Chapter 303 Puppet War
As the days passed, the Moonlight Empire began working like a machine, preparing for war.
All work was suspended as citizens concentrated all their time on war preparation.
The original farmers accepted the official's arrangements and planted war crops.
The construction workers beautifying the Empire went into the border to set up the first defence line.
People working in various logistics allied together to help the army organize and transport war supplies.
Even idle people who were mainly training joined the temporary army.
If they couldn't, they joined various logistics and support positions.
The Moonlight Academy also stopped all its other activities as it experimented with weapons of war.
From bioweapons that could wipe out an army to mass destruction weapons that could destroy anything.
Some geniuses also joined the army, whether commanding or fighting.
As for the graduate students of the Moonlight Academy.
Most of them came back to their homeland hoping to support the war.
Although they had heard of the notoriousness of the Westle Empire and knew the possibility of dying.
They still disregarded their comfortable lives in the Arcana Continent and returned.
The Moonlight Empire had nurtured them from ignorant beings to what they were now.
They didn't want their home to be destroyed simply because they were scared of death.
All merchants also hurriedly donated their resources to the Empire as a contribution to the war.
Unfortunately, the Moonlight Empire was not desperate enough to accept others' charity.
If they accepted it, it might even dampen the confidence they had in the war.
Still, the merchants insisted, as they didn't want anything bad to happen in the Empire.
Businessmen put interest first and foremost.
Usually, their first response to this kind of scenario was to run and retreat to the Arcane Continent.Updated from novelb(i)n.c(o)m
However, they didn't want their foundation to get swept in the war just because they didn't help.
More importantly, they had great confidence in the Moonlight Empire to win the war.
If all it took was to donate these measly materials to obtain the goodwill of the Empire then they would gladly do it without second hesitation.
Finally, at the insistence of the Merchants.
The Empire's officials accepted the materials at a discounted price.
...
In the tallest watchtower at the border of the Moonlight Empire:
"Brother, will you let me control these puppets first?" Sam asked Luke coquettishly.
Under the heated preparation of the Empire.
The puppets' war outside the barrier reached a high-end pitch.
In the beginning, the enemy only attacked using millions of puppets.
But, as time continued, it reached tens of millions, then hundreds of millions.
Now, over a billion puppets were outside the barrier, grinding the Moonlight Empire's puppets to death.
In the watchtower, Luke and Sam looked outside planning to intervene in the fight by manually controlling the puppets.
"Are you sure?" Luke asked with reluctance.
He also wanted to control his father's puppet army.
Looking at the millions of puppets standing strong even after being besieged by billions of puppets.
Luke could only say that his father's puppet army was indeed a group beast.
His idea of forming a cheap puppet army was also wavering.
After all, what's the use of numbers if they couldn't even defeat a few puppets of the same value?
Luke even despised the Divine Continent for making such paper tigers for display.
"Brother, how about this; If I lose a hundred thousand puppets, the overall control would be handed over to you," Sam proposed confidently.
"Sure, just a hundred thousand? Do you want to add more?" Luke agreed immediately, even suggesting to increase Sam's fault tolerance.
Estimated Strength: Early Tier 8 Realm
Combat System: Basic
Overall Rating: 30.2%
Remarks: A cheap cannon fodder puppet that can overwhelm an elite army.]
"Tsk, these puppets are too many."
Over a billion puppets versus millions of puppets.
If not for the overwhelming combat ability of his father's combat puppets.
The Moonlight Empire would probably have been breached a long time ago.
"Delta, analyze our winning percentage as it is."
[Analyzing...]
[Winning Percentage: 7.3829%]
"How about with your help?"
[Winning Percentage: 31.2618%]
"Even with a tier 9 controller, the chance of winning is so small?"
Although the Chrono Ex Quantum Controller is said to contain almost all the techniques and formations for puppet or mechanical battle.
Success still depends on those who control it.
After all, no matter how many bullets you have, the enemy only needs one to kill you.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter; Let's start this party!"
Sam began to analyze the battlefield, thinking of his first command.
"Uhmm, Delta, Cross Counter Formation. Also, shrink the battlefield..." Sam smiled slyly.
[Roger!]
Soon, the puppet army shrank their formation, not taking the initiative to attack.
The enemy puppets paused for a moment and continued to attack, oblivious to the traps ahead.
"Heh, as expected."
"Delta, divide the army into three and stagger their attacking time as I tell you."
[Roger!]
Soon, the puppet army was divided into three, with the front line defending and countering the enemy puppets.
However, because of the division.
The puppet army suffered tens of casualties in just a few minutes as the formation formed.
"Now, here comes the finale..."
"Delta, proceed with Z-99 Overload Mode."
[Warning!!! This command will make the puppets scrapped with only 1% repairability.]
[Proceed with the command?]
Overload mode is one of the combat techniques programmed in the Chrono Ex Quantum Controller.
It's a taboo technique that leverages all parts of the puppet and the dimensional laws to explode with extreme power.
In exchange, all parts of the puppet would be destroyed beyond repair.
Thinking of this, Sam just smiled.
"Proceed."
Suddenly, the front line of puppets seemed to explode internally as it emitted overwhelming heat.
The battlefield, the sea, also steamed, making the view cloudy with almost zero visibility.
"How is their combat power compared to earlier?"
[2x...3x...5x]
[Warning: Overload mode will only last 5 minutes.]
"Hehe, that's enough..."
"ATTACK!"
