167: Grave situation
The magical communication apparatus was brought by the old scholar Antya from the island of Delos and placed in his makeshift research room.
When Elrence walked in, he saw that the great alchemist was immersed in the testing of the magic teleportation device, completely oblivious to the outside world.
On the other side, Cleo was already standing in front of the communicator and made contact with the Queen Mother Olympias. The Queen Mother in the crystal screen looked a lot haggard, without the glamorous look of the past.
"My little Cleo, why are you looking for me so urgently?" said Olympias, smiling a little reluctantly.
The eldest princess asked anxiously, "Queen Mother, how has the situation of the enemy been during this time?"
"Well, what's wrong?" Olympia wondered.
"Well, just say it!" said Cleo, getting more and more anxious.
In recent times, Pera's battle situation has been very unfavorable. The Holy Rome on the Western Front has not made a major move since the failure of the general offensive half a year ago. However, after a period of reorganization, it seems to have recovered. Just two months ago, the HRE army launched several large-scale tentative attacks in succession. The defenders of Pera were too strong to resist, so they had to retreat to preserve their strength, and in just a few days, they had already lost the outermost two satellite cities.
Then the battlefield seemed to be calm again, but beneath the calm surface there was an undercurrent, and anyone could see that Holy Rome was accumulating liliang at this time, and could launch another fierce attack at any time. In this case, Pera did not unite internally against the external enemy. On the contrary, as the situation worsens. The conflict between the main and main war factions has intensified. The vice-regent, Melaculus, is using all means to make peace with his enemies alone, while the regent Perdiccas, in order to counteract, strengthens ties with the royal family. Even the command of the Praetorian Guard was returned to the commander-in-chief, Eumenes.
However, in order to alleviate the pressure on Cleo, the Queen Mother did not plan to reveal this unfavorable news. In the face of her daughter's urging, she had no choice but to pretend to be relaxed and said: "Since the fall of the Kirkis Fortress and the Polycastro Fortress two months ago, the battle situation has not calmed down a lot. During this time, neither the HRE nor the Nicaean had any special biedong work, and it is estimated that the situation on the Byzantine side has not been completely stabilized. The good news is that Perdiccas has handed over the Praetorian Guard to Eumenes, and our position as royal family of Pera has finally been secured. ”
Cleo asked suspiciously, "The Queen Mother." Didn't you notice anything unusual about the enemy?"
It stands to reason that the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be completely unmoved, but depending on the situation, Pera's side is completely concealed. What the hell is going on. Are the intelligence departments stupid?!...... There are traitors again!
Hearing her daughter's continuous questioning, Olympias couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Cleo." Did you get some bad news?"
Celestia nodded. Only then did he say: "We have obtained information that the Nicaean have completely controlled the Byzantine region, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on the eastern front have turned south, and are currently hiding behind the positions of the Shinla army, and when everything is ready, they will launch an unprecedented and powerful offensive at any time! The Slavic bears from the Ice Continent decided to send troops to the war. On the other side, the Western Roman principalities under the control of the Bright Heavens Sect also began to plan to fall into the ground. Take the opportunity to join the ...... to grab territory"
Olympias was stunned by Cleo's words, he didn't expect the Nicaeans to move so quickly, and in just a few weeks, they had stabilized the situation in most of the territory of the former Latin Kingdom. In this way, the armies of the two countries, plus some vassal armies, totaled a million people!
Perain was besieged on three sides, leaving only the sea lanes and the sky to transport limited supplies. After a long siege, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and most of the original main force of 500,000 people was less than half, and the number had dropped to about 300,000. Although a large number of militia groups were forcibly recruited to participate in the war, it is difficult to be optimistic about how effective these untrained recruits will be.
In this situation, Pera is still fighting with each other internally, and the intelligence services are useless, unprepared for the enemy's imminent attack of unprecedented force. It is conceivable that once the general offensive starts, failure is inevitable, and the city is only a matter of time!
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel anxious. She pretended to be a town and said to the eldest princess: "Cleo, your news is very important, I will go and discuss countermeasures with Perdicas now, and prepare for the situation as soon as possible." You don't have to be too anxious, although the battle situation is unfavorable now, Pera's defense is extremely strong, and the city has never been breached since it was founded for thousands of years, and this time I believe that it will eventually survive the crisis. ”
After Olympias finished speaking, he was about to disconnect the communication and go to meet with the regent, but Cleo hurriedly requested: "Queen Mother, please send the Empire to fetch me back! At such a time, I must personally command the floating fleet and live and die with Pella!!"
