Chapter 911: Chapter 685: I Will Help You
No! It’s not possible that Saint Danze has gone mad, there can only be one reason for this to happen, and that is Saint Danze has found a way to maintain the army without such a large scale! What this method is, Saint Jialin does not know, but he can guess where this method has come from!
Long Yi!
It must be Long Yi!
The incident of military downsizing happened right after Long Yi joined the Sanctuary Empire, which can only mean that Long Yi is assisting the Sanctuary Empire to rebuild its military force!
"Go, ask Miss Ailin to come here!"
Saint Jialin spoke to the messenger at his side, and just as the messenger was about to take a step, the Emperor stopped him.
"Forget it, I shall go personally."
The Emperor headed straight to Ailin’s residence. Upon learning that Ailin was not at home but had gone to the prairie to walk her horse, he immediately rushed to the prairie. From afar, the airship saw an enormous Red Demon Scorpion resting there like a small hill. Ailin was sitting on the grass while a little foal frisked beside her.
When the approaching airship was spotted, the Red Demon Scorpion immediately raised its huge crystalline poison stinger, and a thin red beam of light fell upon the airship. Ailin, of course, also saw the airship and let the Red Demon Scorpion be, recognizing it as the Emperor’s airship. Since the Emperor had come himself, it was very likely that Long Yi had once again stirred up something significant in the Sanctuary Empire.
"Miss Ailin!"
Emperor Saint Jialin descended from the air far in the distance.
"Your Majesty! You seem to be in a hurry, is there something the matter?" Ailin asked with a smile.
"Indeed, please take a look at this message first," Saint Jialin said, handing over a report.
"The Sanctuary Empire is downsizing its army? It seems Long Yi is acting even faster than I thought." Ailin commented.
"You also think it could be Long Yi?" Saint Jialin asked excitedly, suddenly feeling like a hero recognizing another hero.
"The Sanctuary Empire, which has never changed, is suddenly cutting down its army. Apart from Long Yi, I can’t think of any other possibility," said Ailin.
"Then, could you hazard a guess as to why they are downsizing?" Saint Jialin quickly asked.
"Because they no longer need so many soldiers. Either Long Yi has helped them improve the combat capabilities of their soldiers, or Long Yi has enhanced the level of their equipment... I think the latter is more likely. Because Long Yi has one ability that is superior to mine, and that is the making and improvement of magic equipment," said Ailin.
Upon hearing this, Saint Jialin felt as if darkness fell before his eyes. The making and enhancement of magic equipment! Wasn’t that exactly what the Sanctuary Empire is best at! No wonder the Sanctuary Empire is downsizing; they must have developed more advanced equipment significantly boosting their combat effectiveness. But it was not feasible to equip every soldier; hence they decided to downsize after considering everything!
"This... Why didn’t I hear Miss Ailin you mention this before!" Saint Jialin’s tone carried a slight hint of reproach.
"Do I need to tell you every time I drink a few glasses of water?" Ailin retorted.
Sweat instantly beaded on Saint Jialin’s forehead; in front of Ailin, his status as an Emperor was worthless. He could only pamper her; she certainly paid no heed to his displeasure!
"That, of course not... I was just saying," Saint Jialin said with great embarrassment.
"Actually, you don’t need to be so nervous; this kind of thing has always been within my expectations. I just didn’t expect him to be so impatient. I promise you, I will help you enhance the magical prowess of your warriors, so now you shouldn’t have to worry, right?" said Ailin.
"Yes! Thank you for your understanding! Then when do we start?" Saint Jialin asked, excited.
"Wait until I’ve had my fill of fun! Even if Long Yi has improved the Sanctuary Empire’s magic equipment, it will take time to manufacture. Don’t worry."
Saint Jialin could only continue to force a wry smile. If her equipment needed time to be made, wouldn’t my soldiers also need time to become experts? That too requires time!
However, he dared not voice this out loud. He could merely return honestly to the Imperial Palace and wait for further news.
Before long, spies lurking within the Sanctuary Empire finally sent back detailed information. It turned out that Long Yi truly helped the Sanctuary Empire improve their soldiers’ equipment and had advised the Sanctuary Empire’s Emperor to downsize the military, centralizing financial and material resources to update the army’s equipment. However, Saint Danze and the military were hesitant. So, in an exercise testing their strength, Long Yi’s thousand men defeated ten thousand troops from the military. And it was a complete victory, where the thousand men left the ten thousand with no fight left in them. Only then did Saint Danze agree to Long Yi’s suggestion to downsize the army.
