The arrival of the Giant Legion in Frost Snow City caused the expected shock.
Although Grand Duke Owen had made some preparations in advance, although northerners were reputed to have the strongest nerves, and although the people living on this land dealt with all kinds of astonishing ancient relics every day, the Giant Legion and the transport mother ships they rode in were still enough to challenge the locals' ability to accept them.
Some citizens who saw the starships land from atop the city walls were frightened, causing a small-scale disturbance.
In the end, however, all the unrest was brought under effective control. Under Grand Duke Owen's timely coordination and the Northern Territory Legion's powerful execution, the city calmed down with astonishing speed and began waiting for further orders.
The discipline brought by the fortress city's unique population and social structure played a tremendous role at that moment.
As for Constance and Grand Duke Owen, Hao Ren did not need to explain the Guardian Giants' specific circumstances to them. Perhaps he should be grateful that the succession gaps and historical distortions caused by repeated Epochal Shifts meant that different inheritors often represented entirely different systems of civilization. Two organizations with disconnected inheritances might possess powers separated by a gulf as vast as that between Earth and a celestial star. Constance knew this perfectly well and did not take the initiative to ask too many questions.
Hao Ren had indeed considered finding a suitable opening to let Her Highness the Princess learn the whole truth, including the identities of his group. However, after seeing an urgent report Nolan had sent over, he realized that this world's situation was far more fragile than it appeared. To avoid affecting this world's final thread of hope, he had to do everything possible to eliminate