In the Coastal Lands, April was already deep in late spring. Sprawling grasses and trees, harvested bean fields, and wild geese migrating south all symbolized teeming vitality. On the Mexica Plateau, meanwhile, the scene was one of mid-spring green. Forests and fields being burned off along the lake, tribes migrating east, and great columns of Militia transporting grain were constantly expanding the Mexica Alliance's control over the lands of Tlaxcala!
Tens of thousands of the Royal Legion, after two years of silence, finally set out from the Lake Texcoco region. That tide woven of dark green and white gold spread toward key points in every direction under the Divine King's inscrutable will. They suppressed the nobles of the various states, watched the changes in the situation, and waited for the kingdom's promise as well... Whether it would be a warm welcome to a triumphant return, or a cold, ruthless killing intent, depended entirely on a single thought from the two kings.
"Family head, the Main God blesses us! The latest victory report from Purple Grass County! Etalic, magistrate of Purple Grass County, led the Purple Grass Legion and, one month ago, has already broken Sea Woman City of the southeastern Tecos tribes! The Purple Grass Legion slew three thousand warriors and captured nearly forty thousand Tecos tribesmen... More than two hundred li of the southeastern Tecos coast has been completely brought under the kingdom's control!"
"Oh?! The old general Etalic broke Sea Woman City?"
Hearing such good news, Xolotl's spirits lifted. He took the document transported over a thousand li and could not wait to read through it.
Sea Woman City of the southeastern Tecos tribes lay at the mouth of the long Talsas River, more than two hundred li farther southeast. During the first southern campaign, the kingdom's scouts