The Empress's Faction Collapses

The sudden Air-dropped Bomb stunned the Third City Guard Army Legion stationed on the walls of the Oma Academy.

The anti- Anti-aircraft Gun and artillery of the Wyvern Legion wanted to destroy some bombs in the air, but the small and densely packed Air-dropped Bomb the air were simply impossible to defend against.

The cannons were engulfed in a raging inferno after only one round of firing, and were instantly destroyed.

Even a rock falling from thousands of meters in the air possesses the power of a cannonball. How much more so a specially designed [Goblin Armor-Piercing Shell]?

This explosion was like a dam bursting.

In the warfare of this era, vertical attacks from the sky were never used. Therefore, Mechanical City were designed to be "ironclad." The outer walls were extremely strong against frontal attacks, with the thickest armor, designed to defend against frontal assaults from other massive artillery pieces.

Therefore, the armor on the top of the city wall was relatively weak.

Therefore, the air raids were extremely effective.

Armor-piercing shells rained down from the sky; some penetrated the armor and exploded against the thick walls; others seeped into the gaps in the walls and exploded inside the compartments. This method of internal explosion instantly caused tons of damage to the city walls.

The first round of bombs failed to breach the city wall's armor, so there was a second and a third round.

Compared to artillery battles, Air-dropped Bomb have an absolute advantage in efficiency.

Each [Goblin Armor-Piercing Bomb] has an independent trigger mechanism. Unlike artillery, it doesn't require a cooling barrel when airdropped. It also has different ammunition types; simply take it out of your Storage Ring, aim, and drop it.

Conservative estimates suggest that the Wyvern Legion of Black Dragon City dropped tens of thousands of bombs on the east city wall in just one minute.

Before anyone could react, the "Rain of Bombs" blasted the entire city gate shut down.

The tens of thousands of the City Guard Army who had stopped at the city gate had not yet reacted before they were all turned into dead under the cannon fire.

Following the artillery barrage, General Baron led eight hundred ground mechanical warriors in an attack from the Nineteenth District. They charged aggressively and without hesitation through the breaches in the ruined city walls into the Oma Royal.

This is a classic tactic from Rein's previous wars: air strike forces first bomb and clear out local military strongholds, and then ground troops launch an assault.

Before the enemy could even react from the shock of the explosion, the outcome of the battle was already decided.

Those most concerned about this battle were none other than the Queen and the Established Nobles who supported her becoming Queen.

Breidan controlled the Academy of Sciences, Omar's most vital lifeline, which meant he essentially controlled the "core technology" upon which the nation was founded.

Tess now understood very well that the situation was very unfavorable for her lineage. The Old Emperor would never pass the throne to her as empress, and the princes and the forces behind them were not to be underestimated.

If you want to seize power, you have to use extraordinary means.

Moreover, the struggle for the Imperial Throne has always been bloody.

Any force involved in the power struggle has only one path to take.

That is victory.

The loser will lose everything.

But now, Tess has seen another way.

Now that we know that Tuster of Black Dragon City possesses the technology to manufacture legendary mechs, coupled with the foundation of the Omar Academy of Sciences, even if they fail in the struggle for the throne, they still have hope of rising again.

That's why we have this seemingly sudden "conflict" today.

Empress Tess did not go to the academy in person because she had to stay by the side of the comatose Old Emperor.

The palace is the tallest building in the entire Oma Imperial Capital.

The Empress's palace has a huge floor-to-ceiling window that overlooks most of the capital, with the Oma Academy just a short distance away.

When the battle began, she was leisurely drinking coffee by the window, listening to her subordinates report on the battle situation.

Upon hearing that the Burning Legion had been mobilized, she felt it was a pity that her biggest trump card had been revealed prematurely, but she also felt it was worthwhile.

That secretly trained Mechanist Legion was her biggest trump card, originally intended for seizing power after the Old Emperor's death.

This team possesses "laboratory-grade" mechs, which are two or three levels higher than the mechanical armor currently in service with the Oma Army.

Although there are only three thousand men, if it comes to street fighting in the capital, even an army of one hundred thousand or eighty thousand would be helpless. When the time comes to storm the palace, the initiative will be in her hands.

"Your Majesty, the Black Dragon City Guard Legion of the 19th District has just been mobilized. Her Highness the Eldest Princess has also left upon hearing the news."

"Okay, I understand."

Tess stirred her coffee with a silver spoon, then tapped it lightly on the rim of the cup, producing a crisp "clinking" sound.

She put down the spoon and then slowly took a sip.

Ymir left the palace, probably to try and save the Black Dragon City.

Haha, too bad, there's no saving it.

Because she had already made all the necessary arrangements, even if Ymir went in person, she wouldn't be able to stop them from arresting people.

Her Majesty the Empress felt that everything was under her control.

But things didn't go as planned!

Just then, the glass suddenly shook violently.

Tess looked up and saw a huge flame shooting into the sky in the distance, clearly in the direction of the Oma Royal Academy of Sciences.

