The Golden Throne - Chapter 130

“Who all are coming to join the fight now?”, Liu Man asked Liu Feng.

“It’s just us. The dragons won’t arrive until a few months later but we can’t afford to wait till then for our plan to start. We must attack the demons immediately. They are demons, so there will be an endless supply from the other continent. We can’t allow them to get any reinforcements. We will have to strike them when they are down now. They already lost two demon generals, and a considerable force in the magical forest when I fought with them.”

“Considerable force? Don’t kid yourself child. That is no considerable force. That is just a small squad that the pompous fool brought to help him. If the demon general brought the real troops behind him, then the king of the magical forest would have come out and obliterated him and his pitiful army in an instant., Feng Huang scoffed.

“Right. But a fly’s meat is still meat. By killing all of those demons, I have basically saved a few dozen lives who can kill a few dozen more demons. Isn’t that a profit?”, Liu Feng said. Feng Huang looked at him like she was looking at a fool.

“Do you really think that the few dozen demons that they kill will change the fight even one bit?”

“Well, that is what I am getting to in a minute. Anyway, I fought with these demons and the guns can help at least until the demon captains. After that, I don’t think that they will be of much help.”, Liu Feng explained.

The kings looked at Liu Feng with shock. “You fought with them?”

“Yes. I fought with the cannon fodder while Feng Luang here fought with the demon general.”, Liu Feng forgot that he did not clarify the circumstances in which he had met the phoenix.

“I see. So, do you think that your gun can kill most of them?”, Damascus asked.

“Of course. I am confident that it can kill up to the demon soldier level. I don’t think that it can harm demon generals, or the demon captains, as I said. Maybe if we continuously fire against the demon captains, it will do some damage, but I don’t think that is very sustainable. I have to use mana stones and magic beast cores as ammunition, and they are not exactly very common. The one biggest problem we will face is the energy source. I was using magic cores of magic beasts in the magical forest, and to equip thousands of frontline soldiers with it, we will need tens of thousands of cores. I am afraid that it would cause a mass extinction event”, Liu Feng said, as shivers went down his spine.

“The king of the magic beast even warned me when I was attacking and indiscriminately killing lower ranked beasts. He will definitely kill us all if we go to the magic forest to start harvesting magic cores.”, Liu Feng continued.

“Well, the Elvan treasury does have quite a few cores, and I am sure that if we fight all the way to the capital city of Glade, we will be able to replenish our resources, and get a few cores as well. What about the Aegon side of things? Liu Man! Are you sleeping? What are you doing?”, Damascus waved his hand in front of Liu Man, who was in a daze.

Shaking himself awake, he looked at Liu Feng. “So you guys killed a total of two demon generals already huh? And the dragons are coming soon? Got it. Anyways, we have very few magic cores and mana stones in our treasury. I will send for them, but I am afraid that you cannot rely on us.”, Liu Man shook his head.

“Fine. Then, we have to gather as many cores as we can. I will prepare Amelia for the negotiations.”, Liu Feng said, stretching his hands.

“Are you sure that she will be safe? This is a very dangerous man we are talking about.”, Damascus warned Liu Feng. “You said that he even threatened you just for killing a few beasts lower ranked than you. And then there is the fact that he hates humans. What is to say that he doesn’t like Elves either? I do not want to lose my daughter to such a risky proposition.”,  he said, strongly refuting Liu Feng’s idea.

“Don’t worry about safety. I will be going with her to make sure that nothing happens. Knowing that the mythical beasts of the magical forest are actually spirits has given me a wonderful idea. Don’t worry. I will make sure that nothing happens.”, Liu Feng affirmed.

Damascus was still not convinced. Liu Feng had to spend a lot of time talking the particulars with him. Feng Huang, who was not interested in the topic at all, left the room after taking a few coins from Liu Feng to head over to the ice cream parlour.

“I am not that weak! I can protect her when the situation arises.”, Liu Feng said.

“Fine!”, Damascus relented. “But if even a hair on her head is harmed, then things won’t be so pretty.”, he gritted his teeth as he left the room.

Liu Feng left the room and went to the gardens outside the mansion. He saw Amelia strolling the gardens.

“Of course you would be here. It is getting late. You should sleep right.”

“I had a feeling that I was needed for something.”

“Well, the elders were true. A woman’s intuition is truly terrifying. Tomorrow, you and I will go to the magical forest for a few negotiations. Get ready.”

“The last time that we went to the forest, things didn’t go so great.”

“Well, this time I am powerful enough to protect you against most things…. except three people. Ironically we are going to meet one of them.”

“Fine. But isn’t this too fast? I need some time to prepare.”

“Well, there isn’t enough time in the world. We have to move tomorrow. We have to strike as fast as possible and reclaim Glade so that we can prepare to fight any demons that might be arriving in the future. Pack a few clothes, the trip shouldn’t take too long.”

The next morning,

“What the hell is that? I am not getting inside some sort of monster.”

“This is metal. Can’t you see? It’s just like the train. Now get in, we are losing daylight.”

Liu Feng was inside a car, and Amelia was resisting his attempts to get her in.”

Finally convincing her to get in, Liu Feng started driving the vehicle.

“Why are we going in this… thing?”

“This is called a car. We are using this because using a train would be overkill for just two passengers, and we must conserve all mana that we have because we have to save up for the war that will be coming up.”

“So, this car is like a smaller version of the train?”

“Yes, in a very simplified way of looking at things.”

“That master of the mage tower is truly a genius. To think that he did so much.”