Two months ago, the combined force of over thirty thousand troops from the Northern Principality and the church began their assault on the Desert Principality.
Three of the smaller desert principalities had already been under the church's control, so they offered no resistance and surrendered outright.
Although the remaining principalities attempted to resist, facing the church's three thousand Holy Knights was like using a mantis's arms to stop a chariot. They were breached and conquered one after another in short order.
Now, a little over two months later, this final principality had also been swallowed up by the church.
This meant that, aside from the Onyx Principality, every other part of Glory Continent was now under the church's control.
Moreover, after conquering the desert principalities, the church's and Northern Principality's armies had indeed not returned home in triumph.
Instead, they had stationed and settled their troops in a desert city closest to the Onyx Principality.
From this alone, their intention to attack the Onyx Principality was already glaringly obvious—and that day was not far off.
As a result, the King of the Onyx Principality and the great nobles immediately felt as though they were sitting on pins and needles.
King Carlfer had issued a prewar mobilization order, instructing all nobles to prepare to receive a summons at any time.
Since this time they would be resisting foreign invaders, once war truly broke out, speed would be paramount, and the nobles would need to reach the battlefield at once.
Of course, in order to improve their odds of holding off the church and the Northern Principality, the king and the earls had finally remembered Nalant's Siege Crossbows.
That was also the most important message conveyed in this letter.
During the previous autumn levy, Bernard had told Nalant that afterward, the earls