The Queen Mother shook her head, Cleo is the only descendant of the Ajd family, and now returning to Pera to fight is a dead end, how can she agree to put the royal family in danger of despair? Pella's battle is not up to you or someone else, and even if you come back, it won't help, and you'll just die in vain. As for the floating fleet, with General Pythia and I in charge of it, you can rest assured. What you have to do is use this time to take control of Illyria as quickly as possible, and do everything you can to build up an army that is at least enough to protect itself!"
"Queen Mother, listen to me!"
Cleo gritted her teeth and tried to argue, but by this time Olympias had already disconnected the call, and only a snowflake and a murmur remained on the crystal screen. Princess Celestia was helpless. Lying on the magic communicator in a gloomy manner, she only felt a chill all over her body as she thought of the fate of destruction her country was about to face. I can't lift up a little strength.
Seeing her helplessness, Elrens stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Don't worry too much, it's not time to despair yet." What you have to do now is to cheer up and do what your queen said, and strengthen the Liliang of Illyria as soon as possible to share the pressure on Pera's side. ”
Cleo nodded, barely reluctantly reluctantly picking up her spirits. She turned to look at Elrens. Although the man in front of him has various shortcomings, he is always full of vitality, and he will never flinch once he agrees to something. At this moment. She felt a strong dependence, and she couldn't help but throw herself into his arms......
Elrence and Cleo looked at each other silently, and at this time, Antea on the other side temporarily finished his shiyan, and turned his head to see the two of them. The old man greeted loudly in confusion: "Your Highness." My lord, you've come back from your expedition, and things are going well, right?"
The eldest princess left the dragon's embrace with a red face, smiled a little shyly at the old scholar and said, "Master, we have formed an alliance with the druid tribe this time. It turned out that the mysterious gray-robed magician was a spy sent by Holy Rome, the great scholar of the Druid tribe of the Germanic Forest, Silent Montella, but unfortunately let him escape. ”
Antya nodded and smiled comfortingly, "It's almost impossible to catch a Druid scholar in the forest who is bent on running. Don't be too discouraged. After we saw through it, he didn't dare to make waves anymore. ”
Elrence noticed the Great Alchemist's smile on his face. The mood seemed to be very high, so he asked curiously, "Has the master made any breakthroughs?"
The old scholar smiled even more happily, the wrinkles on his face bloomed like flowers, and he grinned and said, "The magic teleportation device has been successfully operated, and the test objects have been successfully teleported to Delos Island without any damage in many shiyans! It can be said that the success of the biological teleportation at this distance is a major breakthrough in the history of magic jishu since the old shijie!"
Antya finished proudly, glanced at Elrens, and then added a little embarrassedly: "Hehe, of course, this is all thanks to the inspiration of the lord, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of using the space-time energy-absorbing giant beast core of the other space as a power source for a while." It's a pity that there is only one demon core, and it can only achieve one-way teleportation for the time being......"
Speaking of this, Elrens suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked, "Does the Master remember the infinite resurrection of Artemis that we unearthed from the ruins of the old Shijie not long ago?"
Antya nodded: "You mean that pile of star fragments in the Redstone Plains, I remember, and then we collected them and brought them back to the lab, what...... Ahh
The old scholar was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly woke up. Artemis' Infinite Resurrection is a powerful magical item from the old Shijie, although it has various flaws, but the enterprise is still very magical, and it can be used to replicate all kinds of magical beasts, including theoretically, of course, the space-time energy-absorbing monsters from another dimension!
In this way, as long as they can successfully use Artemis's infinite resurrection to replicate the energy-absorbing behemoth, they may not have to worry about the magic core, and directly use the organism of this demonic beast to supply magic power to the teleportation device, and the reason is similar!
Thinking of this, Antya was so excited that she almost jumped up, and hurriedly ran out, shouting as she went: "This idea is worth trying! I'll immediately go to Kronos to discuss and try to make another breakthrough as soon as possible!!"
As soon as he finished saying this, the old scholar had already disappeared without a trace. Elrens and Cleo looked at each other, both smiling. This great alchemist seems to only have magic research in his eyes, and he doesn't care about anything else!
(To be continued......)
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