Unbelievable Power

In fact, quite a few people within the New Empire's military command were uneasy about launching an early offensive against the North.

Understandably so, because the North was a different kind of enemy from those they had faced until then.

Those they had fought until now were old-fashioned armies that had only just acquired firearms, but the Northern Army was different.

Its long experience fighting monsters and its industrial infrastructure, which included early machine guns, field artillery, and the like, enabled it to wage fairly modern warfare.

Moreover, the countless fortresses carved into the mountain ranges and the vast stores of food piled up inside them increased the likelihood of a prolonged war.

Under these conditions, even our supposedly invincible New Imperial Army would inevitably suffer heavy losses... or so they thought.

[ The Collapse of Nordenheim, the North's First Gateway City! ]

[ The Empire's New Weapon Brings Down Nordenheim in Just One Hour! ]

[ Five Reasons the North's Resistance Is Meaningless ]

Ever since a photograph of the enormous mushroom cloud engulfing the fortress appeared on the front page of a newspaper, such talk disappeared as if by magic...