Chapter 177: The Kingdom of Rage is Preparing for War
The royal palace of the Kingdom of Raging Tide is a huge palace built against the mountain. Although it is huge and magnificent, the details are rough.
People who believe in the Lord of Storms prefer this rough style of painting. After all, the berserker doesn't match the delicate and exquisite style of painting.
Therefore, there are no extra decorations inside the palace. Even the statue of Thanos, Lord of Storms, is just huge and not very detailed.
The current King of Raging Tide was sitting in front of the statue of the Lord of Storms, while Mung Grey River, whose flagship was dismantled by Umber, was kneeling in front of the king.
The loss of twelve medium-sized warships and one Stormrage was also a huge loss for the kingdom.
Even though Mung Grey River was a famous general in the kingdom, such a loss still angered the king.
The king suppressed his anger and said to Monger Grey River, "Is this the so-called intelligence you brought back? There is a legendary wizard among the undead, that's all?"
"Your Majesty, the real point is not about this legendary wizard, but why those undead pirates sent a ship to pick up this legendary wizard."
The king frowned at Mung Grey River's words and asked, "What do you mean, what are their plans next?"
"Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate. Haifeng told us that this legendary wizard should be on a ship on the west coast of the Emerald Dream Forest. The Silent Night Pirates have always been elusive. Suddenly inviting such a powerful ally must mean that they have big plans next, and they may even take the initiative to attack our city. Your Majesty, we need to prepare early."
The king asked nervously, "Which city are they going to attack?"
"I don't know, but Haifeng will tell us. As long as they take action, we will be able to discover it in advance. But now the important thing is to integrate our forces. Your Majesty, this pirate group has many legendary strongmen. We must prepare our Raging Tide Legion for the battle."
Each kingdom has its own special legion. Lion is the Paladin, the Alchemy City is the puppet, the elves are the Dusk Guard, and the dwarves are their Iron Guard... and the Kingdom of Raging Tide has the Raging Tide Legion composed of a large number of Storm Priests.
This legion named after the country has a small number of people, only about a thousand in total, and no legendary strongmen, but they are best at combining spells. If they are given enough time to prepare, they can summon strong winds and thunderstorms that are enough to kill legendary strongmen.
With the blessing of the Lord of Storms, their spells can be stored in a special way. When needed, they can be activated directly, saving the time of casting spells.
But the problem is that this kind of advance preparation can only last for about a month, and then the whole army needs to rest for half a year. Moreover, when they form a group to cast spells, they need a very large space, and there is no ship for the Angry Tide Legion to cast spells on.
Mung Grey River said, "They will definitely launch an attack within a month, so let the Raging Tide Legion prepare now so that we can give them a fatal blow at the critical moment. This is the important information I need to report, Your Majesty. If we prepare in advance, we may be able to completely wipe out this group of undead."
If the manpower can be integrated together, the power of the kingdom will definitely be stronger than a pirate group. For a kingdom like Ryan that can transform the faith of all people into holy light, ordinary gods dare not provoke it.
In the past, the Angry Tide Kingdom had been constantly suffering at the hands of the Silent Night Pirates, entirely because their whereabouts were erratic, they would never attack cities, and would only choose to intercept merchant ships on the sea.
If the intelligence from Monger Gray River is true, then they can indeed rely on the teleportation arrays in each city to maneuver, allowing the Raging Tide Legion to reach the battlefield as soon as possible. Each city has enough space for the Raging Tide Legion to cast spells and use magic to attack these undead.
"But these are just speculations, you don't have any evidence." The king was not a real fool. If Mung Grey River's judgment was wrong, the Raging Tide Legion's efforts would be in vain.
"But we have no losses. The Raging Tide Legion cannot exert their power on the sea anyway. Even if my guess is wrong, it will only allow them to rest for half a year. But if my guess is right, then we may be able to completely solve this hidden danger."
Mung Grey River's last words finally moved the king, and he was ready to order the Legion of Rage to prepare.
In addition, the entire kingdom was prepared for the battle.
The power of the Silent Night Pirates has been known since the founding of the Kingdom of Angry Tide, and no one dares to underestimate this group of undead.
The king gave another order: "Notify those court wizards. They have been kept for so many years, it is time to put them to use."
Compared with other kingdoms, the Kingdom of Rage is the shortest established and the weakest one.
There are only two true legends in the Kingdom of Raging Tide, one is the current king, and the other is the next heir. But it is a kingdom after all, so they spend money to support several court mages.
There are three legendary wizards in total, and the gold coins spent on them every year are almost equivalent to one-tenth of the tax revenue.
Amberxiu had considered applying for jobs in other kingdoms before. One of his targets was the Angry Tide Kingdom, but he gave up because it was too far away.
Now that the kingdom is in its most critical moment, it is time for these masters to contribute.
