The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3998

Chapter 3998 Rallying Call

"You are no emperor."

"You are a second-class rat."

"You have come to the wrong state."

A large number of heavily-armored dwarven troops had barged into a ceremonial throne room.

The palace that incorporated the throne room was a new addition to Copperblock IX, a planet that was located within the territory of a prosperous first-rate state.

What caused the planet to stand out among other highly developed settlements was that it was larger and more massive than ordinary globes.

It was a heavy gravity planet where ordinary people would get crushed by their own weight if they wandered around without protection!

Even though every first-class citizen had the means to obtain this protection, most humans preferred to stay away from these troublesome planets.

This meant that the vast majority of people living in this particular space consisted of heavy gravity variant humans, otherwise known as dwarves.

For centuries, the dwarves that had settled in this prosperous star system had avoided the fate of many of their lessers and built up many massive companies and alliances.

From mining companies to mech companies, the industrious dwarves of the Copperblock System expanded their business across the state known as the United Kingdoms of Parnea.

The internal situation of Parnea was messy to say the least. Formed out of a partial fusion of different kingdoms, it was arguably the weakest first-rate state in human space.

Nonetheless, the power and wealth available to even the poorest first-raters far surpassed that of the second-raters!

It was due to the relative weaknesses and the many internal fault lines of the United Kingdoms of Parnea that a foreign dwarven ruler came from afar in order to build up more support for his cause.

The dwarven powers that had long divided Copperblock IX among themselves did not take kindly to the arrival of this dwarven loser.

Initially, they dismissed the presence of the Vulcanites. A bit of research revealed that they were nothing more than fleeing survivors of a fallen dwarven state.

Only sympathy towards their fellow dwarves caused these powers to leave the Vulcanites alone.

In any case, the refugees who had fled from afar were not poor. They had likely raided much of their former state's treasury before they ran away to the galactic center.

If not for the timely establishment of the Milky Way Galactic Gate Network, there was no way this group of refugees would have been able to reach the galactic center so quickly!

Even so, the Vulcanite immigrants drained their wealth remarkably quickly. The cost of everything was at least a thousand times higher than back in their home state. Some goods and services even cost a million times more than normal!

After paying for everything, the Vulcanites under the leadership of 'Emperor' Rion Aaden started to get dangerously low on funds.

This was extremely dangerous in first-rate states as the native population had little tolerance for broke people who only took up precious space without making any significant contributions!

While Rion was able to rely on foreign support to pay the bills, this did not change the fact that his organization continued to bleed a lot of money. This was especially the case when he still dared to pursue ambitious expansion plans!

This was why the Iron Emperor began to expand his influence among the dwarven natives of Copperblock IX.

For months, this eccentric dwarf ran around courting different dwarven people and organizations left and right.

A lot of powerful dwarves scoffed at this pathetic attempt. The balance of power on the heavy gravity planet had long been set in stone! Many companies were already aligned to the different power blocs that controlled Copperblock IX for many centuries. How could a bunch of second-class beggars possibly succeed in winning the support of these local elements, especially when the Vulcanites were lacking in so much money, strength and resources?

Much to the surprise of the complacent dwarven rulers, the Iron Emperor actually managed to achieve results.

Over thirty percent of the organizations courted by the Vulcanites eventually chose to break up their long-standing alliances.

Instead, these dwarven magnates and other important figures decisively threw their support behind the so-called Iron Emperor and his band of survivors!

The Vulcanites turned from a joke into a rising faction practically overnight!

When hundreds of successful companies and organizations united behind the Iron Emperor, the rulers of Copperblock IX finally realized that they could no longer afford to do nothing!

Already, the abrupt departure of so many long-term partners and allies had seriously affected the health of their own power blocs. Restoring the status quo became an acute priority!

This led to the current dramatic sight!

Several different mech forces under the control of the established local powers had descended onto the headquarters of the Vulcanites.

The powerful first-class multipurpose mechs overloaded the energy shields, demolished the defensive turrets, and overwhelmed the defending mechs by relying on their overwhelming superiority in numbers.

Not even Saint Yila Mayorka, who recently obtained a first-class ace mech courtesy of an allied dwarven mech company, was able to repel the invasion!

The Olympus Mons Mark II did not dare to move as it hovered over the main palace.

Eight opposing dwarven ace mechs surrounded the Mountain Hammer's new ace mech from every direction!

None of the powerful machines made any aggressive moves. Fights between ace mechs could easily escalate to the point of destroying entire cities!

Even if Saint Yila was outnumbered eight-to-one, if she truly wanted to, she could easily destroy a huge amount of infrastructure and kill thousands of dwarven citizens.

In fact, the local powers also hoped to win over the ace pilot.

The value of a halfgod was extremely precious, even for first-class powers!

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