The flames of war seemed to engulf the entire Sains Continent in an instant.
In early June, the Candel Empire's army invaded the Rulson Kingdom.
Immediately afterward, the allied armies of the Malo Empire and the Falk Kingdom invaded the Drake Duchy, engaging the combined forces of the Drake Duchy and the Lampari Kingdom in fierce fighting along the border.
At the same time, the Sark Kingdom massed its army and launched attacks against the Lampari Kingdom's Northern Garrison at several locations.
Connecting these three fronts revealed that all three armies were headed toward the same place: the Stantin Duchy in the continent's southwestern corner.
More precisely, they were targeting the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
Nor was the fighting confined to the continent's southwestern corner. Before war broke out on these fronts, the forty-seven countries that had declared the Xinfei Merchant Guild an enemy had already pressured their neighbors to expel the guild from their borders. Otherwise, they would be considered supporters of the Xinfei Merchant Guild and likewise treated as enemies.
Under this pressure, and out of concern for their own interests, many countries that had previously refrained from taking a clear stance also declared the Xinfei Merchant Guild unwelcome, sealing off all its bases, factories, and shops within their borders.
Of course, some countries ignored the warning and maintained their cooperation with the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
These were the sixteen countries with deeper ties to the Xinfei Merchant Guild, including the Nozdormu Commercial United Kingdom and the Wales Duchy.
Thus, after fighting broke out in the continent's southwestern corner, these sixteen countries also came under attack from one or even several neighboring countries.
The primary targets of these attacks were the Xinfei Merchant Guild's bases.
Since the war between the Candel Empire and the Malo Empire nearly forty years