Chapter 850:- The Cost of War

Chapter 850:- The Cost of War

The fight with Robert is the toughest fight of Aditya's life. Whatever Aditya tried, it never impacted Robert.

He took Aditya's powerful attacks like it was nothing and came out with just a few minor burns and scratches.

At some point, Aditya felt like Robert was invincible. At some point, he even considered forcefully teleporting to the Dragon Palace with Robert.

Once inside the Dragon Palace, Aditya's stats would significantly increase. A 200% increase in his stats would have changed the tide of the battle.

But he was concerned about what might happen to his home. Regardless of what happened, the shockwave from their attacks would destroy the entire Dragon Palace. Not to mention everyone who was residing in it. The Dragon Palace wasn't just his residence; it was also the residence of the Royal Family and hundreds of others. The Dragon Palace was more than a just palace; it was a symbol of the Dragon Monarch's reign. As soon as the idea came to his mind, he dismissed it.

After the battle, Aditya lost his consciousness. He has no idea what happened afterward. •••

"How is he?" It was the Goddess of Wealth who asked the question. Almost every resident of the Dragon Palace was in the Emperor's bedroom. Some were sitting on the chairs and couches. Others were standing in various parts of the bedroom. Riya sat on the bed next to Aditya. She was currently checking his condition. Alicia, Julia, Lara, Sasha, and Lilith were sitting around the bed, gathered around Aditya.

Riya was holding his right wrist. She wasn't a traditional doctor, but her powers as the Goddess of Nature allowed her to sense if there was anything wrong with Aditya's body or soul. Just touching his body allowed her to know exactly which part or area of his body was damaged.

The troops that were deployed to the battlefield weren't used to evacuate citizens. "Its number should be less than one hundred thousand! I am 100% certain of it." If there had been no flying ships, perhaps this number would have been ten times higher. A part of him felt guilty. If he had given a little more time, then perhaps the lives of those could have been saved. Once the war started, Watson was left with two flying ships. They continued their evacuation operation until the very end. The problem was, other than one flying ship, the other flying ships did not have any teleportation arrays built into them. If this was the case, then they would have finished their evacuation around 3 to 4 hours before even the war started. "What are we going to do about the evacuated population?" These millions of people were displaced. They can't just put them in various parts of the Istarin Empire. If it was one hundred or even one million, then it might have been manageable, but putting the population of an entire region would destabilize the entire Empire.

It would create tons of new problems. Not to mention, they cannot just leave the central region as it is. "I don't know!" "The immediate solution would be to let everyone temporarily stay where they were evacuated. And the long-term solution would be to invest gold coins in repairing the central region."

"By repairing, you can't possibly mean rebuilding the entire central region?" Julia asked. "Of course not!!" "Luckily, we have the Goddess of Nature with us." "She will restore the land and bring back the previous vegetation." "Even if I went all out, it might still take me a month or maybe even more time." Though, she wasn't opposed to this idea. In fact, even if no one had asked her, she still would have tried her back to restore the land as to what it was. As the Goddess of Nature, she understood better than anyone else how this huge change would potentially affect the entire Beast Continent. The lives of the magic animals and the people living on it will be severely affected. The land has to be restored to its previous state. "Rebuilding the entire Central Region is impossible. But we can give this responsibility to the natives of this land. But before these millions of people settle back, we have to make sure that all necessities are available. By necessities, I mean food, shelter, water, land for agriculture, & roads, etc." "But that's just my suggestion. Who knows, Aditya may have better ideas. He might have a different approach." Ultimately, this was a situation that even the Goddess of Wealth had never encountered.

Besides, Alicia firmly believed that Aditya's take on this whole matter would be better than hers. The central region had become a wasteland. It would take hundreds, if not thousands, of years for the land to naturally heal. Rebuilding everything from scratch won't be an easy process. It's going to take Billions of Royal Gold coins and lots of time. Fortunately, for the Istarin Empire, money wasn't an issue. "By the way, what will we do with Robert's corpse?" Lilith asked the question. Before heading to the Dune Sovereignty, Amber had told her that there was a necromancer who was interested in turning Robert into an undead. "Why ask?" The corpse was with Julia. She intended to do some research and find out exactly what aspect of his body changed that made him so powerful against Dragons. Julia felt that she would be able to improve her alchemy skills through this research. "Amber told me that there was a Necromancer named Morgan who expressed her desire to turn Robert into an undead." "Oh...,her!!" Julia recalled who Morgan was. She was the former Commander commander of the Zulux Dynasty. Aditya turned her into a slave, and now she was a part of the Imperial Army. She was in Eleanor's division.

"Let's ask Aditya about this when he wakes up." "Alright! Let's talk about you!" Following Lilith, everyone looked at Rin, who had been silent this entire time. "Me?" "Yeah! You have been completely silent this entire time." "We are really curious about our new sister." Everyone nodded their heads while Sasha just looked at her. "Sure!" Rin wasn't the introverted type. She didn't feel pressured.

Sitting on the couch, Sylvie quickly took out a few oatcakes. This was going to be really interesting.

"Just how far have you progressed with Aditya?" There was a teasing grin on her face. This was going to be interesting. Even if she was extroverted, this was still a bit embarrassing. Aditya was her first love. "Progress?"

"We just confirmed our relationship." Her cheeks were slightly red.

"Oh.....!! Sister, let me tell you about something really important." Lilith was about to continue when Julia and Alicia covered her mouth with their palms. "Mmm.....!!" "We can talk about this later!!" Neither girl wanted Lilith to speak in front of their parents. Sure, there were only women in this room, but these women were their moms, aunts, and grandmothers. Lilith was about to protest, but seeing their cold smiles, she gave up and nodded her head. Around that time, Aditya opened his eyes. The first one to notice him was Lara. "Husband.....!!" Everyone's attention is on Aditya.