January 10.
A piece of news once again left countless factions across the continent dumbfounded.
The Elf Empire had actually exchanged one million sea demons for its people and abandoned its pursuit of responsibility from the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom for tearing up the peace agreement and rashly starting a war.
But before long, the Elf Empire revealed the inside story.
The Dawn Pope Augustin had forcibly protected the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom at the cost of promising not to attack Elves or Orcs.
Just as the other factions were still astonished that Augustin was willing to pay so much for the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom,
the Beastkin Empire instantly erupted into an uproar.
Previously, due to the peace agreement, they had not dared to rashly provoke war for fear of retaliation from the entire Human Alliance.
Later, during the Human civil war on the North Continent, they had been firmly suppressed by Augustin alone.
But now, Roland had broken the peace agreement first, Augustin was being restrained by the Elves, and the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom had been removed from the Human Alliance.
If the Beastkin Empire still did not act when presented with such a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, then they were no Orcs at all.
In an instant, under the Behemoth Royal Family's call, the eight great royal clans deployed a total of 1.5 million elite troops and two million ordinary Orcs, marching south in force until they reached the City of Guardianship.
Facing the menacing Beastkin Empire, the Sacred Co-Prosperity Kingdom immediately launched a war mobilization as well, refusing to yield an inch of land.
They deployed 1.5 million troops directly under the kingdom, one million troops from the major nobles' allied forces, and all seven mage corps, gathering them at the City of Guardianship.
At the same time,
the incident provoked