Alien Arms Empire

 Chapter 289 289 Cyric’s Bad News

"Ta, da, da..." The sound of rapid footsteps echoed in the beautifully decorated corridor. The beautiful servant with a stern face, holding a stack of messages, hurried through the corridor and opened the door at the end.

She walked to the bed and reported to the beautiful red-haired woman hugging her on the bed: "My lord, the news just confirmed... Dorne defeated the Kingdom of Shiron and the Kingdom of Talon."

The woman lazily pulled out her arms from under her naked female companion, grabbed her fluffy red hair, and asked in a long voice: "So, the news that came out a few days ago is true. ?”

 Before, news did come that the Kingdom of Dorne had achieved a comprehensive victory and defeated the kingdoms of Heron and Taron.

 But the news was not confirmed and was too unbelievable. In the end, Sophia could only choose to wait for the real, confirmed news to arrive.

 Now, the news has come.

The maid nodded slightly and reported: "Yes, sir! It has been confirmed that the Tarun Kingdom's fleet has indeed been completely wiped out."

 Because the fleet battle took place at sea, and the war blocked the message transmission channel from Rewind Port, the news was not confirmed until now and was sent to Sophia.

There is no way, the lagging intelligence system has always been like this, and people in this era are used to the speed of news dissemination.

On the contrary, it was the telegraph message from Bunas, which was faster and more convenient - it’s just that Sofia couldn’t believe the intelligence from a single channel, especially the information from a single channel from the enemy.

As a decision-maker, she is worried that Datang Group will cheat and spread false news directly, affecting her decision-making and deployment here.

I only heard the maid continue: "The news came from Bunas, where a large number of slaves have appeared and were escorted to Beiling. Among these slaves, there are sailors from the Kingdom of Talon."

Sophia got up from the bed, put on a silky nightgown, pulled over a chair, and sat on it, showing off her exquisite curves: "It's really... a bit disappointing. If there's anything else, just keep talking."

The naval fleet was destroyed, and the Kingdom of Talon was basically out of the war. Even if the Kingdom of Dorne on the ground did not attack it, it would not be able to resist the Tang Group's fleet.

Therefore, it is only a matter of time before this kingdom falls to the Tang Dynasty, or is completely annexed by the kingdom controlled by the Tang Dynasty.

"In addition, the 50,000-strong ground troops of the Kingdom of Shiron all surrendered to Dorne and became prisoners. If nothing else happens, the news that the army of the Kingdom of Talon was defeated should be true." The maid need not be sad. In a calm tone of displeasure, he briefly introduced the story of the Battle of Dorne.

 This includes a series of operations by the two heroes of Dorne. Although it is not accurate and detailed, the information obtained from the defeated soldiers from the Kingdom of Talon can still corroborate some things.

 At least, the outcome of this battle was decided very quickly. While the Kingdom of Talon suffered a complete defeat in its navy, its army also took a turn for the worse...

　　After listening to her maid, or rather her right-hand assistant, reporting this, Sophia's face became less pretty.

Originally, she was in a pretty good mood these days, because she hooked up with a baroness again, and the two were "passionately in love", so naturally they were very romantic.

 Unfortunately, bad news about this war came one after another. Until now, Sophia felt that Cyric's council was completely unable to control the final outcome.

So, she angrily grabbed a perfume bottle and threw it to the ground, letting it roll to the corner of the room: "...I thought about defeat, but I never thought...that the defeat would be so fast and so miserably."

 “My lord…” The woman on the bed, who was awakened by the sound, exclaimed.

"There is some trouble in business! It's okay!" Sophia said without looking back. As expected, the woman didn't dare to ask any more questions. She hurriedly put on her underwear and ran out of the bedroom with other clothes in her arms.

"My lord!" After the woman left, the maid continued to speak.

 Sophia waved her hand: "I'm fine! I just have a headache... The current situation is actually very unfavorable to us."

She got up angrily and walked into the magnificent home, gnashing her teeth and muttering in a low voice: "We almost lost the five kingdoms that were completely controlled by the Datang Group, and the current national power of these five kingdoms is already very strong. "

The five countries of the Trade Alliance have almost completely separated from Cyric's control, and their national strength is indeed growing.

Even the Pinewood Kingdom, which was the last to join and whose national strength is not strong, is completing its own industrial revolution because it has purchased a large amount of machinery and equipment.

