David vs Goliath.
Boom!
The alchemists and mages created another dirt pillar.
Cale didn’t need to see the battlefield to know what was going on.
The alchemists and mages had appeared to support the roof of the palace when Sir Rex and his group had used magic bombs to blow it up.
They had scattered some unknown fluid which responded to the alchemists and mages mana and had shot up into the sky. Then the alchemists put a black thread of unknown origin around the pillar.
Once the black thread disappeared into the dirt pillar, it had turned into a sturdy black pillar.
Cale was only looking at the Flame Dwarves as he started to speak.
“An alchemist’s job is to always come up with something new.”
Boom!
The black pillar continued to become larger until it turned into a tower.
The towers continued to grow in number until there was a total of seven towers.
The mages and alchemists would get to the top of these towers and launch long-range attacks from there.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
Cale looked toward the Dwarf Chief through the sound of the trumpet.
Alchemy.
The alchemy of this world was similar to alchemy on Earth.
Their goal was to create gold.
However, the methods to do that were different.
The alchemist of the Western continent sought to use natural elements to create gold. That was why these alchemists could not help but become close to mana which had the purest natural element.
But according to the Dragon half-blood, the alchemy that the White Star is looking for is not aiming to create gold.
The ancient Dragon Eruhaben’s voice could be heard in Cales mind.
Do you know why they are researching dead mana?
Dead mana bombs. That was completely unrelated to alchemy if their goal was to create gold. However, the White Stars Alchemists Bell Tower had partnered with the Empire for around twenty years to research dead mana bombs.
I originally thought that they just wanted dead mana bombs to use as weapons, but I realized that I was wrong after hearing what the Dragon half-blood had to say.
Cale had never seen the ancient Dragon looking so serious.
Eruhaben had a shocked yet fearful expression on his face as he explained.
What the Alchemists Bell Tower wants is mana, not gold.
Cale stiffened up after hearing that as well.
The reason they researched dead mana.
They want to create mana.
Water, fire, wind, earth, and wood. Mana exists like each of these five basic elements of nature.
It was one of the foundations for power in the world.
And they were a group that was trying to create mana.
After hearing about that from the Dragon half-blood, I learned that the Alchemists Bell Tower is a higher-ranking organization than Arm.
Cale completely understood.
He could not figure out what the crazy White Star wanted, however, that bastard had done all sorts of crazy shit, and creating mana was just one of them.
What would happen if that crazy bastard who would even attempt to create a chimera was able to create mana?
Itd become a total mess.
There would be no chaos like that one.
That was why Cale made up his mind once again.
He was going to completely destroy the Alchemists Bell Tower.
This was the first step to getting that done.
Cale looked toward Kanelle, the chief of the Flame Dwarf tribe, and started to speak. He could see the shaking pupils in the chiefs eyes.
Yeah, I get it.
I’m sure war is scary.
Cale tried to be the calm and collected commander and tried to speak with a majestic air as he understood what the Flame Dwarf chief might be thinking.
However, Chief Kanelles reaction was strange.
“Chief Kanelle, what are you looking at?”
Kanelle was not looking at Cale, but behind Cale. Someone urgently rushed toward Cale at that moment.
It was Choi Han.
“Cale-nim!”
He seemed to be in such a shock that he called out Cales name. At the same time, Kanelle’s mumblings reached Cale’s ears. Kanelle was currently scared.
“The king- the king of beasts is-”
What?
Cale quickly turned around. He could see the battlefield as he heard Choi Hans voice.
“It is the Lions from last time!”
Cale could see a few people flying to the top of the black tower made by the alchemists using flight magic.
Two of their faces were familiar.
“Cale-nim, they are the ones we saw up north!”
They had seen these Lions when they had visited Guardian Knight Clopeh Sekkas house to steal the crown. Those arrogant Lions had ended up kneeling in front of Choi Hans blade.
They were currently not in their berserk transformation as they had appeared from within the Empires forces.
Nobody would have realized it if Choi Han, Cale, and the Flame Dwarves were not there.
“C, commander-nim!”
Chief Kanelles expression became desperate.
The Lions were talented in leadership and adept at large group battles.
Unlike the Tigers who lived alone in their own mountain, the Lions lived in large groups in order to maximize their strength.
“Commander-nim, those bastards are stronger than the, B, Bears. The Lion tribe even has two potential successors for the Lion King position in this generation! They are super strong!”
Flame Dwarf Chief Kanelle’s eyes could not stop shaking.
If the Bear tribe was the ones who had annoyed the Flame Dwarf tribe in Arm every day, then the Lion tribe was the ones that treated the Flame Dwarves as if they did not even exist.
They considered themselves the greatest tribe and considered the Dwarves to not even be worth their gazes.
It was kind of true.
The Lion tribe was like the Whale tribe on land.
The Tigers could be the best if they did not have the tendency to be alone, however, the Lions who lived in a pride were considered to be the strongest.
I didnt expect the Lions who didn’t appear with the Indomitable Alliance to appear with the Empire!
The Flame Dwarves became extremely scared after seeing the Empires might as well as the Lion tribe.
Why?
The Roan Kingdom and that sword master! Even the commander-nim!
None of them can join this battle!
This would be a war without the main characters for victory in the last war.
This was like fighting without any limbs.
“Commander-nim.”
The Dwarfs expression did not look good.
He had already chosen to be on Cale’s side. He had chosen to join this side in order to survive. In that case, they needed to win this war.
“We need to make it a defensive battle. I will go work with the other Dwarves waiting in the castle to build tools for defense.”
Rosalyn had brought Mary, some Flame Dwarves, and some mages to the tower, however, there were still plenty of Flame Dwarves inside of Maple Castle.
They were probably busy right now building tools for defending the castle like putting together more of these wings.
The Chief bit down on his lips while thinking
