Chapter 305 Dai Tianyu's Response
Chapter 305 Dai Tianyu's Response
"Your Majesty, it's an emergency. A large number of soul beasts suddenly appeared in the Magera Province and formed a beast tide, heading towards Xingluo City."
"what?"
Hearing the words of the summons officer, Dai Tianyu almost threw the wine glass in his hand away, his eyes widened with horror.
What number of soul beasts can be called a beast tide? It must be at least five digits. This is the first time that such a large number of soul beasts have invaded the empire since the founding of Xingluo.
The surrounding officials, both big and small, including royal nobles, were all silent and did not know what to do. If the border monsters came to invade, they would just send troops and generals to suppress them. However, they had no experience in fighting against a tide of beasts!
Dai Tianyu's eyes changed for a moment, and he suppressed the panic in his heart and asked the herald:
"What is the exact number of beasts in the tide? Are there any ten thousand year old soul beasts among them?"
He did not doubt the authenticity of the message from the messenger. The other party would never dare to joke about such a thing. Now he should find out the specific scale and strength of the beast tide, and then quickly find a way to suppress or disperse it. If the beast tide really breaks through to Xingluo City, the loss will be too great, and even his throne will no longer be stable.
"Your Majesty, the officials from Magna reported that the beast tide is composed of at least 30,000 soul beasts, more than half of which are ten thousand year old soul beasts, and some are even over fifty thousand years old."
Hearing this, Dai Tianyu staggered and almost fell to the ground, but the queen beside him caught him.
"Your Majesty, you can't fall down now. Hurry up and order the troops to go over there! If you delay any longer, the beast tide will really approach Xingluo City."
The Magna Province is surrounded by the vast Magna Plain, and the road is basically flat. Since it is located in the heart of Xingluo, there are no decent checkpoints to guard along the way. According to the speed of ten thousand year soul beasts, it will take less than two days to advance to Xingluo City.
In fact, it is not Dai Tianyu's fault that he neglected to guard against Magna Province. If the armies of Tiandou or Wuhun Hall could break through here, Xingluo would be on the verge of destruction. Since the founding of the country, no emperor has ever added heavy defenses here.
Dai Tianyu took a deep breath and glanced at the officials with a grim expression. The people who had just flattered him now didn't even dare to breathe. In the end, he could only keep his eyes on a few priests.
"Second Lord, Third Lord, please take charge of the most urgent matters. You should lead the troops of the imperial capital to Xilan River to stop the beast tide from advancing. I will continue to draw troops from other places to provide support. Remember, do not let the soul beasts cross the Xilan River."
Upon hearing this, the two men with heterochromatic pupils who were named did not waste any more words. They stepped forward, bowed, accepted the order, and then left the side hall.
It's not that they are willing to do so, but things have really come to the point where they have no choice but to do so. If the soul beasts really break through Xingluo City, what status will they have?
The Xilan River, to which they were about to head, existed as the Xingluo River of Life. It ran from the border city of Gengjin through the entire Xingluo Empire to the Southern Sea, and to the east it divided Xingluo City and Magna Province into two. Now it could indeed be used as a moat.
The two had just heard about the scale of the beast tide and the number of high-level soul beasts. To be honest, they were pessimistic about stopping the beast tide. They could only hope that the soul beasts were naturally afraid of rivers and would not cross the river rashly.
After the two left, Dai Tianyu looked at the generals and servants beside him again.
"Fourth Lord, go to Dadagar City to draw troops, and then quickly go to Xilanjiang for support."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Xu Zhilu, go to Donghamor Province to mobilize troops, and also go to Xilanjiang for support as soon as possible. Don't delay."
"Subordinates take orders."
"Everyone else should leave."
"Wei Chen retire."
"Subordinates resign"
The atmosphere of the birthday banquet came to an abrupt end, and the practical people of the entire Xingluo began to work like a machine. This was something that the Tiandou Empire had never been able to do before. If the beast tide had descended on Tiandou during the Snowy Night period, due to the lack of centralization of the royal family, it would have taken the other side more than half a month just to mobilize the troops, and by then it would have been too late.
"Tianyu."
After all the officials left, only Dai Tianyu and the Queen, the biological mother of Davis and Dai Mubai, were left in the side hall. Now the Queen was looking at her husband with a worried look on her face. Just thinking about how uncomfortable he must be when he suffered this disaster on the happiest day.
"It's okay. I, Dai Tianyu, am not someone who has never experienced setbacks and lows. Although this matter is difficult, it can't defeat me."
This also reflects another advantage of the Xingluo royal family's strategy of raising wolves, that is, the emperors who are able to succeed to the throne are basically capable and mentally strong people who will not lose their composure when encountering problems.
"Huh, I still have to go to the ancestor. He needs to step in on this matter. I'm afraid the army alone can't handle it."
"Well, I'll go with you."
"Okay, let's go!"
Then, Dai Tianyu and his wife rushed to a courtyard deep in the palace, where lived the pillar of the royal family of Dai Tianyu’s grandfather’s generation, and the only Titled Douluo that the Xingluo Empire could rely on.
"Grandmaster, Tianyu and Xianwei want to see you for something important."
"Come in."
After getting a quick reply, Dai Tianyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, tightened his wife's hand, pushed open the door of the mansion and walked in.
As he walked into the inner hall, a white-haired old man with heterochromatic pupils came into view. It was none other than Dai Qianyuan, the only Titled Douluo of the Xingluo Dai family, whose cultivation had reached the level of Super Douluo at level 95.
"What's the matter? I remember today should be your sixtieth birthday, right?"
Dai Qianyuan's eyes were full of confusion. He didn't understand why the emperor would look for him at this time and claim that he had something important to discuss.
Dai Tianyu took a deep breath and began to talk about the current crisis.
"Ancestor, a large group of beasts numbering over 30,000 appeared in the southern part of the Xingdou Great Forest. They have now broken through Magna Province and are heading straight for Xingluo City."
"Hmm? Can't you just send troops to suppress the beast tide? Why are you looking for me?"
Dai Qianyuan didn't know that more than half of the beasts in the beast tide were ten thousand year old soul beasts, otherwise he wouldn't have asked this question.
"Ancestor, it's not that Tian Yu is incapable, but there are a large number of ten thousand year old soul beasts in that beast tide, and there are also some that are over fifty thousand years old."
"It would be difficult to resist this beast tide relying on the army alone. Now Tian Yu can only gather all the troops he can mobilize and go to Xilan River to confront the beast tide."
"Please help me, ancestor."
After listening to Dai Tianyu's explanation, even Dai Qianyuan, who was usually indifferent, could not sit still. His whole body stiffened up from his seat, his expression full of horror.
"What? How could there be so many ten thousand year old soul beasts gathered together?"
In their perception, ten thousand year soul beasts are all unruly creatures with a certain level of intelligence, and it is basically impossible for them to share territory with other soul beasts. This also makes it basically impossible for ten thousand year soul beasts to form a force in groups. Now what Dai Tianyu said has severely shattered Dai Qianyuan's perception.
"Ancestor, I don't know either, but the beast tide has indeed arrived."
(End of this chapter)