Chapter 404 War For Astor Kingdom VI
The King looked at his advisor, specifically General Ilus.
"The supplies could only last for two more weeks?" he asked, the General nodding with a gloomy face.
"Yes, your Majesty. Despite our best attempt to reduce the amount needed to feed the soldiers to make sure it would last longer, there is only so much we can reduce.
At the rate this is going, we will be out of food supply by two more weeks. Three if we can ration it even tight than before."
The King nodded, though he will not agree to it. Reducing the ration could invoke a riot from his troops, something they don't need. He also did not want to deprive them of their righteous food, one they earned while slugging in the frontline.
"How about other supplies? Food is one thing, but weapon and potions is also needed to help sustain certain area." General Pharrell asked.
"Those two looked much better, but much better does not mean much. The weapon could last for another month while the potion about three weeks time. We simply did not have the mean to get the supply we need." General Ilus exclaimed.
The other member of the war council either looked displeased or worry. It could not be helped as without their much needed supplies, they could not defend their Kingdom from the invading hordes of monsters.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
"The Noble Armies carry their own supply, right?" at that, the representative of the Noble Forces, the three Duke stiffen as the others bore their sight on them.
"We could share some of the forces, but the Noble Armies only counted of less than half of the defending forces, and the one here only account for a fifth of that number." Duke Carn explained.
Even then, they account to almost half of the defenders of the city. The Noble Forces are the largest trained forces in the Kingdom, the Noble Armies were counted together, with their numbers reaching more than a million.
The only reason why they did not try to overthrow the King, is because the Nobles have their own spats, not to mention, the number of A-rank and B-rank elites that is loyal to the Kingdom are greater in number than the Nobles. Explore more at empire
The difference an A-rank could make could not be understated, as an A-rank could turn the tide of war, as a single one could match a large number of soldiers, with the strongest being one man army.
That is the few reasons why the Nobles of Astor Kingdom did not dare to revolt against their King. Though his threat from before made them wonder if they should change their stance or not.
"We need a decisive battle if we hope to survive." General Lanki exclaimed, his face grim. The other shared his worry. After all, to do that, they would need to assail outside the city. If not, they could only continue the siege, one that could end badly for them.
"One week." the King suddenly said. "One week is the time frame for us to think of another option. If not, we will strike them down.
Contact the others. Let them know of the time limit. In the mean time, brainstorm for any ideas, but at the same time, work on the plan to attack the monster hordes." the members of the war council could only nodded as the pressure began mounting on them.
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Alros could feel himself shivering for some reason.
"What is that? Why do I feel something bad would happen in the future?" the Archdemon looked around, trying to find anything to warrant his current shivering.
Seeing nothing, he shrugged, putting his thought aside for now. At the moment, he did not have fun with his various women, the Archdemon planning on seeing the training of his elites instead.
So, while his smartest monsters lead the forces, he pay a visit to his main force, his sole true forces, one that he actually cared about.
At the moment, the his Demon Monster Armies had almost reach perfect completion, to which almost all of them are B-rank and above, with the remaining few slowly reaching there, being at peak C-rank themselves.
The next forces were his elites of Female Monsters Force. Smaller in number, yet, they are more specialized, being all elites with the weakest at high tier B-rank, with their leader, the High Queen being at peak A-rank.
Then, there is the Bug Forces, one he obtained from the Forest of Bug, and one that is the most diverse of all his forces. With the two strongest force being specialized, with the Demon Monster Army focusing on Demon Monsters while Female Monster Force being elites, the Bug Forces looked weirder in hindsight.
Then again, they focused on varieties, being able to react and counter a specialized force. While they might not stand a chance against his Demon Monster Army, they have better chance against an army of Holy Magic User, which would melt his Demon Monster Army.
So, they are useful, though similar to his other elite forces, he refrain from using them as off yet.
Then, there is the miscellaneous bunch. He did not have a proper nickname for them yet, as he put them there while he could not expend the desire force.
The first one being the Lustful monsters. Their designed to break down women, turning them into a mess of lust and carnal desire. From the more common Lust Slime, to the Lustful Vine Monster, they are women greatest enemies, as long as they are against him that, though he would make use of them if he want some of his fetish fulfilled.
Then, there is the other. Ranging from Golem, to the different Magic Beasts, they are monsters that is too small in terms of number, making it hard to put them in one specific group. Maybe in the future, when he could expend the system space, he would think of something, but for now, he had to be content with it.
And so, all of his forces in a nutshell. Of course, there are also one that would make name in the future, though they would not be used for a long time. From the Hybrids, to his clones, they can be formidable forces of their own, but he will keep them at the back, until he need them at least.
Of course, his female sex slaves, almost 20 000 could be a force on their own, except, not all of them could fight.