The War God's Homecoming

Chapter 537 Shock in the Aquilandia Hall

Today was an extremely crucial day for Aquilandia.

The border military camp of Aquilandia staged an ambush against the King of the West from Glavale. This was a major operation that could be compared to national-level strategic events! If it succeeded, not only would they avenge the former Deputy Commander of the War Department who had been killed years ago, but it would also slow down Glavale's rising momentum. That would be a huge win for them. Even if Glavale's Hall were to express anger afterward, they wouldn't be too concerned. At most, Glavale would make a few threats or demand some compensation. After all, this was a joint operation by seven or eight countries ranked in the top ten globally. Glavale didn't have the strength to declare war against all of them simultaneously.

However, if they failed, the situation wouldn't be so simple.

Putting aside Glavale's Hall's attitude, Commander Gardner was enough to give Aquilandia a headache. Based on their knowledge of this person, he might just declare war on Aquilandia.

Thinking about the renowned and terrifying Army of Bloodshadow, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of dread. While their national Army of Buzzard was powerful, it was still several orders of magnitude weaker when compared to the Army of Bloodshadow from Glavale.

"Prime Minister, call Lord Rukchi and check the situation. Why haven't we received any updates for so long?" Fecocci, seated on a pure gold throne, looked to the elderly man on his left and spoke. "Understood!" Aquilandia Prime Minister Caruno nodded and took out his cell phone.

Just then, Caruno's phone rang, and he answered. It was Rukchi calling.

"Lord Rukchi, I was just about to call you. Our Sovereign is eager to know the situation on your end." Caruno inquired after pressing the answer button.

Whatever Rukchi said on the other end of the call, Caruno's face turned ashen, and he shivered uncontrollably, listening for less than a minute. After taking a deep breath and hesitating for a moment, he spoke into the phone, "I understand. You wait for my response."

After hanging up, he took another deep breath and looked at Fecocci, then spoke with difficulty, "Your Majesty, Lord Rukchi and his team have failed!"

Upon hearing this, the hall was filled with gasps of shock. It seemed that the more they feared something, the more likely it was to happen.

Fecocci let out a heavy sigh and had an unpleasant expression. He then fixed his gaze on Caruno and asked, "Out of the forty mid to late-stage War Emperors, including twenty God-Emperor-level experts, they couldn't catch him, and he escaped alone?"

"Did Glavale's Hall send any late-stage God-Emperor-level experts to rescue him?" Fecocci inquired further.

"Nobody went to rescue him, and he didn't escape!" Caruno shook his head in response.

"Prime Minister, what is the situation exactly?" one of Aquilandia's cabinet members asked urgently.

"Your Majesty, the situation is much worse than we anticipated!" Caruno continued, swallowing nervously.

"Up to this point, among the forty attackers, besides Lord Rukchi, all the others were killed by him alone, with no survivors!"

"What?!" The hall resounded with gasps of astonishment, and everyone was wide-eyed.

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" a cabinet member named Andra exclaimed loudly. He couldn't believe it at all. Based on the information they had about Commander Gardner of Glavale, he had only reached the level of a half-step War God-Emperor. Even if he could challenge beyond his level, it would only be the initial stage of War God-Emperor's power. How could he single-handedly kill twenty God- Emperor-level experts?

This sounded too fantastical for him.

"What's going on?" Fecocci frowned deeply and asked. Although he also found it difficult to believe, he knew that Caruno wouldn't make such a joke.

"According to Lord Rukchi, that Commander Gardner not only broke through the God-Emperor level but directly reached the peak of War God-Emperor!" Caruno replied after taking another deep breath. He stil hadn't fully accepted the truth himself.

If he hadn't received the call personally, he wouldn't believe it no matter what.

"What?!" Another round of astonishment swept through the hall.

"How is that possible? How could he jump three levels all at once?" Andra shouted again, "Prime Minister, are you sure you didn't hear wrong?"

"These were Lord Rukchi's exact words." Caruno replied after a deep breath.

"I don't believe it, it's impossible!" Andra shook his head vigorously.

"Most likely, Lord Rukchi made up this reason to avoid responsibility." He added.

"Lord Andra, watch your words!" Caruno furrowed his brow and reprimanded him.

Andra represented the younger generation in Aquilandia's cabinet and had gained significant influence in the last two years. On the one hand, it was due to his talent in martial arts. He was not yet forty but had already reached the level of War God Emperor. On the other hand, he had a powerful backer; he was the disciple of Aquilandia's second-ranked public expert. It was said that, before ascending to the position of Sovereign, Fecocci had spent two years studying under that expert.

So, in a way, Andra and Fecocci were both disciples of the same mentor. That was why Andra felt confident enough to stand up to not just Prime Minister Caruno but even the Sovereign. "Did I say something wrong?" Andra retorted.

"No matter how strong that King of the West is, how can he break through three levels all at once, especially to the Emperor level? This is a story that defies logic..." Andra continued with a loud voice, "Prime Minister, are you sure you didn't mishear?"

"Shut up, Andra!" Fecocci scolded, raising his voice. Then, he turned to Caruno and asked, "Prime Minister, did Rukchi mention anything else?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to

Lord Rukchi, King of the West has already ordered three hundred thousand members of the Army of Bloodshadow to march toward the northern border of Glavale, pointing their blades at Aquilandia!" Caruno realized he had forgotten to mention the most important detail and added after a brief pause, "Based on what Lord Rukchi implied, that person seems quite serious this time."

At this revelation, gasps of astonishment filled the hall once again. As expected, it was just as they had suspected. If they failed in this endeavor, King of the West was unlikely to let it go so easily.

"Did they mention any conditions?" Fecocci asked with a furrowed brow.

"According to Lord Rukchi, King of the West demands that Aquilandia cede territory as compensation. Otherwise, he will lead three hundred thousand members of the Army of Bloodshadow and a million

members of Galewind Squadron into our territory!" Caruno responded.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

"Is he trying to incite a full-scale war between two countries?" Andra shouted once more, "Does he think we're afraid of him?"

After speaking, he turned to Fecocci and spoke loudly, "Your Majesty, I volunteer to lead two million troops of Army of Buzzard to meet him!"