"Dead?!"
Upon hearing the news of his trusted general's death, Cohen sat stunned behind his desk for several seconds before angrily slamming a fist onto the table.
"Why am I only hearing about this now?!"
He had only recently taken over the affairs of the Falcon Kingdom and was already overwhelmed by postwar reconstruction.
The industrial facilities General Klass had spent over a decade building had all been destroyed by The Alliance. Those people had not even spared the factory machinery or engineers, relocating all of them to neighboring Bister Town.
He had barely finished dealing with the property disputes in the royal capital when he discovered that the old king's treasury was so empty mice could run through it.
Before he could sort that out, more bad news arrived from the direction of the Great Desert.
Wally...
Thinking of that promising young officer,
Cohen gritted his teeth so hard sparks seemed ready to fly from between them.
Watching Governor Cohen through the holographic projection device, Captain Adria looked uneasy. After hesitating for a long while, he nervously continued.
"As I reported earlier, not long after we arrived in the Great Desert, we were attacked by an unidentified armed group calling themselves the Enlightenment Society. Commander Wally... died at their hands."
Afraid that the five-star commander would fly into a rage, Adria did not dare pause. He rattled on at breakneck speed without even stopping to breathe.
"However! We have already identified the killer... Her name is Zhuang Lan, and she is a resident of some shelter."
Cohen cursed furiously.
"Where is that person?! Bring that bastard to me! I swear I'll make her regret ever coming into this world!"
Adria said nervously,
"The Alliance has already captured her, but those idiots failed to guard her properly and let her