News of the two Emperors spread for several days.
Mary Geoise finally caught its breath after the initial chaos.
The shadow of Raigo had faded, and the Holy Land had returned to the light. Yet the Five Elders quickly realized that the true crisis extended far beyond the New World.
The Revolutionary Army had made its move.
Not in one place or one corner, but with fires igniting across the entire world at once.
Non-member nations openly resisted the nobles' grain levies.
Underground gatherings sprang up throughout peripheral member nations.
Riots erupted one after another in ports controlled by slave traders.
There were even insiders within royal palaces who willingly handed the Revolutionary Army lists of nobles, tax ledgers, and confidential slave transport records.
In the past, such sparks would have been swiftly stamped out by Cipher Pol, royal armies, and Marine Branches.
But this time, the situation was completely different.
The World Government was overwhelmed by the disastrous defeat against the two Emperors, runaway public opinion, the attack on the Holy Land, financial turmoil, and pressure from all sides.
Just as it tried to free up its hands for suppression, new urgent reports flooded into the Room of Authority one after another.
What gave the Five Elders an even greater headache was that the Revolutionary Army had suddenly gained a ruthless figure who came and went like a ghost.
He could infiltrate royal palaces, prisons, ports, armories, and even noble councils without warning.
Guards could not detect his trail, Cipher Pol agents had no way to capture him, and every time, they could only catch a fleeting afterimage.
The next second, he would vanish without a trace.
As early as two years ago,
before Sabo officially took over as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army, Baltigo had