Today was another day in the Erdengard Empire. Many people turned on their televisions and watched the news without great expectations. At home, on the way to work through big screens, or sitting in front of these same screens in the city

There was just such a small crowd on the street watching the big screen waiting for the news

- Breaking News! A war begins between the Empire of Erdengard and the Kingdom of Ganshar. The aggressor was the Kingdom of Ganshar, we must defend our nation! Get ready, all magicians of empires, if the enemies break through the line of defense, the safety of the city will be on your hands!

-Heh, - one of them chuckled. - I remember my father saying that in his time it was important, but now... nobody cares about wars. There are no more breakthroughs at the front, painful urban skirmishes, and much more.

The man chuckled once again, as a level 16 magician, he is considered quite strong. Although he doesn't have a great bloodline, however, his talent is quite good.

- Attention, today the emperor has prepared a special gift for us. Please pay attention to the screen -A scene appeared on the screen where a man about 40 years old in a suit with a top hat was standing. Taking the cylinder in his hands, he pulled out a microphone, slightly bowed toward the camera, and loudly announced

- Citizens of Empires! The great hour of change has come! From this day on, wars will change dramatically. We have created a new army. Perfect soldiers! But don't worry, we haven't experimented on humans. These are not people, they are creatures in human skin. I can assure you, that these creatures do not have human features. They don't know anything about compassion, they are soulless and insensitive. The golems out of flesh and blood. And today they will show themselves in the war. Get acquainted! Homunculi! Although there are only three of them, they are capable of what dark puppets are not capable of, the presenter said with a smile on his face. The screen above him showed three people. Looking at them, people could not say that they were not people. As if knowing their thoughts, the presenter said loudly

- Animals! Take off your clothes!

The homunculi obediently took off their torso, and what the onlookers saw caused them a huge shock.

Parasites. Black, blue, reddish, green. They were intertwined in an incredibly beautiful pattern. They united on the chest forming the coat of arms of the Empire, as the mark of the owner.

- As you can see, their bodies have been strengthened by many special methods. Thanks to them, they have very useful skills. You'll see for yourself soon.

The eyes of all the people of the empires were already focused on the screens. They felt that this day would go down in history.

- Let the war begin! My people, behold the new army! Behold the golems of the new generation!

The homunculi advanced along with the dark swarm and the golems. When the imperial and enemy swarm collided, they started throwing spells.

The magicians who watched it couldn't help but think that they were wasting mana. They shook their head, thinking that *these "new generation golems" will now deplete all mana and die a miserable death*

However, even after half an hour of active battles, none of them exhausted mana. It was as if they had an endless supply of mana and no one could stop them

Could this be the case? The people thought.

The announcer smiled and said

- If you think that they have an infinite supply of mana, then I will hasten to please you. They can fight for a VERY long time. But the heavy combat units have not yet arrived. Look at it very carefully.

The whole empire was excited. Many people stopped working to go outside and watch what was happening on the screen. Homunculi, is it really the future?

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PoV Seventh

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About an hour has passed since the beginning of the battle. I can't distinguish enemies from allies, except for the fifth, sixth, and me. We keep a distance from each other so as not to accidentally fall under each other's spells.

I'll look at my stats

*****

Name: Number 7

Level: 16

Spells:

Magic Projectile(+): 6lv

Steel Body: 4 lv

Infernal Rifts (Space Rifts): 6 lv

*****

One skill has already evolved, and the other has upgraded the class.

There were small holes on my palms, from which magic projectiles came out, like rockets. Not only did the speed of the cast double, but also the shells exploded when they hit.

And it was as if a portal had opened in my chest. I can even store some things there and cast spells through it, although the combat power of these spells is lower, it's faster.

