My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 949 - 485: One Person’s Choice_3

Chapter 949: Chapter 485: One Person’s Choice_3

For a time, the whole court was in an uproar!

Some literati controlled by the Horizon Bureau, as well as a large number of storytellers, began to create stories: His Majesty was not actually touring the Copper Gorge, but had travelled to the Summit Metropolitan Office, which was closer to the Nanni Nation. His Majesty endured humiliation and heavy burdens, and was willing to bear the "notorious reputation" to deceive the Nanni Nation and cover up the real military action!

As expected, the Nanni Nation was caught off guard and lost thousands of miles of territory within a few days.

His Majesty was even more fearless, repeatedly employing ingenious strategies, and even personally piloting his own Flying Carriage Palace, leading the fleet to launch a surprise attack on the strategically important King Port at the rear of the Nanni Nation, and using artillery to demolish the main temple of the Red Barbarians, completely cutting off the connection between the Red Barbarians and the Nanni Nation.

This battle severed the support route of the Red Barbarians to the Nanni Nation, and His Majesty personally buried the last hope of the Nanni Nation!

Then, numerous stories about the collusion between the Red Barbarians and the Nanni Nation to kill the innocent people of the Wood Dynasty emerged. This part was not fabricated, as they were all backed by solid evidence.

This evidence stirred up immeasurable anger throughout the court. Although some prudent senior ministers in the imperial court felt that it was not worth it for the emperor to take risks, they did not dare to say that the Nanni Nation should not be attacked – whoever dared to say that would be bombarded with rotten eggs and leaves by the capital’s citizens on their way home from the court.

Good news from the front lines kept coming in, with the capture of cities today and the conquest of strongholds tomorrow. The climax was the Flying Bear Army’s surprising capture of the Nanni Royal City! The whole nation was jubilant.

Then, a video segment of the cultivation method was circulated, showing His Majesty piloting the Flying Carriage Palace to attack King Port. The Horizon Bureau quickly apologized, saying that it was leaked unintentionally by one of their subordinates.

The people in the capital had personally seen His Majesty’s Flying Carriage Palace departing - now that they saw it, wasn’t it the same as the one His Majesty rode?

It turned out that they had misunderstood His Majesty, thinking that he was indulging in pleasure. In fact, the Flying Carriage Palace was a mobile battle fortress and a powerful weapon of the Wood Dynasty!

For a time, the emperor’s prestige in the country reached its peak – if he were a normal emperor, or even a normal human, he would be flustered at this moment, and even be surrounded by endless guilt.

However, the emperor of the Wood Dynasty was a rare breed, extremely vain and quite content with Owen Bertram’s scheme! Now, His Majesty’s martial prowess was nearly on par with the Great Ancestor! In the future historical records, he would certainly be praised as the "Revival Monarch of the Wood Dynasty"!

However, the mastermind behind all these, Owen Bertram, was very calm.

He pacified the emperor for the moment, at least until the end of the war with the Nanni Nation. The emperor would not interfere when Owen was genuinely trying to get things done.

But the emperor’s fame was too high, and there were downsides to this. If, in the future, Owen had to replace the emperor due to the changed situation, he feared that the whole world would not approve!

But would Owen shoot himself in the foot by lifting such a stone? He had already prepared for this, in case he had to take that step, the emperor could "die violently," and the entire nation would grieve.

Owen’s entire focus was on the war with the Nanni Nation. The nobles and wealthy merchants who invested in the Flying Bear Army were excited beyond measure, yet felt somewhat "unreal" and fearful in their hearts.

Owen comforted them while gathering various resources to send to the front lines, while also paying attention to the strategies on the front lines, making himself incredibly busy.

However, Owen still maintained the habit of thinking three steps ahead. Among his many tasks, he separately asked William and Lance Cooper to help him look for a suitable "candidate."

During this time, the Flying Bear Army and the Summit Navy captured many high-ranking Red Barbarian officials. They were screened according to Owen’s instructions, and some were secretly sent to the Summit Metropolitan Office.

Every day, Owen would squeeze out half a Shichen (1 hour) to "negotiate" with these high-ranking Red Barbarians, while pondering which one to choose.

This day, he finally found his ideal candidate.

This person was named Dahalot, a bishop of the Red Barbarian in the Nanni Nation. In the Holy See, his position was second only to the Archbishop Nanni and ranked third with another bishop.

He came from a distinguished family with great power in the Boneset Country and had an ambiguous relationship with the current Pope.

He came to the Nanni Nation to accumulate experience but never expected to encounter such a disaster.

Having been raised in luxury since childhood, Dahalot had idealistic views. He supported the war between the Boneset Country and the Wood Dynasty, firmly believing that with the advantage of high-level believers, they could eventually defeat the Wood Dynasty.

He did not think the Boneset Country should cut their losses in time but firmly believed that temporary setbacks were a "test" from their Main Gods. The empire must overcome the current difficulties; otherwise, the entire Boneset Country would lose its "sharpness" and never recover.

Even when facing Owen, he did not hide his opinions. As a captive but proud, he still used a "superior" gaze to comment on all aspects of the Wood Dynasty.

In his view, everything about the Wood Dynasty looked magnificent but was old and rotten. It seemed vast but was just a flashy facade that would collapse with a single strike.

Owen did not argue with him - his general attitude was to agree and say: Yes, yes, you are right. That day, he arranged for Dahalot to stay with another captive, the second son of the puppet ruler of the Nanni Nation, in the neighboring room.