Chapter 1000- Superior man

We arrived in Hangzhou at noon the next day. We ate outside first and returned home at 1pm. Out of the few of us, Lin Wan Er was in the best mood and she carried the Allstar trophy happily. Dong Cheng Yue, Tang Qi, and I only got one medal each as consolation.

We placed her trophy inside the glass cabinet. This was also a form of glory. One day, if we stopped, this trophy would bring back good memories. However, thinking about this, I also felt a little sad. I missed the finals of Wings of Heroes because I was sleeping, and when I got MVP in the country war, I did not get any trophy. The world was just too unfair.

I cleared up my room and went online that afternoon!

Shua!

I entered the game and appeared at Tian Ling City. I stood on the north square; a minute later, the system notified me that a War Hawk Knight was looking for me. A Royal Army War Hawk Knight landed and cupped his fists. "General, the empire had a military meeting that began seventeen minutes ago; please head over!"

"Okay..."

NPC meetings did not wait for players, and if one managed to attend, then that was good; if not, then it was still fine. At most, one would just lose a chance to gain merits.

I flew toward the palace. After entering, the guards around lowered their heads. "Commander in chief!"

The empire had two commanders; one was me and the other was Situ Xin. After I rejected The Executor title, I helped increase the weight of the Commander in chief title.

……

I entered the hall and stood nearest to Lochlan. I smiled at Situ Xin, who said, "General Li, you're late."

I smiled. "Unlike you, I am not from this world, so I can't always be here to get summoned."

Situ Xin understood what I meant, or rather he did not, so he just smiled back at me.

……

Lochlan stood in front of the sand board. Ever since Lochlan became emperor, his greatest strength had been that he did not forget about military affairs. When Owen was the emperor, this area was empty or, rather, there were just dancers. Now, with Lochlan at the helm, a large sand board of the continent could be seen in this hall, and on it were the various troop strategic positions.

"Master Li," Lochlan looked at me and said, "Moon Empire and Swirling Abyss Empire have laid out troops at their borders; what should we do?"

I said, "We should do the same."

"En!"

I then asked, "Lochlan, how are Tian Ling City's troops situation now?"

Lochlan replied, "The Fire Dragon Army has reached eighty thousand. Situ Xin has moved many troops from the areas near the ocean to strengthen our army. The Purple Spirit Army has expanded to fifty thousand and the Guards Army has close to one hundred thousand. As for your Royal Army, you have close to one hundred twenty thousand and more than half of them are experienced soldiers."

I nodded. "En, that is good."

I looked at the crowd and noticed a young female General. I recognized that person to be Floating Clouds, Luo Xun's girl. Why was she here?

"Lochlan," I frowned, asking, "didn't Floating Clouds get demoted? Why... is she still here?"

Lochlan answered, "Master Li, she... is my cousin!"

"Cousin?" I was shocked. "Since she's your cousin, how did she become your father's concubine? This... What is going on?"

Lochlan smiled. "It is like this. There is a tradition in the north. To ensure the purity of bloodline, cousins are allowed to marry."

"Still... Floating Clouds threatened you with the South Protecting King and even tried to kill the Royal Army. That's already a crime punishable by death, so why is she still a general?"

Lochlan was in a tough spot. "The Dragonling Army only has ten thousand people and it’s the only navy force of the empire. Someone has to monitor the ship building, and she is the only one fit for the job. Moreover, she is my cousin. I didn't want to send her too far, for she might be tortured."

I looked at her; that was true. People in charge of escorting criminals were mainly perverts. If they encountered someone like Floating Clouds, who knew what they would do to her? Moreover, she used to be the South Protecting King's woman. Toward those who had been suppressed for such a long time, it was indeed quite tempting. Twisted guys would have such thoughts. If the South Protecting King could play with her, they could, too!

"Forget it."

I did not continue pursuing this matter and merely said, "Lochlan, you had better send a few more trusted people to keep an eye on her. When your father killed himself, I could sense her hatred. I don't hope for a woman to destroy the empire."

"Okay, I'll follow Master Li's words!" Lochlan smiled. "Don't worry, Master Li; I’ve already instructed General Situ to pay attention to her camp. They're only in charge of making boats. As for expanding the naval force, I'll put someone else in charge to reduce her influence."

I nodded and smiled. In my heart, I was quite happy. Lochlan was becoming more and more like the emperor that he was. Promoting Situ Xin to commander in chief and expanding the Guards Army to one hundred thousand was also to keep me in check. An empire should be like that; one could not let a single side get too strong. That was good; I