Not to mention the Poplar Kingdom, which annexed most of the Kingdom of Gales, and the four kingdoms of Sussus, Leyte, and Dorne, which also annexed neighboring countries. With Tang Mo's direct or indirect support, these kingdoms have begun to absorb the dividends of the war and began to improve their national systems, gradually becoming kingdoms with backward systems and transforming into more advanced and powerful capitalist empires.

 Once these countries complete the restructuring of their internal affairs, they will gain the potential to overwhelm their neighboring countries, and at the same time, the influence of the Cyric Consortium will be further weakened.

"In addition, we have now actually lost the Kingdom of Gemelin, Kingdom of Shiron and Kingdom of Talon... As for the Kingdom of Elm and Redwood... and the Kingdom of Farak... it depends on whether we can operate... "Sofia, who looked ugly, walked around in her bedroom.

 “Sir, be careful with the glass...” Worried that barefoot Sofia would be injured by the fragments of the perfume bottle, the maid warned.

 “Let someone clean it up!” Sofia was startled, then she walked to the balcony barefoot, opened the large French window, and walked to the railing.

Along the way, she has been thinking about how to operate so that the remaining three countries can be preserved as much as possible, or at least not be swallowed up by the Datang Group.

As a result, after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with any good solution. Finally, she cursed with some annoyance: "Damn it, we have lost control of three kingdoms all at once. We are losing a lot of markets! In the future, We will become increasingly unable to shake the opponent of Datang Group.”

"Then, Lady Sophia, what should we do next?" The maid had never encountered such a difficult problem, so she could only ask her master honestly.

In fact, she can and has the right to handle some small things by herself. However, something unexpected happened in this situation recently. She found that she could no longer handle any issues related to Datang Group and could only leave them to Sophia herself. solved.

"There is no good solution! Go to Bunas for me." Sophia thought about it, and after about a minute of silence, she suddenly spoke to her confidant.

"Huh?" The maid was stunned, because she really hadn't gone out to perform any tasks for a long time, and ordinary opponents didn't need to, and it wasn't her turn to take action personally.

 Under normal circumstances, one person in charge of Cyric can handle problems that occur in a kingdom. The Cyric consortium is so large that there is no need for people on the council to deal with trivial issues.

 But now, it seems...it's not a so-called normal situation.

Sophia looked at her most capable subordinate and ordered: "Have a good talk with that Tang Mo and tell him that the Cyric Consortium is not monolithic and there are still people who are willing to have a serious talk with him..."

  She knew that she didn’t need to elaborate, and her subordinates would understand what she meant. So, after she waited for a few seconds to let her subordinates adjust to the sudden decision to go on a business trip, she continued: "Then, find a way to make him understand that money...one person can't make it all. Sometimes, if you have Opponents can make better money.”

"What do you mean?" The maid probably understood what Sophia meant, but she still had to confirm the details with her master.

Sophia smiled, so beautiful that she couldn’t be normal. This smile contained confidence and pride, which made the maid extremely obsessed: "I don't mind becoming his opponent! A rival who cooperates secretly and competes on the surface! As long as I can make money, I can transfer part of the profits..."

"So, what do we want?" The maid obviously understood what Sophia meant, so she asked.

“Battleships! Brand new battleships, steel battleships! And merchant ships! For this, I can secretly help and cede the Elm Kingdom, Redwood Kingdom, and Farak Kingdom to the Tang Group.”

 “What if he doesn’t agree?” the maid asked worriedly.

Sophia's face turned cold, and she narrowed her eyes and answered the maid's question coldly: "If he doesn't agree, then we can only continue to waste it, until Datang Group's supplies are tight, and we ourselves are in pieces, and both sides will lose. No one can benefit from it.”

 “But…” The maid looked at Sophia worriedly.

She knew that procrastination required the capital to prolong the war. Once the Datang Group could quickly deal with the remaining participating countries, the initiative would be completely transferred to the Datang Group.

 Hence, the basis of the negotiations seems to be based on the question of whether the war can continue. If the war ends, then Cyric's desire for new warship technology, or the ocean, can only be nonsense.

Sophia looked into the distance, sighed helplessly, calmed down her coldness, and said, "I know! It depends on whether the Elm Kingdom, the Mahogany Kingdom, and the Falak Kingdom can withstand what he will do next... Attacked!"

“Go!” After a few seconds of silence, Sophia looked at the rising sun in the distance and said, “When you get to Bunas, call me back.”

"Yes! I understand!" The maid bowed slightly and then exited the room.

 (End of this chapter)