Imperial Capital.
It was like a beating heart, ceaselessly pumping blood to every corner of the Empire and giving it the force it needed to move.
At present, what made the Imperial Capital beat fastest were, of course, the two wars in the south and the east.
In the South, the army led by the Emperor had fallen into a long tug-of-war with the Church, while in the east, Baron Ryan represented the Empire and had also gone to war with the elves. His constant requests for aid were giving the Council of Elders a headache.
"If you ask me, why bother with the people on that land? We might as well just wait until the elves show up in front of the Empire's fortresses."
There were voices like that in the Imperial Capital. Transporting supplies to the edge of The Woodlands in the east was simply too troublesome and too costly.
However, the Council of Elders gave no extra response. Ryan had gone to resist the elves under the orders of Floyd, His Majesty the Emperor, and the Council of Elders relied on the Emperor's authority to obtain power. That meant they could not oppose Baron Ryan and, in doing so, indirectly become opponents of the Emperor's will.
The problem was, the Emperor had no real stance on Ryan appearing in that lost land, even though there had clearly been no need for him to be there.
"What we should be discussing now is whether to accept Count Stirling's proposal."
"Open a spatial corridor and have the mages connect to that lost land. This is the most convenient method and the one with the least losses."
"Convenient, yes, but not necessarily the lowest cost. Every time a spatial route is opened and maintained, it requires a massive amount of