The Kandla Empire's morning court session had never been as quiet as it was today.
Ever since the Emperor's personal chamberlain, who was hosting the court meeting, announced that the main topic of this court meeting was how to deal with the situation in Meiluo City, the court meeting hall fell into an eerie silence. No one spoke, and even the sound of everyone's breathing became much softer.
If a needle fell to the ground at this time, they would be able to hear it clearly.
The Candra Emperor had a dark look as he looked over the faces of the ministers, but he found that everyone had their heads down and not a single person had any intention of looking up to speak.
After patiently waiting for a while, the situation still didn't change.
This made the Candra Emperor even angrier. He gave a strong snort and said in a cold voice, "Very good, you're not willing to speak?
Then I'll call you out.
Marshal Sudiman, your army headquarters should be responsible for the situation in Meiro City. Tell me, what plans does your army headquarters have? "
Marshal Sudiman who was standing in front of the ministers paused before looking up. He took a step forward and respectfully bowed to the Candra Emperor before replying, "Your majesty, the army headquarters is still evaluating the situation in Meiro City and don't have any detailed plans for now."
"Still in evaluation?" The Candra Emperor gave a cold laugh.
The Candra Emperor gave a cold laugh, "You might as well just say that you don't have a way."
Marshal Sudiman's lips twitched as he revealed a bitter smile that couldn't be seen.
He really wanted to say that there was no way, but how could he say this in front of the emperor?
Now that an important city in the empire had been invaded by foreign enemies, the army headquarters naturally had to take responsibility.
However, the reports from the frontlines made everyone speechless and they could even be said to be helpless. Even marshal Sudiman couldn't think of a better way to solve this problem.
The reason was very simple, even the Arch Magi had been defeated!
As the strongest battle strength that the Kandla Empire's army headquarters were most proud of, the Arch Magi had always been the symbol of the Kandla Empire's military strength, as well as the final trump card that the army headquarters relied on.
Under normal circumstances, the Kandla Empire's military did not even need to deploy a force at the level of a magus. They could rely on their own strength to crush the enemy and obtain victory.
The reason why Archmage Laduka was invited this time was mostly because the enemy was New Flyer.
Because the Frestech Chamber of Commerce had two Arch Magi, which was rarely seen on the continent, so to be safe, the army headquarters had invited Arch Magus Raduka. They hoped that they could take back Beauty City as soon as possible and prevent the important cities of the empire from falling into the hands of foreign enemies.
One had to know that this was the first time something like this had happened in the past few decades.
Every day that Meiro City remained in New Flyer's hands was another day of humiliation for the Kandla Empire's military.
As for Arch Magus Ophalian, the military didn't invite him to join them, but since Arch Magus Ophalian had taken the initiative to ask to join, the military naturally wouldn't refuse.
This was why they had sent out two Archmages at the same time and led the elite magus legion under the military. It was all for the sake of taking back Meiro City in one fell swoop and without any mistakes.
Everyone in the army headquarters thought that since there were two Arch Magi involved, no matter how strong the Frestech Chamber of Commerce's military magic machines were, with their pitiful guards, they wouldn't be able to stop them and Beautiful City would be easily taken back.
Even if New Flyer dared to violate the unwritten rule of the continent's magi circle and had their two Archmages participate in the invasion of the Kandla Empire, the Kandla Empire wouldn't lose out in the slightest.
Moreover, this was actually a good thing for the Kandla Empire.
Because New Flyer had taken the initiative to violate this rule, the Kandla Empire could completely ignore this rule and have their nine Archmages participate in the counterattack against New Flyer.
At the same time, the nine Archmages of the Malor Empire that had privately signed an agreement with the Kandla Empire, as well as the three Archmages of the Mana Magic Kingdom, also had an excuse to make a move against New Flyer.
Although the Kandla Empire's invasion of the Kingdom of Ruhr had suffered a heavy setback, the Kandla Empire's military still had absolute confidence because they didn't have any Archmages participating.
Now, if New Flyer broke this rule and allowed the Archmages of the two empires and the Mana Magic Kingdom to make a move, then they would simply be seeking their own death.
However … … Reality exceeded everyone's expectations.
The two Arch Magi had led the elite magician army to fight a single battle in Beauty Gauze City, but they had been defeated. Not to mention taking back Beauty Gauze City from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, they couldn't even touch Beauty Gauze City.
