Just as Catherine had anticipated, Lei Chan was struck by that blow from "some damn bastard" as well.
For the Blood Fiend Empire, which kept soldiers hidden among the people, its capacity to endure was actually stronger than the Shadow Empire's. Lei Chan adopted a solution entirely different from Catherine's style: propagating the claim that victory in war was certain. Had Catherine not appeared with reinforcements in time, the Fallen Angel Empire would already have been destroyed by Lei Chan.
Whether in individual strength or overall combat power, the Blood Fiend Empire was the undisputed number-one empire. From a certain perspective, if war truly broke out, it could even bring enormous benefits to the Blood Fiend Empire. This was also a pride instilled throughout the Blood Fiend Empire, a pride that had endured from the day Emperor White Night of the Fallen Angels fell to the present.
Under such circumstances, the Blood Fiend Empire weathered the crisis for the time being. Yet it lacked no far-sighted talents, and they had already seen that the new thing called a "bank," learned from the Fallen Angel Empire, was absolutely a double-edged sword. It could bring immense profits, but it could also bring unimaginable, tremendous crises—enough even to shake an empire's foundations. This "currency shortage" might merely be the opening of a war.
This war had no death or bloodshed, yet it was no less terrifying than a real battle. More frightening still, one simply had no idea what means the enemy would use to attack.
Compared with those two great empires, the Fallen Angel Empire, also one of the "test subjects," appeared utterly calm and composed. Through a series of measures such as raising interest rates, reassuring the public, and holding various events, it swiftly stabilized the situation.
Three days later, the