Scarlett Jennings spoke, and the hall fell silent.
The most incredulous were Minister Yuan and Hudson Phoenix. Unable to hold back, Hudson Phoenix stood up and said, "You want to go to the West?! How can a woman like you go to war..."
He wanted to tell her not to stir trouble and to stay peacefully in the Royal Palace, as ensuring an heir for Your Majesty was what truly mattered.
However, before he could finish his words, Scarlett Jennings shot a sharp look at him. The glamorous gaze she once held as Lily Phoenix was gone, replaced by the stern deanor of a fifteen-year-old girl in military attire, exuding an air of cool authority.
"I am the Empress of Heavenly Origin."
Scarlett Jennings said,
"Now that Heavenly Origin is in peril, it is natural for to share the trials and tribulations with His Majesty."
She said this and then turned her gaze toward the courtiers,
"Regarding warfare, indeed, I am unfamiliar with it. But when it cos to repelling ferocious beasts, safeguarding the peace in the West, and stabilizing military morale, such responsibilities fall upon ."
As she spoke, she single-handedly chanted a mantra, and spiritual light sparked at her fingertips. In the next mont, the Fire Phoenix, transford by Susan, quickly flew into the hall, circled once, and finally turned into a small Fire Phoenix perched on Scarlett Jennings’s shoulder.
The Phoenix Flas surrounded her, yet it did not harm her as it rested on her shoulder.
At this mont, everyone realized that this Empress was not rely Heaven’s Chosen Daughter.
While the hall was imrsed in silence, a general suddenly stood out, bowed to Scarlett Jennings with clenched fists, and said,
"Your servant, Owen Harper, is willing to accompany the Empress to assist her in all matters!"
Following his lead, several generals stepped forward, requesting to either accompany the royal expedition, accompany the Empress, or lead soldiers to the other two borders.
These individuals were already prepared for battle; however, the sudden royal expedition by His Majesty disrupted their plans.
The previously contentious atmosphere in the hall seed to have settled in this mont.
Samuel Chalrs, who remained silent until now, finally rose, walked over to Scarlett Jennings step by step, took her hand, and looked at her with calm eyes,
"As the Empress commands."
Then, facing the courtiers, he declared in a deep voice,
"From now on, I shall remain with the Empress and all ministers of Heavenly Origin to safeguard Heavenly Origin."
The courtiers felt a tremor in their hearts upon hearing this, knowing the decision was sealed, and henceforth unalterable. Moving past their initial alarm, only their undulating loyalty swelled within them.
Imdiately, everyone in the hall knelt and offered their most sincere reverence to their Emperor and Empress.
"We, your servants, are willing to stand guard over Heavenly Origin alongside Your Majesty and the Empress."
The Empress, a re fifteen-year-old girl, can accomplish such feats—how could they allow themselves to beco the subject of ridicule?
Shortly after this court eting, Samuel Chalrs swiftly set the departure ti and appointed four paths for the generals to follow.
The decree for the imperial expedition was quickly announced, sparking an uproar across the court and among the people.
Yet by this ti, neither Scarlett Jennings nor Samuel Chalrs could afford to listen to the voices of the outside world.
With Samuel Chalrs’s decree, the troops from all quarters prepared for departure.
Aside from him and Scarlett Jennings, Damian Carlson and Althea dealt with the defense of the other borders.
This wasn’t ant to involve them, but since the Four Nations’ battles invoked ferocious beasts, their intervention did not violate the Heavenly Dao Laws.
Besides, they had other concerns—
"With calamity beasts surfacing from all sides, neither the Matthew nor the fierce Red Hound match the true ferocity of a formidable beast."
As war erupts, chaos will ensue in the Mortal Realm; only then will the true ferocious beasts appear.
"The true ancient Four Fiends: Fierce Beast, Gluttonous Fiend, Chaos, and Terror Beast."
Althea spoke of these Four Fiends with a rare seriousness.
She looked at Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs and warned,
"If the Four Fiends appear, and you happen to confront one of them, do not hesitate—flee directly."
Those creatures are beyond the abilities of ordinary humans.
Though the two may seem more formidable than typical cultivators, facing the Four Fiends leaves them no advantage.
After all, they are rely souls from another world, not belonging to this space-ti continuum, reaching even this level is remarkable.
Turning her fingers, Althea revealed four items in her hand, the paper cards they once played with.
Althea handed the cards to the other three, giving one to Five-Colored and Susan, who were also accompanying them.
"If we return smoothly, we’ll gather again here to play cards together."
Scarlett Jennings and Samuel Chalrs took the cards, feeling the pure demonic power of the Ten-tailed Sky Fox within them, their hearts lightly trembling, looking at Althea and Damian Carlson, nodding solemnly after a long pause,
"Alright."
Three days later, at dawn, led by Samuel Chalrs and Scarlett Jennings, Damian Carlson and Althea, the four teams departed the city through two gates amidst the farewell of courtiers and citizens, heading toward their respective battlefields.
...
Warhorses roaring, the setting sun weeping tears of blood.
Across the plains of North Wildlands, desolation pervaded.
Inside the royal tent of Heavenly Origin, Samuel Chalrs casually washed away the bloodstains on his hands, then swiftly approached the sand table to discuss strategies with the waiting main commander.
Two months ago, the northern border commanders were indeed invigorated upon hearing of His Majesty’s royal expedition.
They initially assud the young emperor would remain at the rear of the camp, awaiting the frontline soldiers to repel the approaching enemy.
But unexpectedly, His Majesty and the troops he brought attacked proactively on the third day of arriving at the northern border, leading the charge to strike the enemy a severe blow.
This was far more inspiring and motivating to the soldiers than any warti slogan; in the past two months, with His Majesty’s presence, the northern border troops slowly pushed the enemies back beyond the border line.
Though the enemy still watched from afar, the situation had improved imnsely compared to two months ago.
anwhile, in the opposing west, Scarlett Jennings donned light armor and led a thousand elite soldiers searching for the traces of Matthew in the western mountains.
In these two months, Scarlett Jennings had also won two small-scale battles.
The first battle was when the neighboring western country dispatched troops to harass, mocking and sneering at the newly crowned Empress of Heavenly Origin leading the western military, only to flee and defeat due to negligence.
The second battle, backed by the reputation from the first, granted Scarlett Jennings so authority in the military, allowing her to deploy troops for a small experint involving an Array.
Indeed, Scarlett Jennings may not be versed in military tactics, but she understands Arrays.
The military formations and Mystical Sect Arrays belong to different domains, yet they share inherent connections, especially those arrays capable of confusing enemy troops.
Scarlett Jennings took so ti to study, so during the second battle, the enemy army was utterly defeated—twenty thousand troops ca and were annihilated.
A perfect victory achieved with minimal losses.
Both the opposing and allied forces recognized clearly that Empress Scarlett Jennings was no re decorative figure.
Yet precisely when the dust settled on the second battle, Matthew, who briefly appeared once before, showed up again.
The troops from Heavenly Origin, initially without significant casualties, suffered nurous losses because of Matthew’s presence.
How could Scarlett Jennings tolerate it?!
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