Although the Empire had already begun drawing up its postwar reconstruction plans, and Li Wei's Amusement Park was already on the agenda, the war was not actually over yet.
The Empire still had one final target left-the Sasha Alliance.
That was right. The Sasha Alliance and Cront were military allies, so declaring war on Cront naturally meant declaring war on the Sasha Alliance too. Cront might have ceased to exist, but the Sasha Alliance was still around!
And while the Empire had enjoyed a very happy New Year, the Sasha Alliance had not enjoyed it at all.
Although the Sasha Alliance had ultimately annexed the Duchy of Seth, it had been a pyrrhic victory. The duchy's fierce resistance had exceeded the alliance's expectations and inflicted devastating casualties. Throughout the war, Cront had steamrolled western Europe and trampled Francis, while the Sasha Alliance had accomplished almost nothing beyond conquering the Duchy of Seth. Its losses there had been so severe that Cront had even been forced to send an army corps to help.
They were the ultimate deadweight ally, good for nothing except dragging everyone else down.
Strictly speaking, the Empire had actually done the Sasha Alliance a favor.
After Cront annexed Francis, most people believed the dust had settled, and the Sasha Alliance immediately began looking for someone to hold accountable. After all, the war that had swept across almost the entire continent had begun with its attack on the Duchy of Seth. And although the duchy had been defeated, the alliance had suffered enormous losses, with countless soldiers killed or wounded and an astronomical bill for compensation.
No matter how they calculated it, the Sasha Alliance had inflicted a thousand casualties at the cost of eight hundred of its own. It had gained very little and acquired a mountain