Chapter1143:TheKnightsofIronandBlood

Howunbearable!Howunbearable!Howunbearable!

(TranslatedbyGravityTales馃槱)

LudwigXIIwaspacingbackandforthinhisstudylikeacrazedant,hishairturningwhiteatavisiblespeed.

Theemperorofthegrandestnationinthecontinent,reducedtoseekinghelpfromhisniece,QueenSia.

TheLeviathanEmpire,agroupofrebelliousindividualswhosplitfromtheSiaKingdom!

LudwigtheFirst,thefoundingemperorandthegreatestknightinthecontinent,hadswornnevertobowtotheSiaroyalfamilyinhislifetime.

Inhisgeneration,theywereonestepawayfromannihilatingtheSiaroyalfamily.TheirarmieswererightatthegatesoftheSiacapital,andtheyhadevenarrangedthetimeforthesurrenderinginsiderstoopenthecitygates.

HeheldapersonalgrudgeagainsttheformerkingoftheSiaKingdom,buthedidn’tactuallydislikeQueenSiaAinherself.

WhenAincametostudyattheRoyalAcademyinthecapitaloftheLeviathanEmpire,hevisitedherseveraltimesandcouldfaintlyseetracesofhisfirstloveinherface.

ThereasonwhytheLeviathanEmpirewantstoinvadetheSiaKingdomhasnothingtodowithanypersonalgrudgebetweentheiremperorandtheSiaking.

Eventhoughthatdarnguymarriedthegirlhelovedthemostintheworld,heonlysecretlyroaredinangerafewtimes.

"Damnsis-con!"

Asforhimself,hewasactuallyaverygentlemanlyperson.

TheonewhodecidedtoinvadetheLeviathanEmpirewasactuallyhisteacher,whowascurrentlytheImperialSagePoincar茅.

Thepartoftheancestralemperor’sdiarythatcontainedinformationaboutthedivineeratowersparkedanunprecedentedinterestintheimperialsage.

OnlybyobtainingthosegemstonescantheempirebuildthestrongestmagicarmorandevencreatePoincar茅’sidealandmostpowerfultitledmachine.

Thatwouldbeapowercomparabletoa"legend."ThecurrentBlackOverlordisonlyanexperimentalmodelofthatperfecttitledmachine,stillfarfromthepoweroflegends.

ItmustbesaidthatLudwigXIIwastemptedbecauseImperialSagePoincar茅’scalculationshaveneverbeenwrong,andthedistancebetweenhis[Field]andordinarypeopleislikethatofamonkeyandawiseman.

Poincar茅’scalculationshelpedtheLeviathanEmpiretoembarkonthepathofscience.

Theimperialsagenevermademistakes,andsomeevenconfidentlyclaimedthathiseyescouldseethefuture.

IfPoincar茅hadnotbeenborninthiseraofdecliningmagic,hewouldsurelyhavebeenoneofthemostpowerfulred-robedmagesdominatingthecontinent.

Hisachievementsinthestudyofmagicarmorfarsurpassedthepeakreachedinthedivineera.

Eveninthecaseofthefailednuclearexplosionexperiment,hewasconfidentthathecouldreplicateitaslongashehadenoughmaterials.

Therefore,Poincar茅hasalwaysmaintainedthatitisimpossibleforQueenSiatouseanuclearexplosionforbiddenspell.

Evenifsomeonecantrulyuseanuclearexplosionforbiddenspell,itdefinitelywouldn’tbeQueenSia.Thepowerofanuclearexplosionisnotsomethingmodernhumanscancontrol.

HerepeatedlyusedcalculationstotellLudwigXIIthattheso-callednuclearexplosionforbiddenspellissimplyaninvalidtopic.

Eventhegroupofred-robedmageswhostoodatthepinnacleofthecontinentduringthedivineerahadnoknowledgeofthenuclearexplosionforbiddenspell.

