"Hmm…" Main Von Albert, the grandfather of the current king of the German Reich, and both its highest scholar in magic, and the nation's most powerful mage at the peak of Rank 3, frowned while tapping his aged finger on his chin.
"What are you doing teacher?" Eric glanced off his book of spells and onto the messy pile of runes on paper and animal skin alike on his teacher's table.
"Space Runes. I just can't seem to get them to form…" Main sighed while pointed at a few papers with failed space run designs.
Eric looked at the papers before sighing in confusion, then turning back to his book, in the process, causing on of the runic papers to fall vertically onto the ground, where another paper lay flat. The result was the falling paper stopped for a brief moment, perpendicular to the ground before slumping and falling flat.
This scene, was naturally observed by Main, whose frown deepened before his eye lit up like fireworks.
"That it!" he exclaimed.
"What?"
"You stupid genius you, little Eric, you might have just helped with the discovery of a lifetime! We limit runes to paper. Why become stuck in the second dimension, when we live in a three-dimensional world! Space Runes should be 3 dimensional in nature! Only then can their complexities be fully produced!" Main exclaimed as he frantically began writing down stuff on some of the empty bits of paper on his messy desk.
*Knock*
*Knock*
"See who it is, and see them out. I'm too busy to have my time taken up by such worldly matters," Main waved his hand to his one and only disciple, Eric.
The boy obediently got up, answered the door, before returning with a confused expression, "The man said that the king; Armin II has called for an emergency meeting of the highest order?"
Main paused his work, before sighing and putting down the pencil. He put on his mage robes endorsed with three silver lines stitched around the neck and the sleeves for a visible conformation about his true Rank to normal people.
"I am going out for some official work. Take care of my study. Make sure nobody touches anything."
"Of course!" Eric performed a perfect military salute.
"Those fools at the military did not bother teaching you anything other than saluting… At least they could have shoved some brains into that empty mind of yours! Then you could easily surpass this old man within a year at most!!" Main whispered to himself before closing the door behind him.
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"Grandfather! I mean, Mage Main! Good you are here!" Armin II's middle-aged voice resonated through the throne room that was packed with various people.
Main could see the two generals that held control over the armed forced, including the Magi within. Of course, the representatives of the regular forces, logistics, and Magi within the armies under each general were standing silently behind them.
On the other side, the top figures among the ministers who handled the internal affairs of the Reich were also present, bringing along one or more subordinates with them, with the more subordinates indicating their higher standing.
And finally, were the top figures among the Magi. This group included those from both the research and development fields, who were mainly scholars involved in improving the use of magic, or creating new magic, as well as those from the Magic Association, which included Magi who practiced Magic to advance in their own power level, while doing tasks for others or among themselves for rewards that would help them towards their goal of increasing their power.
The latter group also included the main force of Rank 3 Magi, as only those with the will to put everything on the line could advance to Rank 3, and the atmosphere within the Magic Association created by Main himself nurtured this mindset.
Most of the figures within the room bowed to him at varying degrees, some going down to kneel, some bowing at a right angle, while king Armin II simply nodded.
"I am here. But what is it that was so important that I was disrupted while conducted such important research?" Main nodded back to his grandson while questioning, a hint of understanding flashing on his face as he spoke and noticed the map at the centre, with a small part of the Reich painted red.
"It's those blasted tribals. No, they are the United States now, but that does not change their roots. They invaded the Triple Monarchy, now the Dual Monarchy, through our land," the words would have made any ruler or leader run mad with fury, but on Armin II's face was a predatory grin that made everyone present, other than Main, a little uncomfortable.
"I see. So?" Main asked.
"I will declare war on them."
"I see…" Main continued, still confused.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Brat! Why was I brought here!" Main finally erupted in anger at being disturbed at something like this. He was there when Armin I had declared war on every nation around him, one at a time, and had lived through ages of prosperity and peril since. Something like this was not something he should be bothered about.
"Grandf- Mage Main, I just brought everyone here to confirm that we have the capacity to engage in this war and come out victorious."
"Bah! Just do it. Why are you being so weak willed. Just declare war then! What are they going to do? You could declare war on all the surrounding nations and it would still not matter much!" Main sighed exaggeratedly, before waving his hand, "You have my blessings or whatever you want brat. Just make sure to come out victorious."
With that, Main vanished from the room in a gust of wind, leaving everyone else stunned for a moment before cheers erupted. The originally stifling mood immediately shifted as Armin II smiled. He had called his maternal grandfather specifically for this reason. He wanted to boost the moral of the higher ups, who would normally remain entrenched in their original thoughts no matter what he said.
'With this, we can finally join the war. This Great War… will finally turn into a World War. The Greatest of Wars where everyone would be at war. Haha~ I wonder how much benefit this will bring to us on the rankings?' Armin II mused as he allowed his generals and those from the Magic Association to come together to formulate plans of attack and defence.
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{AN: Now the German Reich will join the World War. The end of this Arc is coming soon. We will then have a small mini-arc of development for both Neues Reich (mc's first planet) and the mc. Then another Great War. then the first Volume will come to an end. Hope everyone likes the story thus far. I try not to drag anything on for too long like some other novels I have reach. I don't like dragging on battles and fights for so long, (except One Piece, and even that I end up skipping a lot of the fighting episodes since they go on for too damn long.)}
{AN:Hopefully you guys like this story so far. I don;t intend on making it contracted since this is just a hobby, so please leave reviews so i can remove my temporary ones I had put up.}