Chapter 689 First War Room Briefing – Part 2

"How many are we expecting from the Royal Snake Battalions? Also, we can accommodate that 1000 over soldiers if need be." Qiu Yue queried, and Hou Fei was already shaking his head.

"Those thousand-odd soldiers stayed in Shenzhen, so accommodation for them is not an issue. However, if you were to take care of it…maybe another 4000 more? I do not wish to employ any extra, and that is more or less the maximum number of people I am willing to bring out. I can use the excuse of the 'North', but any more than that and the Royal Clan Heads will question my motives and make some investigation… Anyways, money is not an issue, you can credit me first, and those future weapons that I bring in will be at a discounted price."

"Hmm, Jin you okay with that? Or do you need money urgently for any upgrades?" Qiu Yue asked, but everyone knew how Jin spent money like drinking water.

"We are definitely getting more stuff from Hou Fei for the upcoming war against the Demon Rats, I say we take up his offer," Jin responded, and Hou Fei thanked his master for the renewed business.

"If that is the case, I will start making preparations to deploy the full number. Weapons wise… I will tell them to use their own stuff. Though I suppose letting them rent or buy them from your weapon store should be okay with you. Will that be sufficient?" Hou Fei needed clarification, and Qiu Yue had confirmed that the rooms would be ready by tomorrow.

"Fantastic. Sorry that I am unable to bring out any new weapons other than the ones I have purchased beforehand for you guys. The Dongguan-Huizhou intervention has my hands tight right now." Hou Fei kept emphasising it as if it would be an important issue for the monsters to take note in the future.

"It's fine. As long as Qiu Yue and Nubwort are okay with it, we can assign your troops to handle those artilleries." Jin suggested, but Hou Fei shook his head.

"Don't bother. They are too used to our modern high tech stuff. Letting them use those old artilleries will have the opposite effect and actually slow the rate of fire. In my opinion, it's best we leave it to the Orcs who must have already trained hard for it." Hou Fei replied while looking towards the direction of Nubwort.

"Indeed, I have trained them to be able to reach record reloading time as challenged by Hou Fei. Furthermore, I have achieved great results by adding in a goblin mage to take care of the dust in the artillery barrel so that we can handle repeated firing without too much interruption." Nubwort explained proudly.

"I believe they will be in a load of pain when they first teleport into the cave." Moloch chuckled when he recalled how vigorous the practices were that General Nubwort had made them go through.

"I have double checked the Fortress Golems and made a few adjustments to the firmware within the golems. They should respond better with the interfaces the System had tinkered with. We have also been hard at work to design a battery pack that could last half an hour longer," reported Ayse when it seemed like it was going to be a round table discussion of the developments for the city's defence.

"Amura Rei had also provided some good tips in the calibration of the joints allowing the golems to move 10% faster. It's a quick 30 minute fix, so I had already appointed the engineers to work around the clock to modify the existing golems. We also have a surplus of golems in stock, ready for replacement during the battle."

"Sorry to interrupt but before we go any further. Do I understand it correctly, that we are going to bring the fight to the Demon Army at the cave entrance to the shoreline?" Jin asked, and the group nodded their heads.

"We have prepared a major floating bridge that will lead to the currently empty floating platform. There are a number of prefabricated defences in place so as to impede the progress of the foot soldiers." Qiu Yue said as she switched the holographic console and revealed a forest-like terrain on the platform.

"Huh, trees and hilltops. I see, so we are not clashing with them outright." Jin commented as he zoomed out. From this bird's-eye view, it was clearly visible that the trees in the forests were systematically placed in an orderly fashion. Together with the hills, they were of great strategic value for their defending side."

"Only a fool would give up his advantage to fight on the enemies terms!" Nubwort took over. He explained how more clay statues had been created and hidden within the trees and bushes. (Some were literally embedded in the trees!) He also added that these trees were made from offshoots of Shu, the Sakura Tree Treant, stating that they have some hidden properties to hinder the enemy.

"In addition, we have placed mechanical traps at numerous locations and demarcated them with the System's aid. So, the traps won't be activated unless they are triggered by the enemies. Lastly, we are constructing mobile forts with the help of Sandy to be placed in the floating platform. The map will be updated in the coming days."

"To add on, the Wyvern Goblin Knights Battalion commanded by me will monitor the skies. We are unfortunately not enough to establish air superiority, but our anti air defences should be able to make up most of our downfall." Wyrstriker stated while also showing the upgrades the Wyvern knights had been put through. It was nearly short of modifying the wyverns biological make up.

The Wyvern Goblin Knights had been equipped with mobile rocket boosters based on Ayse's Lost Tech, so they did not emit ignition. Instead, the boosters used air pressure as a way to increase their speed.

At the same time, the Wyvern Goblin Knights were equipped with the very same rune weapons that the Orcs were using except theirs was more advanced to cover the demand of versatility. Their lances could be changed to a variety of ranged weapons such as a sniper rifle, an RPG rocket or heavy machine gun ideal for dogfights. Because of this, the Wyverns themselves were equipped with a neck bracelet that held a different assortment of ammunition.

Thus, each and every Wyvern Knight was developed akin to a WW2 fighter plane. (Or perhaps even more capable than that!)

In fact, Wyrstriker felt that such a comparison was an understatement, especially when he was pushing the limits of his Knights to the extreme. It was to the point that Nubwort felt his hellish training for his foot soldiers was a walk in the park.

Wyrstriker made them perform day and night training of dive bombs, sharp curves, intense dogfights that lasted for more than half an hour with live firing as well as the handling of G force from the rocket boosters

Knowing that Jin did not have many air units to pit against the demon army, Wyrstriker felt that he needed his Wyvern Goblin Knights to become one of the decisive factors against the rumoured Dragon Devils which Moloch spoke highly off.

The Spear Goblin not only wanted to lift that worry off the ground forces but to make the demons acknowledge the Wyvern Knights as the true rulers of the skies. (or dungeon ceiling..?)