Marldon was one the 10 big town under the jurisdication of Waralia County.
Corduul's satellites had scanned the area and concluded that it was rich with minerals and other valuable resources useful to create more robots and advanced weapons. There were also some crystals that could be useful for magicians as well.
That was expected since Marldon was actually known for its exports for mana crystals and other objects for magicians to use. There were some rocks such as hardened-alloy that were used as armor for warriors. They were cheap and considered to be low-value, but for Corduul, it was the perfect materials to strengthened the mechanical legion.
Atop the mountain, eight kilometers away from Marldon City, Aldred and Corduul stood side by side. With both hands behind his back, Aldred overlooked the distant city.
Behind him, thousands of golems and mechanical robots blend in with the environment. The element of surprise was very crucial in warfare. It could decide victory or defeat.
"Is everything in position?" Aldred asked.
Corduul's eyes lit up as all kinds of information entered his mind. "Yes, master. Everything is in place. Our legion is ready to attack."
Aldred smiled and pointed at the city. "Take that city for me."
The next instance gunners robots came out of their hiding; below the rocks, bushes, roots, grass, and then fired a shell up in the sky.
The sky arched down, and some of the guards noticed the weird silver objects.
"What is that?" The guard squinted his eyes.
Suddenly, all the shells exploded with a bright flash of white light, blinding everyone in the city. It was completely wife, and ringing sound filled the ears of the guards.
When the white light disappeared, and the guards could see again, thousands of mechanical robots were already at the gates, banging with their large swords.
The guards panicked and began to counter-attack, but gunner robots, and artillery robots blasted them off the wall.
Of course, Aldred's golems also participated in this battle. Spreading mana-fueled fire all over the wall.
Hundreds of archers appeared atop the wall, and began to draw their bow.
Sadly for them, they did not even had the chance to release the arrows before metal and fire bullets tore them apart.
Corduul released countless projection, showing maps, datas, charts, and graphs of all kinds of things. Apparently, he could process all of that information at once.
Corduul did not directly command the mechanical army. They were already programmed for war, so he did not need to use his valuable processing power for this.
Only when it was necessary would he be involved in directly commanding them. In grand-scale war, all of the tech priest would combine their processing power to process all of the information and create a fool-proof battle plan.
If Aldred went war with them, he would definitely lose. Luckily for him, they did not even expect his visits to their headquarter at that time.
The only thing that let Aldred get inside their base was they did not take note of his existence. But even so, the Mechanicum manage to survive, and in fact flourish under his rule.
They managed to convince him to recruit them which was a win more for them because they received tremendous amount of resources. Not just from the Ceraisian Empire, but also from Duria as well since the two nations were now allied and had great relationship with one another.
The Mechanicum could even be considered to be a joint military organization of Duria and the Ceraisian Empire. Combining the two super power into one. No one in Courery continent would be messing around because of that so Aldred was in peace.
BOOM!
The artillery blasted the walls as the earth shook. The steel gate was blown apart completely, and the terrifying vibration ruined dozens of buildings.
"Magicians! They have magicians!" The guards shouted in horror.
Magicians were the most powerful class in this continent. A single magicians could generally defeat 4-5 warriors of the same rank. They were high value target and were usually protected by dozens or so guards.
"Those are not magicians! They are golems!"
That shocked the guards even more.
"A golem master is attacking this city! What should we do, captain?"
The captain gritted his teeth as he could not think of any solutions. Only the most elite and fearsome warriors would dare to fight against a magician. Magicians could inflict damage from a long range, yes, archers could attack them from far away, but it could easily blocked because most magicians had learned defensive spells.
And golem masters were even more dangerous than an ordinary magicians!
"KNEEL!" The robots shouted in a terrifying mechanical voice. It sounded cold and emotionless, as if they would be killed any second if they dare to refuse.
The guards stopped and hesitated if they should attack or not.
A guard bit his lips and roared, charging towards the enemy. Suddenly, with a bang, his head exploded and his body fell, splattering blood all over the face.
The guard's faces paled immediately. And some of them let out a terrifying scream before dropping their weapons and slammed their forehead on the ground.
Fear was spreading among them, and like a domino effect, all of them began to kneel, dropping their weapon as far away as possible.
As more golems and robots entered the city, people scrambled inside their house. Most did not even dare to peak through a small gap in their windows.
Silence ruled within the city, only the sound of engines, and heavy steel thumping against the ground was heard.
The guards looked down in fear.
"Where is the town leader?" a 8 meter tall robot asked the captain. They had obtained enough information to know who the leader of the guards was.
The captain slowly looked up. "I believe he has fled."
Corduul immediately ran an underground scan after he heard that, and the satellites detected a person slowly walking inside a narrow cave.
The leader of this town was a Diamond Rank by the name of Fahnin Hamon. He was a magician, but the moment he heard there was a Golem Master attacking him, he fled immediately.
"Cowards! Corduul, bring him here." Aldred wanted to see the differences between the magicians here and back in his hometown.
Four robots immediately transformed their arms into a drill and they began to dig under the ground. Quickly, they created a hole connecting to the tunnel and more robots entered it.
Entering the tunnel, they rushed towards a particular direction. In less than a minute, they manage to find Fahnin.
"Fuck! How did they found me! Dark Bolts!"
A dark bolt, seven meter in length appeared out of thin air and shot towards the robot.
The robot was struck in the chest and took a few steps back before it pulled the bolt out and rushed towards him again.
"Impossible! What kind of golem is that!"
Over twenty mechanical robots rushed towards the magicians, dodging all the dark bolts and then slapping him with their special-alloy blade.
Fahnin was slammed into the wall, blood dripping from his lips.
"Fuck!"
A robot blurred into motion and slashed his shoulder.
"AHH! My arm!"
"Too weak! It seems like the strength of magicians here are too exaggerated," A voice suddenly came.
