With the secret negotiations underway, the already stable Northern Frontier Battlefield fell completely silent.
The beastfolk army did not attack, and Hudson had ordered the defenders not to sally out. The smoke-shrouded Northern Continent welcomed a long-lost peace.
"How is it? Did Marshal Hudson agree to send troops?"
Duke Rodriguez asked with concern.
There was never any shortage of clever people in the world. Given the hatred between the Alpha Kingdom and the beastfolk, a truce during the Continental War was itself an unbelievable thing.
Sensing that something was wrong, the Northern Noble Faction took action at once.
"No. Not only was our request to fight rejected, the requests of the other generals were rejected as well.
We contacted the Northern scions serving under Hudson, but they are just as confused. They have no idea what happened!"
Duke Anhel answered with an unhappy expression.
For a long time, the Northern Nobles had been the core strength of the Kingdom Army. Any major military operation in the past had inevitably required their consent.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, their influence in the military would plummet to the point where they could not even find out what the commander-in-chief was doing?
One had to know that during the previous war, Northern Nobles had occupied forty percent of the positions in Command Headquarters.
Not long ago, while Marquis James was in office, they still possessed considerable influence within Command Headquarters.
But the moment Hudson took office, the situation completely spiraled out of control.
There was no helping it. Someone always had to be held responsible for defeat. The commander of the army had been dismissed and held accountable, so naturally the other officers in the command staff could not escape blame.
Hudson simply went with the