Salin's floating city didn't fly over because he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble. The floating city was sturdy, but the palace on the sea had too many magic cannons. Salin didn't want to start a war with the Ironblood Duke.
However, the floating city was too big. Docking next to the palace on the sea was also a threat. Salin had asked to stop to see the Ironblood Duke's reaction. The Ironblood Duke agreed, so he made up his mind to attack Alchemy City with the Duke.
The attack this time required an army on the sea. They couldn't attack on land.
The floating city could also be used as a giant warship. Next to the floating city, the Barren Ancient Warship looked like a child's toy.
The attack this time wasn't going to be a long siege. A city of Sorcerers couldn't be surrounded. If they could, they just needed to destroy the enemy's magic boosters. Without the boosters, Alchemy City was no longer invincible.
It was now mid-September. The agreement with Faka was at the end of December. There were still more than three months. Salin and the Ironblood Duke had enough time to plan. The real attack wouldn't take more than a day.
If it took more than a day, either Alchemy City would be completely destroyed or Alchemy City would react and wipe out the allied army. This was something that could be predicted.
Alchemy City's attacks on Salin didn't yield any results. That was because the core members of the Elemental Hand didn't move.
Alchemy City couldn't launch a surprise attack. They could only retreat after breaking through. Inpos knew the weakness of Alchemy City's boosters. If he ran after destroying them, there was nothing Alchemy City could do.
Both sides had to be honest and introduce the equipment and strength they could send.
The Ironblood Duke could send two Level 10 True Warriors. This didn't include the Ironblood Duke himself. There were four Level 10 Magisters. This didn't include Inpos. In fact, the Ironblood Grand Duke already had eight level-10 powerhouses on his side.
On Salin's side, there were Salin, Shika, Neris, Wing Skeleton, Zola, and Nicholas. There were six Level 10 experts in total. The rest of them were also at the ninth level.
Both sides still felt that it wasn't appropriate for 14 Level 10 experts to attack Alchemy City. They needed to strengthen their equipment to have some confidence. It was evident just how deep the foundations of Alchemy City were.
As Boss had spies in Alchemy City, the information he received was that the nine actual controllers of the Elemental Hand had all advanced to Level 10. As for the other Level 10 experts, there were about 21 of them, which meant that there were 30 Level 10 mages.
The status of warriors in Alchemy City had always been low, but this time, there were two Level 10 True Martial Artists and more than ten Golden Sword Saints. They were all powerful forces, and if they were to gather together, Salin and the others would be in danger.
The Devil's Horn was even more troublesome. Inbos didn't have much information on the Devil's Horn Mages. He only knew that the Devil's Horn had more than four Level-10 Magisters last year. This did not include the magisters who had been forcefully promoted. They were actual Level 10 mighty ones. The magisters who left Alchemy City to carry out missions did not have a high status in Alchemy City.
Furthermore, the Devil's Horn was Alchemy City's barrier at sea. If they wanted to attack Alchemy City at sea, they would have to destroy the Devil's Horn first.
The Devil's Horn had a flying battleship, which was extremely difficult to deal with. That was why the Ironblood Grand Duke hoped that Salin would dispatch the Dragonbone Warship. Only a flying warship could deal with the Devil's Horn's flying warship.
Salin agreed, and the Ironblood Grand Duke dispatched his Primordial Warship to participate in the operation. The Primordial Warship was the main force of a fleet. In ancient times, this kind of small fleet would be equipped with about 30 auxiliary warships. The Ironblood Grand Duke was willing to dispatch these warships. All the warships were operated by his private army.
Salin provided the Grand Duke with 100 metal submersible warships. These metal submersible warships had been modified over the years and could dive 300 meters deep. They could evade the attacks of Magic Shooters.
Now that Salin had more warship blueprints, he did not intend to keep these metal submersible warships a secret. Other than the magic furnace part, he could provide the rest of the data to the Ironblood Grand Duke and let his people repair it themselves. Unless the magic furnace was damaged, the Ironblood Grand Duke's underwater fleet would no longer need Salin's help.
The Ironblood Grand Duke still wanted Salin to provide magic cannons this time. Salin already had the blueprints for the real magic cannons, but it was really difficult to make them. Level-Nine Magic Shooters were the lowest alchemy requirement.
However, the Ironblood Grand Duke said to Salin, "After attacking Alchemy City and taking down the Devil's Horn, we only have one day. Before that, we cannot reveal our true strength. We can only use the magic cannons after our army disembarks and destroys. So, just buy the old ones and throw them away if they break. "
Salin frowned. "Isn't that too much of a drain?"
"That's Alchemy City. We have to be prepared to throw away our armor. If we use anything that breaks, we can throw it away. Snatching some can also make up for our losses." The Ironblood Grand Duke's words were blatant enough that Salin blushed.
The Ironblood Grand Duke laughed and said, "Your Highness, you …"
"It's embarrassing to say it out loud."
