It was the third year before the Divine Tree Era. The war of rebellion that had swept across the Land of That took merely two and a half months to engulf the entire region.
Those who answered the call to rebellion were mostly farmers oppressed by the harsh rule of Vermilion Bird, the ruler of the Land of That.
Once those honest, diligent farmers cast aside their hoes and sickles and took up all manner of killing tools, a rebellion to overthrow the Land of That's rule unfolded with unstoppable force.
However, after the rebellion led by Aikawa Nobunaga began, not all of the separatist forces that rose up in response across the land submitted to Aikawa Nobunaga.
Although Aikawa Nobunaga's faction was the strongest, the other weaker factions could not be underestimated if they banded together.
Of course, people of that era were deeply reverent, and everyone worshipped the enormous Divine Tree that stood between heaven and earth.
At the same time, in order to better command the rebel farmers, Aikawa Nobunaga came up with a method.
Outside a vast battlefield position, countless crude camps had been haphazardly erected across the ground. Many gaunt soldiers patrolled back and forth through the camps.
Though they all looked dark-skinned and weathered, some even little more than skin and bones, their eyes were now filled with a vivid vitality.
Inside the tent at the very center, Aikawa sat in the seat of honor, clad in armor with a sharp tachi strapped at his waist.
At this moment, he looked completely different from the gaunt, dull-faced farmer he had been two months ago!
Especially after receiving Aizen's promise, Aikawa Nobunaga had changed utterly, inside and out.
He sat upright in the seat of honor within the tent. His skin was dark, and he