The next instant, a violent shockwave struck, shaking the entire palace as if it were an earthquake. Crystal chandeliers swayed incessantly, and ornaments on the tables rolled to the ground.

Tess lost her balance and didn't even realize that the warm coffee in her hand had spilled all over her.

She immediately realized what was happening, her face drained of color, and she murmured, "It's over."

"What?! Oma Academy has been breached?! How is that possible?!"

On the other hand, all the major and minor factions in Omar were shocked upon hearing the news.

Just a minute ago, they received news that Black Dragon City had begun its "overconfident" siege.

Everyone believed that such a foolish act of throwing an egg against a rock would soon be suppressed and eradicated.

But now, a minute from now, you're telling me the city walls have been breached?

That's a steel and Mechanical City, not some paper doll.

How did they manage to breach the city in just one minute with only 800 men?

Could it be that eight hundred of the "Ten Great Legends" were visited?

However, although the soldiers did not understand what had happened, they clearly heard the deafening explosion.

Everyone realized that something huge had probably happened.

Inside the Oma Royal, explosions capable of collapsing Steel City Walls came one after another, making the entire Mechanical City sway like a cruise ship on a stormy sea.

The shockwave from the explosion swept through the entire Mechanical City like a tsunami. Fortunately, Grandmaster Jürgen had previously called the students to the shelter; otherwise, this shockwave would have been enough to severely injure the physically weak mechanical students.

General Baron's 800-strong Black Dragon City Mechanist Legion has stormed into the city.

They clashed with the Burning Legion.

Eight hundred against three thousand—although there was a difference of several times in numbers, the Black Dragon City side had an overwhelming advantage.

The gap between the two sides is too large, whether in terms of firepower or the performance of the mechs.

When the Burning Legion unleashed a barrage of artillery fire, the Black Dragon Legion easily blocked it with their shields.

A single barrage of artillery fire from the Black Dragon Legion could instantly shatter the Burning Legion's formation.

The outcome of the battle was never in doubt from the start.

The eight hundred mechanics charged recklessly, storming deep into the academy.

In the plaza outside the academic hall, Dean Breidan sat on the ground, his hair disheveled and clothes in disarray. The shockwave had thrown him to the ground in a sorry state; his severed arm had bled so much that his face looked as pale as a corpse.

His entire demeanor plummeted.

Just minutes ago, the once high-spirited Dean of the Oma Academy was now utterly despondent.

At this moment, he finally understood why Tuster hadn't killed him before.

It's not that I'm afraid to kill, but that I want him to watch everything he's so proud of be destroyed before his eyes.

Power, wealth, secret Mechanical Legion, life

Everything has vanished.

But why did things turn out this way?

In that moment of despair, Breidan couldn't understand why he had lost.

He had long suspected that Black Dragon City might already have a powerful Mechanist Legion. But so what?

Eight hundred men simply could not breach the academy's walls.

Once Tuster is captured, there are plenty of ways to force him to reveal the mechanical technologies hidden in his mind. At that point, even the most advanced technology will ultimately benefit Breidan. He will still be the Dean of the Omar Academy of Sciences, and might even rise to become the world's top mechanic.

However, an air raid wiped out everything he had.

Why.

Why is this happening?

Ultimately, no one could save his life.

Dean Breidan, who stood at the top of the power hierarchy in the Oma Empire, slowly closed his eyes.

Having avenged his great grudge, a sense of relief, yet also a complex mix of emotions, appeared in Old Man Tuster's eyes.

My former lover is dead, and so is my enemy.

Thoughts are clear and open.

I can spend the rest of my life studying mechanics more deeply.

Before long, the battle in the academy was over.

The 800 Black Dragon Mechanical Legion nearly annihilated the 3,000 "Burning Legion" with extremely low casualties.

The secret legion that Breidan created, whose technological level could have rivaled any Mechanist Legion, was lost to the dust of history before its name was even known to outsiders.

Originally, such a commotion in the capital was justified, regardless of whether they were right or wrong. The Black Dragon City group had mobilized troops and started a large-scale war without authorization, and according to the law, they should be treated as "Rebels" and suppressed.

However, at this critical juncture of the struggle for imperial power, no one dared to come.

The vast majority of military power in the capital was actually in the hands of the princes and the forces behind them. Without the princes' orders, no one dared to act recklessly.

The Empress's Faction originally held two crucial assets: the City Guard Third Legion and the Burning Legion. Now, almost all of them have been lost in the battle at the Oma Academy. Without military power, they have virtually lost any chance of contending for the Imperial Throne.

The princes didn't have time to cause trouble for the people of Black Dragon City; instead, they were busy kicking a man when he was down. They quickly divided up the Third Legion's original defensive area in the imperial city and placed their own troops there.

Thus, with the tacit approval of the power struggle among various parties, no one held Rein and his group accountable.

Of course, the Old Emperor's "Golden Griffin Order" that Ymir brought with him was also a factor.

No City Guard Army broke into the Oma Royal.

Baron and his men were cleaning up the battlefield, taking the opportunity to eliminate all the Breidan faction's influence within the academy.

This was an order from Rein.

