From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 405 The Missing Old Emperor

Amber didn't know that the Federation had set its sights on Lilith and herself. After all, she was not a prophet who could predict everything.

Although he knew the direction of the game's plot, to be honest, at this stage, many plots had changed, and the golden finger of "knowing the plot" was becoming weaker and weaker over time.

Therefore, he must deduce the future situation based on his own experience and with the assistance of Lilith, and make decisions on the development of Atlas.

This period of time also made him feel what "time flies by" means. Four months passed in the blink of an eye. Atlas continued to deploy troops on Pyra IV, eventually reaching nearly 8 people, which is the current maximum sustainable size of an "army group".

Such a large-scale recruitment of Roma people directly made the front pages of major media in the Thousand Star Empire. The equal rights advocates among the elves celebrated and claimed that this was the biggest victory they had achieved in the fight for equal rights for the Roma people.

The conservatives were so angry that it seemed as if Amber had dug up their ancestral graves. Several major leaders jointly expressed their intention to boycott Atlas and their partners in the Thousand Star Empire, the Yuge family behind Alanita.

Of course, this kind of boycott is rather ridiculous. Not to mention that Atlas is now in the Thousand Star Empire and has no other business dealings except hiring soldiers, the Yuge family has long been ranked among the top three chaebols and simply disdains this boycott.

As for the lying flat faction headed by the Elf Royal Court, well, they continued to lie flat.

Their attitude even made Amber curious. Where exactly is the "red line" for these guys?

Known as the 'Atlas First Army', this ground force consists of a total of 12 combined brigades.

Except for the two main brigades, the other 10 brigades are new troops participating in the war for the first time. The purpose of deploying them on the Para IV is to train the troops through combat.

Although many of these 10 newly formed combined brigades are not yet fully staffed and combat vehicles are still being replenished, Amber believes that being able to produce so many soldiers in four months is already quite fast.

After all, these combined brigades were formed from scratch, the personnel were trained slowly in recent times, and the equipment was expeditedly produced by Atlas Industries, so it is not a problem that the overall combat level is still a little lacking.

The various stragglers, warlords, and thugs on the Para IV were just right for them to practice with, and they were able to gather enemies of all different types, compositions, and sizes at once.

Of course, various problems were encountered at the beginning. For example, a firepower battalion under a certain brigade got lost during a transfer. If the brigade headquarters, which had been monitoring the troop mobility, had not discovered the problem in time, these twenty or so 155 self-propelled artillery pieces might have plunged into the killing zone of a group of federal remnants.

For example, during an attack by a combined battalion under a certain brigade, the battalion headquarters was disconnected from the main force, and the armored command vehicle where the battalion commander was located was directly stuck in the quagmire.

Then the Tauren battalion commander left a few people to guard the equipment and wait for the friendly forces that followed to help recover it, and then he led the people in the battalion to pursue the troops on foot.
The commander-in-chief of the ground forces, Wolf-Headed Man Hogg, was so angry when he learned about this incident through reports from higher levels that he shouted out in the command cabin what would later become a classic quote: "I want to eat beef tonight!"

Such problems, big and small, happened every day in the past four months, and Amber gradually became calmer from being "furious every day" in the beginning.

As long as the troops can learn lessons from these accidents and avoid making the same mistakes again, it can be considered a good thing.

After all, the intensity of the battle on Pyra IV was not high, so in the eyes of Amber and a group of commanders, it was more like a "training ground" in a real environment than a battlefield.

"Shed more blood in peacetime and save your life in war." This soon became the consensus among the commanders of various troops.

Finally, with the support of the fleet, 12 combined forces brigades launched separate attacks and spent four months sweeping across the entire Pella IV.

Except for some enemies who resisted stubbornly and hid in the deep mountains and forests, all the others, whether they were the remnants of the Empire or the Federation, surrendered or died in battle.

As for the imperial noble who owned a fiefdom on Pyla IV, Amber did not directly send troops to take him down, after all, it was a legal fiefdom granted by the imperial family. However, under the pressure of the army, the imperial noble quickly lifted the blockade and martial law of the territory, allowing the civilians under his rule to enter and exit freely.

As a result, on the day the blockade was lifted, the civilians in the territory almost all fled with their families. This shows how many inhumane things this noble had done during this period.
In the end, because there were so many refugees fleeing, Atlas had to temporarily set up a refugee camp nearby to accommodate them.

All in all, without the Federation and the Empire coming to "disturb", Amber can be said to have completed a large-scale military training on Pella IV in peace and tranquility. While controlling all key areas, she also restored basic production activities on the planet as quickly as possible.

At the same time, during these three months, places outside Pyla IV were also full of excitement.——
"So the old emperor has been critically ill for so long, and he's still in critical condition?"

At the routine intelligence communication meeting, Amber suddenly asked while listening to Isabel's report.

When Isabel heard this, she almost spit out the water she had just drunk to moisten her throat.

"Amber, although I am yours now, I was once an imperial noble after all."

"Ahem, I'll be more careful next time."

Amber scratched his head embarrassedly, and he realized that what he had just said was as outrageous as asking the princes and nobles in the late Qing Dynasty, "Is your Emperor Guangxu dead?"

However, after staying with Amber for so long, Isabel no longer had those habits of an imperial noble, and what she just said was nine parts joke and one part anger.

"I'm kidding~ But Amber, our Intelligence Analysis Center has also paid attention to your question. Since the official announcement of the Star Dragon Empire's royal family that the old emperor was critically ill and transferred to the basement of the Grand Palace for treatment, no other news has been heard.

All the affairs of the empire are also presided over by Her Highness Agnes and the Regent, including the empire's general mobilization order, which was also signed by Her Highness Agnes. "

“That’s a bit strange.”

Amber stroked her chin in thought, her brows unconsciously furrowed.

In his memory, the old Emperor Frederico died shortly after he was announced to be critically ill, and the regent took advantage of this opportunity to launch a coup.

Although the appearance of himself and Atlas changed the war situation between the Federation and the Empire, and eventually caused the Regent to temporarily postpone the time of launching a coup, it would not save the old emperor's life anyway, right?

Amber searched carefully in her memory palace, hoping to find some information that she had missed.

However, since this plot takes place before the player enters the game, no one has actually experienced it. This history is only mentioned in the background setting of the game and the official prequel novel.

Then, a plot that I had seen while reading the official novel all night was recalled.

It was mentioned in this plot that the Regent's army had fought a great battle in the Imperial Capital Galaxy, and the target of the battle was not only the Duke of Solon and the "Old Saint Saunière Star Dragon Banners" who came to "serve the king", but also another enemy whose name was not clearly stated.
The novel also describes this "enemy" very vaguely, not using adjectives like "a large army" or "a team of elite soldiers", but "an enemy".

But after the battle, all parties were reluctant to mention the history of this "Capital War", so the details of the battle were unclear. In addition, the soldiers who participated in the battle also died one after another in the subsequent war, and this mysterious "enemy" also became a historical mystery.

And now, Amber suddenly felt that this mysterious "enemy" might have something to do with the old Emperor Frederico.

(End of this chapter)