Preparations for War

The City of Snowy Storms

Damian had been giving everyone the potion to enhance their strength, reinforce their bones, and increase their physical abilities. This was not very complicated to achieve, thanks to the clones that were practically throughout the city.

Damian was not willing to reveal the potion for enhancing physical strength for the sake of its distribution.

He was not only a mage but also a noble lord of his domain in the Snowy Storms.

Damian would do everything possible to control the creation of these potions and who would use them because he did not want these potions to be demanded of other soldiers who did not fight for the same purposes on the battlefield.

It is the instinct of every noble lord to maintain leadership with powerful military strength now and in the future.

Damian is ambitious, so he is no exception. He is now focused on accumulating military feats, expanding his territory, and increasing his strength. Of course, he does not want his people to be weak but rather warriors in every aspect, regardless of whether they fight on a battlefield or not.

Damian's mental age is very mature because he carries secrets with him and does not want to bear a false reputation.

Once he becomes a known figure in the world, everything related to him from his beginnings will be investigated, so he does not want anyone to know anything about him, as this would attract certain problems.

The reasons? The enemy, hiding in the darkness, will find ways to attack them.

Unless the territory of the Snowy Storms grows to the point where all its soldiers have it and have the power to protect themselves, Damian will consider revealing some of the results of his research and recruiting magical talents from other regions.

Although there are confidentiality norms in the army, his territory is very protected against people who want to investigate it, given that few know the true power of this city, which has remained strong against demons.

But as time passes, the secrets of the city of snowy storms will continue to leak, and people will study them.

If he wants to stop and delay this process, he must first manage it strictly from the source, and each position would be handed over to the elite of his soldiers who were loyal to him.

All of this will be managed personally by Damian, Frieren, and other top leaders of the territory.

The potions were being made by Frieren, who, by the way, was more than happy to make them, as she had never found this type of permanent enhancement in alchemy.

This magical potion was truly a very powerful creation that would change the course of humans since the babies of those who have taken these potions will be stronger by nature.

Damian was more than happy that his disciples and citizens were strong. The abysmal difference they had with a demon would be reduced by several levels, so it was more than fine to give one of these options to each citizen.

After returning from the teachings with his master, Damian began teaching his students magic.

The magic school had been opened, and everyone was learning magic, but there were two very talented students among them who stood out from the rest; one was Liam and the other was named Tobias.

Both were extremely intelligent, and they mastered the magical texts in a matter of months.

Because Tobias does not have a linguistic environment, his learning progress is a bit slower, and he only masters many short sentences.

The simpler the initial spell, the lower the cost.

Damian was only going to prepare a one-word opening spell.

With Frieren and some other magicians as assistants, Damian's idea became a reality without problems.

In just half a year, they had produced more than five thousand potions, which were distributed to all the elite soldiers without exception. Damian also forced Frieren to drink the potion; she had initially refused, but after much thought, she decided to do it, which changed her a little.

The power-boosting magical armors were something that Damian was mass-producing; every month, a thousand sets of armors were made, but these were not comparable to the magical potion, and if both effects were combined, a human without magic could face powerful demons.

Through observation, Damian discovered that the potion could increase strength by approximately ten times that of an untrained human and about thirty times with Hellish training.

As time passed, the crisis against the demons became increasingly tense.

The battlefields were less intense because humanity had been cornered. But now, after twenty years of recovery according to previous norms, the possibility of a war breaking out this year is very high.

Every time the orcs go south, they enter the mountains at the beginning of March and the southern foothills in mid-March to attack human fortresses from the rear, completely evading the north, which was a realm of very powerful warriors.

This month, Damian had already sent a legion of thirty thousand puppets and five thousand paladins that spread out over a hundred kilometers beyond the north to gather information. The task was also to cut off the passages where the demons entered the south.

The territory of the Duke's son, Peter, had been at war earlier than expected due to his hunger for power to be like his father. But his steps were too quick because the weapons were not created by themselves, and many legions required hundreds of thousands of normal arrows as well as magical ones.

Damian had recruited at least thirty thousand young and strong people, who were divided into legions of fifteen thousand people and were about to complete their training.

Because the vast majority of soldiers have only practiced special marine training techniques for a short period of time, their physical condition is not as good as that of some ancient legions. These two new legions will not participate in field battles.

Damian placed Frieren as the commander of the rear lines; there was no one he trusted more than her. Her main task is to cooperate with the auxiliary troops and be responsible for defending the city.

The two border castles installed a large number of trebuchets and stored hundreds of alchemy bombs.

As long as the number of demons or orcs attacking the city does not exceed ten thousand, relying on the defense strength of an ancient legion with the help of a new squad and two auxiliary squads, the defense force will be sufficient.

Stationing troops here can support any direction and respond to emergencies. This way of organizing troops can remain the same in response to all changes, which favors perseverance.

"This new invention of yours, you made it for me, right?" Frieren, who was at the top of a huge watchtower, turned to look at Damian in his enormous suit that covered her completely from head to toe.

Damian smiled a little and said, "You hated going out in the cold, so I changed that."

"Very smart..."