Overlord Empress - Chapter 65 TEMPORARY REUNION

Itachi, Shisui and Kin quickly followed the instructions and bit their fingers, to let few drops on the 3 tokens. As soon as the blood drops merged with the 3 tokens, they gave of a blinding golden light, drawing the consciousness of all 3 into them.

As soon as they came to their senses, they realized that they are in some sort of void, with barely any light surrounding them. When they looked around, they noticed a single silhouette in the distance. There is no need for them to guess who it is? Even though it has been years, they are very familiar with that silhouette.

“Mother” -kin

“Sister”- Itachi

“Cousin”- Shisui

Only after hearing  them, did the silhouette showed some response. Immediately the entire void was lit up with stars, illuminating the surroundings.

“It’s been a long time and welcome to this world”- Ichika

Kin started to cry and wanted to rush towards Ichika, but he was struck at the same spot he arrived.

“Kin, you have grown up splendidly. Don’t cry, this is just a small manifestation of my will, to pass you some instructions. I don’t have much time, so listen closely to what I am about to say”- Ichika

Even though Ichika said not to cry, tears can be seen on his handsome face. Shisui and Itachi also showed reluctant and disappointed expressions.

“You all know, about the Greene family, I mentioned on Kaguya world right?”- Ichika

Kin only knows a part of the story as he was a kid at the time. But Itachi and Shisui were present, when  Ichika told the complete story about the Otsutsuki and Greene family after the war with the monsters.

They have a clear idea about this Greene family as one of the powerhouses of Vulcan world, who are occupying and destroying other worlds.

“Sister, didn’t you mention someone named Auron Greene, in your earlier message. Is he here to take revenge on you for destroying their family plans?”- Itachi

“No. 30 years ago Auron Greene arrived on this world with 10 subordinates. At the beginning it was clear from their movements, that they are only here to search for something valuable. They visited various Empires, Sects and mercenary organisations to read and collect information regarding the history of this world.

They also ventured into the monster lands, but were driven out by the furious Dragon race. They kept visiting various places and lands from then. It is only during these travels, that they came to know what a true treasure this world is. So he began to make plans to occupy this world, while also continuing their search.

Auron also felt insulted by the treatment from Dragon race. But sadly he is neither strong or has enough soldiers to fight them. So he could only call reinforcements from his home world.

So he started collecting the detailed military strength of this World for the last 10 years. It is only during one of these years, that he came to know about me and recognized me as the one who spoiled his family plans and insulted him.

It didn’t take much time for him to know about Duke Samil and partnered up with him, promising him the throne of the human race. After all the Greene family also need someone cowardly, Selfish, Influential and Loyal dog to manage parts of this vast world, after they conquered it.

The only request Duke Samil put forward is my life, as he is completely scared about me. Since it aligned with his personal and family goals, he completely agreed with the request. He also decided to completely destroy all the Empires, as it is always a threat to leave any kind of resistance.

Duke Samil started using his contacts and managed to gather up all the sects, organisations and clans, that are destroyed because of the Empire. Auron also called huge number of reinforcements to deal with both the humanoid races and monsters. He is clearly afraid of the monsters under Dragon race family. He decided to deal with us Humanoid races first, before creating a foothold here and dealing with the monsters.

But I never expected there to be such huge number of reinforcements. Also despite being the young master of the Greene family, he is not the leader of this force. There are four Sovereign rank cultivators behind him, leading this invasion.

Adrian Greene and Shirley Green definitely broke through Sovereign ranks in the past million years. But they are not powerful enough to request or gather 4 sovereigns at once. If my guess if right, then this Greene family is also a branch family and related to a strong sovereign cultivator”- Ichika

It was a lot of shocking information compared to the previous numbers of enemy forces. A single sovereign can change the tide of the battle, with a swing of his sword. Now there is four of them.

They also clearly hated Duke Samil guts to sell the entire Humanoid races future and Ichika’s life, for a mere throne. The marked him on the top of hit list in their minds.

“Mother, why didn’t you just kill Auron before he sent a signal to his family. It would have solved our problem right”- Kin

“Foolish child. Don’t let your anger cloud your judgement. I think, I thought you better than this.

Whether I Killed Auron or not, doesn’t matter. His family members would have sure invaded this world. With him alive, we can buy some time and spy his movements. But if he is killed, it would result in an immediate invasion. I don’t care about this invasion, all I want to learn is, what is it they are searching for? Also, I can learn a bit about his family backers.”- Ichika

Kin really felt embarrassed at losing his cool, so he quickly apologized to her.

