On the night before departure, Xuemiyya leaned against Velin's chest and said with some regret, "After trying for two years, I still haven't conceived. Once you leave, I don't know how long it'll be before you return."
"Don't worry about it. We still have such long lives ahead of us. Even if we have children a hundred years from now, it won't be too late." Velin stroked his wife's silver hair and comforted her.
"Don't worry. I'll manage the territory well."
The Magic Lamp went out, and the night passed without incident.
The next morning, under the send-off of Qixing Territory's senior officials, Velin led an army of twenty thousand toward the Provincial Capital of Kadlo Province.
Three days later, after being transferred through Teleportation Arrays, the twenty-thousand-strong army arrived at Miyer City and entered Ades Barracks on the Ilia Plain for three months of prewar training.
Within half a month, eight hundred thousand troops arrived at Ades Barracks one after another.
During this time, Velin remained in the barracks and went nowhere. He planned to visit the Ilia Kingdom to find Zelia after the first meeting concluded.
Ten years had passed. He wondered how that boy who had once wanted to kill himself was doing now.
"My lord, the Blood Moon Count has arrived," Kyle entered the tent and reported respectfully.
Hearing this, Velin stood up, picked up his Knight Sword, and took Kyle to his great aunt's camp.
In the eastern section of Ades Barracks, Blood Moon Count Miyali calmly issued orders in a tent, planning the camp's deployment.
Excluding the troop quota given to Qixing Territory, the Blood Moon Territory had deployed a total of sixteen thousand troops for this war: four thousand one hundred knights, nine thousand five hundred warriors, five hundred from the Assassin Squad,