- Infernal Rift! - A red portal appeared in the sky, from which a group of demons came out, and began to attack everyone. I'm Lucky. I remember something similar teachers said about this spell

*The spatial rift spell is a roll of the dice, you never know what you can get. Maybe a meteorite will come out of there, maybe some kind of beast will come out of there, maybe nothing. But the worst thing is if a powerful magician from another dimension comes out of there. Such creatures have repeatedly changed the course of all stories. However, due to the fact that they are from other worlds with different mana, they either need more time or special methods to replenish their magical reserves. But still, such creatures, no matter how small the chance is, the worst that can happen*

Fortunately, it doesn't look like this dimension has powerful magicians. So I don't have to worry.

- Golems are coming here! -The sixth shouted, casting a fiery explosion.

We all looked in the direction the sixth was pointing. Huge golems under 30 meters with one huge eye. In general, there were 10 of them.

Before we had time to think what they were for, they shot rays from their eyes, the rays landed on the sea of puppets, but they did not stop there, in a second it moved, leaving a scorched trail that was refilled again by the horde of puppets, turning everything into a dark sea.

I looked around, the beam went right through the place where the sixth was standing, he didn't even have time to react. A cold sweat broke out on my back.

- The fifth! We need to destroy these golems!

- I agree! What's the plan?!

- We are waiting! Our golems should be coming soon too! It will be easier to deal with them

- Got it. We must gain higher levels.

Fortunately, they could not shoot continuously, they fired only once every 20 minutes.

After half an hour, our golems came, as if seeing the main threat in the golems, they shot at them. However, the enemy golems responded with their own shot. The beams of the two sides collided with each other, eventually leveling each other's damage

- Come on! This is our chance! -The Fifth one shouted, starting to jump through the air.

- Got it!

Since I didn't have any displacement spells, I relied on my body to climb one of the golems. It was smooth, I managed to climb only by creating holes with a magic projectile. However, because of the explosions, I almost fell several times. After a few minutes, breathing heavily, I finally managed to climb onto his shoulder.

Before I could catch my breath, the golem fired at the Imperial Golem, and the return shot occurred immediately. They suppressed each other's shots again. Looking from a height on the battlefield, I couldn't help but think how pathetic it is.

Golems as the main combat units are engaged in suppressing each other, while below the dark puppets are massacring, attacking each other, exploding, and scattering remnants all over the battlefield.

I do not dispute that the war is quite large-scale, the force is also impressive, but how is it... boring. The quantity has overwhelmed quality. And now we are becoming the ones who are changing the battlefield.

-Do you have any ways to destroy this thing? -The fifth one shouted at me, waving a long weapon at the same time. It emitted lightning bolts, but could not penetrate the golem's head in any way -My yari cannot penetrate it. The same goes with spells.

- I'll try to -Raising my hand, I fired a magic projectile, unlike the body, his head is much stronger, even though I had increased the level. - Infernal Rift!

A red portal appeared in the air. When I thought nobody was going out, a figure slowly come out. A demon 2 meters in height came out of the rift. His wings opened, revealing a terrifying aura. When he looked at me with his amber eyes, I was frightened that strong so I jumped down without hesitation.

- The fifth! Help me! - The fifth looked back at my cry, he immediately ran to me but said

- I won't have time! Try to slow yourself down

-Infernal Rift! - Although the chance is quite small, hope dies last, I thought. However, no one came out of the rift. - Daaaamn!

- * Plop!*

It's like I fell into a pool of slime. The whole body moved with great effort, and it seemed that the liquid wanted to crush me. The pressure getting stronger, and my body seems paralyzed.

- * Boom!*

The pressure disappeared, and someone grabbed my arm and lifted me up.

- Thank God you're alive! God, don't scare me like that, - said the fifth smiling.

I smiled back at him, as those who survived it all together, we're like brothers. It's a pity that the sixth...

-This creature... - The fifth looked up, and I followed his gaze.

The demon tore off the golem's head, and it fell, a moment later its huge body also fell.

The demon was like a reaper. He destroyed everything he saw, but his gaze periodically fell on me.

-This demon is dangerous. I think he's waiting for the right moment to kill me. -I said without taking my eyes off him.

- It'll be hard to deal with him. Let's leave the golems to him. They just seemed to see him as a threat.

- I thought the same way.