It was essential to strengthen Kurd City's defenses. Medivh would gradually equip the other five Fourth-Rank elders with Fierce Lion Magic Rune Armaments, bolstering Kurd City's top-tier combat strength.
Only the central area protected by the Mage Tower Cluster could withstand attacks from Fourth-Rank Transcendents. If other areas came under attack from Fourth-Rank Transcendents, they would need the Hobarton Family elders to step in and help.
Medivh wouldn't be stingy about this. No matter how precious Magic Rune Armaments were, they had to be provided where needed.
Kurd City's elders guarded the city for him free of charge. If he couldn't even bring himself to equip them with Magic Rune Armaments—which weren't particularly difficult to make—he'd seem incredibly small-minded.
Preparations for war were extremely important. Medivh rarely went out, spending most of his time in the Underground Warehouse of Tower No. 1 resurrecting skeletons and strengthening Kurd City's defenses.
He was actively resurrecting skeletons for another reason, too: to advance to Second-Rank Advanced Mage as soon as possible. That way, he could resurrect skeletons with higher starting levels.
As the tension continued to mount, early April arrived in the blink of an eye.
A human army arrived west of Kurd City.
"Well, now, what a magnificent city! The Hobarton Family's Pioneer is certainly capable!"
The knights in the army were stunned as they looked at the city walls stretching from the foothills of the Winter Mountains to the southern bank of the Wan River.
The walls ran for more than seventy kilometers. Who wouldn't be amazed?
They knew that before the Great Expansion, Medivh of the Hobarton Family had already been a Pioneer.
But all told, it had only been four years since Medivh was appointed Pioneer of the Odyssey Region.
In four years, Medivh had gone from having nothing