On February 21, 9797 of the Radiant Calendar, over four hundred thousand troops were stationed on an artificial island of roughly thirty square kilometers, three hundred kilometers northwest of Windy Breath Province in the Okra Kingdom.
On the northern side of the island, outside a large port that had yet to be completed, thousands of large seagoing vessels from Luohai City and Baiyan City in Baimu Province lined up, waiting to enter the harbor.
Inside the port, tens of thousands of wooden crates were being transferred, and endless supplies were sent into the wartime reserve warehouses.
On the southern side of the island, a meeting was underway within a heavily guarded military camp.
Inside the tent, Ilisis, commander of the Second Corps, sat upright in the seat of honor. To his left sat Iorisis, Deputy Commander of the Second Corps, while Oster, the Second Corps' staff officer, sat first on the right. Miyali, the logistics officer, sat second on the left, with the remaining generals seated in order.
Everyone in the great tent held their breath, listening intently as the secretary standing beside the commander explained the battlefield situation.
Over the past two years, under Ilisis's consolidation, the Second Corps had become a solid, unified force.
Every rule and regulation had been refined to the utmost degree.
His personal prestige had also taken deep root in the hearts of the men.
So long as Ilisis wished it, not a single soldier in the entire Second Corps could be moved without his approval—not even Velin.
However, Ilisis had no such thoughts toward his own younger brother.
"Information shared by the First Corps, combined with intelligence gathered by our corps, indicates that Valoran Province and Windy Breath Province, the two provinces bordering the sea, have already begun partial mobilization. Every town has