Moreover, if it was only their defeat, then it wouldn't be a big deal because the two Archmages of the New Flyer, including President Xu Yi, had also made a move. However, according to the report of the two Archmages, the New Flyer's two Archmages hadn't made a move at all. In fact, New Flyer hadn't even made a move to force the two Archmages and thirteen Great Mages into a desperate situation.
If it wasn't for the New Flyer's President Xu Yi making a move to save them, the two Archmages, including the two Archmages, would have died without a burial ground!
This result shocked everyone.
Two Archmages and thirteen Great Mages had been forced into a desperate situation without the need for a mage to make a move?
It was even possible for them to all die in battle?
This went against everyone's common sense.
In the traditional view of the Sines, mages were the key to determining the outcome of a battle.
Whichever side had more and higher quality magicians would have an absolute advantage on the battlefield.
This point had been proven countless times in the history of the Sines, and no one had ever doubted it.
However, the New Flyer had used ironclad facts to shatter this commonly accepted view.
Not only could Archmages be defeated, they could even be defeated without the use of mages!
This fact instantly caused the Kandla Empire's military to fall into a state of panic.
If even the Archmages couldn't do anything to the New Flyer's guards, then what could they do?
The Kandla Empire's military had held countless strategic meetings to discuss how to deal with this situation. However, almost everyone had fallen into a state of chaos because the news brought back by the two Archmages was too shocking. As a result, these meetings didn't produce any results at all.
As the commander of the Empire's military, Marshal Sudirman couldn't do anything about this.
He'd personally participated in and commanded no less than a thousand battles in his life, but this was the first time he'd encountered a situation like this.
Even the Archmages couldn't be relied on, so how could they fight this battle?
"Marshal Sudirman, I'll ask you one more time."
The high and mighty Emperor did not care about the bitterness in Marshal Sudirman's heart at this moment. Seeing that Marshal Sudirman was silent, he was even angrier. He asked coldly again, "Is your military really unable to come up with a solution?
If that's the case, then you don't have to be the commander of the military anymore. Get someone else who can come up with a solution. "
Hearing the Emperor's last words, everyone in the court was shocked. They all raised their heads and looked at the Emperor and Marshal Sudirman in shock.
Marshal Sudirman was known as the military god of the Kandla Empire, he had a high prestige in both the military headquarters and the empire. If he was stripped of his position as commander at this time, it would create a large commotion in the empire.
Marshal Sudirman was silent for a bit before giving a sigh. Then he gave a bow to the Emperor and sincerely said, "Your majesty, I don't covet my current position, but at this juncture, I hope that your majesty can give this old minister a chance. Let me continue to play a role as commander of the military headquarters and continue to deal with this crisis."
The Candra Emperor gave a cold snort and leaned back, as his expression softened a bit.
For the stability of the Kandla Empire, of course he couldn't just take away marshal Sudirman's position as commander. He was just saying this to force marshal Sudirman.
"Then tell me, is there really no way to deal with the New Flyer?
If we don't have a way to deal with them now that they have taken Beauty City, what if they continue to invade the empire and even invade Wimbledon City? What should we do? "
Marshal Sudirman was silent for a bit before saying in a deep voice, "Your majesty, based on the current situation, we have already come to a conclusion. It is to avoid fighting the New Flyer guards on the battlefield as much as possible."
Hearing this, there was a bit of chaos in the court.
The other ministers all looked at each other in surprise, clearly having been scared by marshal Sudirman's words.
The Lord Marshal actually said that they couldn't fight the New Flyer guards on the battlefield?
What a joke!
The empire had an army of several hundred thousand and they had the best equipment and supplies, but the New Flyer guards only added up to around twenty thousand.
Even if the New Flyer guards had some powerful military magic machines, so what?
Could it be that they could fight the empire's elite army that was countless times bigger than them?
But the Candra Emperor wasn't that surprised as he asked, "If we can't fight them on the battlefield, how can we drive these fellows out of our empire's territory?"
"Your majesty, what decides the outcome of a war isn't just the battlefield, there are many other aspects.
On the battlefield, the empire's army is lacking compared to the New Flyer guards, but in other aspects, the empire is countless times stronger than a small New Flyer.
Of course, to do this, it isn't just the responsibility of our army headquarters … … "
After saying this, marshal Sudirman turned around and looked over the ministers in the court before his face became incomparably cold.
"Your majesty, in this special time, we have to use some special methods."
A chill filled the hearts of the ministers and they couldn't help looking at the Candra Emperor.
However, His Majesty also glanced at the officials and nodded slightly.
"Your words are very reasonable."