Kingdom of Lobul, a peninsula country located southwest of Li Yestije Kingdom.
Because of its unique U-shape, the country is completely divided into two parts, the north and the south, by the vast sea.
It looks like the arms of Giants on the map, surrounding a bay that is about forty kilometers long and two hundred kilometers wide. It has a developed fishing industry and shipbuilding industry that other human countries can't match.
Because it is completely isolated geographically by wastelands, hills and mountains, Holy Kingdom does not have close contact with other human countries.
Except for occasionally taking the sea route to do some business with the Kingdom in the north, most of the time he is in a state of self-isolation.
Coupled with the issue of religious belief, there are often some disputes and conflicts with Slane Theocracy, so it does not have a strong sense of presence in many countries where humans are the dominant party.
Only after the Oriental Asians invaded in large numbers and broke through the more than 100 kilometers of walls that took several generations to build, would they choose to send envoys to other human countries for help.
But today, the atmosphere in the palace of Kingdom of Lobul capital Hergath seemed particularly depressing.
As the supreme ruler, Queen——Karl Besares was sitting on his own throne, nervously staring at the door.
Not only her, but everyone else in the hall also had similar feelings of panic and anxiety.
Because just earlier, a piece of bad news broke the original Tranquility.
According to the reconnaissance of the border scouts, it was discovered that a group of more than 100,000 demi-humans were rapidly approaching the Holy Kingdom border, followed by undead creatures as far as the eye could see.
For the Holy Kingdom, whose troops were already tight, this scale and quantity was simply a disaster.
Even with Great Wall as a support, it is absolutely impossible to stop it.
Obviously, the top leaders of this country do not know that all of this is a chain reaction caused by Allen releasing "Fourth Great Calamity". Currently, they are anxiously waiting for the leader of Paladin Order, Remedios Custodio, to come back to report the real situation.
Time passes minute by minute...
When the midday sun shone through the glass of the dome overhead, a crisp sound of footsteps finally broke the silence.
A young woman wearing silver armor and short brown hair hurriedly walked in from Waiman, and reported directly, "I have confirmed it with my own eyes! The previous news is true! And I also asked a businessman from the Kingdom that all this was done by an undead named Ainz Ur Gong."
"Damn! This is the worst-case scenario! With our current strength, it is impossible to defend such a long line of defense. The opponent only needs to hit the strength and launch a fierce attack, and they can drive straight into the hinterland of the Kingdom."
The head of the priests, Kuirat Custodio, held his forehead and showed a painful expression.
Although she is Remedios's younger sister in terms of age, she is obviously a hundred times stronger than Recklessness's stubborn and emotional sister in terms of intelligence and maturity. She is Queen's most trusted and relied-upon minister and friend.
"How far is the enemy from our border?" Queen's brother Caspond asked with a frown.
"The forward will arrive in five days at the earliest! As for when it will launch an attack, it is hard to say for the time being. Oh, by the way, the businessman from the Kingdom also mentioned that Hunter Association issued a reward for Ainz Ur Gong and his men. The reason why it chose to go south this time is actually because it was chased by more than 4,000 elite hunters and escaped."
Remedios hurriedly told everything he knew.
Although Holy Kingdom also sent envoys to contact Hunter Association a few months ago, that was all.
They don't even know about the battle between Ye Lan Tyr that broke out some time ago, let alone the fierce battle taking place in the wasteland.
"Hunter Association? Isn't this an organization that was just established?" Karl couldn't help but interject.
"That's right! Your Majesty! Your Excellency Allen, the founder of this organization, has the magical ability to give others careers. Anyone who gets a career does not need to exercise. He only needs to keep killing Alien Race, monsters and beasts to obtain Experience Points and then upgrade. The higher the level, the stronger the strength will naturally become. In When Hunter Association was established, we even sent people to congratulate it. Unfortunately, so far Hunter Association has only set up headquarters in the Kingdom, Empire and Theocracy, not including us Holy Kingdom." Another noble stood up and explained in a rather regretful tone.
Without Hunter Association's headquarters, there would be no way to learn skills and talents, let alone to give people and soldiers jobs on a large scale.
These are summed up by those who have obtained careers after returning from the mission.
"Why? Didn't we invite you?" Karl asked with a puzzled look on his face.
After all, they are all countries with human beings as the main body. She really can't understand why the other party skipped Holy Kingdom.
From this point alone, it is not difficult to see that this young Queen is not a qualified ruler. Even such important matters are handled by his subordinates, which is in sharp contrast to Bloody Emperor who went to the Empire border fortress city to visit Allen in person.
The latter is simply countless times stronger than the former.
"Probably because it's too far away..." Caspond guessed uncertainly.
"Ignore the Hunter Association! What we have to consider is how to stop this army of evil demi-humans and undead creatures! With their numbers, once they break through the defense line, the entire Holy Kingdom may fall to the entire northern land." Remedios slammed the table with the military map.
"How much do we know about this Ainz Ur Gong now?" Kuirat asked his sister with a frown.
Remedios shrugged his shoulders. "Except for a name, we know nothing about it. But according to the businessman, Hunter Association should have a lot of information."
"Immediately send a request for help to the Hunter Association, Kingdom and Theocracy! Call all the troops at the same time! Now we have no way out! We can only defend Great Wall!" Kuirat made a quick decision.
no way!
Five days is too short!
Holy Kingdom Apart from blocking the enemy's attack first, First Shinobi World War couldn't come up with any other plan.
If you can't defend the first wave of attacks, then everything is in vain.
Otherwise, even if Kingdom and Theocracy send reinforcements, they will probably only be able to hold a decent funeral for the Holy Kingdom.
Because they have been harassed and invaded by demi-humans for a long time, Holy Kingdom's senior officials know all too well what kind of things this group of savage, bloodthirsty, and cruel monsters will do.
