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After an arduous journey, the King of the Kingdom of Gemalin felt that he was truly on the brink of death. He had been continuously in a carriage, be it an automobile's, a horse-drawn carriage's, or a train's.

Although, the final leg of his journey had passed by on a train, leaving him deeply impressed by the smooth mode of travel, it was still not as comfortable as lying in the Royal Palace, embraced by his consorts on either side.

It wasn't until he saw the train that the King of Germelin realized just how utterly he had been defeated—his logistics and supply transport were a century behind the enemy's.

The goods produced by the Great Tang Group could be transported directly to Ice Crystal City by railway and thereafter continuously shipped to the vicinity of the original border between the two countries by automobile on smooth roads.

Only upon entering the Kingdom of Gemalin did the transport become difficult, a stark contrast to his prior assumptions.