The wizard on the platform raised a hand to quiet the crowd, then continued, "Ironrock City has been occupied, but the surrounding situation remains complicated. Remaining resistance forces, hidden Awakened, and possible Corrupted Forms all need to be cleared out and brought under control. The legion needs more personnel to head to Ironrock City to maintain order after the occupation, inventory resources, and carry out deep-cleansing operations."
With Ironrock City breached, the entire Turus Territory had essentially fallen as well.
However, the Turus Territory was vast, and it was impossible to occupy it completely in such a short time. Some resistance forces still remained, more or less.
According to intelligence from the front, the main surviving forces of Turus Territory were accelerating their retreat out of the territory.
This force still possessed a certain level of combat capability. They were advancing northeast, preparing to enter the interior of the Brunn Continent and join up with the forces there.
From the northeast of Turus Territory, one could directly reach the inland regions of the Brunn Continent. There was a canyon there, and beyond it lay a vast plain.
That plain had once been an ancient battlefield, where many wars had taken place.
The City-states in the inland regions of the Brunn Continent were now basically all preparing for war. They had long since begun gathering troops to resist the Allied Legion's invasion.
The troops retreating from Turus Territory were clearly connected to those forces.
Judging from reconnaissance reports from the front, people on the other side were also receiving the retreating troops from here.
What Duke and the others needed to do now was continue onward to Ironrock City and take responsibility for clearing the surrounding areas.
An hour later, Duke, Vivian, and the other members of the Seventh Squadron boarded