Launching a war across multiple planes was something the city-state nobles did everything they could to avoid.
Lothar City-State made a show of force in Duo Tuo Plane, hoping to make the Indigenous Kingdom there back down.
Its feigned attack failed to fool the Indigenous Kingdom, which had accurate intelligence. Instead, the kingdom made a big fuss about it and spread rumors of an impending threat.
With their fates intertwined, the Indigenous Kingdom's former ally—now a colonizing power from another plane—believed Lothar City-State planned to destroy the Indigenous Kingdom, drive them out, and unify Duo Tuo Plane.
When the Indigenous Kingdom took a stand and vowed to resist to the death, that colonizing power attacked from the other side, hoping to curb Lothar City-State's ambitions.
Lothar City-State had been bluffing, but its ploy backfired.
Once the Indigenous Kingdom and the colonizing power from another plane clashed, they immediately discovered how strong Lothar City-State really was.
When they realized Lothar City-State's colony was undermanned, the Indigenous Kingdom and the colonizing power grew bolder, hoping to drive Lothar City-State out of Duo Tuo Plane in one fell swoop.
The all-out war in New Moon Plane showed no sign of stopping, so Lothar City-State's nobles had no choice but to pull troops from other planes and hold the colony in Duo Tuo Plane.
As a member of Lothar City-State, Ironclad Kingdom eased the pressure on Lothar's colony by attacking the Indigenous Kingdom.
The Indigenous Allied Forces were determined to drive Lothar City-State out. They traded space for time, tying down Ironclad Kingdom on one front while launching a fierce assault on Lothar City-State's colony on the other.
The colonizing power from another plane did not attack Ironclad Kingdom. Its forces had been badly bruised last time, and now, like the Indigenous Allied Forces,