Chapter 1490: Armies Face Off

Chapter 1490: Chapter 1490: Armies Face Off

"That’s right, these things don’t prove anything! Don’t similar incidents happen in your world?" Urban echoed casually after Aleister.

"Yes! I’ve never denied the dark side of my world, you were the ones who brought it up first! I just want to show you that in this world where the weak are preyed upon by the strong, everyone knows what kind of people they are, so don’t talk about rules and reason! You taught me this, and I’ve learned it better!"

Pei Yan’s words tore down the last layer of hypocrisy in this negotiation. Aleister and Hecate shook their heads and sighed, while Urban sneered repeatedly, stepping forward and saying, "Exactly! It’s a survival of the fittest! So I said there’s no need to argue with you for so long; we can just lay our cards on the table! Pei Yan, the result is just this result! You have to accept it whether you agree or not! We will never comply with your request and punish Flamel and Borgia severely!"

"What if I don’t accept it?" Pei Yan raised his eyebrow and retorted.

"That’s fine too!" Urban turned and pointed at the highest mage tower in Council City behind him and said, "Flamel and Borgia are now in that tower. If you want to punish them, let’s see if you have the ability to break through the defenses of these thirty thousand soldiers and the layers of security within Council City! If you can’t, then obediently accept our proposal! It’s beneficial for everyone!"

"Exactly, you should have said this earlier! It would save me from wasting words with you here." Pei Yan said as he was about to turn around and give the order. At this moment, Hecate stepped in, trying for the last peaceful resolution, and reminded, "Mr. Pei Yan, are you really going to do this? Are you facing the Council City army with just a few people? You will pay a painfully heavy price! I believe those who follow you to this appointment are all your friends. Is it worth sacrificing them for a battle with no chance of winning?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yan paused for a moment, then laughed without directly answering Hecate’s question. Instead, he gathered his fingers and blew a loud whistle, and after the whistle, he raised his hand and waved it towards the sky, shouting, "Grand General Jiang, show them our strength!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Feiyang, who had already walked a thousand meters away, heard Pei Yan’s shout and started rubbing his fingers among the three rings. With his maneuvering, rows of soldier puppet models were taken out. These soldier puppets flew horizontally into the distance under his remote control until they left enough space for formation. After receiving the infusion of source energy, they instantly took shape. At that moment, a cavalry formation covered entirely by strange blue-black light armor appeared in everyone’s view.

After the first cavalry formation, there was a line-by-line infantry formation resembling mecha warriors. Although these soldiers wore armor that looked like the attire of ancient Tang army soldiers, their bodies far exceeded the average height of ordinary people, reaching over two and a half meters. And beneath this seemingly ancient attire, there were many distinctly different details with a technological feel, giving people a sense of ancient warrior race equipped with modern gear.

Of course, this sense of dislocation is only noticeable to those familiar with the historical development of the cornerstone planes. But what brought shock to Council City was not only the appearance of such a large number of mechanical puppets, which they knew from Audess’s mouth, there were individuals in Pei Yan’s team who could summon particularly powerful alchemy puppets. Jiang Feiyang was also their focal point, but to their surprise, these summoned mechanical puppets did not resemble the weapons Audess described on that day, and the numbers far exceeded their expectations.

But this change alone wasn’t enough to make them feel fear. As Jiang Feiyang summoned the army, Pei Yan wasn’t idle either. After he snapped his fingers into the void, twelve space fissures appeared above his head. These twelve spaces were the abilities Ye Jiumu had once given to Pei Yan, with each space behind a door leading to a small photo-like world. At this moment, what flew out from these twelve spaces were Pei Yan’s new mechanical avatars, refined through newly absorbed materials and with strong combat power, totaling three thousand mechanical avatars emerging from the space fissures, presenting a magnificent scene that imposed great pressure on Council City.

And the shock Pei Yan brought to Council City wasn’t over yet. In the crowd, Xie Yu raised her arms high, causing a torrent of metal to gush out from her body, flowing from beneath the crowd’s feet, and one after another, towering steel giants—twenty meters high or more—rose from the ground. When their bodies took shape, a large number of turrets and machine guns melded with their iron bodies, becoming one. This was the result of Pei Yan modifying her abilities.

Up to this point, audiences in front of screens across various planes and ambassadors at the scene were rendered speechless by the army composed of this steel flood. Watching over three thousand high-end mechanical avatars, more than two hundred steel giants towering at twenty-five meters high, blocking out the sky, as well as twenty thousand elite cavalry and thirty thousand infantry forming an endless army, Wang Wenze couldn’t help but express his excitement to Gu Shenghui beside him, "Oh my goodness! This formation is incredible! Gu Chu, did you know that Pei Yan was going to make such a big move in advance?"

Although Gu Shenghui had some idea in his heart, he didn’t expect Pei Yan to go this far. To his euphoric team member, he could only feign composure, putting on a confident smile and calmly saying, "It’s all within the plan!"

At this moment, faced with the envoys of Council City equally shocked by the scene, Pei Yan posed his own question: "Now it’s my turn to ask you! For two fools who simultaneously offended two major planar forces and betrayed their alliances, is it worth risking a war with countless elite casualties, leading to Council City being breached and the magical plane losing its prestige?"

"Mr. Pei Yan, when you stand before such an army and pose this question to us, we’ve already reached a point of no return." Aleister lifted his hand to re-wear the wizard hat that did not suit him, looking up at Pei Yan with eyes filled with some regret but mostly resolve. After a sigh, he said meaningfully, "Mr. Pei Yan, do you know the consequences of what you’re doing? This is a war; can you truly bear the weight?"

"Mr. Aleister, I still hold a remnant of respect for the words you spoke earlier; don’t obliterate it! War isn’t something I instigated! When you arranged such a formation today, everything was already predetermined! Only the outcome exceeded your expectations, you think you have captured our weakness! You believe your army can coerce us into compromise! Sorry! You were mistaken!"