“Cousin. What do you mean by, you don’t care about this invasion? Are you telling me you are strong enough to take on Sovereign level cultivators. If not billions of people will lose their lives. You don’t want this to happen, do you?”- Shisui

They know Ichika is strong, but it will only be foolish of them to expect her to fight sovereigns so soon. But they don’t know about the time chamber in her soul pagoda.

“Sigh. These sovereigns are just entry level sovereigns. I can kill then any time I wish. After advancing to the next level, there is no need for me to even fear sovereign kings.

As for this invasion, I already knew about it from my master. During the reconstruction of this Empire, I spent nearly 300 years, to place strong formation barriers, covering the whole Empire.

The moment these Greene family soldiers make a move, the entire Empire will be covered by these formations. So that’s why, I stressed you guys to not venture out of the city. Just concentrate on the defence and let them come to you.

As long as the formations are in place, they are complete prisoners in this Empire. They also cannot attack other places.”- Ichika

*SNAP*. With just a snap of her fingers, 3 spatial rings appeared in front of all the 3 Uchihas.

“Kin, You are the most knowledgeable in formations of all those present in the Greenwood city. There is a jade slip, with clear instructions for you, on how to operate these formations. When it is time, show no mercy to these bastards.

I also left large quantities of resources and poisons for you to use during this time. If possible, use these trump cards as a last resort. You know, only during crisis, will one show their true character. If they are cowards, they will look for excuses to run away from this situation. If they are brave, they will fight by your side. Only when you completely identify these brave ones, reveal your true strength.”- Ichika

Itachi, Shisui and Kin are completely lost at Ichika’s words. From the beginning they worried for nothing. Since when did Sovereigns became so easy to kill? Poor bastards, from the beginning, they are clearly dancing in her palms.

Ichika gave few more instructions and the uses of the poisons she prepared in detail, before taking her leave, with a promise to meet them all soon.

Soon Shisui, Itachi and Kin consciousness returned back to the original world. It may felt like a dream to them, but they could clearly see the 3 spatial rings in front of them. They quickly bound them, with a drop of their blood.

Kin swept his soul sense inside his spatial ring and was shocked at seeing the things inside it. There are mountains of Divine grade spirit stones, weapons, armors, millions of special arrows, vials of poisons and a jade slip containing the operating instructions of the formation.

Itachi and Shisui spatial rings also similarly contained the same things. It took them more than 10 minutes to sort all the things in the spatial rings. While Kuro, Emperor Luke and the clan heads are anxiously waiting for their response.

“Everyone, no need to panic about this invasion. If we use our full strength and fight as one, we will surely pass this hurdle. All I ask of you guys is to not lose hope”- Itachi

“Itachi san, did you get any instructions from Lady Ichika?”- Luke

All of them wanted to know the same thing. As long as they are instructions from the Empress, they will follow them no matter what.

“Yes. My nephew Kin is appointed as the leader. We all need to follow his directions and give him our full supprot”- Itachi

Kin was clearly surprised at Itachi words. when did mother appoint me? Itachi could clearly read the expressions on Kin face.

“Kin, when Ichika passed you the formation manual and Poison vials, she indirectly appointed you as the leader. Now, we are all waiting for your instructions”- Itachi

“This is ….”- Kin

Before Kin could react, all the clan heads stood up and gave a military salute to Kin, recognizing him as their leader.

“GENERAL WE AWAIT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS”

Kin took few deep breaths to calm himself down. He started to look at each and everyone in the office room. Few people showed determination, some doubt, some panic.

“Everyone, thanks for showing your faith in me. I will surely try to live up to your expectations. But before we go over our strategies, as a veteran generals, I want to first take the input of you guys.

So what type of strategy do you all think is properly suited to our current situation?”- Kin

All the generals are happy as Kin asked them for their inputs. Immediately all of them started to come up with various defence strategies, but they were put down by one argument after another.

“Sigh. You all are  straightforward generals, your ideas may win this fight, but we will pay a huge price for it. So instead of coming up with new ideas, we will stick to the 3 basic strategies of war for now and improvise with time.”- Kin

Huh 3 basic war strategies? what can it be? attrition warfare? not possible in this situation. Bait and bleed? could work with the royal members, but involved a lot of risks and they may lose their heads, if something happened to them. Also they are completely ordered to stay on defence only. Decapitation? they need to capture the enemy leaders first. Encirclemen? feint? Guerrilla tactics?

” We will use deception, guerrilla tactics and coercion strategies”- Kin

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Author’s Note: I know there are a lot of basic strategies, but I only used few, that may work in the current defensive war. So please don’t bombard me for my limited knowledge.