"Hahahaha …" The Ironblood Grand Duke almost choked with laughter. He patted Salin's shoulder and said, "Alchemy City destroyed Pompey. Your Highness should go and collect some interest, right?"
Salin nodded and said, "If that's the case, I feel much better."
When the Ironblood Grand Duke patted his shoulder, Nelis's palms were sweaty. The Ironblood Grand Duke was a Level Ten True Warrior. Salin's physical strength was at most similar to a Silver Sword Saint, and he didn't have Sword Aura to protect himself. If he used some strength …
Salin wasn't worried. Beside him was Silva. If the Ironblood Grand Duke wanted to kill him, he had the Fate Puppet as a substitute. He wouldn't die, and he could use lightning to paralyze the Ironblood Grand Duke. If Silva was there, nothing could survive under the metal totem pole. He and Silva had already done cooperative training. As long as he could paralyze the enemy for 30 vibrations, Silva could take out the metal totem pole and finish the attack.
How long was 30 vibrations? Only half a second.
In close combat, the release speed of ball lightning was very fast. Forget half a second, the Ironblood Grand Duke might even be shot to death by the ball lightning.
Salin had the strengths of a Mage, but he didn't have the weaknesses of a Mage.
Seeing Salin's calm expression and being patted on the shoulder, the Ironblood Grand Duke was impressed. There were too few Mages like this.
Salin agreed to replace the magic cannons on the Barren Warship, and Inpos' large puppets were also equipped with magic cannons. This way, the puppets could directly land and mix with the army to attack Alchemy City.
The layout of Alchemy City was similar to Metatlin City. There were no walls around the harbor. Alchemy City set up Magic Towers for defense. Six nine-story Magic Towers were near the harbor, and their defense was very strong.
There was no need to go into details about the armor and weapons. The Ironblood Grand Duke made a new list and listed all the items he needed. Dragon Island had wealth. Just like Salin, it was difficult to convert it into things he needed. The exchange between the two sides was really getting what they needed.
The final agreement was that the Ironblood Grand Duke would send out 200,000 men, and Salin would send out 30,000. They would use these 230,000 men to attack Alchemy City that had stood for thousands of years.
The distribution of the spoils was the easiest problem Salin had faced in the war. Whoever got it first would get it.
It all depended on luck.
Of course, Salin knew that Inpos was very familiar with Alchemy City and knew where the wealth was hidden. Alchemy City wasn't his own country. In his own country, most of the wealth was in the temple. He would carry the most precious parts, and his teacher would carry another portion. If there was anything that couldn't be distributed, it would be sent to the half plane.
Alchemy City had to have a public warehouse. The Elemental Hand was powerful, but it wasn't controlled by one person.
Moreover, not everyone had a space as big as the Twelve Movements of Purgatory. A Level-10 Magician's space equipment was usually less than one-tenth the size of a dimensional stone.
Rob each other? Salin wasn't afraid. He had the Elemental Eyes and a huge lightning domain. Whether it was vision or perception, it was enough to cover the entire Alchemy City. With 500,000 lightning puppets helping him rob, his robbing speed would definitely surpass the Ironblood Grand Duke.
Salin was extremely rich now. Robbing was just for revenge. When Alchemy City ambushed him, if he was slightly careless and was controlled by the magic formation, the three metal angels would be enough to kill him.
Moreover, Salin didn't think that he had enough wealth. Fighting against the invasion of the Devil's Plane would cost a lot. Whether it was manpower or material resources, it would be a severe test for his own country.
It wouldn't be bad if he could make a fortune in Alchemy City. Attacking Alchemy City would cause many mages to come to him. Even if the Ironblood Grand Duke robbed a lot, he would still be the one who benefited in the end.
Therefore, Salin liked this plan very much. Then, he waited for Inpos to arrange the battle.
This time, Inpos took out a sufficiently detailed defense map of Alchemy City. After seeing this defense map, Salin felt that Inpos was too bold.
The entire Alchemy City was simply a magic fortress.
All the buildings had magic defense attributes. If he didn't have the Floating City, he wouldn't be able to do anything to Alchemy City. The densely packed Magic Defense Matrix was displayed. Salin roughly estimated that if they were to attack head-on, they would have to invest at least ten million troops to be able to tear apart the Alchemy City's defense line and enter the city.
Those who landed at the port were puppets and Ironblood Warriors. The Ironblood Grand Duke's army, on the other hand, had to wear insect angel armor and land in Alchemy City from the Floating City.
Alchemy City's attack range was more than ten miles. In other words, to not be damaged, the Floating City had to stop at a height of 12,000 meters and let the warriors jump down.
Without insect angel armor, there was no need to talk about it.
Salin suddenly thought that when Faka gave him the Insect Angel armor map, did he already calculate that Salin and the Ironblood Grand Duke would attack Alchemy City for him?
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