"It's just like cockroaches. You think you've killed them all, but when you see one, it means there's already a whole nest of them in the house."
Morning Wind District, Sun Coast.
Sun Coast was one of the Coastal Army's three major bases. Facing the Sea Barbarians head-on, it was the front line of the war. Bunkers and watchtowers had been built along the cliffs, forming an endless chain of fortresses. With its massive Radiant Stone Focusing Main Cannon, twenty-five Skyfire Mark III Cannons, and countless mortars, the coastal defense line was impregnable.
Precisely because the Coastal Army was so powerful, the Sea Barbarians had been unable to invade the inland regions for over a century. To the residents of Morning Wind District, the Sea Barbarians were almost creatures of legend. They had only been used by their parents to frighten them as children, and many would never see one in their entire lives—unless they joined the Coastal Army.
The Sea Barbarian attacks had been an ongoing war for Morning Wind District for over two thousand years. A hundred years after Radiance was founded, Morning Wind District was still the Sea Barbarians' hunting ground. The natives struggled to survive, and it had taken Radiance several centuries to reclaim the coastline step by step. Radiance spanned eight districts from north to south and had all four seasons within one nation. That hadn't come for free.
The Sea Barbarians launched three large-scale attacks every year, which the Coastal Army called the "Three Grand Sacrifices." Every Grand Sacrifice meant that hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Sea Barbarians would crash against the fortress gates. Even with cannons and fortifications, the Coastal Army dared not let its guard down. Sea Barbarians breaking into the fortresses was not uncommon. It was said that one