"Yes! Revered Divine King, I obey your will!... With the Main God as witness! I will manage the Artisan Camp well for the Alliance's center, purge the nobles and artisans at every level, and guarantee the supply of arms for the southern expedition after autumn!..."
"Good, very good! Xolotl, when you handle matters, I have always been at ease. And with a great matter like the supply of arms, only you can do it, and only you can do it well!..."
At this point, Divine King Avet sat upon the stone divine throne and brought the inherited Divine Staff in his hand down hard, making a wooden-stone thunk. Then he fixed his gaze on Xolotl's eyes, his expression shifting slightly as he gave a meaningful instruction.
"With the Main God as witness! Among all military supplies, the most important are the Bronze Cannons revealed by the Main God's divine inspiration... The Alliance's Artisan Camp has already mastered the manufacturing techniques for the Sun God Eagle Cannon and the Rain God Tiger-Crouching Cannon... But compared with these two kinds of artillery, what the Alliance's southern expedition needs even more is the Kingdom's newest cast Thunder God Mortar, this thunderous divine weapon capable of shattering strongholds and fortresses!"
"Xolotl, in the Alliance's southern expedition against the Cloud Tribes, we have never feared fighting the People of the Clouds in the open field! It is just that Cloud Land has vast mountains and forests, and many of its walled settlements are built among the mountains, piled up from stone. These stockades are often easy to defend and hard to attack, abnormally sturdy, and if troops are bogged down besieging them, it will take a very long time and consume grain, fodder, and morale... We have all been through the old affair of Tizoc