
"What this means is that the empire wants them to establish themselves as kings." The king knew that those people's conditions would not be too low, but he did not expect that they would ask for so much.
"They are asking for too much, so arrogant!" Lu Jingyuan was furious again. "These bastards, let alone other things, have they ever seen any country where underground black markets and pirates are legal?"
"Actually, there is no difference." Cheng Wen said calmly.
"If it weren't for this sudden alien invasion, how would we know that there are so many people with extraordinary abilities hidden in the Liuhuo Galaxy."
"Even if the Nitin Empire has banned it again and again, they will not take the Empire seriously given their confidence. Now they are just bringing illegal things to the table."
Lü Hongwei said: "There is still a difference between the on-stage and off-stage. If a country loses even this little bit of order, is it still a country?"
The king wanted to sigh again, but he felt that it was not good for him to be so negative as a king, so he held it back.
"General Lu, I know what you are thinking. Now is an extraordinary period. We can only stabilize them first. After the war with the aliens is over, we can talk about other things."
After these words were spoken, Lu Hongwei and Lu Jingyuan fell silent.
Such a decision is like inviting a wolf into the house. Whether it is good or bad depends on God's will.
"Then I'll agree to them." Cheng Wen was relatively calm. He had guessed some things from the beginning. Thinking about them now would only add to his troubles. It would be better to think about how to minimize the situation.
"Promise me." The king waved his hand feebly. "Sometimes I envy the late king and his people."
"Who wouldn't be envious? But we still have to shoulder the responsibilities we should shoulder. It's our fault because we were born in a poor family," Lu Jingyuan sighed.
The guard at the door heard this and had no expression on his face, no one knew what he felt.
Before the alien invasion, the Lu family was a large family in the Nitin Empire.
After the alien invasion, General Taru remained a general of the Nitin Empire.
And they were guards before and after the alien invasion, so who has a bad background?
"There is one more thing." After finishing one thing, Cheng Wen spoke again.
Lu Jingyuan glared, "What else is there? Can't you finish it in one breath?"
"How can I finish talking about different things in one breath?" Cheng Wen didn't want to talk to this reckless man. He would rather talk to General Lu.
"It's about the arrangements for this war. The aliens are making such a big noise this time, and have summoned forces from all sides. Should we also call back other troops to fight against the aliens together?"
"The recall is necessary, but which ones to recall are the issues."
The king subconsciously wanted to sigh, but suddenly remembered that he had sighed too much today. As a king, he could not disrupt the morale of his generals, so he endured it again.
Although the Liuhuo Galaxy is a relatively marginal one among the nine galaxies, the aliens are too powerful and scattered over a large area, threatening the existence of many planets.
If all the combat power of those planets were brought back, what would happen to the people on those planets?
"The aliens are also gathering their people," said Lu Hongwei.
"Then why don't we gather people from the same places they summoned aliens from?" The king thought hard. "It's decided...right?"
When he uttered the last word "ba", he couldn't help but cast a question mark to his own cabinet ministers. He was the first king in the history of the Nitin Empire to be treated like this.
Cheng Wen said helplessly: "This is the only way."