The smoke of Seldo Port has yet to clear, and the Hell soldiers who t with a tragic end are far from cold in their graves.
While the grave-faced General Sebes was retreating through the volcanic tunnels back to the Underworld with his defeated troops, the War Departnt and Logistics Departnt in Demon City were dragged into a battlefield of words due to a war report.
An urgent war report was slamd onto the center of the long table, the accompanying blood-red wax seal ominously hinting at significant frontline casualties—
"Battle of Seldo Port, Red Fla Legion defeated, heavy losses, with dead and wounded numbering eighty thousand."
"General Sebes failed to capture Seldo Port, and the Red Fla Legion retreated completely!"
When this report arrived in Demon City, the military community was in an uproar.
The number of Hell soldiers who died, went missing, or were wounded totaled eighty thousand!
Even worse, General Sebes's Red Fla Legion failed to hold the northern highlands of Seldo Port. After the destruction of the Magic Crystal Cannons, they retreated across the board, allowing the Empire to suddenly reverse the situation in this battle.
The War Departnt and Logistics Departnt were imdiately thrust into the spotlight, and an urgent military eting was quickly convened in Demon City.
The gloomy and dark hall was filled with sullen-faced demons seated on obsidian seats.
Though every brick here was inscribed with the word "gloom," the atmosphere in the hall bubbled like oil being boiled in fire. The sound of argunts echoed off the walls, ceaselessly reverberating.
These High-level Demons might not care about the death of eighty thousand Low-level Demons, but they certainly did not want this bla to land on their own heads.
"Eighty thousand soldiers dead or wounded!" Salman, the high-ranking war advisor of the War Departnt, slamd the table and roared in rage, his fiery-red pupils blazing with anger.
"How was this war fought? How did the Red Fla Legion lose? General Sebes's strategy has always been stable, so how did it suddenly lead to a crushing defeat?"
"Good question!"
Opposite him, Hakes, the vice minister of the Logistics Departnt, snorted coldly, his slender fingers tapping lightly on the table as he spoke in an unhurried tone: "Sebes's strategy is stable? Then I would like to ask, how did such a stable general lose eight thousand n?"
The atmosphere in the eting room instantly froze, and sinister glances collided between the officials of the War Departnt and the Logistics Departnt, as if a new battle could erupt at any mont.
Salman squinted his eyes, speaking in a cold tone, "What do you an? Don't hesitate to speak clearly."
A massive aura of pressure spread across the table, quickly extending to the entire clamorous venue.
So of the Logistics Departnt officers couldn't help but shiver, yet so glared back defiantly, refusing to show weakness as they released their own spiritual pressure.
Seeing the eting room on the verge of turning into a dueling ground, an observing parliantarian coughed, speaking with authority, "Silence."
The room indeed fell silent.
In Hell, the Cabinet acts as the executor of the Demon God's power, while the Parliant beneath the Cabinet is completely controlled by the Nobles and the Clergy, essentially forming the second tier of power.
As for the vast bureaucratic departnts, they answer to the Cabinet above while also being supervised by the Parliant.
On the surface, they argue for the front-line soldiers, but in reality, they only ever answer to the source of their power.
"Eighty thousand troops lost just like that; the War Departnt should provide an explanation," Hakes slowly spoke.
"Shouldn't this be explained by your Logistics Departnt? Our General Sebes wields troops like a divine master, his ability to gain absolute advantage in the early stages of war the best evidence of that!" Salman sneered, crossing his arms over his chest, glaring coldly at the Logistics officials across from him, "Conversely, your departnt has always been dragging our young n at the front line down, and this isn't the first or second ti. General Sebes had twenty Magic Crystal Cannons and a solid high ground, and there's only one reason the Empire's army could overturn the situation—that is, there was an issue with the supplies."
"Oh?" Hakes arched an eyebrow, glancing dismissively at Salman before smiling lightly, his face full of mockery, "Do you want to shift the bla to our Logistics Departnt? Have you forgotten who recomnded the Magic Crystal Cannons?"
Salman's face darkened, his pupils slightly contracting: "What do you an?"
"It's simple." Hakes's lips curled up, cold light flickering in his eyes, "Of course, we in the Logistics Departnt acknowledge the problem lies with logistics, but this problem is not our departnt's oversight, rather the War Departnt's foolish decision-making."
The conference room instantly fell silent.
The supervising parliantarian remained expressionless, lightly tapping their long index finger on the table.
"How can this be?" Salman sneered, "It's true that the Magic Crystal Cannons were recomnded by the War Departnt, but your Logistics Departnt also stocked them!"
"Indeed, we agreed to equip the Magic Crystal Cannons." Hakes nodded slightly, his gaze sharp as a viper, "But your War Departnt assured us with absolute certainty that the Magic Crystal Cannons would change the course of the war, yet you failed to consider one crucial problem—"
He paused slightly, a mocking smile creeping onto his lips: "They have no mobility whatsoever."
Salman was slightly stunned, just about to retort, but Hakes cut him off.
"The loss of eighty thousand troops is not General Sebes's issue; rather, the Magic Crystal Cannons had serious problems."
Hakes's tone was slow yet sharp as he continued in an aggressive manner.
"I have thoroughly reviewed the detailed war report sent from the front line; the reason the situation reversed so suddenly despite General Sebes's overwhelming advantage was because the Imperial Gryphon Knights launched a surprise attack on the Magic Crystal Cannon positions, destroying all the artillery!"
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