Everyone knew that the Bardi Empire had an incredibly solid foundation. Destroying the Bardi Empire in a direct battle would be an impossible task no matter how one looked at it.
Even if the Bardi Empire could obtain a temporary victory, the Bardi Empire's vast territory and combat potential would still be there. With so many people and resources, even if the Bardi Empire wanted to conquer the Bardi Empire, it would take several years or even several decades.
Take San Antonio for example. Even if the Bardi Empire had internal strife and foreign invasions, the Bardi Empire would still be defeated for many years despite having such a solid foundation.
Bardi's actual situation was actually much better than San Antonio's. Bardi didn't have internal strife and warlords, which were the most troublesome problems. Emperor Halent had established a solid foundation for the Bardi Empire, and the international situation was excellent. Under Halent's leadership and the Southern Sect's support, the entire country was improving.
During this process, Bardi's combat strength would also increase. Its combat tactics would be improved, and its weapons and equipment would become more advanced. Bardi's population and social structure would become more inclined toward total war. The result of Bardi falling into a quagmire of war would be a competition of overall national strength and a meat grinder on the frontlines. Bardi's allies wouldn't possibly sit back and watch as Bardi fell.
However, it was possible to end the battle quickly against a small country. But against a large country, the only way to win would be to break the enemy's backbone from the very start and completely suppress them. Also, the enemy would be foolish enough to send out the main force of the entire country for the Bardi Empire to devour. Otherwise, the Bardi Empire would only be able to slowly devour the undead. However, the undead wouldn't have the time to do so.
Everyone knew that the undead would only become stronger and stronger the longer they fought. But the more you fought like this, the less time your enemy would give you.
Although Bardi had lost several hundred thousand undead, when considering its territory and population, it was far from a serious injury. It was probably just that the Bardi Empire's reputation had been completely destroyed, and it urgently needed to save face to boost morale.
Large countries could afford to lose. As long as they could regain their dignity in the end, they would be able to win everything back in one go. On the other hand, small countries wouldn't win no matter how much they won. If they lost in the end, they would go bankrupt.
This was why war was known as a contest of comprehensive national strength. For large countries that had strategic buffer zones and resource reserves, it was very difficult to determine the final outcome of a single battle. Only small countries that lacked a solid foundation liked to gamble on their national fate. They would win the first round, win the second round, and finally lose one round when they couldn't hold on anymore. They would lose everything and have to spit out everything they had previously eaten.
Most of the time, battles would be fought in logistics and internal affairs. As long as one could maintain stability, there would always be a day when one could win. And, Bardi's current situation was excellent, both internally and externally. The Dragons and the introduction of new technology would make Bardi's combat potential even stronger.
Of course, if Bardi was willing to sacrifice himself a few more times, anything could happen. After all, perhaps there was a limit to wisdom and diligence, but there was no limit to foolishness.
Everything that happened now proved that Bayer wasn't that stupid.
After suffering such a loss, the Undead Emperors no longer viewed the Undead Emperors as a group of several powerful individuals. Instead, they viewed the Undead Emperors as a powerful country just like the Undead Emperors.
While the Undead Emperors created public opinion and did their best to stabilize the situation, the Undead Emperors also prepared for an expedition to the south.
However, the hundreds of thousands of newly born undead were actually quite easy to deal with. Those weak skeletons and zombies wouldn't even be able to defeat a simple militia that had undergone simple training. What the Bardi people were slightly afraid of was the Undead Emperors' powerful mages.
Several decades ago, the previous Emperor of Bardi had reformed the Undead Emperors and forced all mages to register as mages for the country's use. This had caused a conflict with the Mage Country, and many Bardi mages had left the Mage Country. Plus, Bardi didn't place much emphasis on raising mages to begin with, so Bardi was only average when it came to top-level mages.
The Mage Country, the wood spirits, the Northern Mist Alliance, the Auland Empire, and the Southern Sect were all requesting top-level experts, especially super powerful mages, in order to counteract and counter the enemy's advantage of having multiple Undead Emperors.
I had just defeated a Chaos Main God, and the Mist Alliance was also supporting me. Since I was here, they naturally hoped that I would be able to help.
