The situation in the Candel Empire was far worse than Zeborto had described.
While he was still on the Sains Continent, the situation in the Candel Empire's Southern Province had deteriorated. Workers' riots had swept across the entire province, and even the imperial troops sent to suppress them had been defeated by the workers.
To many people in the Candel Empire, that situation had already been serious enough.
Yet in the roughly twenty days since Zeborto had fled the Southern Province, finally decided to board a ship at a port in the Tural Autonomous Territory, and sailed all the way to the Demoncloud Continent, the situation in the Candel Empire had suddenly become several times worse.
After the workers' riots broke out in the Southern Province, several other provinces in the Candel Empire had also experienced large-scale workers' riots.
Lamask Province, the worst affected of them, was in an even more frightening state than the Southern Province.
Duke Rocky, the governor of Lamask Province himself, had actually lost his life in the riots.
With the Governor's Mansion no longer keeping it in check, Lamask Province had descended into utter chaos.
Meanwhile, the Malo Empire had clearly received news of the Candel Empire's internal unrest and immediately broke from its usual approach to launch an all-out offensive.
Morale in the Candel Empire was already shaky because of the internal unrest. Having never expected the Malo Empire to suddenly intensify its attacks so drastically, its forces were caught off guard and suffered one defeat after another. The two legions fighting the Malo Empire in the empire's north were almost completely annihilated by the fierce assault.
Such a devastating defeat further aggravated the dire situation within the Candel Empire.
The Southwestern Province Governor's Office suddenly issued a public declaration: the imperial royal family