"Screeech-"
With a sharp squeal of brakes, a fiery-red Mana Sedan stopped right beside Aiwei Ruoang as he walked out of the General Staff Headquarters.
"Hey, Aiwei, what a coincidence. Where are you headed? Want a ride?"
Hearing that familiar voice, Aiwei Ruoang turned and looked with a peculiar expression at Shalong Li Nuer, who had poked his head out of the driver's cab. He could not help shaking his head.
"Say, Shalong, you certainly have it easy now. I hear you drive around in this car every day, doing nothing?"
Shalong Li Nuer, the former commander of the Greedy Wolf Legion, shrugged. "What else am I supposed to do?"
Aiwei Ruoang fell silent for a moment, then sighed softly.
The Sark Kingdom had been forced to establish a Free Trade Zone at the Lampari Kingdom's demand. To many people within the Saal Kingdom, this was an utterly intolerable humiliation.
After suppressing the Lampari Kingdom for centuries, the Sark Kingdom was now being forced to accept its demands. Someone obviously had to take responsibility for such a humiliation.
First in the firing line was the Greedy Wolf Legion, which had suffered repeated defeats against the Lampari Kingdom's Northern Garrison.
In many people's eyes, the Greedy Wolf Legion's poor performance was precisely what had put the Sark Kingdom in such a passive position, ultimately forcing it to sign an agreement to jointly establish a Free Trade Zone that compromised its sovereignty and humiliated the nation.
As the Greedy Wolf Legion's commander and chief of staff, Shalong Li Nuer and Aiwei Ruoang bore the brunt of the blame and received extremely harsh punishments.
Aiwei Ruoang had fared somewhat better. Although he had been stripped of his position as commander of the Greedy Wolf Legion, the Military Department's General Staff Headquarters had protected