771 Alliance Battlefron (1/2)

Although it was quite comfortable to stay in the Forest of Dreams and enjoy its beautiful scenery, this place was only a rare beautiful dream, as its name suggested.

When I exited the forest, I saw the endless battlefield just like before.

Over the previous few days, the eastern battlefront had been relatively ”peaceful” since the masters of the Forest of Dreams, the wood spirit residents, had yet to receive orders to attack in full force from their Creator Goddess Amelia.

The main force fighting right now was the wood spirits' standard army as well as the Contract Heroes' battle squadrons. Although they had good attack power, their attack patterns were far more geared towards guerilla warfare than regular warfare. Maybe such an allied army could obtain decent combat results, but it would be impossible for them to gain an overall strategic advantage without anyone commanding them.

But, two days ago, a fleet arrived at the Forest of Dreams from the sea. This was Auland's navy which even started firing its cannons from the shoreline towards the inland battlefront. Their magic cannons had been leveled up many times already, so the cannon shots rained down like meteors and spread large swaths of AOE destruction.

Their firing range even surpassed the frontlines. In fact, the cannons could shoot at places more than 30 kilometers away. For the cannons to reach such a distance, it was the result of divination magic rather than high-level science.

Auland showed off its new ace in this war. The cannons on their ships were assisted by diviners and enchanter mages as they constantly made micro-adjustments for the mega-long distance barrages.

Maybe people from my original world would think that having long-robed wizards and witches dancing in front of cannons to enchant them with additional damage, fire magic, accuracy, and range was something rather comical, but this was considered quite normal to the people of Eich.

Ever since the day that magical engineering was born, it was destined that magical engineering would always be the combination of magic and science.

Auland's foundational technology was much weaker than Bardi's as the latter did their very best to keep up with the times. Auland wasn't as strong due to being a younger country, and thus it didn't have powerful troop types from ancient times. However, Auland had always been at the top in industry, business, engineering, and alchemy. 10 years after the start of the magical engineering revolution, Auland was now taking an unusual path of war machines.

Numerous ships had anchored themselves in the sea. The ships' decks began to transform and reveal the cannons stored underneath, and they all simultaneously activated at this time.

Every ship was equipped with several hundred cannons. This fleet containing 22 ships, big and small, fired simultaneously and caused the entire land to reverberate.

Cannon fire streaked through the air like meteors. The beautiful firestorm brought only destruction and explosions to the battlefield.

Maybe there were far too many high-level devils on the battlefield, but domains of flame and corrosion were really commonplace. The observers would see districts suddenly turning red or green. Such districts would immediately become the main target for the Auland cannons.

Red, blue, green, and various other colors stained the battlefield, indicating the forbidden zones for living beings. These places would have either fatally poisonous air or fiery explosions.

It was likely that this scene would go down in history. Although the scale wasn't that large, this was indeed the first appearance of a fully mature magical engineering squadron on the battlefield. They were fighting against the devil army, a top-level fighting force from ancient times.

The tremendous difference in shooting range made the devils unable to do anything but suffer attacks. The devils would have to try and break through the Forest of Dreams first before they could do anything about the fleet.

Most flying devils chose to go around the forest, but the wood spirits' floating magical plants and Auland airships awaited them. The archmages from the Mage Country were already aboard these airships.

The flying devils were shot down in large swaths. They were unable to threaten the sea fleet whatsoever. Auland's fleet obtained a victory in this early stage of battle thanks to geographical and technological advantage.

However, Auland didn't have the time to be proud. They split their fleet in two; half the fleet remained near the Forest of Dreams and continued to send covering fire towards the battlefield. However, the fleet's achievements would likely keep decreasing. All that the fleet could do was stabilize the frontline's location as the Auland ships' maximum range would be figured out soon enough as the battle kept going.

Of course, some of Auland's ships also had the ability to fly, but when considering how dangerous the frontline was, leaving water would mean giving up on the wood spirits' protection. Any normal captain would never venture forth by themselves.