Basically half of the Kingdom's subjects will be massacred indiscriminately and even eaten as food.
Karl is undoubtedly a very soft-hearted Queen who cares about his people. When he thought of the tragic scene of corpses strewn across the field, he immediately showed an unbearable expression and immediately adopted Kuirat's plan and issued an order to summon all the nobles in the country.
Suddenly, the entire Holy Kingdom entered a state of war. Almost one-third of the adult men were conscripted into the army and marched to the Great Wall on the border.
On the other side, Ainz had already seen more and more defenders on City Wall through the magic crystal, and let out a harsh sneer.
"Huh huh huh! Sure enough, all the troops have been concentrated at the border? They are really easy to deceive. Albedo, have the locations of those warehouses been confirmed?"
"Yes! Sir! There are three cities and twelve warehouses in total. As long as the war breaks out here, Pandora will lead a raid and steal all these important supplies." The succubus knelt on one knee and gave an affirmative answer.
"Very good! These materials are essential for us to rebuild Nazarick, and there must be no mistakes. But be careful when attacking City Wall, and don't cause too many casualties. I don't want to see that annoying man again!" Ainz emphasized with lingering fear.
"Please rest assured that I have made complete preparations. In addition, those members of the Hunter Association are currently still in Northern Wasteland, raiding the Demi-human Tribes and Undead strongholds that we deliberately stayed to delay time. They should not go south quickly in the short term." Albedo quickly gave a detailed explanation of the current actions.
You don't need to ask to know that she has become the well-deserved manager of the entire Nazarick by virtue of Old Bones's trust, holding the power below one person and above ten thousand people.
Especially after Shalltear was brutally beaten by "Fourth Great Calamity" and lost all face, there was no second person among Guardians who could compete with him.
"In that case, let's go ahead and do it." Ainz once again granted full power to the other party with a wave of his hand.
From his depressed reaction, it was easy to see that the successive blows had made him lose confidence.
Especially those natives who were trained by Allen saw that instead of showing any fear, they rushed towards them like wolves and tigers. It was exactly the same as players rushing towards the BOSS in the game that would drop rare equipment and materials.
fortunately!
These guys didn't chase after them. When Nazarick's main NPCs withdrew, they turned around and continued to attack the Demi-human Tribes and Undead fortresses.
But Old Bones didn't know that Allen was preparing a bigger "surprise" for him at the Empire.
To be precise, it is an army that has been equipped with various Steampunk style weapons.
At this moment, this army is standing in a military camp twenty kilometers outside the suburbs of Imperial Capital.
Musket!
Cannon!
Steam Tank!
All Automated Combat Puppet!
Even Hunter Association's only search Airship was modified into a gunboat and officially joined the battle sequence.
Looking at this insanely powerful army, Bloody Emperor suddenly felt excited and confirmed again. "After this war is over, all the weapons and equipment will belong to the Empire, right?"
"Yeah! That's right! But don't blame me for not reminding you, neither Steam Tank nor Automated Combat Puppet can be repaired by you now." Allen reminded casually.
Obviously, these higher-end War Machine are not produced by the craftsmen of Ye Lan Tyr, but are produced by the base located on Azerath Island.
Some of these raw materials have not yet found suitable substitutes in this world, and naturally there is no way to carry out localized production.
"Hahahaha! It doesn't matter! It doesn't need more! As long as they can support me for a few battles, it is enough. What's more, didn't you say that humans are the race that is best at learning? I believe that Empire will one day train qualified engineers and create equally outstanding things. I have prepared a reward of 100,000 gold coins! No matter who, as long as they can make valuable breakthroughs in technology, they can get between 1,000 and 10,000 gold coins, and they can also get a title personally awarded by me, the emperor."
Bloody Emperor once again demonstrated his vision and courage that transcends the entire era.
Although he may not be as good as Princess Lana in terms of simply playing politics and strategy, he is much more decisive than the latter in embracing technology and industry.
Because this young emperor knew that in the field of traditional magic and martial arts, Empire had no way to surpass Slane Theocracy, who had the huge legacy left by Six Gods.
So the only opportunity is to embark on a completely different path of technology and industry.
If he was worried about this road before, then after seeing the Steam Tank, the full Automated Combat Puppet, and those Super Bombs that can level hundreds of square meters in a radius, the last bit of hesitation disappeared completely.
"Wise choice! I suddenly feel that you are the best monarch among all the countries in the world. It is estimated that before long, Empire may become a powerful human country comparable to Theocracy, and you will also become a great ruler who will be remembered in human history." Allen is not stingy with his words of praise.
The history of the earth has proven how powerful technology and industrialization are.
As long as Empire can continue along this path and combine it with the unique local magical power, it is only a matter of time before it becomes the strongest country.
After all, although magic and martial arts are powerful, they have a natural weakness, that is, they are not universal.
This can be seen by looking at the huge strength gap between Certain Death, which was born due to accidental factors, and the other two Divine Human.
Moreover, knowledge and technology are constantly accumulated, and the more they develop, the stronger they become.
But once a genius with powerful magic and martial arts dies, he may not be able to find a second successor, and it is very easy to cause a rupture of generations.
Bloody Emperor's face was filled with an excited smile, and he bowed very gracefully and responded, "I feel extremely honored to receive your recognition and praise. But considering the time, should we let the army set off now?"
"Yeah! Count Time Difference, there's not much left. Super Tier Magic - Large Portal!"
Accompanied by dazzling white light, a huge portal with a height of four stories rose on the spot, standing directly in front of the army.
Obviously, Allen is preparing to teleport the entire 80,000-strong army from here to behind Old Bones, and directly kill all the demi-humans under the opponent and Undead Army, leaving no one behind.