At the end of this group of people, and a little earlier they were Count Duane, who had the blood of the royal griffon. This guy is a relatively marginal figure among the masters. He has never had any record of leading troops to fight and his combat ability is relatively average. If it weren’t for the treatment of the plague, the emperor would not have transferred him to the front line. Because of this, he did not have the turn to appear in this battle, but instead did the work of senior guards beside the emperor.
Going further forward, beside the emperor were Gandas and Edel. Although Gandas summoned the Saint Morales this time, which directly led to this retreat, he was still one of the emperor’s most dependent staff members. Edel, who was born in the Black Guard, always followed the emperor’s closeness.
Gram looked at the narrow canyon ahead and saw two torches lit up above the cliff. These two torches looked inconspicuous not far from the stronghold where the torches were also lit, but they were shaking there artificially. This is a signal to him.
He spoke to Franco, but no sound sounded. However, Franco saw the movement of his brother’s lips through the fire of the soldiers around him, and naturally read out what he wanted to say.
Gram was saying, “They are ready.”
Franco nodded and raised his hand. Following them were both the Emperor’s Black Guards and the elites of each family. When the elite soldiers of the Light Lion Family saw this action, they were all ready to fight and placed their weapons within reach. Then he stared at Franco, ready to act according to his signal at any time.
Emperor Alfred in front was still talking to the two masters Edel and Gandas. The emperor was talking about his next plan: “This time I go back, I have to copy the same weapons as the Chinese, whether it is air guns or pneumatic cannons. Without these, our soldiers will suffer a loss in fighting with the Chinese.”
“Yes, your majesty, the samples we seized before have been shipped to the imperial capital. Yesterday, the alchemists from the Imperial Alchemy Academy had obtained preliminary results. They analyzed the inflatable arrays of the Chinese and understood the basic principles. Next, as long as we can understand some details in the arrays, we can reproduce these arrays by ourselves.”
“Well, where is the manufacturing of the metal parts of the cannon and gun?” Emperor Alfred asked.
“Uh, this part takes some time. We have never seen the Chinese use of metal. Alchemists have used other alternative materials. It is completely fine to make gun barrels, but the cost is too high.” Gandas replied.
Emperor Alfred said: “It must be accelerated. Those Chinese occupy Heimu Pass and will definitely think about our territory. The battle that has not been finished today will always be a new day.”
“Yes, your majesty.” Gandas responded.
“Edel,Since we set out, have the Chinese people kept up? “The emperor asked.