At the same time, on the front line...
After Roland V announced his surrender, the Holy Roland Empire, which had basically lost the power to resist, threw open its city gates and welcomed the Great Zhou forces into the cities.
Facing this situation, Shi Lei did not let down his guard. He continued taking over the defenses step by step, completing the occupation of the cities within the Holy Roland Empire one by one. His composure was rock-steady.
Meanwhile, on the border of the Holy Roland Empire nearest the Northeast Fortress.
The reinforcements formed by the three factions were also fighting in a well-ordered manner.
If Shi Lei's steadiness came from his personality, then the reason things were so steady here was that Fisher and Yalveth had both already seen through the fact that Li Ce, Great Zhou's representative, had not exerted himself at all from beginning to end.
This made them clearly realize that their mission here was, in plain terms, to keep the enemy occupied. They were not required to storm cities and seize fortresses.
Yalveth did not have much of a reaction. Over the years, the Female Warrior Tribe's circumstances had essentially made them unofficial members of Great Zhou. Everyone benefited from the arrangement, and they were deeply bound together and deeply cooperative.
But this development was making Fisher rather miserable.
According to Fisher's original plan, he had intended to take advantage of the chaos and occupy several cities of the Holy Roland Empire.
By then, once the Holy Roland Empire surrendered or fell, the cities here would count as having been jointly conquered by their three factions.
Simply put, it would mean that the Smith Kingdom had a share too.
From Fisher's perspective, Great Zhou certainly would not give those cities to them.
At that point,