"...I hereby declare on behalf of the Falcon Royal Family that, from this day forth, the Falcon Kingdom's land and air forces surrender to The Alliance, the Corporation Expeditionary Force, and the belligerent nations of Lion, Honey Badger, Golden Lizard, Camel Hump, and others."
"From the day the surrender agreement is signed, all combat units loyal to the Falcon Royal Family shall immediately abandon their current positions and proceed to The Alliance's or the Corporation Army's garrisons to surrender their weapons and ammunition. The Alliance and the Corporation pledge to guarantee your safety."
"I further inform my subjects that the Kingdom declared war upon the nations of Sunset Province only because the blessings bestowed by the Spirit of the Sand Sea had diminished year by year, while garrison expenses, royal expenditures, and industrial costs remained high. Circumstances forced our hand, and this outcome was never my intention..."
"...I hope you will understand my wishes."
In the holographic projection.
King Monget, crowned and robed, sat in his castle office and read the surrender decree before the camera.
Five minutes earlier, he had already signed the formal written surrender agreement and handed it over to The Alliance's Burning Corps stationed in the castle.
This holographic recording would be broadcast as audio throughout the Falcon Kingdom and transmitted through the command system to every unit of the Falcon Kingdom Army.
It was foreseeable that the players stationed in Bist Town would be busy.
Having finally read the surrender decree to its end, Monget paused and looked at the holographic projection before him.
The man in the projection was The Alliance's Administrator.
That man was even younger than he had imagined, entirely different from the portraits his officials had collected within the Honey Badger Kingdom.
Especially those eyes, as deep as the stars overhead.