The empire's lions led their armies in a grand march to the South—only for news of a rebellion by the Kingdom's descendants to appear behind them.
It caught everyone off guard. Some immediately turned back, while others remained unmoved.
"The empire's royal authority is unbreakable!"
Under that conviction, the army continued its advance.
Ryan also smoothly got a look at these lions from Monarch City.
Beneath the lion banner, this army was, from a mortal perspective, truly rather extravagant. Though it numbered only one thousand, more than five thousand people were responsible for covering their expenses along the way.
In other words, around the five Lion Princes combined, there was already a force on the scale of tens of thousands. If the other people assisting the armies in the count cities behind them were included...
Without extraordinary power involved, the mobilization of tens of thousands already counted as large-scale. Ryan stood atop Count Elias's castle, watching the great army approaching from the north, and considered whether he should give Slate some other help.
These one thousand Holy Flame Empire elites had a strength visible to the naked eye.
The prince from Monarch City entered Count Elias City. This time, the count could no longer keep pretending to be ill. Ryan did not get involved in the nobles' exchanges, and only when night fell did Count Elias wearily tell him the news.
"Graham Augustus. A man full of violence. He interrogated me about exactly which count cities under the Barbary Lion's banner have become lackeys of the Kingdom Remnants."
Of course, Count Elias had not said anything. He had only said that everyone was a loyal subject of the empire, but Graham did not believe him.
"He plans to directly attack the Sun Kingdom's strongholds."
"Those envoys who came from the