Mahabam wore the Bone Dragon Mecha. In the sunlight, intricate, mysterious Magic Runes shimmered across the armor's surface. Exaggerated metal blades extended from the dragon's claws, while the battering horn on its head and the spiked mace at the tip of its tail armed the Great Dragon to the teeth.
Behind the horn atop the Great Dragon's head stood Princess Mulesina in golden Battle Armor fashioned like a long dress. She looked graceful and commanding, her gaze calm and resolute beneath her helmet. Raising an ornate Divine Artifact Magic Staff, she called out, "Warriors of Lorenzo! Evil invaders are at our doorstep! They mean to plunder our wealth, violate our wives and daughters, and seize our land. We have nowhere to retreat! Warriors, take up your weapons and fight to the end! Now, I declare that anyone who kills an enemy will receive fifty acres of land!"
Princess Mulesina's voice carried Magic Power, reaching everyone on the battlefield clearly, including the Asgarites on the other side.
At first, her impassioned speech had little effect. The soldiers had heard plenty of speeches like it, many far more eloquent. Even with a powerful Calamity-Rank princess speaking from the sky, it stirred only a ripple of emotion among them, not enough to send them charging out to risk their lives.
Then Princess Mulesina announced the reward: fifty acres of land for every enemy killed!
The entire Lorenzo Kingdom army erupted. No one doubted Princess Mulesina's promise, and no one stopped to wonder how kills could be counted amid the chaos of battle. All they could think about was fifty acres of land.
Land they could pass down to their children and grandchildren!
Fifty acres might mean nothing to nobles or wealthy capitalists, but to ordinary people—especially rank-and-file soldiers from the countryside—it was a