The human remains encountered within the Frost Giant's lair left a significant thorn in Austin's heart.

What was the purpose of that team of human envoys? Who were their targets?

Austin did not know.

Whether more envoys had been dispatched later, or a secret agreement was reached, Austin was also unaware.

He really hated this feeling.

Especially since the envoy group's incident happened over a decade ago, probably on the eve of the Kawa Great Forest's war mobilization.

Perhaps, the human bones within the Frost Giant Tribe had a subtle connection to this war that spanned the entire Kawa Great Forest and lasted for years.

But all of these were just his speculations, and the Dragon Nest Beastmen could not retrieve any meaningful letters from those human envoys' remains.

Helplessly, Austin could only suppress this in his heart.

...

The war in the core area continued to rage fervently.

During the two years Austin was immersed in culturing and digesting the vast knowledge of the Martial Hero World, bloody war persisted between the Beastman Royal Court and the allied forces in the core area.

Even though Austin had not personally participated, he had heard of the war's brutality.

The allied forces, bolstered by formidable backing, forcibly conscripted even small Beastman Tribes scattered across the forest, sending them to the exceedingly cruel battlefield.

Millions of Beastmen armies engaged in fierce combat at the fringes of the core area.

And the Pure-blooded Beastmen in the core areas deployed unheard-of weapons, virtually turning the frontline into a barren wasteland.

Relying on human wave tactics, the allied forces attacked ceaselessly day and night.

But under those unknown weapons, all that was left behind were bodies.

Not to mention the firearms that spewed flames and iron balls, the hordes of Alchemy Cannons sprayed recklessly, reducing vast swathes of troops and forest into burnt Purgatory wasteland. Soldiers below Gold Level were almost certain to die if caught in the artillery's blast radius.

Very strange weapons, this was not Magic-like!

In this Magic World, Alchemy Firearms and Alchemy Cannons are not unheard of.

But they could never reach such a lavish level as the opposite side.

Yes, just lavish.

Even the highest craftsmanship of Dwarves records firearms at just twelve rounds per minute on average.

Moreover, firing a single bullet roughly equates to consuming a silver coin.

For gunpowder's main ingredient in this world is a precious Magic Ore known as Fire Crystal Ore.

Alchemy Firearms are practically burning money.

Not to mention the larger and more powerful Alchemy Cannons.

Therefore, despite the presence of firearms in this world, warfare has not substantially changed.

Alchemy Cannons are only present in certain numbers at key fortress points or the Royal Palace walls in some countries.

But even the military supplies guarding the Royal Palace of a Kingdom pale in comparison to a tenth of the weapons the Pure-blooded Beastmen fielded on the battlefield!

A bullet curtain like a rainforest, saturating artillery strikes.

Transforming the battle lines into a deathly flesh mill.

"That's a new kind of Alchemy Program! Enough to change the direction of war globally!"

These were the words of an Alchemy Master from the Midworld brought in after consecutive defeats by the allied forces.

"The Beastman Royal Court possibly discovered a new type of Alchemy Weapon!"

To counter those weapons, the allied forces tried everything possible.

Employed new tactics, new weapons, even brought in some Alchemy Masters, hoping to find a way to counter those weapons.

But ultimately, a clever woman can't cook without rice.

After two years of warfare, the allied forces failed to capture any of the Beastman Royal Court's weapons or gather any detailed intelligence.

There were instances where a great thief stealthily infiltrated the enemy's camp, but once they snatched the weapon from the enemy, it immediately collapsed and dissipated, making theft impossible. Once separated from its owner, it seemed as though the Law itself wouldn't permit it, dissipating into nothing.

This left the allied side's strategists frowning.

This strange situation is hard to explain, even with Magic.

Because to prevent leaks of weaponry, it's impossible to affix loss-prevention spells to every weapon.

The war also fell into a stalemate.

But these issues paled compared to a certain class of weapons.

Whether it be the dense rain-like iron balls or the Alchemy Cannons that turned swathes into Purgatory Seas of Fire.

During the two-year war, the allied forces managed to find a series of methods to reduce casualties.

As long as Gold Level Great Warriors used Fighting Qi to envelop a meter of space around them, plus a Shield from the Mage, they could pretty much break through the blockade.

What truly left the allied forces in fear and reversed the situation moments before several assaults that were about to succeed was the weapon that rose like a sun's mushroom cloud, instantly devastating hundreds of thousands of troops, rendering even the Legendary powerless to resist!

There were several occasions in the two-year war when the allied forces used Gold Level Great Warriors as vanguards to breach the battlefield lines of the Beastman Royal Court.

But before the rear support could arrive, accompanied by a supersonic rocket shooting across the battlefield like a meteor, a massive mushroom cloud rose behind the allied forces, the terrifying detonation erupted, annihilating large swaths of beastmen armies.

Countless beastmen died on the spot, suffering heavy losses, and entire legions broke and scattered.

Thus, the breakthrough strategy naturally fell to nothing.

Everything happening on the battlefield, Austin gathered through his secretive intelligence organization.

Upon reading these detailed reports, a peculiar feeling indeed surged within him.

"It seems the Beastman Royal Court may genuinely have connected to a modern Doomsday World..."

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain what's going on with these weapons.

And that mushroom cloud weapon, likely either a nuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb.

"Just... if it's merely occasionally connecting to a Doomsday Plane via a fragment of the Gate of Truth, how then can those Pure-blooded Beastmen skillfully wield these modern weapons?"

Setting aside nuclear and hydrogen bombs, just moving a missile to this world and using it effectively to harm enemies is no simple feat.

At least a modern person wouldn't know how to detonate a hydrogen bomb even if given one.

Also, why do the Pure-blooded Beastmen insist on defending the core area?

Through the Gate of Truth, directly moving to the Doomsday Plane would be safer; who could pursue them there?

Unless there's a restriction unknown to Austin during this interval.

Recalling the intelligence about those guns and cannons that self-destructed immediately upon being stolen, Austin had some conjectures.

However, no matter what, after two years of unsuccessful war, the allied forces' patience was likely nearing its limit.

The ultimate battle may soon commence.

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