The cannonballs were covered with magic; a spell that increased the explosiveness and range of the projectiles. If they could strengthen their weaponry by this much, then they probably had at least a hundred 6-star magicians on-board. And the fact that there were over one hundred 6-star magicians meant that there were higher-ranked magicians who managed them.

Usually, these troops should not be sent over to a meaningless island. In contrast to the Runcandels’ modest ten guardian knights, the Vermont Empire sent an entire army for war. Which implied that the Empire held more information regarding the Kinzelo Group and Zipfel Clan than what the Runcandels knew about the suspicious ties.

Or, possibly, they were more concerned about it.