Gram Appears

With the Terra Kingdom's last reserves completely wiped out in the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands.

The entire Terra Kingdom lay before the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom like a completely exposed virgin.

Naturally, Roland would not let this opportunity, which he had waited more than a decade for, slip away. On May 15, at Roland's command, with O'Neal as commander, an army of five hundred thousand landed on the continent and boldly invaded the Terra Kingdom.

It was not far from what the Military Affairs Department had expected. The five hundred thousand troops of the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom swept through as though entering uninhabited land, like an autumn wind scattering fallen leaves. In barely half a month, they had occupied half of the Terra Kingdom.

Everywhere they passed, countless nobles surrendered at the first sign of danger without offering the slightest resistance. Even the Terra Kingdom's former eight great ducal families showed no intention of resisting. They obediently bowed their heads and submitted, while their family heads rushed overnight to Highland City, hoping to switch allegiance and survive this great upheaval.

A month later, other than the royal capital of Gram, all of the Terra Kingdom's more than ten million square kilometers of land had fallen into the hands of the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom.

And today, after more than twenty years, Roland once again set foot in this great city that felt unfamiliar to him, yet was incomparably familiar in his memories—the Terra Kingdom's royal capital, Gram.

As the most prosperous region of the Terra Kingdom, Gram City was several times larger than Highland City and covered an immense area. At its peak, its permanent population had exceeded two million, making it one of the foremost great cities on the entire North Continent.

Yet today, this great city situated in the