The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

The war has begun.

Three days after publicly issuing a manifesto to the entire empire, the eldest prince assembled an army of nearly 100,000 people and began to march towards the imperial capital occupied by the second prince.

The population of the empire is not large. The number of 100,000 is actually close to one-tenth of the total population of the Northern Territory.

Since most of these soldiers are young and middle-aged, the labor force in the Northern Territory has been reduced a lot at once - if this war cannot be won, the situation in the future will only become more severe.

However, judging from the attitude of the eldest prince, he may not have considered what would happen after failure.

"Since the Second Prince's main forces are deployed around the Imperial Capital, the First Prince should first test and attack those outer camps, fully deplete the opponent's forces, and then fight a decisive battle in one go."

Although the Second Prince's side had put up a solid defensive formation, the number of troops under his command was only about 70,000 - and he also deployed a legion of about 10,000 people on the northeast side to guard against sudden attacks from the Dukedom of Ophir.

How can such a huge disadvantage in numbers be overcome? Most people simply cannot imagine it.

"The Second Prince should be able to use that kind of transformation beast. As long as the surrounding civilians are transformed, they can create a lot of trouble on the First Prince's marching route."

Aarons once saw a magical beast transformed from a human in Duke Ophelia's city.

It might be the technology developed by Duke Booker when he was researching artificial monsters, or it might be the secret weapon prepared by the Second Prince himself for war - but no matter what the origin was, it was an evil act that trampled on ethics and morals.

"So the eldest prince's advance speed will not be that fast... It will probably take at least ten days to break through the first line of defense."

Looking carefully at the map on the table, Aarons slowly analyzed the current situation.

Because the eldest young master's body, occupied by the soul of a visitor from another world, still retains the military knowledge he had learned before, Aarons can now barely guess the strategies of the two princes.

But he is not a military strategist after all, and he cannot see those things that are hidden deeper.

"Is there still no reply from Duke Oufei? That bastard..."

Duke Ofei threatened the life of the third prince and demanded that Aarons enter the battlefield when the two princes were fighting and annihilate all their troops.

The heir of Duke Scott also came to the door not long ago, hoping that Aarons could use his power to force the two princes to sit down at the negotiating table.

Is there any benefit for me? Actually, not at all.

"Forget it, notify the White Bird to prepare to set sail. We need to be on standby near the Imperial Capital in advance."

The White Bird's firepower is indeed fierce, but the amount of ammunition it has is embarrassing - if it launches an indiscriminate attack with maximum firepower, all the ammunition will be used up within five minutes.

Although a large number of ordinary attack magic arrays can be fired almost unlimitedly, how much damage can lower-level magic cause to an army that has taken defensive measures?

In addition, due to the special conductivity of the White Bird's main structure, if the advanced attack magic array is activated, the floating array and the fog illusion stealth system will be affected, forcing the White Bird to significantly reduce its cruising altitude while lifting its stealth.

Therefore, unless there is an emergency situation that requires fire suppression, Bai Niao will generally not activate the magic array.

"That's all. For the time being, we'll leave the affairs here to the commanders. Zhuying, let's go."

After briefly discussing the situation with several legion commanders who came to report on the war, Aarons took Zhu Ying out of the familiar office and returned to the White Bird in a reserved aircraft.

The battle situation could change at any time, so there is no time to waste now.

……

After the white bird set sail again, the atmosphere on the ship became even heavier.

Karin and Xia Ye barely said anything to Aarons except for the necessary reports. Jiang Yue and Keliya were busy debugging the new functions that were installed when the White Bird was replenishing supplies, and it seemed that they would not be able to rest for a while.

Although Zhuying and Yalu can see Aarons at any time, their work is very important, so there is no chance to chat.

"Confirm the operation status of each function. Maintain the second-level combat readiness status of the entire ship. Dark Wing, report the situation."

[An Yi received, I am investigating the defense situation near the imperial capital, and the other Excellency No. 1 has not contacted me yet.]

There's no good news, but there's no bad news either.

Dark Wing No. 1 had previously left the team to search for the whereabouts of the Third Prince alone. Mo Qianyun, who had taken over the team, had been investigating the situation for Bai Niao on the ground, with almost no time to rest.

That was her realization - Aarons would not interfere with it.

"Increase altitude and remove the cruising speed limit."

When the white bird flies at high speed, the effect of the fog invisibility will be weakened, so Aarons ordered the white bird to increase its flying altitude before starting to accelerate.

However, even if this huge airship moved at full speed, it would not be able to reach the battlefield in a short period of time.

"…Is there anything missing?"

Although he had prepared as best as possible, Aarons still had a lingering feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

Did he neglect something? Would Duke Oufei, whose attitude was unclear until now, suddenly intervene in the situation? Did the Star Seeking Group, which had been plotting to overthrow the empire, have any other tricks up its sleeve?

Unstable factors still exist, and the power in his hands is not absolutely unmatched - even if Klia, as the child of the stars, possesses endless power, she, who is only a human, cannot fully release it.

"Husband, do you have time now? I have something I want to talk to you about."

Just when Aarons was thinking about whether to talk to Claire next, Her Royal Highness the Princess came to the bridge as if with telepathy.

"Is it something important? Wait a moment - the navigation system will be taken over by Spider Sakura for the time being."

After issuing the order according to the prescribed procedure, Aarons left with Claire and returned to his captain's room.

In fact, before the White Bird officially set sail, Aarons specifically set Claire's authority to be one level higher than his own - because he was weak and might lose his ability to move at any time due to various reasons. If that happened, Her Royal Highness the Princess could take over the position of commander.

But at this moment, Keliya was definitely not here to discuss this issue.

"Before we officially engage in battle with the enemy, I want to tell my husband some things that happened in the past of the Armand Empire, as well as things related to Moro Ophi."

“Are these things very important?”

"You haven't slept well these past few days, have you?"

After Cliya changed the subject with her sudden concern, Aarons suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with his condition.

His mind was overly excited in order to cover up his tension and fear, and his body was clearly on the verge of overdraft but he was still squeezing out strength - at this moment, it seemed that what drove him to act was not his own will, but something alien that was close to instinct.

"I just couldn't sleep."

...Perhaps it is because the will of the real Aarons Morty still remains in this body.