Chapter Six

1

Late at night, everyone went back to their posts or went to sleep, except for a few people who left together.

"A nightclub? Duke, are you full of energy from sleeping too much?" I glanced at my young father, who was always full of energy, even in the middle of the night going to a nightclub with us - Wenxin's father, Xiaolin, me, Gulu, and Nainai who insisted on coming along.

"It's relatively quiet here for me."

The doorman opened the door for us, and the overwhelming music and voices instantly drowned out the words "relatively quiet."

"Are you afraid that two women will stop you from picking up other girls?"

"Xiaolin, don't expose me!"

"What about the priest? Can priests really go to nightclubs?" I remembered that it was against the priest's code of conduct to go to nightclubs.

"Don't speak so loudly. If I take off my priest's robe, who would know that I'm a priest!"

Gulu came back after walking around the crowd: "They offer free drinks after 1 a.m., only two minutes left."

"My friend, you seem quite familiar with this place. You always come here whenever you visit the border city. It's just that there are fewer people now because of the war."

Gulu looked deeply moved and said, "It's been a long time since I've been to a place for young people."

Xiaolin looked at him strangely, "Why do you sound like an old man?"

"Haha, this place, The Demon Realm, is even wilder! Besides, I'm much older than you guys in my heart."

2

We sat at the bar furthest from the stage, and Gulu ordered the strongest drink and walked away with a smile.

"The old ginger is still hot. He made his move so quickly?" Xiaolin was surprised by Gulu's actions.

Watching Gulu quickly immerse himself in the crowd, the Duke summed it up in one sentence, "Very direct and rough."

"Why don't you go, Xiao Yang?"

"What would I do there?" Nainai was next to me, and wherever she went, people were scared. It was because of this look and aura that she was angry at me. The reason was that I told her the built-in time in the contract was broken due to time being reversed, and she had been making this expression ever since.

"In fact, coming here is not just for fun, right?"

"Smart!" The Duke gave me a small device, which looked like an earphone under the laser light. "Although this is confidential, I trust you. I hope you can help us win this war."

"And your friend!"

"He? He's a free man. He'll come if he feels like it." I put on the earphone, and voices came to my ear. With my right eye, I saw the other side of this nightclub.

Everyone at this bar had numbers and names, all of whom were commanders of The Othrie Empire in this border war.

The nightclub was just a cover, and its true purpose was a secret meeting room hidden under the shadows and the crazy screams. The earphones were used to communicate with the people in the nightclub who also wore the same earphones, and all the messages and information would be presented to the brain through the earphones.

"As Duke insists on trusting him, there is no need to discuss further. I hope he won't let us, the Duke, and the Empire down."

"To deal with a Divine Rank, we will definitely need a Divine Rank. Although there are quite a few Divine Ranks within the Empire, it's not easy to get them to join us. War still requires strategy and technology, and human technology has not been completely replaced by magic."

"For one Divine Rank, I might agree with you. With the Empire's technological strength, we can compete. However, Duzun has three Divine Ranks, and this war has been planned for a long time."

"We didn't even know that?" The Duke suddenly inserted himself into their discussion.

'However, Du Yan already knows the reason why this meeting is being conducted in this manner, right?'

'There's a spy among us!'

'Being able to participate in today's meeting means that we are trusted, right?'

'Yes, everyone here is trustworthy to me. Now that I have recovered and received help from Qin Yang, Du Yan at the Divine Tier has been captured, I predict that it will be a draw in terms of magical sports between both sides. What remains to be seen is whether our technology can defeat Du Yan's magic soldiers in general combat.'

'Can the Empire's experimental digital magic weapons be used?'

'They have too many flaws. The experiments were stopped thirty years ago, and it's too late to prepare them now.'

'........' The discussion continued to revolve around the use of the Empire's technology.

'What about the main artillery mothership?' I couldn't help but ask.

The main artillery mothership was based on the Demon Realm's "Floating Mist" mobile fortress, built by humans with their own abilities and imagination. Every powerful country has one such mothership, carrying their most advanced aircraft and pilots. In addition, the massive warship is equipped with one to two magic main artillery systems. Even two systems are the limit of all countries' technology. The prototype "Floating Mist" is a fortress armed with various artillery of choice. In fact, humans have long wanted to build airborne warships equipped only with magic rapid-fire cannons for large-scale support, but unfortunately, they couldn't break through the defense issue. Nowadays, there are countless highly destructive weapons in technology, but strong and effective artificial defense magic systems are few and far between. The "Golden Bell" system developed twenty years later was not developed solely by humans, so the role of the air force is to provide defense for the mothership, and the main cannons are for a lethal blow, minimizing the time spent in battle to avoid being shot down.

'The main artillery mothership needs to be requested in advance, and it is currently patrolling in the Southeast Sea. If it leaves, it may affect the negotiations.'

'We received information from our military intelligence department that Du Yan's mothership is currently undergoing repairs. If we can secure the mothership, we might have a chance to win.'

This war has left too little space in the history books, with no information other than the dates, figures, outcome, and historical significance. If we want to win the war, we need to use our brains.

'We are currently besieged, and we need the coordination of two external military forces to break this deadlock. This is also the most urgent issue. Please do not be too optimistic.' Finally, someone had a bit of rational thinking.

'..........'

Three hours later, I left the bar and the meeting had already ended. The conclusion was to have the external troops form a strike team, targeting the enemy's support area, temporarily cutting off the magic soldiers' energy supply, and giving the border city a chance to counterattack. Besides, we have the advantage in terms of energy support. The transport network in the canyon behind the city is our best reliance.

If the operation is successful, we can use our Divine Tier as a bargaining chip and enter the negotiation phase with Du Yan, and perhaps even secure a farther border for the Empire.

I walked out of the nightclub alone and went to a small shop across from Malu. I bought an ice cream cone from the shop, where there was only an old lady working. It was quite diligent of her to keep the shop open so late at night.

'Auntie, why are you still open at this hour?'

"We have no choice but to do so for a living!"

"I thought during wartime, everyone would hide away."

"Haha, as citizens of the Empire, we must believe in our country. Temporary setbacks do not mean the entire war is a failure, right?"

"You're so optimistic, that's why you haven't left the border city, right?"

"The frontier town has been free of war for fifty years. It is because of peace that our frontier town flourishes, and no citizen born here is willing to leave." The old aunt sat kindly on the bench, reluctant to leave the city.

"It's okay, we will definitely win! This is history."