Before coming to the Oma Imperial Capital, he had obtained a list of Breidan's loyal supporters.

Since we've already offended them to the bitter end, we might as well nip it in the bud.

Although Breidan, the mastermind behind it all, is now dead, the future of the Mechanic profession is fraught with uncertainty. Who knows, they might stumble upon some ancient technological relic, or perhaps a mechanical genius who could suddenly create an "Avengers" team.

Rein had no intention of leaving any potential problems for the future of Black Dragon City, so he also didn't plan to keep those mechanics.

After becoming the city lord, he no longer needed to do these things personally.

Rein went to see Grandmaster Jürgen and recounted the history of the feud between Tuster and Breidan, subtly explaining that their "targeted trouble-making" was only aimed at Breidan's people.

Perhaps the events of today had exhausted all the shock Jürgen had ever experienced in his life, for after listening to Rein's words, the Grand Mechanical Master remained quite calm.

He helped calm the frightened students in the academy, gathered his disciples and the neutral mechanics in the academy, and then naturally isolated the Breidan faction.

Although Oma Academy was breached, this was a blow, even a disgrace, to the academy's instructors and students.

But almost all of the survivors harbored little resentment; instead, they pondered deeply.

Having witnessed Tuster's legendary combat prowess with the "Eight-armed Deer God Armor" and the Mechanical Legion of Black Dragon City, many students and instructors underwent a profound transformation.

In today's battle, they clearly realized that Oma Academy's technological level was not "the Number One Under Heaven," but rather decades behind others.

This has left mechanics who genuinely love mechanical technology and are dedicated to its in-depth study in the field perplexed.

If they stay at the Oma Academy and work in isolation, it might take decades more of painstaking research to reach Black Dragon City's current level. The gap may only widen in the future.

But clearly, there are better options.

The young city lord of Black Dragon City has already extended an olive branch of goodwill.

No matter what the rumors outside are, nothing beats seeing it with your own eyes. For the sake of their rule, the upper echelons of Omar described Black Dragon City as a barbaric land where people lived like animals.

Now it seems that it was actually Omar who were like frogs in a well.

Not only are they not lagging behind, but their technological level far surpasses that of OMA.

Many mechanics who pursue pure technology have actually begun to waver.

As the "Mechanical Legend" Tuster said, academies should be purely academic fields, not bargaining chips in political games.

Although they were reluctant to say it aloud, they seemed to feel that Oma Academy would be better off without Breidan.

Rein didn't get involved much in Grandmaster Jürgen's work of calming the students, after all, he, as the Black Dragon City, was the "culprit" for the destruction of the Oma Academy.

The task of looting the spoils was left to General Baron and the Mechanist Legion. With nothing else to do, Rein led a few guards to block the city wall where the tower had been bombed, to see if any fools would come looking for trouble.

Before long, instead of the enemy, he saw a dashing figure walking towards him from afar.

From a distance, Rein greeted her with a smile, "Ymir, what brings you here?"

Ymir glanced at the collapsed city wall, then looked at Rein, and said calmly, "I'm here to help you resolve some unnecessary trouble."

Upon hearing this, Rein guessed what was going on.

Now that such a major event as the breaching of the Oma Academy has occurred, no official force in the capital has intervened, probably because Ymir played a role in it.

Ymir asked, "How did things go?"

"It went fairly smoothly."

Rein chuckled and shrugged, then asked, "Now that such a big incident has occurred, should we leave the capital now?"

Ymir shook her head. "I originally planned to leave the capital today. But now there's no need to rush."

As she spoke, she glanced at Rein, her eyes showing a strange look.

Now that things have escalated and Black Dragon City's fighting strength is out in the open, it's actually safer.

This also dispelled the malicious intentions of those who secretly coveted Black Dragon City.

Faced with absolute power, anyone who wants to harbor ill intentions must carefully consider their own strength.

Moreover, there's no need to offend them.

After all, Ymir poses no threat to the succession to the Imperial Throne. Having left the power circles of Omar, she is actually the least likely member of the Spurglin Royalty to inherit the Imperial Throne.

Whichever prince desires the Imperial Throne, none of them would provoke Black Dragon City now; on the contrary, they would be eager to befriend it. Otherwise, if a war were to break out, they risk repeating the mistakes of the Empress's Faction and losing their eligibility to compete for the Imperial Throne.

At this moment, Ymir added, "My brother will announce the heir to the Imperial Throne tomorrow, so I plan to stay until tomorrow."

"Oh."

Rein didn't want to miss this big show either, so he thought for a moment and said, "Then it's perfect timing, I was also planning to visit my teacher's family. If they're willing to leave Omar, I'll bring them all back with me when I return to Black Dragon City."

Ilubeck was different from Tuster. Although he killed Prince Fox and was forced to leave the capital, he still had family and friends there.

Previously, he was conducting research alone in City of Radiance, without a fixed abode, and he didn't have the means to bring his family with him.

Now that Black Dragon City is in existence, Ilubeck plans to bring his family over as well.

Upon hearing this, Ymir said, "I'll go with you."

Rein nodded. "Okay."