Above The Sky
Chapter 784 - 784 29 Inventory of Gains Extra 5000 words for alliance leader Cihuating

784: Chapter 29 Inventory of Gains (Extra 5000 words for alliance leader Cihuating) 784: Chapter 29 Inventory of Gains (Extra 5000 words for alliance leader Cihuating) The war for the Rebel Highlanders to reclaim Leyan Territory ended with a swift and decisive defeat.

As the last fleeing soldier vanished deep into the jungle, the Magnetic Storm Armor pilots, who had no intention of pursuing further, finally realized that they were standing on a mound of the enemy’s corpses, with not a single Highlander left on the battlefield.

They had secured an overwhelming victory — defeating an enemy that was well-armed and even supported by three Second Level Sublimators with as little as one-fifth or even fewer of their numbers.

“Hooray!”

From within the crowd, a White Folk Guard from Harrison Port was the first to let out a heartfelt cheer.

“We won!”

“We’ve won!” Cheers erupted from all around: “Hooray!”

“Long live Ian!”

The cheering echoed through the hills beside Leyan City, as they gathered around their young Lord, looking at him with incredulous and admiring gazes, the one who had brought them an unbelievable victory.

From start to finish, Ian’s Magnetic Storm Armor Squad had only lost one man, who was captured by the Highlanders because of a malfunction in his armor’s power unit.

They wanted to torture the young man to extract the secrets and operating methods of this new type of weapon.

But honestly, which soldier among those present could understand the principles behind these weapons?

These were the electromagnetic weapon technologies from Ian’s Earth, and ordinary alchemists, without looking at the complete blueprints Ian provided, would need a good month or two just to reverse engineer the ideas.

The rescued captive also joined the crowd in their cheering.

And Ian, too, heaved a long sigh, looking in the direction where the Highlanders had fled, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

— Finally, it’s over, these Highlanders are a real pain in the ass.

Having defeated the Mountain Troops, Ian could now be truly considered the Lord of Leyan — following this, rewards from Nauman City and noble titles from the Imperial Capital would come pouring in.

From this point on, the inhabitants of Leyan City would genuinely believe he was capable of protecting them and worthy of their trust.

Next time, should the Highlanders mount an attack again, Ian could completely muster a Knight Order and over a thousand militiamen from Leyan City and the twelve towns…

as long as he could keep Leyan City running smoothly and afford the money.

This was the true might of a Baron’s domain in Terra.

Moreover, this battle plan was based almost entirely on the right weather conditions and the core units’ trust in Ian.

If there were no rain clouds, it would be impossible to induce a thunderstorm to strike at the Mountain Troops with artificial rainfall and Thunder Sect materials.

Ian would have led the Green Tide and Magnetic Storm Squad in a flank attack, while up front, Scott and Electric Blue had to withstand the pressure, relying on Ian’s personal strength to engage the enemy.

However, if there had been no rain, the Cyclops Giants’ Prism System and the city’s Charged Rifles could have been used, and the battle would have taken on a different form.

In any case, the Green Tide cutting off supplies and Ian leading an Armor Suit team on raids were all predicated on the loyalty of these White Folk Guards and mercenaries from Harrison Port.

If they had been afraid of the Highlanders’ numbers, Ian and the Green Tide, as the only two Sublimators, would never have been able to achieve the outcome they did today.

After all, Ian couldn’t expose his Rock Cast Knight abilities in front of so many people.

He needed others to join him in breaking the formation of the Highlanders’ troops, thereby luring the enemy Sublimators to chase after him alone.

But every possible risk had been avoided, and now, in the eyes of everyone in Leyan City and even the Highlanders, Ian was nothing less than the ‘Prophet of the Descending Thunder’.

Although he actually was a Prophet.

“Gentlemen!”

At that moment, Ian raised his hand, and the entire camp fell silent in an instant — everyone was waiting for their Lord’s speech: “The battle is over, but now is not the time to rest!”

“Let us go and gather our spoils of war — those Armor Suits and weapons, along with the enemy’s logistics left by the river!”

Another round of cheers erupted.

Ten minutes later, Leyan City’s salvage team set out.

This time, Ian’s haul was unusually large.

The Highlanders’ weapons and equipment were all top-notch items from Fiery Flame Land.

Although they were only slightly better or worse when compared to the Empire’s equipment, they were free for the taking after all.

In their haste to escape, the majority of the fleeing Highlanders discarded their armor and weapons.

The number of items recovered might be hard to calculate, but it exceeded five hundred sets.

With a bit of refurbishment, in the future, the soldiers of Leyan Territory could all be equipped with a full set of gear from Fiery Flame Land.

It was like looting treasures from another world.

There were fewer heavy weapons, some of which the Highlanders damaged in their retreat, but most of them were intact.

Included were five Alchemical Cannons and twelve Ordinary Field Cannons, all substantial firepower for sieging.

If they had faced an ordinary Terra city this time, and if their opponent had been a normal Baron, they would have won no matter what.

Leaving other considerations aside, just these cannons alone could have directly shattered the city’s defenses.

Viscount Grant, a front-line Viscount who had been fighting Natives for decades, had built up only about twenty or so permanent Alchemical Cannons, and only endeavored to assemble them during wartime with Elder Prude, as otherwise, the maintenance costs were too high.

With one seizure, Ian had acquired one-fifth of his former superior’s years of savings, Grant would be green with envy when he heard about it.

But such is war.

Beyond that, there were also Tiechen’s Armor Suits.

Even though the arm sections were damaged and the cockpit was crushed, the main framework was intact, and with some patching up, it could be another good piece of Armor.