Return Journey

Over the following week, within Folsaka, the surface remained calm, but beneath it, undercurrents surged.

Several core Revolutionary Army camps were hit by surprise attacks from the Kingdom's forces and uprooted entirely. More than half of the smaller strongholds were wiped out, drastically weakening their overall strength.

The "chronic rash" that had plagued Folsaka for so long was precisely excised under this lightning-fast "scalpel offensive."

And all of this was thanks to one crucial individual.

That person was Gilan Iros.

He relayed all the critical intelligence he had stolen from Sixth Dove's mind to Lewan. The battle-hardened old king immediately summoned his ministers overnight and devised a meticulous plan.

After dispatching Deputy Commander and Foreign Minister Kasmu, the war situation indeed underwent a dramatic reversal.

The Revolutionary Army, which had previously hidden throughout Folsaka and appeared and vanished unpredictably, was exposed in an instant. Coupled with Sixth Dove's death, the Revolutionary Army had lost its mastermind. Leaderless, they fell into complete disarray.

Their total eradication was only a matter of time.

In addition, the nine Kingdom ministers who had been hypnotized and controlled by Sixth Dove naturally broke free of the mysterious influence affecting them.

Still uneasy, old King Lewan summoned them to the palace one after another and met with each of them personally. Only after a thorough investigation did he confirm that the ministers had returned to normal.

Beyond that, the heads of the nine major business groups also arrived in the royal capital of Dasival. Under Lewan's organization, they held a "bidding conference."

However, to everyone's regret, the Empire's Foreign Minister of rumor did not attend. Instead, his assistant Moody and Secretary Lainis handled the selection on his behalf.

In the end, the three precious agency slots were secured by the Guadeloupe Group, Iron Camel Group, and