Chapter 500: Nathan's Solution (Bonus)
Nathan's face turned grim once he started reading the letter.
'I've received the message from the palace. The situation isn't looking good right now. A few of our bases on the frontline have been destroyed by the alien's surprise attacks.
'There's a suspicion of multiple elite class aliens or an alpha class alien coming to attack us. Although it hasn't been confirmed, Elysion Aquamoon somehow told them that the sword saint will die if they're carelessly approaching the aliens.
'Hence, they're planning to evacuate the south and probably the capital and focus their entire force on the north.
'They're planning to maintain the frontline right now, but only at the last defense line. As a result, this won't be enough to catch all the aliens. There will be around 40% to 50% of the aliens that will come through.
'As a result, they want to create a killing zone past the front line. The royal decree is going to be announced soon regarding this matter. In other words, several nobles will lose their territories so that summoners and mercenaries can head there to kill aliens, reducing the number that will reach the capital.
'His Majesty is planning to convene a meeting with other sovereigns as soon as possible. I don't think it's weird for them to shift back to their border as well.
'We are planning to concentrate on those areas and ensure stability after that.'
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Nathan pinched the bridge of his nose.
"What's wrong?" Noelle asked.
Nathan thought for a moment. "Tell Selena, Sera, and Alavenya that we'll depart in one week. We'll be hunting as many aliens as possible for two weeks. It will be better if you and Flora can join, meaning that we can split up.
"Also, tell Flora that the food supply can be solved. The finished device will come tomorrow, and we'll begin the mass production right after. Right now, we can supply 30 of them every day.
"We need to create a charging station as well, so mention it to her. I want them to arrange the position and other things.
"Since they're going to convene a meeting with other sovereigns, it's better to let them discuss the allocation of those devices. Of course, don't forget to mention the materials for them along with the cores since we're the ones charging everything before we send the products.
"I don't know if they have found the cause of the increasing number of aliens, but I suspect that there are lands across the sea that have been fighting with us. But because of the eruption, they're gone, meaning all the aliens allocated to their lands will be focused on us.
"Hence, there's a high possibility that there will be more and more aliens coming to us. All summoners have to get stronger, and the knights have to be prepared.
"We'll supply the magic weapons as well. We'll produce a batch of a hundred magic weapons every day. We will send it to the Azilia Kingdom, the Holy Kingdom, the Liaystian Kingdom, and the Beast Kingdom. We'll rotate in that order.
"Please discuss their plans with this in mind. This will change a lot of their decisions. I will tell you the information about the Divine Hand Organization in a few hours. Let me compile the information first."
Noelle nodded furiously. "I understand."
Nathan didn't know if Noelle noticed that Nathan prioritized the Azilia Kingdom over the Holy Kingdom, even though the latter was basically the symbol of resistance.
If Flora was the one in front of him, she would have been overjoyed. Nevertheless, it should be a clear message to Flora.
Unfortunately, Nathan couldn't leave at this time because he had to prepare for a lot of things, including the teleportation circle.
In the end, they were going to evacuate the north. There was a chance that the aliens would attack those cities and destroy the teleportation circles.
Even if they didn't do so, these teleportation circles might be abandoned soon. Without any maintenance, they wouldn't be able to function.
Hence, it would be better to have a private teleportation circle.
For the next several days, Nathan was focused on the spheres, as well as training his control. It appeared that Selena and the others weren't slacking either.
Because they weren't as busy as Nathan, all of them ended up progressing by leaps and bounds, especially in the new technique they developed after fighting against the three hands.
As Nathan expected, Flora was overjoyed when she received the message and immediately arranged for it to be delivered to her father right away.
However, Flora was still too stressed by the school matter.
When she raised her head, she saw the gloomy expressions of the remaining members of the student council.
They were worried about their families. Although they didn't understand everything, they had heard about big movements the Azilia Kingdom had taken.
They realized something big was going on, and there was no instruction yet. In fact, Noelle and Selena leaving the student council alone was already a big sign for them.
They couldn't help but wonder if Flora was going to hold them here the whole time.
When she turned around and looked at the academy, she realized that the atmosphere had become even worse. After all, there were a few people from the families that had been evacuated, whether they came from the southern territories or were related to the ministers.
The rumors spread like wildfire.
In fact, there was a group of people holding a demonstration.
"We need an explanation about what's going on!"
"Her Highness Flora. Please explain to us what's happening right now."
"You're royalty, so you must know what's going on."
"This is injustice. This is why people in power will stay in power. They won't reveal anything to us until it's too late. They will abandon us."
It would soon become chaotic and even resort to force. Even before commoners raised their arms, these students would have been the first ones to overthrow the student council.
Flora gritted her teeth. At this rate, it would only take one or two days before they ended up marching directly into the student council.
She had prepared a few things, but that would only be enough for a few days. Longer than that required either an explanation or action from another party.