Chapter 17: A Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves, the Dark Clouds of War (Ch 824043546)

The votes suddenly became three to one, and Kanhara Tetsuya’s answer was beyond the expectations of the three people present.
Judging from his appearance, this modest and polite young man did not look like a fanatic who would support the war. What he did was also for justice, dealing with the nobles and solving the problem of unpaid wages for soldiers…
So Bud didn’t attack right away, “General Tetsuya, I want to hear your reasons.”
Ernest and Esdeath also turned their eyes to Kanhara Tetsuya.
Facing the gazes of the three giants of the empire, Kanhara Tetsuya remained calm and said, “General Bud, I understand your thoughts. The empire’s armaments and soldiers are in a mess, and we are not yet in a position to go to war with the Sorcerous Kingdom.”
Bud’s expression relaxed. It seemed that he had thought about it and was not a desperate war maniac like Esdeath. He asked, “Why?”
Kanhara Tetsuya said: “The enemy will not stop attacking just because you are not prepared.”
Hearing this, Bud and Esdeath were shocked.
Kanhara Tetsuya continued, “Demiurge, that demon, is lurking in the Imperial Capital to investigate the Empire’s armaments. I’m afraid the Sorcerous Kingdom has long been preparing to attack the Imperial Capital, and this is just an excuse.”
The three people in the room had different expressions; they had already expected this day, but it came too soon.
The Sorcerous Kingdom must have figured out the Empire’s ins and outs. No wonder they dared to send such a brazen letter.
Directly threaten them with all-out war.
“He has accomplices!”
Bud said in a deep voice, Demiurge was captured by Kanhara Tetsuya, there must be other insiders who spread the news, so the Sorcerous Kingdom could react so quickly.
Kanhara Tetsuya nodded silently. It was impossible for Demiurge to be hiding here alone. The Imperial Capital was probably riddled with holes infiltrated by him. Who knows how many nobles have sided with the Sorcerous Kingdom in secret?
Bud’s eyes were cold. If it weren’t for Toru Kanhara who exposed the other party, they would still be kept in the dark.
In other words, they had no choice at all. Handing it over to Demiurge would only tell the other party that they were weak and could be bullied.
Today we are separated by five cities, tomorrow we are separated by ten cities.
“Okay, I support accepting the war!”
Bud slowly raised his hand. Now he had no choice but to fight to the death.
“Ha ha!”
Ernest seemed even more excited than Esdeath. “Then it’s decided. Accept the war!”
Kanhara Tetsuya looked at Minister Ernest deeply. Was this guy on drugs? He reacted so strongly.
The four giants of the empire were able to discuss in the main hall how to respond to the all-out war against the Sorcerous Kingdom. The discussion had already become a hot topic in the outside world, and the heat in the imperial capital was extremely high.
And the news spread to the ears of all forces at an extremely fast speed, from the pirate groups in the deep sea in the east, to the revolutionary army in the primitive jungle in the south, to the Hidden Mist Village in the wild land in the north. The whole world was shrouded in the shadow of war.
The extremely arrogant letter from the Sorcerous Kingdom was announced in the Imperial Capital, causing a huge uproar.
The nobles who did not side with the Sorcerous Kingdom at the beginning panicked for a moment. With the change of dynasties, they might also lose their power, but ordinary people did not care.
The corrupt empire itself is a place very close to hell, with all kinds of demons and monsters running rampant.
In the words of the people of the imperial capital, we are already at the bottom, and any step forward is upward.
Until a newly emerged newspaper reported the actual situation of the Sorcerous Kingdom.
The panic spread quickly.
The Empire had a lot of advanced technologies in warfare, such as automatic rifles, small nuclear bombs, imperial tools, etc., but in terms of civilian technology, it was very backward, and it didn’t even have cameras or photos.
Wanted posters or portraits of Night Raid members.
Ubuyashiki Yoya’s newspaper invested a large amount of money and adopted the latest cameras and printing equipment in the Demon Slayer world, and his newspaper soon occupied a large market share.
The newspaper included high-definition photos taken by members of the hidden organization who risked their lives to enter the Sorcerous Kingdom.
Seeing is believing, hearing is not.
Looking at the terrifying monsters with hideous faces in the photos, the people in the imperial capital felt their scalps tingling.
In the past, we had only heard that the Magic Kingdom was a country ruled by monsters, but not many people had actually seen what it looked like. Now, there are real photos in front of us.
Public opinion exploded instantly, causing uproar.
Even if Ubuyashiki Kōya’s Demon Slayer Newspaper works at full capacity, it cannot keep up with the world’s demand for newspapers.
“Being ruled by monsters is worse than death.”
Countless people in the imperial capital held newspapers from the Demon Slayer Newspaper, and no longer had the mentality of not caring about anything that had nothing to do with them. In the general impression of the public, monsters were dangerous species, and they were brutal and ferocious beasts without intelligence.
