Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 78: Exceptional Treatment
Chapter 78: Chapter 78: Exceptional Treatment
Starlight Calendar 1251, the Month of Flowing Fire.
Marquis Golden Rock incited a rebellion and issued a declaration of independence.
Following this, twelve influential lords, including Count Storm, Count Frost, Viscount Heize, and Viscount Feather Snake, responded and formed the Golden Rock Alliance Army.
The next day, the Golden Rock Alliance Army dispatched forces to attack the noble lords within the Golden Rock Province who opposed the declaration of independence.
This included three barons and one viscount.
The fires of war were about to be ignited.
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Flash City, Council Hall.
Kei, Sunan, three other nobles, and a group of knights were gathered in the hall, discussing how to confront the Golden Rock Alliance Army.
“According to the intelligence, Marquis Golden Rock has already led the army towards Light City, which is conveniently located at the border intersection of Soman Province, Purple Bamboo Province, and Golden Rock Province. I suspect that Marquis Golden Rock intends to personally oversee the area to prevent surprise attacks from Soman Province and Purple Bamboo Province.”
In the center of the hall, a long table was set up with a military map of the Starry Duchy spread out on it.
Brad was explaining the actions and intentions of the Golden Rock Alliance Army to those present.
With each sentence, he pointed out the corresponding location on the map.
“Besides Marquis Golden Rock, the other noble forces in the alliance are divided into four troops.”
“Viscount Heize leads one troop to attack Red Horn Territory.”
“Viscount Feather Snake leads another troop to attack Mingxin Territory.”
“Viscount Wolf leads yet another troop to attack Pan Mountain Territory.”
“Count Storm and Count Frost united one troop… to attack our Flashing Territory.”
As the last sentence fell, everyone present involuntarily twitched their lips and simultaneously glanced at Sunan.
The other three territories being attacked each have one viscount leading the attack.
But Flashing Territory is being attacked by two counts joining forces!
Notably, Flashing Territory is just a baron territory, making such treatment extremely prominent!
Everyone present understood well that Flashing Territory received such conspicuous treatment from the Golden Rock Alliance Army entirely because of Sunan’s presence.
Perhaps, in the eyes of Marquis Golden Rock, Sunan alone was more troublesome than an entire viscount territory!
Facing the gazes of the others, Sunan remained composed and calm.
Kei lightly cleared his throat and asked, “How many troops do Count Storm and Count Frost have?”
“Preliminarily estimated, at least thirty thousand,” Brad replied solemnly.
Upon hearing this number, the other commanders furrowed their brows tightly.
Although Flashing Territory had been expanding its military efforts continuously, with both Dragon Blood Fruit and secondary Dragon Blood Potion as two trump cards, the military power had grown rapidly. Yet, up to this point, excluding the militia, the actual capable fighting force was only about eight thousand.
This level of military strength already surpassed most viscount territories, but dealing with two counts was still somewhat challenging.
“Where have they reached now?” Kei asked again.
Brad glanced at the map and replied, “Within ten days at most, they’ll enter Flashing Territory.”
“Judging from their marching route, Count Storm’s destination should be Firefly City, and Count Frost’s destination should be Qilin City. They seem to want to extend the battle line and disperse our forces.”
Kei pondered with a frown for a while, then suddenly called out, “Jordon, Stali.”
“Yes, my lord.”
The two nobles immediately stood up.
“I’ll allocate three thousand troops for you to defend Qilin City. Hold off Count Frost for at least two months for me!”
“Yes, my lord!” Jordon and Stali agreed without hesitation.
Qilin City, surrounded by mountains on three sides, had steep terrain and the plains in front were relatively easier for troop formation, making it defensible with minimal pressure, truly easy to defend and hard to attack.
With three thousand troops at their disposal, holding Qilin City for two months, they had a considerable degree of confidence.
“I’ll personally lead troops to garrison Firefly City,” Kei said solemnly.
Brad immediately understood Kei’s intention and hesitated, “Is my lord planning to crush Count Storm’s troops within two months? Wouldn’t that time frame be too rushed?”
Kei shook his head.
He was well aware of this fact.
But with Jordon and Stali leading three thousand troops, holding off Count Frost for two months was already quite an accomplishment.
If they failed to defeat Count Storm within this period and Count Frost breached Qilin City first, then being attacked from both front and rear would be even worse.
Although the disparity of five thousand against over ten thousand troops was significant, Kei still had some aces up his sleeve.
Firstly, there’s the Black Rock Cavalry Legion.
Thanks to the Dragon Blood Fruit, the Black Rock Cavalry Legion had now expanded to a scale of five hundred men.
Though the proportion of knights was only about two-thirds, their combat power was already impressive.
There wasn’t another elite troop like the Black Rock Cavalry Legion throughout the Golden Rock Province.
With the Black Rock Cavalry Legion, Kei had confidence in confronting Count Storm’s troops head-on.
Secondly, naturally, there was Sunan.
Kei turned to look at Sunan, his expression serious, “Sunan, do you have any suggestions?”
Sunan calmly said, “I need some gemstones and a lot of granite.”
Everyone was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, all showing confused expressions.
Kei, however, immediately understood, his eyes lighting up, “You intend to craft Stone Golems?”
He had seen the Stone Golems in Sunan’s base before; each one possessed combat power equivalent to a formal knight.
Despite being only junior knight level, their fearless and pain-immune traits made them invaluable war machines capable of fighting a hundred enemies on the battlefield.
With a hundred Stone Golems, alongside the Black Rock Cavalry Legion, Kei was fully confident in defeating Count Storm’s troops.
Sunan nodded slightly, confirming Kei’s guess.
Due to the recent rapid expansion of the Black Rock Cavalry Legion, Black Stone Iron was already in short supply.
As a result, Sunan had to pause his plan to craft truncated Steel Golems, naturally leaving no surplus Steel Golems for the war.
It’s worth mentioning that Sunan attempted to synthesize using gemstone soul cores, but unfortunately, the final products couldn’t replace soul crystals.
After all, the core essence of soul crystals was the soul energy contained within.
And the soul core made from gemstones inherently lacked soul energy, no matter how synthesized, it couldn’t yield soul energy.
However, truncated Steel Golems might not work, but Stone Golems could.
The materials for Stone Golems, including gemstones, granite, and silver, were readily obtainable within a short timeframe.
As for financial aspects, although the territory’s finances were currently very tight, solutions still existed.
At worst, they could pre-arrange a profit advance from the Fire Fox Chamber of Commerce from the sale of potions.
Mu Zhuo would surely agree to their request.
Unless he’s willing to see Flashing Territory defeated, thereby abruptly ceasing the potion trade route.
“Excellent!” Kei’s expression was spirited, “With the Stone Golems, we’ll definitely win this battle!”
The other knights, after understanding the combat power of the Stone Golems through Jordon’s explanation, all showed expressions of excitement.
As expected of Lord Sunan, his remarkable methods were truly endless!
With Lord Sunan present, even facing the allied army of two counts, they felt no fear.
“Transport all materials to Firefly City. I’ll bring the magic energy crystal forging furnace over there and craft the golems directly on site,”
Sunan said with a slight smile:
“We need to prepare a surprise for our ’guests’ coming from afar.”