"In the end, it's all because of my title as the strongest Holy Knight …"
The Holy Knight had long been viewed as the natural enemy of the undead. Plus, I was an Undead Emperor, so it could be said that there was no one in the world more suitable than me to deal with the undead. It was only natural that Halent would want to ask me for help.
What gave me a headache was that not only would it be difficult to help, it might not even be a good thing.
It would be quite difficult to calculate just how powerful an Undead Emperor was. At the very least, they would definitely have undead magic skills that far surpassed any ordinary Undead Lord. It would also be expected that they would have a tremendous number of high-quality undead armies. However, the most troublesome part would be their astonishing achievements in their own research fields.
More than 90% of Undead Emperors were outstanding mages and researchers. They were vicious individuals who had reached the extreme in their own fields. If I dared to directly challenge an Undead Emperor without knowing their research fields or what magic they were skilled in, that would be the equivalent of closing my eyes and sending myself to die.
Sandro's sincerity was trustworthy. He also briefly mentioned other Undead Emperors' research fields to me.
Undead Emperor Anne Anna, the "Witch of Eternal Slumber" from the Darkness Plane, was said to have researched "dreams". Even though undead were incapable of dreaming, she had created miraculous dream-related witchcraft.
However, I felt that dreams were inextricably linked to the soul. Perhaps dreams were even a lower-level Concept for the soul. It was highly likely that her research field would overlap with mine. Plus, she was the least experienced Undead Emperor out of all the other Undead Emperors, so she should be the easiest to deal with.
Undead Emperor Shupnus from the Death Fog Plane was only average in terms of experience and combat achievements. However, it was said that his research field was quite diverse, and he was quite skilled at creating composite undead products. His undead army was quite strong.
My guess was that Shupnus was most likely a mage who specialized in undead products. However, it was likely that he wasn't interested in the soul, but rather the undead's physical body.
If it was possible, I would like to sit down and chat with these two Undead Emperors and exchange research information. Perhaps I would be able to obtain many new ideas and research ideas. But right now, it was quite a headache to be on the enemy's side.
It would be foolish to treat the Undead Emperors as a united faction. The Undead Emperors were nothing more than a pile of loose sand. Some wanted to fight, some wanted to make peace, and some even asked "Can I go back now?" every day. They were basically a perfect clique.
The good news was that only these two Undead Emperors truly intended to go all out against Bardi. The bad news was that these two Undead Emperors were enough of a headache to deal with.
Bardi's corpses had already become cannon fodder for the Undead Emperors. Giving up on their grudges and ceasing to fight would only be something the victors would say. Bardi would definitely do everything in its power to take revenge. Otherwise, it would be quite difficult to explain things to its citizens.
The two Undead Emperors were unwilling to give up on the main battlefield. Since they had already reached this step, it would be impossible for them to step on the brakes. What followed would no longer be a battle of restraint and probing. It was highly likely that this would become a meat grinder where the Armageddon would begin.
And if the Undead Emperors went all out, the other Undead Emperors would be in an awkward position. It was likely that they would all be dragged into the battle.
I would never doubt my ability to taunt others on the battlefield. Perhaps I had only intended to be a bystander, only to end up becoming the focus of the battle.
In that case, it was actually a good thing that I didn't go. That way, the situation wouldn't become even worse …
However, it wouldn't be appropriate to refuse like this. Bardi was an ally, after all. Bardi's abundant resources would be the Mist Alliance's greatest waste … er, lifeline.
"Sure, but I need to go to the Mage Country first. I have something to discuss with Archmage Akama, the 'True Environment'."
Then, let's just delay it for now. It would take at least half a month for a round trip to the Mage Country.
I wasn't lying. As Akama was the Mage Country's most outstanding prophecy archmage, I intended to ask him for some prophecies and calculations.
However, Halent's expression was rather strange. It seemed that he wanted to laugh but was holding it in. Only after quite a while did he cough lightly.
"Cough, Archmage Akama just arrived yesterday, and you're here today? It would seem that your luck is quite good?"
"What? My luck is quite good? Your joke is so funny … Haha, yep, my luck has always been quite good. "
"… Your Highness Roland, are you feeling sad?"
"No, it's just that sand got into my eyes. I don't care about luck at all!"
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