Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 476 - 031 Meeting

Neutral City.

On the tallest municipal building in the city center, several gigantic lids stand at a forty-five-degree angle facing various parts of the sky. Inside the support structures below, a network of wires is intertwined, connecting through an opening into the building.

No one knows what purpose those Beastmen of the Neutral City have for creating these strange things.

Initially, many people would occasionally look up and marvel at the nine-story building, unrivaled among all the architectural marvels in the world, filled with an exotic and strange style. Sometimes they would notice the huge lids on top and the long poles standing upright, but at most, they would consider them as decorations for this peculiar-looking building.

What no one knows is that beneath this City Hall, a series of basements have been built like a beehive.

Through the signal-receiving lids on top, radio waves are converted into electrical signals and transmitted along wires to the deepest basement level.

Here, trained Beastman interpreters sit in front of desks, fiddling with bronze machines with a crude style. The rhythmic beep-beep-beep sound through radio waves echoes in their headphones.

Pieces of incoming intelligence are translated and then sent to the upper level for sorting and analysis.

Unfortunately, due to technical issues, current wireless transmission technology is still at the level of telegraph machines, requiring considerable manpower and resources, far behind the mobile phones and telephones from Austin’s previous life.

However, in the basement, Dragon Nest Beastmen work in an orderly manner.

Moreover, this radio telegraph technology is only a transitional product for laying the foundation.

Due to the world environment, Magic Power factors exist within the air, which can affect radio waves and cause substantial deviations in electromagnetic waves.

Initially, the Goblin researchers did not intend to create such outdated telegraph technology but wanted to jump directly to the stage of computers and mobile phones.

Unfortunately, reality gave them a harsh slap.

In Austin’s previous life and in the Spiritual Qi Revival Plane he traveled through, there was either no Extraordinary Factor or it did not affect electromagnetism, allowing the development of modern industrial civilization.

In this world, although battery waves exist and electromagnetic induction can occur,

Magic is ever-present in the air.

Not to mention other Water and Fire Attribute Magic Power, Thunder Attribute Magic Power greatly affects these electronic devices, even to the extent of distorting electromagnetic waves across space, causing "resonance" damage within electronic components.

Because of the deviation caused by Magic Power factors, Goblin researchers stumbled heavily in this area of research.

Ultimately, they had to start from scratch with the simplest wireless transmission technology, spending years tackling various developmental challenges to finally produce this Otherworld version of the telegraph.

Fortunately, breakthroughs in electromagnetic wave transmission have been made.

Problems encountered were resolved one by one, suggesting that wireless transmission will rapidly advance in the future.

It is believed that soon, the telegraph will be relegated to the history of the Dragon Nest Tribe.

At this time, within the military camp stationed in the Neutral City.

With a thick stack of intelligence analysis delivered from City Hall, the entire military camp immediately shifted to a wartime gathering state.

In a short time,

the Dragon Nest army staff in Neutral City, along with mid to high ranking officers, gathered together.

"Those foolish guys, they’ve deployed troops, haven’t they? We must show them a lesson!"

A hot-tempered Beastman officer slammed the table and shouted loudly.

"Agreed, we need to inflict pain on them, demonstrating our power to those foolish nobles, showing that we merely lack expansion intent, not ability."

"To peacefully develop for a period, we must wield a deterrent force."

"This time, thirteen cities have deployed troops, with a total of about fifty thousand soldiers. Those nobles plan to overwhelm us with sheer numbers."

Cold laughter echoed in the meeting.

"Thirteen cities united, fifty thousand troops, what a ’grand’ force."

"Don’t be careless; although these decayed human noble armies lack combat power, being too careless might lead to surprises."

"Alright, let’s convene a battle strategy meeting."

"According to the intelligence, their armies plan to assemble in the Nolin Mountain Range in ten days, then launch a concentrated attack on our city, plundering our resources."

"Our task now is to discuss how to eliminate their offensive with the least cost."

The Kawa Great Forest is vast, and its outer areas aren’t small either.

Between the thirteen cities, the distances aren’t close, with the gap between one city and the closest one being tens to hundreds of kilometers, requiring six to seven days for armies to march at full speed.

For so many cities to gather for joint action, the time needed for integration is not insignificant.

They’ve only just set out, giving adequate time for the Dragon Nest Tribe in Neutral City to devise detailed operational plans.

This means the difficulty of attacking the Neutral City Chapter by the alliance of thirteen cities has been elevated from hell to nightmare level; it will be a nightmare for all thirteen city lords and nobles.

Given ample time, discussions continued for an entire day.

Ultimately, a very detailed plan was devised. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

A thick stack of papers summarized as preparing in advance, choosing advantageous terrain, designing a large encircling trap in the enemy’s advancement path, and dispatching a force to lure the enemy deeper. Once the enemy is ensnared, it will be time to devour the fifty thousand troops whole!

This battle, the mobilized forces from Neutral City were not extensive.

The true core elite troops of the Dragon Nest consisted of only three thousand soldiers.

The rest were militias absorbed and reformed during Neutral City’s expansion.

Including those militias, the total added up to twenty thousand.

Although numerically inferior, it was sufficient.

The allied force of the thirteen cities, in reality, consisted primarily of hastily gathered street thugs, and more peasants armed with pitchforks; truly noble elite troops constituted only a tenth.

In comparison with those elite private troops of the nobles, Neutral City’s developed militia naturally had some gaps, but in dealing with the armed rabble and peasants wielding pitchforks, the militia was more than enough.