The Way of the Future: Age of Machines(Completed)

Under Attack 1/2

The meeting went on for about an hour. Lord Harry did as much as boast about his wealth and offering Artemis and the little girl positions to serve under him. His suggestions, however, were dissuaded by Kein who was anxious of offending Alice's guardian, thinking that the lord was too much of an idiot, he took over the discussion.

Kein opened up discussion concerning the metal demon and relayed them what they knew so far of their movements. In Kein's mind, these two were sent to help them win against the metal demons who have so far overwhelmed the Senadate Theocracy and have begun to threaten the borders of the Empire and the Republic.

"We also sent a small expeditionary force of 10,000 men to aid the Senadate Theocracy, none of them ever returned."

Artemis listened and took into account everything Kein was telling him. They only knew half of the movements of his armies and some of his intelligence reports were exaggerated.

"Some of my spies have reported that they are mustering an army at the Fortress City to our east and preparing to strike deep into the borders!" Kein began to sweat. He was nervous as much as he was anxious.

Artemis downplayed his intelligence in his mind. He and Caitlyn had no plans on invading Atira anytime soon or were they mustering an army at the Fortress City. The Fortress City was only being integrated into the Machine Empire and they must have mistaken the newly arrived worker bots for soldiers.

"And so, I implore you! Please send this young one to the Imperial Academy City!" Kein said.

Imperial Academy City? Artemis was delighted to hear that there was actually an entire academy dedicated for teaching and honing the magical skills and affinities of their students!

The Imperial Academy City was located in the very center of the Empire and it is one of the hugest and most important major cities not just the Empire but the whole continent of Fordalt . People in both race, peasants and nobles enter there to become strong and special themselves. This is the reason why 19% of the people on Fordalt are on A-grade because of how they train hard in the academy. The Imperial Academy City was on a massive floating island that has millions of levitation crystals, the same crystal that uses on Airships. The Imperial Academy City was first built 800 years ago after the Second Great War and during the Era of Rebuilding.

Artemis showed a smirk while Alice tilted her head to the right, visibly confused.

"I see, but we landed here. Where is this Imperial Academy City?" Artemis asked.

"Ah!" Kein showed a bright smile.

"It is no wonder you landed here, the gods must have used me as their guide for you!" Kein added.

"Yes" Artemis played along.

With a snap of his fingers, a map appeared from thin air and landed on his palms. He then laid down the map on the table and it expanded, occupying the entire surface and displayed a very detailed map of the continent.

Artemis saved the entire thing in his memory, this was a gold mine of information! He had to send it to Caitlyn as soon as possible to further their plans of world domination.

"As you can see, this is a map of Fordalt. On the center over here lies the borders that separate both of the Republic, the Theocracy, and the Empire. These three superpowers form the peacekeepers of the continent, their decisions are absolute and should be followed, though us small kingdoms display high-levels of autonomy and self-governance, these three superpowers are undoubtedly still our overlords and we are their puppets." Kein explained.