Soon, Lucina and the others had figured everything out through group chat—including various deployments, war resource allocation, logistics capacity from different areas—everything crystal clear.

As someone from a military family, this was Lucina's first time experiencing such... convenience!

She'd never imagined that war communications could be this convenient and interference-free.

Even after getting the Magic Net and knowing private chat could transmit voices across thousands of miles, she never thought that just a small change—private chat becoming group chat—could be this handy!

"God of Technology above, your wisdom makes everyone else pale in comparison!" Lucina couldn't help but sigh. She knew all this came from the God of Technology.

The garrison commander was about to agree when he saw someone in the group chat asking, "Lord Berion, we're deploying most of the kingdom's forces to the western territory to fight the Teylir Emirates—the Gray Fort Empire beyond our southern border really won't kick us while we're down?" Immediately, all his attention focused on the group chat!

That's right!

They'd been facing off against the Gray Fort Empire for who knows how many years. Though there'd never been large-scale wars, small skirmishes almost never stopped. Border raids, territorial disputes over mining rights, conflicts over trade routes—these had become as regular as the changing seasons. The garrison commander had personally led dozens of such engagements, each one a careful dance of aggression and restraint, testing boundaries without crossing the line into full warfare. With most of their forces deployed to the west, would the south really be okay?!

If the capital hadn't thought about this before but was starting to worry now, would they deploy some forces to the south? That would weaken the forces they could deploy... The garrison commander couldn't help frowning, feeling somewhat worried.

"From what I know about the Gray Fort Empire, they won't attack at this time—at least not now."

Just as everyone was curious and ready to ask more questions, Berion typed another line: "The Gray Fort Emperor is a wise man. He knows when to strike for maximum benefit. As long as our battle with the Teylir Emirates is fast enough and devastating enough, we don't need to worry about them. Unless we fight very difficultly, start taking heavy losses, or even get invaded by the Teylir Emirates—then we'd need to worry about Gray Fort reaping the benefits!"

"..." Lucina didn't know what to say for a moment. She felt Berion's judgment was a bit too assumptive, but thinking it over, she didn't know how to argue against it.

It seemed the Gray Fort Emperor really was that kind of person—he loved doing big things with minimal cost. If their battle with the Teylir Emirates dragged on with countless weapons and soldiers dying on the battlefield, they'd definitely need to worry about Gray Fort attacking. But if they could easily crush them...

Before, she definitely would've questioned: 'The Teylir Emirates has already gathered a hundred thousand troops! Even killing a hundred thousand pigs would be incredibly difficult—how could you devastate a hundred thousand soldiers?!' But now, they had the God of Technology's creations and, using Magic Net convenience, had stockpiled massive supplies here. It really seemed possible!

They used group chat to complete some more communication, then returned to their respective posts.

"By the way, why are all these shock waves?" Standing on the city wall doing final defensive preparations, Lucina couldn't help voicing her confusion.

She really hadn't noticed this when communicating with Viscount Roster earlier.

"Those beastmen have thick hides and tough flesh. Burning, corrosion, and freezing might not affect them much. The capital thinks lightning spells work best—as long as they hit, they'll definitely cause paralysis." The garrison commander smiled: "I think that idea's correct."

Lucina shrugged. She actually thought they were all about the same—maybe multiple different types could even have unexpected effects. But since it wouldn't significantly impact their formation, she didn't dwell on it and continued arranging things: large catapults, small catapults, ray gun teams, archers, throwers...

Watching this orderly layout, the garrison commander finally understood why higher-ups had deployed this Wolf General from the north.

She really did have unmatched experience using magic bombs—you could say she maximized everyone's value while achieving full-range bombardment as much as possible.

"What are you thinking about, General?" Lucina quickly noticed the garrison commander's expression looked a bit off as he watched the soldiers in action, so she asked.

Could there be information she didn't know? That was a battlefield taboo!

"I'm just thinking... these really are amazing weapons!" The garrison commander's admiration was completely undisguised: "I never imagined magic could be released like this. I never thought those mage apprentices could have such a big effect..."

"Yeah, incredible weapons." Lucina totally agreed: "The God of Technology will change this world... but you're not just feeling sentimental, are you?"

"...Indeed." The garrison commander was quiet for a moment before nodding: "I'm also feeling a bit lost... It took me three years just to become a knight, five years total to master two basic knight skills. But now, any random mage apprentice can use these Magic Conductors to pose a huge threat to such a knight. What's scarier is..."

The garrison commander suddenly didn't know how to continue. After several seconds of silence, he finally went on: "I studied for twenty years to learn battle formations, to give my knight order stronger combat power. But now, it's all outdated!"

"Yes, it's outdated." Lucina nodded without mercy: "But isn't that how war is? As time passes, warfare modes keep evolving. Ancient times were different from now too, right? Times have changed, so let's try to adapt to this era!"

"Right! Times have changed, so we adapt to this era." The garrison commander nodded, but the depression in his heart didn't lessen at all. After a brief silence, he suddenly changed topics: "What do you think would happen if we buried lots of magic bombs in that area and detonated them when enemies entered?"

"How could you detonate them without magic power input?" Lucina asked with some confusion. She didn't believe he wouldn't know this! "You're not thinking of having magicians be suicide bombers, are you?! That wouldn't work in time either."

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