The king's order was delivered to the three court mages, and they all said that they would do their best to be worthy of the salaries they had received over the years.
The king was very satisfied. Together with himself, there were five legends in total. Plus the power of the Legion of Rage, it should be enough to deal with this group of undead pirates.
The Angry Tide Kingdom began to prepare for war with all its might, hoping to achieve victory in one battle and completely resolve the shadow that has hung over the kingdom since its founding.
However, less than a day later, an uninvited guest broke into the palace and angrily said to the king: "How could you issue such a militaristic order?"
King Nuchao looked at the angry-looking woman in front of him with loving eyes. She was his daughter and the next heir to the Nuchao Kingdom.
"Ariel, don't be so excited. What's wrong with this order? Shouldn't we prepare for war?"
The king's tone was very gentle, as if he was reluctant to speak loudly to his daughter.
Princess Ariel, who had red hair, did not give her father any face at all and said loudly: "Do you think war will come just because of what Mung Grey River said? Father, our kingdom is not very rich to begin with. Once many ports are closed due to war, it will cause great losses. We cannot afford to lose this money."
The Kingdom of Angry Tide is not rich and can be considered the poorest of the nine kingdoms.
After all, it was a stray dog that was expelled after being defeated in the war, and there was a shortage of supplies on the overseas islands, so it was the weakest among the nine kingdoms in terms of population and economy. It was only by relying on the geographical advantage of the sea that it was able to maintain its independence.
Other kingdoms can mobilize for war at any time, but in the Kingdom of Rage, if the army stops for even half a day, many people will starve to death.
The king said excitedly: "The Silent Night Pirates are our biggest hidden danger. As long as we can get rid of them, everything will be worth it. Kill these damned undeads and we will be the real overlords of the sea. Only here can the kingdom develop. Ariel, you should understand this very well.
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"You are a child born in the sea. When you were born, the sky was filled with thunder to celebrate you. You are the darling of the gods. You are my best heir. I hope you inherit a perfect kingdom, not a ruined country that is suppressed by the undead and can only survive."
Lightning was brewing in his eyes, and King Angry Tide had had enough of this humiliation.
Most people who believe in the Lord of Storms don't like to use their brains, so King Fury of the Tide now just wants to have a good fight with the group of undead. As for the consequences of mobilizing the whole country, he doesn't want to think about it at all.
Ariel also understood that this group of undead were the demons of the entire Raging Tide Kingdom. Successive kings wanted to eradicate this hidden danger, but no one had been able to do it. Two kings even died at the hands of this group of undead. But Ariel believed that the problem could be solved in another way.
Although the Silent Night Pirates have been causing losses to the kingdom, if one really calculates carefully, the losses are not as great as imagined.
The dead sleep for years, even decades. The same is true for the Silent Night Pirates. Their raiding frequency is actually very low. Even though they cause losses every time, the average loss is still less than that caused by natural disasters such as tsunamis and storms.
On the contrary, after so many years since the establishment of the kingdom, the funds used to deal with the Silent Night Pirates have increased, making the kingdom overwhelmed.
It would be fine if we could win, but we keep losing and have no effective results at all.
Even Mung Gray River, a commander who occasionally took advantage of others, became a "famous general", which shows how poor their tactics were and how the military expenditures were wasted.
According to Ariel's idea, the kingdom should negotiate with the Silent Night Pirates, pay tribute to them regularly, and agree to non-aggression. This is the most cost-effective way.
As long as the kingdom can develop stably, there will be more money and population, and with more of these two things, the national strength will become stronger. More legendary strongmen will appear in the country, and they will have money to recruit more court mages.
It won’t be too late to deal with this group of undead once you have accumulated enough strength.
Every war now is tightening the kingdom's throat. If it continues like this, the kingdom will collapse. And this time it is even more outrageous. It feels like gathering all the strength to gamble on the fate of the country. What if the bet loses?
Ariel didn't think that the Legion of Rage could pose a threat to the group of undead, and those court mages who were paid to do the job would not risk their lives. Once the situation became unfavorable, they would probably run away faster than anyone else.
By this calculation, the only people who can be truly relied on at that time are the King of Angry Tide and Ariel herself.
Can two mere legends deal with this group of powerful undead?
But Ariel's father didn't think so. He couldn't accept humiliation. Matters concerning national economy and people's livelihood were not as important as his rage.
The father and daughter talked for a long time. Although the king was reluctant to scold his daughter, he still firmly believed that his order was not wrong and refused to change it.
Ariel was helpless. After all, her father was the king and she, as a princess, only had the authority to make suggestions and could not disobey the king's orders.
Now, I can only go to Mung Gray River. Only by making this man admit that he has falsely reported military intelligence will it be possible for my father to withdraw this order.
(End of this chapter)