Boiling Beast Bloodline-Chapter 2180 - 671: Two vs One [Middle]
On October 9th, just a day after the founding of the "Forgotten Kingdom," all the major human nations, according to prior secret agreements, delivered all the completed "Charcoal Sprite Bombs" to Feilengcui; except for a few exiled royal courts who had lost their territories and were powerless, every human nation sent a full ten thousand pounds of "Charcoal Sprite Bombs" to Feilengcui, totaling one hundred and fifteen tons.
In addition, the Pompeii Empire also sent Old Liu two extra tons of "Flammable Ice Missiles." These four thousand pounds of "Flammable Ice Missiles" were all laced with a certain rare northern metal, which, when ignited, would splatter with white-hot molten iron.
The Holy San Francisco Empire additionally sent Old Liu a "Thunder Prison Forest Magic Scroll"—this magic scroll was the posthumous work of the thunder elemental magic tutor Zola from San Francisco four hundred years ago. It’s a grandmaster level, large-scale covering type magic, perfect for the golden dwarf mages of Feilengcui to use.
The half-destroyed yet still powerful St. Jose Empire also sent two hundred pounds of the specialty "Fire Chips," made from high-quality pearl magnesium powder ground from "Melin Kai Pearls," which, when exposed to fire, could instantly raise the flame temperature to the terrifying levels of melting gold and iron. Previously, only St. Jose’s alchemists and senior blacksmiths could use it, as it’s an extraordinarily expensive natural high-energy accelerant.
Not only did these three military powers take proactive steps to shoulder the burden of international affairs, but other human countries also contributed approximately four million silver coins to Feilengcui to completely annihilate Lucian—money essential for extracting Black Silver.
Foreign conquest necessitates internal peace; humanity cannot tolerate a fence-sitter holding the formula for strategic weapons to continue swaying idly on the Aegean Continent. In a World War, no one will favor a fence-sitter; if such a political opportunist were to vanish, everyone would rejoice.
On October 10th, Feilengcui secretly held a pre-war meeting to discuss how to utterly destroy "the pearl born from the world’s most beautiful clam shell." The number of attendees was kept to a minimum, with the only official representative of the Beamon being Liu Zhenhuan, and only ten high-ranking core members representing humanity.
"All of it?" Liu Zhenhuan skimmed through the human’s memorandum, shaking his head with a bitter smile: "Regardless of the execution difficulty, isn’t the ultimate objective of this outline a bit too inhumane..."
The human memorandum was indeed terrifying; they desired nothing less than the complete slaughter of Lucian.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, we will strictly enforce information lockdown and never let words or historical materials related to Lucian be passed down!" The ten human high-ranking officials solemnly promised Old Liu: "Even whether the fallen elves have set foot on the surface, we will not acknowledge it. We firmly believe that time will forget everything!"
Humans spoke thus to ease Old Liu’s mind.
Currently, the only army capable of executing the massacre plan lies within Feilengcui, which shares the southern wilderness with Lucian.
However, no matter what, Lucian is still a native of the Aegean Continent, not some savage invader from an alternate plane. Although they have tainted records of pledging allegiance and colluding with the Underworld Clan, it shouldn’t merit their total annihilation—even Feilengcui Lord, who commanded the execution of five Red Armband city massacres, never implemented such a complete slaughter in Kalimantan or in the Demon World!
But the contradiction lies here: to nip the negative elements in the bud! The charcoal sprite formula requires only a piece of paper to spread; coal isn’t a rare mineral at all, and if Lucian were spared due to momentary benevolence, who can guarantee that these fallen remnants won’t bring disastrous consequences to the Aegean situation in the future?
Therefore, any unnecessary mercy must be avoided at all costs.
"Your goal seems difficult to achieve. With Lucian’s population of three million, how could it be done?" Liu Zhenhuan sighed, not expecting humanity’s appetite to be so vast and vicious: "Even bypassing that, just considering the Eagle-Bull people who can flap their wings and fly away—even in a surprise attack, the Beamon Air Force can’t possibly annihilate so many Eagle-Bull people; there will surely be those who slip through the net."
"Even if a few Eagle-Bull people escape, I estimate it won’t affect the overall situation; not even Moore would be foolish enough to let these low-level vassals grasp the secret of the charcoal sprite formula." The Holy San Francisco Prince Zhang Bolun smiled cunningly: "Of course, if Your Majesty wants certainty, you can persuade Smey Beamon to slightly contribute more ’Martin Anhydride.’ Didn’t we already have living examples in the Southern Cross Star Forest?"
"Other than the Eagle-Bull people, can our existing aerial bombs completely handle Lucian?" Liu Zhenhuan gestured with the memorandum in his hand: "One hundred and fifty tons of charcoal sprite isn’t a small amount, yet it’s hardly excessive—we are, after all, dealing with a city of three million souls! My escort unit’s personnel is far too few, I’m afraid..."
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, with so many aerial bombs, there is undoubtedly no issue whatsoever!" the Pompeii Empire’s Chancellor, Marquis Lawa Beilei, stated with undeniable certainty.
"Why so sure?"
"Allow me to recommend a true expert who will thoroughly analyze for you why I am so confident."
"Your esteemed Majesty, you and I both know that Lucian is a city entirely constructed from wood, nurtured by the ’Tree of Life’ and the ’Eternal Moon Well.’ It is not like Witherspoon and Sabak, fortresses amassed using stone over thousands of years." A blonde, blue-eyed northern scholar stood up from behind Marquis Lawa Beilei and explained leisurely: "Over the years, I’ve been deeply researching Elves; I understand very well that while the treetop city can be established in a short time, its properties are inseparable from the surrounding forest."
