"As long as life is good and there's money, right?"
"Everyone, are you dreaming?"
The Dwarf King's heavy voice interrupted the collective daydream. He shook his head and said:
"Soone in this world must work, soone must engage in low-end industries. When our Molten Furnace Castle is finally divided, do you think those low-end industries will be done by us or by others?
I've had enough of the current situation where Dwarves face restrictions at every turn. We must find a way to escape this predicant.
Doing 90% of the work, taking 10% of the profit, haven't you had enough of this life?
I can tell you clearly, in this world, the only nation capable of large-scale processing and manufacturing as a community unit is our Molten Furnace Castle, especially after obtaining the energy supply from the Floating City.
Many forces have tried to plan a path for us, just like 20 years ago, where we Dwarves only do the work and receive little pay.
In their view, with our Dwarf Clan's size, 81 million compatriots doing hard labor and producing the most basic components to support other major countries is entirely sufficient.
In the eyes of all powers, we should be a group of stone heads wielding hamrs and drinking heavily every day. High-tech advancents like Magic Technology and Alchemy Technology are things we Dwarves shouldn't touch.
But who doesn't want to eat at? We Dwarves also want to live a good life!"
The Dwarf King's voice grew louder and finally beca almost deafening:
"The war our brave clansn fought a decade ago brought ten years of peace. Long before that, the older generation of clansn worked tirelessly in front of the forge to mass-produce various magical equipnt and alchemy instrunts not so we could kneel and beco dogs for others!
We once endured, swallowed our pain, and why? Because the war with the Bell Federation at that ti emptied our reserves. We, with empty hos, found it hard to be as proud as we once were.
Our compatriots endured hardships, shed blood and sweat, ensuring we could now eat well, drink well, and no longer just sip soup.
All of you, I swear by my na as the Dwarf King, let's reconstruct the Molten Furnace Castle. Dissolve all family factions, stop worrying about which clan a Dwarf belongs to. We need to unite all Dwarves, and to achieve this, we must dismantle the traditional family faction system."
The focus of all Dwarves instinctively turned to the Dwarf King above. If he compromised, they understood too well that in this fast-moving era, it wouldn't take long before falling slightly behind other forces with Floating Cities, and soon, they might be relegated to corners, eating scraps.
If that ti ca, for the Dwarf King to formally et with Dwarf Kings of various factions, they might need to cross borders.
This eting today concerns the millennial strategy of the Dwarf Clan. For the Dwarves now, they've finally reached a crossroads of destiny.
The developnt space of Molten Furnace Castle was carved out with blood by Dwarf comrades.
These assets were fought for by many Dwarf Kings, working hand in hand with their subordinates, earning it step by step.
"Should we compromise now?" Another Dwarf King shook his head, agreeing with the Dwarf King's concept, "Everyone, with the engineering funds we now have, as long as all Dwarves are willing to shift their mindset and actively leverage their advantages, there's no reason for us to live worse than others. We've co to this point, what else is there to consider?"
This Dwarf King then slowly raised his hand: "I agree to bring all my family mbers into the Dwarf King's plan."
"Is this really okay? To invest all our efforts into a venture with uncertain returns." Another Dwarf King sighed, yet still raised his hand.
Clearly, he was also willing to dissolve his family faction, to completely dismantle the traditional Dwarf faction system divided by surna.
"Everyone, please trust , our dream will soon co true. Once the Molten Furnace Castle becos stronger, once we have more resources and capital, we will be a civilization.
The cries of the weak are ignored by others, and we do not want to be weak, so everyone, use your full strength, be the one to truly drive Molten Furnace Castle toward a brighter future!
The first thing we must do now is to consider how to balance against the King of Mages."
Having heard these words, everyone looked serious.
The Dwarf King was right; for them, the most crucial matter was to consider how to deal with the King of Mages, who now had seemingly exceptional combat power on the continent.
Just as everyone was pondering deeply, suddenly, the youngest Dwarf King of Molten Furnace Castle raised his head:
"I think we might have been mistaken about sothing from the start?"
Everyone's gaze instantly turned to him, waiting to hear his insights.
After a long silence, the young Dwarf King said: "Our initial imagined enemy isn't necessarily the Bell Federation. After all, we are quite vocal, but everyone knows that the humans' Mage Swordsman profession is naturally our nesis, correct?"
Everyone nodded.
Being gathered here, these Dwarf Kings weren't brazen enough to ignore actual problems.
Seeing the hopeful expressions on his companions' faces, the young Dwarf King's expression turned even more hesitant and heavy.
"It's all right, share your thoughts. Perhaps from your young perspective, we can find a different path." The Dwarf King said in a deep voice.
The young Dwarf King nodded and shared his thoughts and opinions: "The mage's curse power has highly corrosive effects on equipnt. If not addressed imdiately, it might only take a short ti for the tal equipnt shrouded in curse power to undergo temporary catalysis.
If exposed to curse power for long durations, it might even permanently catalyze equipnt into unusable scrap iron.
This shows that curse power doesn't solely target us; it's due to its unique nature that it most effectively targets our Dwarven equipnt!"
"That's true, but what are you trying to say..." One Dwarf King was about to speak when he suddenly showed a subtle expression, slightly amused, "I seem to understand what you an, the most terrifying aspect of the Legendary Magic Statue, beyond its various inscribed spells, is its imnse power and inherent defense."
Upon hearing this, everyone understood his implication.
"Are you suggesting we cultivate a large number of Mage Swordsn to counteract the disproportionately large number of Legendary Magic Statues under Helois?" the Dwarf King laughed, "That's a good idea, using the Bell Federation's strongest capability to balance the Legendary Magic Statues!"
"Allocate funds then, as we'll be disbanding the Dwarf factions soon. During this ti of reintegration, it's the optimal period to promote the Mage Swordsn profession among young Dwarves."
...
The Dwarf Clan's focus has already shifted toward the Mage Swordsn field.
In fact, not just in the Highest Forest and Molten Furnace Castle, almost all forces that have received detailed intel on the Titan Floating City's combat power have begun their own preparations.
In the Orean Independent Kingdom.
Amid nations that have long coveted the continent's strongest kingdom, more and more individuals have started making their choices.
And once Kael returned, he began involving himself in the chaotic state of the Divine Realm continent, in accordance with such a scenario he had foreseen.
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