The Three Great Empires Intervene

June 18.

News of the Terra Kingdom's fall swept across the continent like a hurricane.

Although every race and nation had already anticipated this outcome when the Five Nations Alliance collapsed,

the downfall of the Terra Kingdom, an old powerhouse of the North Continent with a legacy of nearly a thousand years, still shocked countless people and left them with a sense of desolation.

And at this very moment, the three great empires of Arcane, Holy Light, and the Holy Alliance—whether by prior agreement or unspoken understanding—simultaneously sent powerful figures into the various nations to mediate.

Their methods were extremely forceful. They directly brought the kings of the North Continent's nations to the Flame Kingdom and convened a mediation conference.

It was still the grand conference hall where the Human Alliance Assembly had been held three years ago. At the center, beneath the glow of Magic Lamps, Seraphim, Augustin, and the current emperor of the Sacred Alliance Empire, Milo Habsburg, sat at the head of the golden table.

Seated on either side of them were the six main players in the North Continent's chaotic war: Roland, Matthias, Freddy, Inia, Sigmund, and Alexand, ruler of the Flame Kingdom.

The meeting had yet to begin, but the heavy scent of gunpowder already hung in the air around them.

Matthias first cast Roland a vicious look, then fixed Alexand, ruler of the Flame Kingdom, with the gaze one would reserve for a father's murderer.

The Storm Kingdom had suffered terribly in this North Continent war. While it had not been wiped out like the Terra Kingdom, nearly a third of its territory—ten whole provinces—had been seized by the Flame Kingdom.

This was far more than merely a severe blow to their vitality. Having suffered immense losses, they faced the Autran Kingdom, whom they