Chapter 845: Decisive factor
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"Your Excellency." Everyone immediately stood up and gave a full bow.
Robin nodded at them and then went to sit between Richard and Caesar, then waved gently, "You may sit."
*Quick* *Quick*
"...." Everyone pulled their chairs and sat back down, all eyes on Robin.
Robin rested his hands on the table and spoke seriously without any introduction, "Well, there''s nothing to hide from you, some of you must have already wandered around Jura, and some of you contacted your family, the news is true... Jura was partially over thest week destroyed by the Great Serpent Empire and a few tens of millions of rebels calling themselves The People, a third of the''s poption was killed and the other two-thirds were injured or affected by the war in some way."
"Whoo~"
The generals and officers from Jura let out a long exhale and forgot to breathe afterward... They were prepared for this information, but hearing the extent of the destruction threw their preparation to the wall.
"I''m sorry to hear that, gentlemen, but we are back now and everything will be fine," King Shaver tried tofort the generals from Jura
When Robin heard that, a small awkwardugh escaped his lips and he nced over at Fogun, Hydar, and the Tree Fathers, then over at Flora, Bosanna, and the Orphan Blood generals, "I''m sorry to inform you that Greend and Orphan Blood have also been invaded, things aren''t good there either."
Alexander closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, but Flora couldn''t have such self- control
"No! I have to go there immediately!!" Flora stood up slowly, her eyes shaking, "It doesn''t matter if the portal is destroyed, I can still go, right?!"
Suspicion is one thing and certainty is another. At this moment, Flora felt that her world was copsing. The two closest people to her in life were stuck there!!
"Sit down." Robin stared into Flora''s eyes and remained silent until she returned to her ce, then smiled, "...As for your question, that''s true, theck of a portal in the Orphan Blood means that instantaneous travel is over, but you can still go on a space journey that takes between 7-10 days."
"I can handle the trip, please allow me!!" Flora quickly replied the two people she cares about the most in this life are fighting there alone!
"Yes, Your Excellency, please allow us to return," King Debas interjected, he couldn''t imagine his still-developing kingdom falling apart.
The rest of the generals and kings of the Orphan Blood and Greend also looked worried and wanted to return home, even the three fathers were worried about their real bodies.
"Excellent, what will you do after you arrive?" Robin nodded a few times, "Every has been attacked by at least one Marshal and 3 fleets, that means 400 Battle Emperors and at least 200,000 Law Users, how are you going to stop them? Right here and now, united and at our full strength, yet we only have 500 Emperors and most of them are from Jura!"n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om
"This..." Everyone looked at each other, no answer.
They had fought the Great Serpent Empire''s forces long enough to know their immense strength, if the fight in Nihari had continued directly, they would have all been wiped out. They barely thanked the heavens for His Excellency''s shrewdness and that he had led the invaders to the northern region and given them time to catch their breath, but now they found themselves having to fight them again? And with an even greater numerical difference?!
The Orphan Blood forces in the army currently barely have 30-40 emperors, what would they do against 400? And who would stop the Marshal? The same goes for the Greend forces, although they have slightly more Martial Emperors, the numerical difference is still huge! Alexander gritted his teeth to appear as calm as possible, "Your Excellency, what exactly happened? Wasn''t it just a squabble on Nihari? An expansionist battle that would benefit us? Why was the war brought to our homnd? That wasn''t what we agreed upon."
"They wanted to push us away from Nihari and destroy our morale, and they seeded." Robin opened both hands wide, "What, Alexander, are you ming me for not taking enough precautions?"
"...." Alexander didn''t answer, he wanted to tell him that this was a given in war and that it wasn''t his fault, but he couldn''t...
After he was appointed ruler of Greend, Alexander moved his entire family there, here he is trying to act like a sane person while his family is in imminent danger there, or worse... maybe they are all dead.
"...I screwed up, admit it. I had Nihari in mind and forgot that nothing is certain in war," Robin lowered his hands and nodded a few times, "If Richard hadn''t protected the space portal here in Jura City and sent someone to tell us what was going on, All threes'' poption would have been wiped out and we would have been stuck there, worried and demoralized until we were wiped out too... At least now we have a chance to counterattack." Again, the generals gasped as they considered this possibility and nodded in Richard''s direction with thanks.
But Alexander remained focused on Robin, "And how do we counterattack?"
"That you will learn in due time," Robin smiled meaningfully, "Now we have to take back what is ours. But the situation is not good, you should know that. First, I will exin our position to you in full, then you will receive your orders."
Then he stood up and ced his palm on the table, immediately the images of the fours were engraved on the ancient wood, Robin pointed to thergest one, "First, Nihari, I know some of you want to shout now that we should leave it and that it is the cause of cmities and so on, but if we leave it to them, the forces of the Great Serpent Empire there will take control of the and will use these vast resources to send more attacks to eliminate us, as long as they know where our homnd is, this war has turned from a war of interests to a war of extermination. So sorry, we have to continue fighting in all fields." "What about the eastern and northern regions? Can''t they buy some time?" Elizabeth pointed her hand towards the two regions and supported her pink cheek with her other palm. Out of everyone, she was the most rxed, all of her close family had already died long ago. *crack* Robin clicked his fingers and pointed at her, "You are right, that''s exactly why we can afford to be here." He then pointed towards the northern region, "Hk is strong, too strong that even I can''t calcte how strong he is. When he cooperates with Wyvern Crixus the Great, he might be able to fight the Three Marshals and several Martial Emperors on his own. He might use his refinement percentage and control the battlefield which will tip the bnce even more in his favor! But I won''t let things go his way..."
Then he continued, "ording to the course of events that I have drawn up and which the Ashera tribe will contribute to achieving, currently a major battle is taking ce on the northern border, but it will notst. The Ashera tribe will start pretending to be defeated and then withdraw, creating arge gap in the northern region''s army. After that, the rest of the tribes will withdraw in different directions to save their skin. Since the three marshals want the northern border mountain, they will prate deeper into the northern region, where the retreating army will surround them, and the armies of the rest of the intelligent creatures will intervene along the way, forming a guerri war. If everything goes well, the two sides will eliminate each other without the need for our intervention."
"This seems too idealistic..." Alexander raised his eyebrows slightly, "The power gap between the two sides in terms of Martial Emprors is still huge, but at the same time the northern region is simply too vast and still retains its power, resources, and tens of millions of Law and Divine Tattoo users. A battle of this nature cannot be predicted... It could end in a few days with the announcement of a new king for Nihari or it could go on for years without end!"
"I know, and that''s why we need a decisive factor," Robin smiled then pointed towards the eastern region, "This role will be left to Jabba."