"War is a game for old men, yet it sends the young to their deaths," said the Regent King quietly, hands behind his back.
"After the war, politicians shake hands and make peace, merchants fill their coffers, but the heroes’ bodies are nowhere to be found, leaving only cold tombstones and tears from kin,"
"The nobility remain high and mighty, while the children of peasants find eternal rest."
"The soldiers who fight have done nothing wrong, rushing to the battlefield for their loved ones and the country they love, but it is most despicable for those who irresponsibly plan wars on paper to expand their power and influence,"
The Regent King of the Imperial, Joshua, said softly, "My realm has no need for meaningless wars!"
The Imperial Assistant Prime Minister, Lido, approached Regent King Joshua and whispered, "But this way, the Empire’s long-standing political influence and geopolitical biases cultivated over years on the Northern Continent will be wiped away,"
"If the True Dragon Emperor of the North and the Kings do not agree to our terms, even if they do, our many years of accumulation and established relations will be reduced to virtually insignificance,"
"The Empire’s influence and potential control over the Northern Continent will almost completely be lost! The great nobility wanting to start a war is not entirely without reason."
The Regent King Joshua glanced sideways at his friend and suddenly softly rebuked, "Lido, have you lost your mind?"
"Not to mention what kind of name the Empire should use to start a war, traveling from the Central Continent to the Northern Continent, nor the massive resources and manpower required,"
"Not to mention what the Lu Man Empire would think about the Empire’s response, how would you deal with the Northern Kings and the Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire, or face them?"
In this era, the Giant Dragon Kalon Gogomola of the Northern Wilderness, with unmatched strength and will, unified the countless races and dragons of the Northern Wastelands, ruling over the Northern Territory as Dragon Emperor.
Kalon Gogomola, this Ancestral Red Dragon, not only founded the first-ever Giant Dragon Empire in Icaria World, but the future destined Gogomola Dynasty elevated the entire civilization, wisdom, and military power of the Giant Dragon Empire to an unprecedented pinnacle in the history of Northern Continent’s civilization.
Moreover, with unexpected concepts and overwhelming ambition, it united those Kings and races who had always been scattered and hostile, creating the Northern Kings’ Alliance that shook the entire Icaria.
Even the two Overlord Empires, Faen Empire and Lu Man Empire, ruling the largest continent in Icaria World, had to acknowledge the accomplishments of the Northern True Dragon Emperor.
As well as the equally formidable power of the True Dragon Emperor of the Golden Empire’s achievements.
"Indeed, the Empire’s power is much stronger than the Golden Empire, but how many Legends are required just to restrain the Golden Empire’s True Dragon Emperor?"
The Regent King Joshua coldly stated, "According to the research and discussions by those Legendary Mages, in the face of the current power exhibited by the True Dragon Emperor, at least five or more Legends are needed to be qualified to face it."
"And in the Alliance of Kings, there are several powerful Kings, how many Legends are needed for the King Mogyes of the Divine Forsaken Mountain Range?"
"How many Legends are required for the Dark Elf King Anudale? And the King of the Beastman Kingdom? Then what about the Dragon Kings of the Golden Empire? Those Giant Dragons that cloak the sky in shadows?"
The Regent King Joshua’s gaze was cold as he said, "Even within the Empire, the high-level Legends each have their tasks, guarding the Empire’s Dimension Plane. Should they all be summoned back?"
"Or should those Heaven’s Chosen, exploring the mysteries of Magic Knowledge across the Star Realm, be invited back?"
The Assistant Prime Minister, Lido, fell silent; the Regent King’s cold momentum left him with no desire to speak out once more.
The Assistant Prime Minister Lido is a mortal, unaware of the mysteries beyond Legends, which is understandable.
Joshua, the Regent King of the Faen Empire, although never reaching the heights beyond a Legend due to handling government affairs and certain constraints, is not like the great nobility of the Northern Continent; he well knows that beyond Legends, there are distinctions among them.
In fact, within Legends, there is no categorization into high-level and low-level Legends originally.
Beyond Legends, there are only Legends and Legendary Celestial Destiny, the difference between these two terms is like a chasm, a true watershed in every sense.
This outrageous extent of disparity far exceeds that of mortals facing a Legendary Being.
Yet, beneath the Legendary Celestial Destiny, the difference between Legends and Legends is primarily a reference in Power Level, which led to the sayings of high-level Legends versus ordinary ones.
And among the Northern Kings, except for Charal Cesar of the Hobis Empire, almost all are Legendary Kings with innate qualities surpassing the basic fortitudes of the human race.
The advantages possessed by these Legendary Kings before the Legendary Celestial Destiny are immensely vast.
Just like the King Mogyes of the Many-Armed Giants and the True Dragon Emperor of the Northern Golden Empire, they are the ultimate bloodline beings standing at almost the pinnacle in the Icaria Mortal World.
Those so-called Legendary Warriors who are said to bathe in lava, merely trying to contend with these two inherently formidable Kings through the mere transmutation of a Legend and their own power, is simply a foolish dream, a futile struggle like trying to stop a chariot with an arm.