Living in that kind of country, humans probably only have two responsibilities left: to be eaten and to reproduce.
The Magic Kingdom.
As this concerns the life and death of Demiurge, Ainz dares not be careless and keeps an eye on the reaction from the Empire. Then he sees the newspaper from Demon Slayer Newspaper.
However, compared to the people of the Imperial Capital, Ainz’s focus was on the Sorcerous Kingdom’s letter in the newspaper.
“ah?”
Ainz opened his mouth wide. What was the meaning of that arrogant letter? Could it be that the Empire was deliberately twisting the facts? He had no intention of threatening them.
“Albedo, what’s the matter with this letter?” Ainz said in a domineering and deep tone.
“Yes, Lord Ainz.”
Albedo said excitedly: “I think this is the best way to show the majesty of the Supreme Being!”
Ainz almost vomited blood. I asked you to go and get someone, not to threaten others.
Can the Empire still release us now?
A flash of green light that no one else could see flashed by, and Ainz forced himself to calm down. He did not think that the Empire would release the prisoners just by a letter from the empire.
After all, it’s still about strength that matters.
call out!
The light of a magic circle appeared in the corner of the hall, and Pleiades Soruka walked out, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully, “Lord Ainz, it’s a reply from the Empire!”
The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and silent, and everyone was staring at the letter that Suo Liuxiang was holding in his hands.
Should we fight or release them?
Ainz’s eyes flashed with a blood-red light, which was intimidating. He raised his hand and used magic to move the letter to his hand, then opened it and took a look.
[Your Majesty, your country sent spies to spy on our secrets. When the truth was revealed, you threatened us with force. We cannot tolerate this humiliation…]
The Empire’s reply was slightly more formal, but it contained only one sentence: it accepted the war proposed by the Sorcerous Kingdom.
Ainz was definitely not in a good mood about this. Even though they had all the information about the Imperial Capital, the other side would not accept a war if they were not sure.
You know, before the three days were up, the Empire sent a reply as if it couldn’t wait.
There is nothing strange about it, who would believe it?
Ainz clenched his fists, acting cautiously as if he had returned to the time when he first came into this world.
But others were in a completely different mood.
“Lord Ainz, I am willing to be the vanguard, break through the gates of the imperial capital, and dedicate that thousand-year-old city to the Supreme Being.” Cocytus said in a deep voice.
“So cunning! I want to be the vanguard this time.” Aura said excitedly.
“We have to go save Demiurge,” Mare muttered.
“As long as I can stay by Ainz-sama’s side, I will be content.” Shalltear’s face flushed.
…
Many guardians, and even maids from the Pleiades, volunteered to fight and were ready to flatten the entire imperial capital.
The noisy sound echoed throughout the spacious hall.
Ainz tapped the armrests of the throne with his fingers. He didn’t want these children to take risks, but as the Supreme Being, he couldn’t just act as a vanguard and charge into battle.
And the enemy this time is really troublesome.
The arrow is on the string and must be shot.
Ainz gritted his teeth and said, “Cocytus, you will be the vanguard and you must defeat the enemy army!”
“Yes!” Cocytus answered without hesitation.
Afterwards, Ainz assigned tasks to the others to deal with different situations. If Cocytus could defeat the opponent as usual, they would go straight to the imperial capital.
If they couldn’t do that, they would have to improvise. In the worst case, they would be defeated and have to retreat to the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
After the battle to conquer the Western countries, Ainz still had confidence in his heart. With Cocytus as the vanguard of the conquest of the empire, there should be no problem.
He still remembered the stats of Cocytus that he saw before traveling through time, and this time he also had world-class items.
Name: Cocytus
Title: Ruler of the Ice Age
Level: 100
Justice: 50
Position: Guardian of the fifth floor of the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick.
Special abilities: Highly poisonous saliva, cold breath, complete resistance to cold air, fire resistance from exoskeleton, magic nullification, physical nullification.
Main weapon: God-slaying Sword (artifact grade)
Skills: Frost Aura, Wind Slash, Rakshasa, Kurikara Sword, Acala Strike, Razor Blade, Acala Mantra, Frostburn Smash.
Magic: Icicles, Piercing Ice Bullets, Thousand Miles of Ice, Ice Fall, Advanced Teleportation…
World-class item: Cup of Hygieia: The bearer becomes immune to 60% of damage, and the damage is stored and converted into magic power for spellcasting.
…
The news of the war between the Empire and the Sorcerous Kingdom spread to all parties at an extremely fast speed.
Deep in the dense forest outside the imperial capital, a night attack on the base.
All members of the Night Raid gathered in the hall, all of them were imperial weapon users without exception, emitting a powerful aura.
Nadezhda, with her short silver hair, was sitting in the only seat, holding a cigarette and puffing away.
“Boss, this is the latest newspaper in the imperial capital.”
