Dozens of nations underwent drastic upheavals in just a few days. Before anyone could react, the powerful had purged armies numbering in the millions. At the same time, they announced that they had joined the organization bearing the four-leaf clover emblem and openly declared themselves enemies of the Hong Alliance and the Commercial Alliance.
While countless people were gripped by fear and uncertainty, they began selecting soldiers to carry out construction at the borders. Most of the original armies were disbanded, while the new troops were sent to build cities and transport supplies along the frontier.
Naturally, social elites and intellectuals from comfortable families were unwilling to go die. But the impoverished masses who had long struggled on the edge of life and death did not care. This was especially true for workers over forty. Years of grueling labor and accumulated illnesses had driven them to their limits; death had long been close at hand.
Millions of impoverished people became soldiers in name and headed for the front lines. For the Association's promise of "free medical treatment" and the reward known as Black Crystal Coin, they went to the border prepared to die.
They did not believe those people would suddenly grow consciences and truly give them the new currency as promised. They only hoped to be lucky enough to receive some free treatment. Even if life was this painful, the instinct to survive still drove them to desperately flee death.
But something as unbelievable as a waterfall flowing backward actually happened. Those lofty big shots truly kept their word. They were nothing like the masters these people remembered.
The man lay flat on his bed with his arms folded across his chest, pressing his cervical vertebrae against the pillow at the head of the bed. Light flashed through the