Fein Deluo Principality's Resolve

Inside the palace in Narona City, the capital of the Fein Deluo Principality.

A man with blue hair, green eyes, an aquiline nose, and a physique as sturdy as a bear sat on the main seat, his gaze filled with coldness and majesty. This blue-haired, green-eyed man was the current Grand Duke of Fein Deluo.

This generation's Grand Duke of Fein Deluo was one of the most outstanding Grand Dukes in the history of the Fein Deluo Principality. Under his leadership, the entire Fein Deluo Principality was flourishing, several times more prosperous than in the past.

Under the Grand Duke of Fein Deluo's gaze, the ministers below were somewhat restless, feeling a bit apprehensive. The Grand Duke of Fein Deluo was clear in his rewards and punishments; his rewards were absolutely generous, but his punishments were also absolutely unbearable.

The Grand Duke of Fein Deluo's voice was low as he spoke word by word, "I want to know the origin of Steel Lord Yang Ye!"

The ministers present all lowered their heads, not daring to meet the Grand Duke of Fein Deluo's gaze. Yang Feng had only emerged less than half a year ago, and these ministers' attention had barely been focused on remote corners like Red Leaf Town before. No one had expected that in less than three months, even Black City would fall.

The Grand Duke of Fein Deluo's gaze swept around and landed on a middle-aged man whose hair was already somewhat gray. That middle-aged man was Achilles, the Minister of Defense of the Fein Deluo Principality.

Achilles slowly said, "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, Zhao Jiang of Red Leaf Town suddenly occupied Black Rock Town more than two months ago. The army he commanded was Steel Lord Yang Ye's mechanical puppet army. Immediately after, Giant Stone City sent troops to suppress the rebellion, but they were defeated by the Steel Lord's mechanical puppet army. Then, Steel Lord Yang Ye's mechanical puppet army launched another surprise attack on Black City, killing Master Boni. Based on my speculation, Zhao Jiang likely obtained a relic of the Sixth Dynasty and acquired the Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army."

"Sixth Dynasty!"

"Are those mechanical puppet armies products of the Sixth Dynasty?"

"The Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army is a terrifying existence that can slaughter gods! If that is truly the Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army, how can we possibly stop them?"

"..."

Hearing the name of the Sixth Dynasty, all the ministers' faces instantly turned pale, and they began discussing amongst themselves.

Among the Eight Great Wizard Dynasties, the Second Wizard Dynasty was a dynasty filled with various forbidden experiments. The Sixth Dynasty was a dynasty filled with the refinement of various Secret Treasures. The Sixth Dynasty was also known as the Secret Treasure Dynasty. Mechanical puppets were a powerful combat weapon developed by the Secret Treasure Dynasty. During the Sixth Dynasty, the Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army also campaigned across various planes, directly conquering many planes and slaughtering countless gods and demons across who knows how many planes.

Arcant, the supreme masterpiece of the Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppets, the King of Mechanical Puppets, was one of the most powerful existences in terms of combat strength. Later, for some unknown reason, Arcant, under the temptation of demons, led one-third of his mechanical puppet army to rebel against the Sixth Dynasty, which led to the destruction of the Sixth Dynasty.

After the destruction of the Sixth Dynasty, Arcant drifted to a powerful prime material plane, occupied that prime material plane, and became its ruler. Now that prime material plane is called the 'Machine and an Apple' plane. It is also one of the strongest and most terrifying planes known to humans.

Many demons and gods had once gone to the 'Machine and an Apple' plane, attempting to hunt down the legendary Arcant, whose strength was said to be very weak. However, all the powerful existences from other planes who went to that plane became specimens, hung in front of the Gate of Machines. Over time, no powerful existence dared to go to the 'Machine and an Apple' plane anymore.

The Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army was that ferocious and powerful. If even a single soldier-level puppet from the strongest mechanical puppet army of the Sixth Dynasty had gone to the Durando Subcontinent back then, it could have completely swept across the Durando Subcontinent, with no one able to resist it.

Achilles said in a deep voice, "Everyone, there's no need to panic. Even if he obtained the Sixth Dynasty's mechanical puppet army, the mechanical puppet army from back then no longer has much power. According to the intelligence we've obtained, those mechanical puppets currently only have Knight-level combat strength. Moreover, most of them are close-combat mechanical puppets, which should be some defective products, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to acquire them. As long as we deploy the Blood Bat Battle Knight Order, we can easily annihilate them."

"Blood Bat Battle Knight Order! If it's them, they should be able to annihilate those mechanical puppets!"

"If they are just Knight-level puppets, there's no need to worry at all!"

"They are all old antiques from hundreds of thousands of years ago! They shouldn't have much power left either."

"..."

Only then did the faces of the ministers of the Fein Deluo Principality slightly improve, and they kept comforting themselves. If it were the elite mechanical puppet army of the Sixth Dynasty that could slaughter demons and gods, they would definitely be powerless to resist. However, against some defective products, they still had the confidence to resist a bit.

The Grand Duke of Fein Deluo slowly said, "The Serpent Demon Eye and the White Bear Tooth have also agreed to ally with us to eliminate Yang Ye together. I need the council's authorization to allocate 100,000 Magic Stones as military expenses."

Magic Stones are energy crystals with mysterious power. A standard-sized Magic Stone is about the size of an adult's index finger joint in diameter. Magic Stones are used in alchemy, puppetry, and various rituals. Magic Stones are also a unit of measurement in the Wizard world. The price of one Magic Stone is around 100 gold coins, equivalent to 200,000 copper coins. 100,000 Magic Stones is equivalent to 10 million gold coins, or 2 billion copper coins. This huge sum of money also requires the council's authorization for the Grand Duke of Fein Deluo to allocate.

"Agreed!"

"Your Majesty, I will do my utmost to ensure this proposal passes in the Upper Council!"

"..."

The ministers all seconded the motion.

A day later, the Fein Deluo Upper Council secretly convened and quickly passed a motion to allocate 100,000 Magic Stones.

Three days later.

The Blood Dragon Mountain Range is a vast mountain range located about 100 kilometers north of the Fein Deluo capital, covered by an endless forest. The Blood Dragon Mountain Range belongs entirely to the Fein Deluo Family. Anyone who enters the Blood Dragon Mountain Range without the approval of the Fein Deluo Family will be executed immediately.

The Blood Dragon Mountain Range is extremely rich in resources, and the Fein Deluo Family gains immense wealth from it every year.

Deep within the Blood Dragon Mountain Range, in a valley surrounded by mountains hundreds of meters high, there are numerous caves of various sizes. From time to time, giant bats with wingspans up to ten meters, bodies appearing as if stained with fresh blood, and sharp fangs fly out of these caves.