Summoning the Great Union: A new front

Chapter 23- Overthrone: Fall of Arunie

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Holy Mirishial Empire, port town Cartalpas, a certain bar

The drunks were once again chatting, as usual.

"Hey, hey, did you hear?! Papaldia, in the Third Civilization, their main navy got wrecked by The Union!!!" a drunk yelled loudly with astonishment.

"Ahh, I did. Man, I couldn't believe it when I first heard. A country outside the civilized areas has never beaten a superpower before, let alone completely crushing one of their strongest forces. And talking about the empire's navy, they were the most powerful fleet in the Third Civilization."

"But hey, I hear The Union was making aircraft too. You think Mu is pulling their strings or something?"

"Nah, I think the aircraft The Union had were way more effective than Mu's. Papaldia was also investing in some method to improve their wyvern lords, but even they couldn't scratch these flying machines, I hear."

The bar began to get noisy.

"So what the hell is with this Union country anyway? They keep doing all these impossible things one after another...... For that matter, I wonder what's gonna happen to the empire."

"The empire's the one who called for genocide, but now they're the ones who are gonna be wiped out. I bet most of their people are gonna get enslaved... something like that."

"But now, This Union's definitely going to become one of the five big superpowers, and whatever they do is gonna change the world. I gotta figure out how to cash in on that."

The drunks kept on chatting.

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Holy Mirishial Empire, imperial capital Runepolis

Information Director Arneus fell deep into thought after receiving a report from one of his subordinates. Even though the star of the Third Civilization, the Papaldia Empire, sent out the entirety of its main navy, a small piece of The Union's naval power completely crushed them and didn't even get a bloody nose. It was undeniable that The Union had at least enough national power to be counted as a superpower. The fact that superpower countries suddenly came out of nowhere, not only from the west but also from the east, made his head throb in pain.

"Rydorka, what is your assessment of The Union?" Arneus asked the information officer who had observed the battle in the Topa Kingdom between the remnants of the ancient sorcerous empire and The Union.

"The one thing I can say for sure is that their military technology is unparalleled. As the report released the other day said, their firepower is obscenely high. In addition, their magic tanks are a worrisome threat.

"When the Papaldian ground army fought with The Union in the Kingdom of Fenn, the empire's magic cannons scored many direct hits on these tanks, but destroyed none. On the other hand, the tanks had extremely powerful and accurate magic cannons of their own; they easily eliminated all of the empire's land dragons, and they have an ungodly reloading speed.

"There are still far too many unknowns concerning that country; in order to avoid being caught unawares like in the two losses the Papaldia Empire took, I believe we must be careful and meticulous in our foreign relations."

"......You're right, of course. The scale of the country of The Union is still unknown, but, if we only consider their extreme level of technology, then, even more than the Gra Valkas Empire, we do not want to antagonize them. With regards to the Third Civilization, in all likelihood, the Papaldia Empire will fall from being a superpower, and The Union will become the new stewards of the Third Civilization."