Emperor Godevin Neil clearly understood the seriousness of the situation. He then looked at Abbott and said, "Rest assured, I will personally question Potter about this matter."
Abbott could only reply, "Emperor Godevin Neil, this is a battle that concerns the fate of our Netherworld Dynasty. We cannot afford to be careless. I hope you can resolve this matter within a day."
"If the supplies we need cannot be delivered to the front lines within a day, I, Abbott, will lead all soldiers to sacrifice ourselves for the nation!"
Abbott was already prepared to die. If this battle failed, he would have no face to continue living.
Emperor Godevin Neil's expression was also extremely grim. He promised, "I have seen your loyalty. I will handle this matter as quickly as possible."
Emperor Godevin Neil immediately ended the communication with Abbott and then spoke to the guard, "Immediately summon Godevin Potter to me, now, at once!"
"Yes!" The guard immediately went to Godevin Potter's mansion.
At this moment, Godevin Potter was in his magnificent palace, frolicking with over a dozen beautiful women. The Da Feng Novel Network.
Godevin Potter's entire palace was built to be more luxurious and grand than Emperor Godevin Neil's, with every item being extremely precious.
Even a brick or a blade of grass in the back garden was not ordinary; they were all very precious spiritual herbs.
When the guard came to report, the astute Godevin Potter immediately knew that something was wrong. He quickly said, "Quickly, help me put on makeup, make it look convincing."
"Lord Godevin Potter, please rest assured, my methods are absolutely realistic," a subservient servant approached.
Before long, Godevin Potter appeared as if he hadn't slept for days, his complexion extremely pale, with dark circles under his eyes, looking like someone who had been overworked.
Godevin Potter chuckled and said, "Let's go meet my foolish imperial brother."
In the Netherworld Imperial Palace, as soon as Godevin Potter appeared, he feigned being sickly, looking as if he could collapse at any moment. However, his plump body still made him look rather comical.
"Imperial brother, you were looking for me?" Godevin Potter asked, cupping his hands.
"Potter, what happened to you? Didn't you sleep well?" Godevin Neil looked at his brother, puzzled.
Godevin Potter immediately knelt and said, "This humble minister deserves death. With the war approaching, I have failed to procure enough supplies for the front lines. Many pieces of equipment are even substandard discards. I am incompetent, and truly ashamed before you, imperial brother!"
As Godevin Potter spoke, he even started to weep. He was genuinely crying, tears streaming down his face.
Indeed, Potter hadn't expected the eye drops to be so effective, he couldn't stop them.
"Why is this so?" Emperor Godevin Neil, seeing his brother in such a state, had no intention of blaming him. He quickly inquired.
"Imperial brother, you have no idea how difficult it is to mobilize an army of five hundred million. Not only the military pay, equipment, personnel coordination, but also various financial expenditures, all of it is an astronomical sum..."
Godevin Potter recounted his difficulties, half-truths and half-lies. While there were indeed challenges, for Godevin Potter, who was already adept at such matters, it wasn't a difficult task at all.
After all, Godevin Potter could skim so much profit from it. Thus, he was very enthusiastic about handling this matter, and so were the officials under him.
They had all reaped substantial benefits, taking half of the entire military expenditure for themselves, and half of various equipment and supplies. This made them all extremely wealthy, and they truly hoped this war would continue indefinitely.
After listening, Emperor Godevin Neil felt that his brother's words made sense. This was a matter involving five hundred million troops, not fifty thousand or five million. The sheer number of troops made mobilization extremely difficult.
Finally, Emperor Godevin Neil summoned the Minister of Finance and other relevant personnel, intending to allocate a large sum from the national treasury to support this great war.
"Emperor Godevin Neil, the national treasury is already depleted. We cannot afford to allocate such vast sums of money."
The Minister of Finance quickly lamented, complaining about the hardship. After all, he had also pocketed a sum from the previous allocation. If the treasury had money, he wouldn't have said this and would have readily agreed.
"What, how can this be? The entire Netherworld Royal Family is actually out of money!"
Godevin Neil was stunned. He never imagined that such a vast dynasty would be unable to support even a single major war.
Godevin Neil's face turned a dark shade of purple. How could they possibly fight?
He had already realized that there must be a problem, but was this the time to investigate?
Without sufficient materials to support the war on the front lines, his army would collapse even before Zhou Yan attacked.
Under Godevin Neil's furious command, various ministers "generously donated," crying poverty, and contributed a small amount of money to the front lines.
However, this was far from enough to cover the expenses of an army of five hundred million. In a fit of rage, Godevin Neil launched a thorough investigation into the matter.
After a day of investigation, Godevin Neil, with a dark expression, executed over a dozen corrupt officials and seized a large amount of wealth from their homes. Da Feng Novels.
Godevin Neil's face was extremely grim. He felt that this matter could not be that simple and that more than a dozen people were involved. However, he was helpless at the moment and had to find other ways.
Abbott had been waiting for Godevin Neil's support, but after two days, Godevin Neil had only sent a small portion of the supplies.
This almost made Abbott spit blood with anger. He directly said to Godevin Neil, "Your humble servant will go to his death. Emperor Godevin Neil, take care of yourself!"
With that, Abbott began his final struggle, leading all his troops towards Zhou Yan's territory, which was nearby.
"Kill!"
Abbott did not know that even with more materials and stronger support, they would be no match for absolute power.
When Zhou Yan's territory reached Abbott, they had already discovered the large formation set up in front. As several beams of energy struck those formations, waves of energy destroyed all of Abbott's meticulously laid plans.
Seeing all this, Abbott finally realized how powerful the enemy they were facing was.
Hundreds of millions of troops surrounded Zhou Yan's territory, countless flying legions flew towards Zhou Yan's territory, and terrifying scrolls were dropped towards Zhou Yan's territory. However, regrettably, none of these attacks were effective; they were all destroyed by Zhou Yan's territory's defensive towers.