To be honest, Schönbrunn Palace was not far from Hofburg Palace. Yet when Franz entered Hofburg Palace, he found that everything had already descended into chaos.
Without needing Franz to prompt them, Mia and the other secretaries began their reports.
After two hours of reports, Franz was utterly exhausted in body and mind. He truly had not expected so much to happen to the country in just two days.
But the main issue was still the bloody images being spread far and wide by those reporters. It had to be said, those pictures were profoundly shocking.
Even black-and-white photographs could keep minors awake at night. Not to mention the many adults who had rarely seen such bloody scenes—especially those noblewomen still wearing corsets, who could be frightened into fainting.
To be honest, the secretaries did not look well either. Setting empathy aside, the images alone were enough to cause physical discomfort.
Yet Franz's face remained expressionless. After all, he came from a future age of information explosion.
However, from Franz's current position, he could increasingly sense the meticulous calculations behind it all. Things like morality, faith, fairness, justice, freedom, and democracy were utterly worthless in the eyes of politicians.
Canaan was now part of the Austrian Empire, while the Ottoman Empire had also lost its usefulness as a barrier against Russia. At most, they could only hope the Ottomans would not be swallowed by Russia too soon.
Thus, the nations of Europe sprang into action, preparing to organize a joint intervention. Yet more than a dozen countries could not even scrape together five thousand troops.
Meanwhile, within the Austrian Empire, even the Church could organize more than ten thousand armed monks.
Of course, that was the Austrian Imperial Church's entire fortune in armed strength. Since the Church's armed forces also