The empire was now in an extremely special stage. Power was changing hands, the nobles' ability to withstand risk was being challenged again and again, and the voices of the lesser and middle nobles could hardly influence the empire's many decisions.
Floyd, this emperor, had brought all four grand dukes of the empire onto the battlefield, and the great nobles, because their own Extraordinary Legions were involved, had also had all their attention dragged there.
The vast empire, after losing the direct influence of these people, had become leaderless.
Ryan was thinking about whether Count William becoming an elder would have a good or bad effect on him.
"He will stand on the emperor's side."
After pondering for a while, Ryan sighed. This was an outcome he did not want to see. Floyd was using the war to increase his authority as emperor. Not long after, Ryan also received news that the Church of Dawn's fifth army in the South had been completely wiped out. The empire had won a great victory.
That left him even more speechless. In this matter, he was not the party whose interests had been harmed. As Floyd's prestige rose, Count Clayton's Imperial Second Legion would probably be replenished under the emperor's will.
After all, Count Teton and Count Clayton had been among this emperor's first supporters. He could not forget that.
Therefore, as news of victory in the war continued to spread through the empire, the voice of Count Clayton's faction actually began to grow as well. Ryan did not know what to say. He only watched as knights kept riding through Nant Kingdom, heading north into the Florian Empire.
"Lord Ryan, the Nant nobles have already... all been killed."
Ronan spoke quietly beside him. Ryan turned back, and behind him stood the densely