With the demise of the Dragon's Descendants and another nation on the continent completely ceasing all military operations, the situation in this world gradually began to shift from chaos toward clarity.
Even the lowest-ranking commoners who could barely read a few words could see that the nation behind the Organization was already in its twilight years, and its destruction was merely a matter of time.
Whenever an important city leading to the capital or a military fortress was captured and destroyed, this backward regime, where class was determined by nobility and bloodline, slipped another great step toward the abyss of death.
Likewise, because the population near the capital was far too dense and had long exceeded the limits of what the surrounding land could support, supplies of food, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, and other goods plummeted off a cliff.
When several advancing armies surrounded it from all directions and completely severed its transportation routes to the outside world, the battle that would end the past and open the future finally began.
As for those living near the capital and enjoying the benefits of wealth plundered from the entire nation, Allen had never intended to let a single one of them survive.
Therefore, during the offensive, he implemented an exceptionally thorough isolation policy. By creating panic, he drove them all behind the capital's towering, majestic City Wall and used them to consume the defenders' food supplies.
But what surprised him somewhat was that the middle-aged Emperor was even more ruthless. He either transformed his own citizens into warriors or Awakened Beings, or used them to feed those awakened monsters that craved human organs.
Simply put, the refugees who should have consumed food ultimately became part of the food supply instead.
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