Since ancient times, the Sinlands had been the territory of the Remnants.
The environment there was perilous. Thick permafrost lay under year-round snow, the sun was unseen for most of the year, and dangerous Wild Trolls and Savage Orcs roamed the land.
So-called Wild Trolls and Savage Orcs referred to uncivilized savages who had not formed tribes.
The Kane Orcs' and Trolls' tradition of eating humans had been passed down from the Wild Trolls and Savage Orcs.
Wild Trolls and Savage Orcs were even worse. They ate even their own kind, truly humanoid beasts.
The humans of the Gorseflower Empire had always wondered how the Sinlands Remnants survived in such outrageously harsh conditions.
It was precisely because of the Sinlands' harsh environment that, even at the height of its power, the Gorseflower Empire had never launched any military action against it. As long as the Northland nobles could keep the Remnants beyond the Blackrock Line, all was well.
However, with the rise of the Plague Lord, the Sinlands' strategic importance had undergone a qualitative change.
If the Sinlands could be captured, the Plague Lord's tentacles of influence could be severed, bottling him up in the Underworld and preventing him from threatening Kane's Surface World.
If the Plague Lord was allowed to occupy the Sinlands, he would forever possess a perfect springboard from which he could gather strength and attack the Gorseflower Empire at any time.
The fact that Viscount Dennis had been entrusted with such an important task by Nicholas IV naturally meant that he possessed keen strategic vision.
Even without Bai Xiaowen laying it all out for him, he could see the necessity of subjugating the Sinlands.
Once successful, as commander of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, he would be showered with flowers and applause and become the greatest contributor