Taking Stock of the Spoils (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Cihua Pavilion, 5000)

The rebel mountain folk's war to reclaim Layan Territory ended in a swift rout.

As the last fleeing soldiers vanished into the depths of the jungle, the Magnetic Storm Armor pilots, having no intention of pursuing them further, finally realized that they were standing atop the enemy's corpses. Not even a single mountain folk remained on the battlefield.

They had won a crushing victory—defeating a well-equipped enemy force, which even included three Second Energy Level Ascenders, with only one-fifth of their numbers, or perhaps even fewer.

"Long live!"

Amid the crowd, a White Folk Magnetic Storm Armor pilot from Harrison Port was the first to let out a heartfelt cheer.

"Victory!"

"We won!" Cheers rose one after another. "Long live!"

"Long live Ian!"

The cheers rang across the hills beside Layan City. They surrounded their young lord, looking at the man who had brought them this unbelievable victory with incredulous reverence.

From beginning to end, the Magnetic Storm Armor unit led by Ian had lost only one man. His armor's power unit had malfunctioned, allowing the mountain folk to capture him. They had wanted to torture the secret of these new weapons and how to operate them out of the young man.

But honestly, which soldier present could possibly understand the principles behind these weapons? This was electromagnetic weapon technology from Ian's Earth. Without the complete blueprints Ian had provided, even an ordinary alchemist would need a month or two merely to reconstruct the underlying ideas.

The rescued captive joined the cheering crowd as well.

Ian, meanwhile, let out a long breath. Looking in the direction the mountain folk had fled, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

At last, it's over. Those mountain folk were really damn annoying.

Only after defeating the mountain folk army could Ian truly be