Months had passed since Berengar's arrival in Mesoamerica, and now a star fort had built on the coastline of the Region. This was no simple stronghold, but a well-fortified miniature colony which housed a thousand soldiers of the German Armed Forces. It was defended with rifled breechloading artillery, revolving cannons, and hand-cranked machine guns, along with the individual rifles of the soldiers who acted as its garrison.

A large dock extended into the sea and provided a staging point for the small fleet that had ferried these soldiers and their supplies into the New World. Despite what one might think, the Kaiser and his soldiers were not cut off from the fatherland, the long range wireless telegraph built on board his flagship vessel acted as a means of instant communication with his Empire across the atlantic.

Because of this, Berengar was aware of every movement his rivals made overseas, and could instantly communicate to his forces on how to counter it, should such a thing be necessary. While this fortress existed on the coastline of Mesoamerica, the natives were completely unaware that foreigners had long since invaded their lands and built a stronghold.

It was because of this that the Aztec Emperor of this world, a man by the name of Itzcoatl, was completely dumbfounded on why his scouts kept going missing whenever they investigated the region in which his daughter was last seen. Several native men were gathered in the Aztec Emperor's palace as he discussed the strange things that were occurring within his lands.

"My daughter has been missing for months, without the slightest hint of her whereabouts. I would believe she was dead, if not for the fact that every man I have dispatched to find her has similarly gone missing. Just what is happening on the coastline?"

One of the Emperor's advisors had a worried tone in his voice as he discussed some of the rumors that he had heard that originated from the villages near the coast.

"The villagers near the region speak of thunderous roars and strange sounds coming from the coast. Similarly to our scouts, everyone they have sent to investigate these noises has gone missing. However, recently a corpse was found in the woodlands and was back in one of these villages."

After saying this, the advisor pulled out a small copper jacketed lead bullet and placed it on the table. When the Emperor gazed upon it, he was furious. He did not know what he was looking at and merely responded to the fool for wasting his time.

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