Grassland Trade Route Attacked

The war between the two sides of the Empire continued into summer.

It ultimately ended with the prince's army retreating in defeat and the imperial army suffering devastating losses.

Mel's Commoner Army had faintly gained the ability to contend with the imperial army.

During this period, his army had improved the most. It directly controlled all the territory along the two rivers in the northeast, able to threaten the Gald Empire's imperial capital to the west or continue south to seize cities and farmland.

The Empire's two factions had essentially both been badly weakened. His Commoner Army could use this time to seize more territory; there was no better opportunity than this.

The problem was that the troops he could currently muster had basically reached the limit of what his territory could support. The newly conquered lands also needed enough people to govern and defend them.

He had only just seized these new territories, so it would be difficult to quickly earn the trust of the locals. The propaganda and trial procedures were fixed.

Only Mel and Saik remained in the administration hall.

"What do you think we should do now? Should we build up our strength, or take this opportunity to keep attacking and seize more territory?" Mel tossed the question to Saik.

Although he wanted to take advantage of the Empire's two weakened factions and seize cities on a massive scale, he could steamroll the Empire like a snowball as long as he kept occupying land and expanding his forces.

But that idea was somewhat poorly considered. The war between the Empire's two sides had already ended. If he showed too great a threat, he might force them to unite once again.

After a long period of thought, Saik offered his advice. "My lord, I'm afraid we still