Her Majesty Luxanna, Supreme Above All, Arrived in Her Loyal Capital Today

The surrender ceremony was not particularly grand. After such a long stretch of fighting, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and there was little point in putting on a ceremony.

Under the gaze of soldiers from both armies, Jarvan IV handed Lux his Dragon-Binding Spear. The other legions then laid down their arms as well.

Thus, Demacia's Fearless Vanguard, Garrison Legion, Ranger Legion, Plains Mobile Legion, Swamp Battle Group, and other main forces officially became prisoners of the Northern Wanderers. From Rizos to the capital, there were almost no organized defensive legions left along the way.

If they marched south now, it would be no exaggeration to say the capital would fall as soon as the news arrived.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Luxanna did not hurry south at once.

After the surrender ceremony, she organized the transport of prisoners to the rear while steadily advancing the front line. The army no longer had the momentum it had shown when it first marched out, covering a hundred miles a day.

But one thing had not changed since the start of the uprising: as she advanced south, she continued to oversee the trials of nobles and the distribution of land.

As news reached the capital, Luxanna remained unhurried, but the Noble Council, which had until then been sitting back with confidence, grew anxious.

In fact, when news came that Jarvan IV had been captured and the Imperial Capital Army had surrendered, the nobles in the capital were stunned for a while. Before long, though, they quickly settled down.

For the Noble Council, welcoming a king—or, rather, an emperor—who did not belong to the Lightshield Family was a very difficult matter. It could even be considered unprecedented.

But given that Countess Luxanna had long been known as a Noble Exemplar, this