Although this military exercise was entirely confidential, it seems that the soldiers with the new equipment had their strength enhanced astonishingly, judging by the tone of the spies!
Indeed, Long Yi is truly no ordinary person.
However, it was a mystery when Ai Lin would start to enhance the soldiers’ strength, and the way she would do it was also a real enigma.
Fortunately, Saint Jialin did not have to wait too long, as two days later, Ai Lin notified Saint Jialin to summon all military leadership for a meeting.
The sole purpose of the meeting was to enhance the soldiers’ strength.
As an army composed entirely of mages, the strength of the soldiers naturally depended entirely on their magic proficiency.
"I don’t understand war, but fighting is my specialty. Thus, the only way I can help you is by boosting your soldiers’ combat power, and then let them help you win the war. But before that, I must warn you that my method is probably not going to be easy. If you fail to learn, I won’t help you review it,"
Ai Lin’s method was simple, first the army would select the top warriors from each legion to form an advanced class, and then Ai Lin would teach them a series of more advanced magical combat techniques. Once they had learned them, they would return to their respective legions to teach more people. In this way, they could achieve an explosive increase in strength in a short period.
Although this proposal seemed simple, some of the military personnel still felt it was not so reliable.
Seeing the skepticism in their eyes, Ai Lin smiled, "How about this? I’ll be like Long Yi. I’ll provide one thousand people, you give ten thousand. If I lose, I’ll join the army and be a foot soldier for you. How about it?"
Hearing Ai Lin speak like this, who amongst them dared to agree? It was a joke; if you really lost, who would dare to take you as a foot soldier? Are you here to be a foot soldier or a lady of authority?
"Alright, it’s settled then. Find me a thousand people, and give me one month’s time."
Having said that, Ai Lin turned and left.
Saint Jialin looked at the surrounding military leadership, "Can’t you control your expressions a little? Couldn’t you have waited until she left to discuss this?" The Emperor shook his head, helpless.
The leaders hadn’t thought that far ahead, but the matter had come to this, and the competition must go on, so bring it on!
Compared to Long Yi, Ai Lin was treated much better. The soldiers selected for her were indeed the very top from each legion.
Compared to ordinary soldiers, mages with high strength usually also possess decent cultural education. After all, magic is a battle technique that requires calculation to cast, and the more sophisticated the magic, the more so this is true.
Thus, communicating with these mages was not difficult for Ai Lin at all.
Here was a small arena that seated two thousand people, and all the seats were filled. Apart from the soldiers, some magic researchers and other ambitious soldiers also crammed in.
Ai Lin’s way of enhancing the soldiers’ combat power was straightforward – simply by refining some of the detailed formulas they used in everyday magic to directly improve their combat performance. These refined formulas had basically surpassed the current research level of this Plane. But in the Human Realm, such level of magic was at best junior high school level.
When Ai Lin laid out these Human Realm junior high school level formulas one by one, there were sporadic whisperings throughout the venue. The soldiers present all had decent strength, but they could not discern the purpose of these formulas at all.
"These four formulas are what you will first learn today. I don’t need you to understand where these formulas come from, nor do I need you to understand how they are derived. All you need to do is to memorize them faithfully, and then use them. I will tell you how to use these formulas and when not to use them. Now, begin memorizing. I’ll give you one hour, and after that, I will change to a new set of formulas. If you cannot remember these, please leave. I have no patience for dummies,"
Ai Lin’s teaching was very straightforward and brutal, and everyone on site began frantically recording.
Although it was also called memorizing formulas, this was completely different from the mathematical sense; these formulas were written in Runes, carrying mana characteristics. Merely remembering them was meaningless. To record a magic formula is to reproduce that formula by combining mana. Only by successfully reproducing the formula can one truly wield the essence within it.
Suddenly, the venue was quiet, and every person’s body radiated mana, attempting to record this new formula. But without trying it wouldn’t matter, once they started trying, they found that the new formula conflicted with the formulas they had originally recorded! To record the new formula, they had to erase the original ones! If they couldn’t record the new formula successfully, wouldn’t they be completely deprived of combat ability in the short term?
But Ai Lin didn’t care about those issues; that was not her problem.
At this moment, the three Crown Princes of The Divine Auffa Empire were also present, simultaneously recording the formula.
This formula was completely different from the magic they had originally learned, even opposite; to record this formula meant completely abandoning their original magic studies. Many were hesitant to make that decision. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)
