What now?

The military of both the Kingdom and the Empire arrived the next day to the battlefield. However the last thing either of them were expecting too see there was a fortress.

The presence of this new fort had rendered any battle around its vicinity unsafe, as the fortress could launch an attack on their camps while they are busy fighting each other.

Because of this the kingdom and the empire formed a temporary truce. They made an agreement to attacking the fortress from both sides.

The kingdom sent half its draftees back to help with the harvest and also requested supplies for a siege.

The empire on the other hand only request for one person, Court Magician Fluder.

Meanwhile in the fort/ village,

The chief received some destressing reports. The mines, drills and pumps weren't producing any resources. After examining the builders said it is because the land is void of any of those 3 resources were are looking for.

Reports from the laboratory are any better either. Their experiments on the local wildlife reviled that non of those birds and animals had any elixir within them. This meant that they had no way of collecting their most commonly used resource 'Elixir'.

With a limited stock of resources, and enemies all around while having no information regarding the world they inhabit; chief knew the situation was extremal dangerous but he kept a confident persona because the villagers panicking was the last thing he needed.

"What should we do?" said the chief to the builders.