The Guardian of the Mountains appeared most often
on the front lines against the Oda Shogunate.
The Oda Shogunate's attention to the Guardian of the Mountains
had reached a downright obsessive degree.
At any cost, it had established an intelligence network within the Shannan Kingdom, dedicated specifically to tracking the Guardian of the Mountains and its movements.
The slightest anomaly involving the Guardian of the Mountains would become a priority for the Oda Shogunate.
And now, it had been missing for such a long time.
According to intelligence reports, the Oda Shogunate had already begun its counteroffensive on the front lines.
It was a clear-cut probe!
Because in the past, whenever the Oda Shogunate faced the Guardian of the Mountains,
all it could do was take a beating with its head down and hunker behind its defenses.
How could it dare to counterattack?
The Shannan Kingdom's leadership
was already panicking.
The Guardian of the Mountains was currently in the Black Stone Duchy.
Its captain had also returned to the Black Stone Duchy.
The Black Stone Duchy had already simulated the Shannan Kingdom's possible reactions and the situation it would face after the Guardian of the Mountains went missing.
They had done so months ago.
So far,
events had unfolded as expected.
"At present, the Shannan Kingdom can still use some false intelligence to conceal the truth for a while, claiming the ship is on a long-range expedition or some other special mission.
But the Oda Shogunate will eventually learn that the Guardian of the Mountains has gone missing.
When that happens,
the Oda Shogunate won't pass up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It will surely go all out and wage war against the Shannan Kingdom!
Only by crushing it completely before the Shannan Kingdom can build another Star Destroyer
will the Oda