The people in the hall gradually dispersed, but discussion of the war had only just begun.
As they returned to their posts and brought the news back with them, everything slowly began to ferment.
Workers, Faithguard Army soldiers, clerks, researchers, students—people from every walk of life began considering how future wars should be fought.
Theus always managed to produce some forward-looking tactical plans. Mainly because he stood on the shoulders of giants, with Blue Star's entire history of military development as reference. Even if Castel could not manufacture many of those weapons, that vision alone was enough to influence the entire course of the war.
But Blue Star had no Transcendence. Castel's future methods of warfare were bound to take an entirely different path.
What Theus could do was gather ideas from everyone—after all, he was only one person, and there was no way he could come up with more than everyone thinking together.
Especially with a legendary idea machine like Monica around.
Besides stirring up a wave of discussion, Castel's general mobilization officially began as well.
News of the failed battle against Pope Jules quickly spread through Blood Port and Castel. Theus placed no restrictions on it.
People did not seem to blame the Banshees.
In fact, whether it was the Faithguard Army or the civilians, most of them shared a common hatred for the enemy.
And this was a sentiment that had arisen spontaneously, before Castel's propaganda apparatus had even been activated.
It was precisely because of this that Theus felt at ease launching the general mobilization.
Theus's domain now consisted of more than just Castel. Blood Port was also an extremely important component, and its population far exceeded that of Castel Island.
The people of Castel had gone through many wars since the Deep Sea War and