Tatsumi and Mine, who did not reveal their identities, brought back newspapers from the Demon Slayer Newspaper and distributed them to everyone.
“Boss, the Empire is going to war with the Sorcerous Kingdom!”
After seeing what was in the newspaper, the monsters of the Sorcerous Kingdom were so real that even those with strong wills like Night Raid felt a little confused deep down in their hearts.
In fact, they have not carried out any activities for a long time since the world chaos.
The original goal of the Revolutionary Army was to overthrow the corrupt empire, but the emergence of other powerful forces made the top brass of the Revolutionary Army hesitate. They had good reason to suspect that if they fought the empire, both sides would suffer losses, which might allow powerful forces like the Sorcerous Kingdom and the Hidden Mist Village to take advantage of the situation.
The Revolutionary Army and the Sorcerous Kingdom once had a conflict on the southwestern border. The Revolutionary Army suffered heavy casualties and knew that the Sorcerous Kingdom was not an easy target to deal with.
According to their estimation, the Sorcerous Kingdom is definitely stronger than the Empire and is very ambitious.
In this case, they can no longer make overthrowing the empire their first goal.
But after overthrowing the empire, whether it can withstand the three-way siege from the Sorcerous Kingdom, the Hidden Mist Village, and the Pirate Group.
“What will happen if the empire loses the war?” Tatsumi asked worriedly.
Everyone in the Night Raid looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. They knew very little about the Sorcerous Kingdom.
“The imperial capital will become a paradise for monsters, and anyone who resists will be killed. This will be the case in the short term,” said Nadezhda. Through intelligence gathered by the Revolutionary Army, she knew what happened when the Sorcerer Kingdom conquered the Hundred Nations in the Western Regions.
Then, Najeta continued, “But I heard that the Sorcerer King is willing to give humans a minimum level of dignity. As long as they surrender, they can survive.”
Hearing this, everyone’s faces turned grim. No matter what, it would cause a large number of deaths.
Although they often compared the nobles in the imperial capital to evil spirits, this time a group of real demons came.
The Sorcerous Kingdom and the Empire.
Which side are they going to deal with?
Chelsea, holding a lollipop in her cherry mouth, said nonchalantly, “Why are you confused? For us, this is a dog-eat-dog war.”
Nadezhda nodded. “Chelsey is right. Both the Sorcerous Kingdom and the Empire are our enemies. It would be best if both sides suffer losses.”
Everyone’s faces suddenly showed realization. It turned out that the strange feeling in their hearts was due to this. Now that their enemies were fighting each other, they would benefit no matter what.
Chi Tong asked: “Boss, which side do you think will win?”
Nadezhda lowered her head in thought. If it were the previous corrupt empire, she would have asserted without hesitation that the Sorcerous Kingdom would win and that the Empire had no chance of defeating the other side.
But the sudden appearance of Tetsuya Kanhara made the situation uncertain.
She guessed that Toru Kanhara and the people around him were probably the same as those forces that suddenly appeared.
The fight between the extraterritorial demons and the extraterritorial demons.
“It doesn’t matter which side wins.”
Nadezhda exhaled a puff of light smoke, “But if the Empire is defeated and the monsters of the Sorcerous Kingdom want to massacre the people of the Imperial Capital, it will be our turn to take action!”
“yes!”
Everyone in the Night Raid said in unison with a determined look. Yes, their goal was to save the people. The enemy could be the Empire or the Sorcerous Kingdom.
To the east, the island of ghosts.
Kaido threw the newspaper to the ground and roared to the sky, “War? What a joke! Without me, Kaido, it wouldn’t be a world-class war!”
Unbridled release of his domineering aura, dark red lightning erupted, accompanied by rumbling thunder, the sky seemed to be splitting apart.
The members of the Beasts Pirates were frightened and looked nervous.
Kaido’s cold tiger eyes moved, “By the way, have you found the whereabouts of Jin?”
“Lord Jin has been killed!”
“It’s Esdeath and Kanhara Tetsuya.”
The pirate who escaped from the Demon Slayer world after surviving a near-death experience knelt on the ground, crying so loudly that it shook the heavens and the earth.
“Tetsuya Kanhara? He’s the new general of the empire.” Veins popped out on Kaido’s forehead. So that’s what he meant. He was using his family’s big sign as a token of his allegiance.
The pirates talked one after another, telling everything that happened in the Demon Slayer world.
“That young man defeated Whitebeard?”
Kaido keenly captured an important piece of information, which was said by Esdeath. Given the character of that crazy woman, she would not lie.
It seems that the old man Whitebeard also experienced some things because of this chaos in time and space.
“Hmph, there’s nothing to boast about about defeating that old thing.” Kaido snorted coldly.
Having said that, a trace of solemnity flashed in Kaido’s eyes. The guy named Kanhara Tetsuya was quite capable to be able to defeat Whitebeard.

Người mua: @u_300232, 16/01/2025 13:58