The matter had indeed been resolved. The nobles of Nant Kingdom no longer dared show their faces, so how could they dare seek humanitarian aid from the Empire's emperor?
Yet this method had silenced the Empire's nobles. When news reached the rear, plenty of nobles in the Imperial Capital condemned Baron Ryan.
At the front, however, no one directed their criticism at Ryan.
Only those nobles who wore armor on the front lines knew how greatly Ryan's actions had helped the war effort. "Your Majesty, a Cardinal Archbishop from the Church of Dawn has joined up with the Holy Son of Dawn. Their army probably... numbers more than four hundred thousand." "The Church of Dawn seems to have opened some Space Gate and brought people over from an Otherworld Plane."
Beside Floyd, Grand Duke Mayers spoke.
"The Church's five armies were said to number a million. We thought that was an exaggeration, only to discover it wasn't. And now we learn there might be far more?"
"Why would that be?"
Those numbers were terrifying. Even if they were all cannon fodder, they would cause unimaginable trouble for the Empire's army. The Church had no shortage of ways to turn cannon fodder into ravening wolves.
"Word has come from the rear. Grand Duke Rodriguez and the others believe an Otherworld Plane is very likely on the verge of collapse. The Church of Dawn simply decided to go all the way and send that world's entire population onto the battlefield."
"Solarian knows the difference between the Church's army and the Empire's, so he intends to fight us this way." The conflict between the Church and the Empire had raged for over a century. Most of the time, the Empire had held the upper hand. In recent years especially, not a single military