For ordinary citizens of the Ovena Federation and Bremen Empire—including wealthy businessmen, the middle class, and even the so-called upper crust—they did not know the truth behind the "Jacobin Grand Opera House Terror Attack."
They only knew that less than a month after the "Hundred Elders Assembly Hall Terror Attack" at the end of June, another event that shocked the Federation—and even the entire world—had occurred in mid-July.
Panic spread throughout the Federation.
Within the mysterious realm, the title of the strongest person alive had always been hotly contested. But lately, the "Red Sage" had been mentioned most often, even surpassing his teacher, the "White Sage," for a time.
As for the two leaders of the Empire and Federation, Caesar and Speaker Leonidas, only a very small number of mystics knew their true identities: they were Hour-God counterparts.
Thus, they were not part of the discussion.
Mystics from nations across the world vaguely sensed an undercurrent gradually surging within the Federation.
After the Bu-Ao Two Nations formally went to war, the Federation had suffered numerous riots, protests, marches, and strikes in succession within a single year... Especially over the past two months, it had also endured unprecedented terrorist attacks, suffering extremely severe losses.
In the "Hundred Elders Assembly Hall Incident," all twelve chairpersons of the Federation's General Council had died miserably, while over half of the five hundred deputy seats had been killed or wounded. This directly paralyzed domestic departments, cut off the flow of government orders, and threw the great families into internal turmoil as they fought over power and profit without end.
Before they had even had time to catch their breath, the "Jacobin Grand Opera House Incident" occurred again.
The more powerful and highly placed the figure, the more clearly they understood the inside story and knew