Nuclearexplosionisadangerousexperimentthatisnotfullydeveloped.Itkilledmanyunfortunatepeoplewearingredrobes,whichwasconsideredforbidden.

Thereisnosuchthingasanuclearexplosionforbiddenspell.Itwastheresultoftheredrobesgoingtoofarintheiractions.

"Aretherereallynootheroptionsbesidesthismethod?"askedLudwigXII,atalentedandstrategicruler,unabletobringhimselftoaskhisniece,QueenSia,forhelp.

Nottomention,hehadalmostconqueredSiaKingdomnotlongago,indirectlycausingthedeathoftheformerKingofSia,whowasoncehisclosefriend,andtheQueen,hisfirstlove.

"Thisisthebestmethod,"saidPoincar茅.Heneverquestionedtheprocess,onlycaredaboutseeingtheresultsofhiscalculations.

InvadingSiaKingdomwasanecessarystepfortheLeviathanEmpire,justlikethestepsneededtosolveanequation.

Mathematiciansdon’tneedtoconsiderpoliticsoremotions.Theyonlyfocusonrightandwrong,andwhethersomethingistrue.

Intheworldofmathematics,thereisonlythepuresttruth.AlltheadvicehegaveLudwigXIIwasbasedonthistruth.

"Iunderstand..."sighedLudwigXII.

Itwon’tchange,histeacherandImperialSagePoincar茅’scalculationsarealwaysaccurateandnotcompassionate.

Apartfromtheincidentwiththenuclearexplosionforbiddenspell,includingtheattackintentions,tacticaldirectionsoftheancientweaponsintheUndergroundCemetery,Poincar茅figureditalloutclearly,eventhemethodtodefeattheancientweaponswassosimpleandeasytounderstand.

Cutofftheenemy’ssourceofpower,thenoverpowerthemwithequalforce.

It’sasdirect,simple,andperfectasoneplusoneequalstwointheworldofmathematics.

However,theprocesstoachievethisresultrequiredcountlesslivestobesacrificed,makingtheentireempirerunlikeahugemachine.

Thismachinecalled"science"isthemostpowerfulweaponcreatedbythealchemistwarlocksledbyPoincar茅andAsmidfortheLeviathanEmpire.It’salsothefoundationthatallowedtheLeviathanEmpiretobecomethestrongestcountryonthecontinent.

Atthispoint,thereissimplynowaytostop.

Evenastheemperoroftheempire,hehaslongbeentiedtothiswarvehiclecalled"science,"drivenbythewilloftheentireempire,andcanonlykeepmovingforward.

Scienceallowsforfailures,butitabsolutelydoesn’tallowforretreat.

Thenoblefolkswholongforvictory,thepeoplewhohaveabsoluteconfidenceintheEmpire,andthescholarsandalchemistwarlockswhoputeverythingonthepathofscience,allofthemtogether,havemadetheLeviathanEmpirewhatitistoday.

IftheEmpirelosesthiswillandspirit,itwillcollapseandbedefeatedcompletely.

WhenLudwigXIIdrewbackthecurtainsofhisstudy,hesawthemagicarmylegionsinsidetheroyalcity,undergoingrestandreplenishingtheirnewequipment.

ManyoftheirmemberswereseverelyinjuredinthebattleagainsttheEmeraldSeaDragonBeast,andsomeevenlosttheirlimbs.Theywerenowgettingtemporarymechanicallimbscreatedbythealchemistwarlockswhowereworkingtirelessly.

Manyclenchedtheirteethinanger,somedrankheavily,andquiteafewcursedaloud.

Butnooneshedtears.TheystillbelievedintheiremperorandImperialSagePoincar茅,knowingtheywouldbringthemvictory.

TheEmpire’smoraleremainedhigh,andthespiritofdeterminationstayedstrong.EventhoughthiswasthelargestdefeattheLeviathanEmpirehadeversufferedsinceenteringtheeraofscience,theseknightsofsteelremainedtheEmpire’sknights.

LeviathanEmpirehasnotyetlost!