"You know them?" Philemona, who had been silent by his side, uncharacteristically spoke. If they knew their magic and information in advance for the upcoming battle with the Spade Kingdom, they wouldn't have suffered continuous defeats like this.
They might even be able to sound the horn of counterattack.
Bai En turned to look at her. Her rare wheat-colored skin and white hair gave her a somewhat wild look. "I know a little."
"But..." Bai En's next words cast a further pall over the already gloomy conference room, "I suggest you all not hold too much hope for this war. Your chances of victory are slim..."
"To put it more bluntly, I think your chances of winning are basically zero."
"Hey, you!" Ladoros took a few steps forward, his voice filled with anger and doubt: "Are you here to disrupt our morale?"
"Not at all."
Bai En found a seat and sat down, his voice calm, as if he hadn't heard Ladoros's words at all. "You won't think that after you hear the information I provide."
"First, I'd like to ask if any of you have heard of 'Demons'?"
"Demons?"
...The sun had set, and the orange clouds in the sky illuminated the entire undulating capital city. Bai En and Mars walked side by side along the palace corridor, their footsteps crisp.
"Hey, Mars, you've been silent the whole way. Aren't you going to say something?"
Hearing Bai En's words, Mars stopped, staring at him, and asked seriously, word by word: "Is there really no chance of winning at all?"
"This..."
Bai En stroked his chin, thought for a moment, and replied: "It's very difficult, that's true, but to say there's no chance at all would be overstating their power. After all, the guy they sent is... Zenon. At this point, he shouldn't have fully mastered his Demon power yet."
The other party's gaze was earnest and hopeful... Bai En stated the conditions for a possible victory, "If the one among your Eight Shining Generals who has contracted with a Spirit has a high degree of development with their Spirit, approaching the Sacred Realm, then you can win."
"Sacred Realm?"
"That's the strongest realm that only contracted Spirits can achieve." Bai En smacked his lips, muttering to himself: "But from the contact just now, that person didn't give me much pressure. They're still a long way from the Sacred Realm."
Mars wanted to say something, but the words caught in his throat, and he swallowed them back down.
Please... I only asked about the method of winning, please don't say... 'I can't do it' or 'there's still a long way to go.' That's very disheartening.
"Alright, that's all for now. After I get more detailed information about that thing, I'm going to the Heart Kingdom next." Bai En stopped.
Mars also stopped, seeing that the other party intended to directly enter the Heart Kingdom, he asked: "The Heart Kingdom is not like our Diamond Kingdom. Their Queen can monitor the entire kingdom from within the palace. Are you just going to go like that?"
"I originally intended to enter the Heart Kingdom through you, but now it seems you yourselves are in trouble, so you probably won't have time to deal with my affairs."
"Sorry... Although through our efforts we signed a peace and trade agreement with the Heart Kingdom, our own citizens don't really approve of this. In fact, during trade a few days ago, a joint trade convoy was attacked within the Diamond Kingdom's borders. The sudden outbreak of war has not yet allowed us to fully investigate this, which has once again caused relations between the two countries to return to a freezing point," Mars explained.
"It's fine, anyway, what I care more about is the location of the mineral deposits, not how to enter the Heart Kingdom."
Mars's brows furrowed with a hint of confusion, "But why don't you go find the Wizard King of the Clover Kingdom? Your country has a good relationship with the Heart Kingdom, doesn't it?"
"The attack by the Eye of the Midnight Sun has led to the entire Clover Kingdom being under reconstruction. The Wizard King has a mountain of things to do, so how could he have time to care about my personal request?" Bai En smiled, casually making an excuse.
The conversation between the two abruptly ended here. Bai En walked down the corridor bathed in the setting sun, waved his hand behind him, "Good luck to you all."
He slowly disappeared from Mars's sight.
Gazing at the disappearing figure, a flicker of something unusual crossed Mars's eyes, but this unusualness faded away after a short while. He turned and walked back the way he came. As he passed a stone wall, he stopped: "Did you hear what was just said?"
"Yes." The figure behind the wall nodded.
"Then what do you think?"
"He wasn't wrong." The figure revealed long white hair; it was Philemona, one of the Eight Shining Generals. She clenched her fists slightly, "I can feel that I am indeed still some distance from that realm."
"Hmph..." Mars sighed, "Will it really be as terrifying as he said?"
"At least from the results of the current battle, it seems so... News just came back from the front line that the newly reinforced army was ambushed by Spade Kingdom Mages just as they were about to reach the gathering point. The battle situation is very bad, and it has almost been confirmed that... Lotus has defected to the enemy."
Mars fell silent.
After a long period of silence, he spoke: "Prepare for the worst. Over the next few days, slowly begin to evacuate the kingdom's citizens and make preparations for war."
The sunset gradually faded, and darkness fell.
Bai En, who had left the Diamond Kingdom's capital, had not yet set off for the Heart Kingdom. He found an inn, planning to go to the Heart Kingdom the next day.
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The next day, after Bai En finished breakfast at the inn, he left. Just as he was about to set off, a long black line streaked across the bright sky.
His gaze followed the black line.
Many people on the bustling street, where various goods were sold, also stood still, gazing at the black line in the sky like Bai En. That figure, like a falling star, seemed not to be some foreign object, but a person.
His speed was extremely fast, and in no time, he streaked down from the sky, his descent heading precisely towards the highest and most magnificent place in the city—the royal capital!
Among the crowd, there were faint discussions, "What is that thing?"
"It's heading towards the royal capital!"
"It looks like a person, a Mage? To think a Mage is flying over the capital, where flight is forbidden. He'll surely be punished by the Eight Shining Generals soon."
Those with poor perception and observation didn't care who it was or what danger it posed. They only knew that the strongest Eight Shining Generals in the country were in the royal capital.
And in this country, no one could defeat them.
The standing crowd dispersed, continuing to flow like water.
Bai En could sense the unusual magic emanating from the shadowy figure. That cold sensation was exactly the same as that of the Word Spirit Demon in the Shadow Palace. If he wasn't mistaken, that guy was "Zenon," one of Dark Triad of the Spade Kingdom.
"He came so quickly?"
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