In the early morning, as the sun climbed high, more than a dozen airships appeared over Gniez. They were military observation airships from various countries, and Marley no longer had the strength to intercept or shoot them down.
A well-dressed old man and three younger and middle-aged men who looked like nobles slowly approached the group.
"Philia!" Lisa exclaimed when she saw Philia.
"Aunt Lisa!!" Philia immediately threw herself into Lisa's arms.
"It's been a long time, Aunt Lisa," Yasuo said with a strained smile.
"Yasuo? What are you doing here?" Lisa's mouth fell open in surprise.
"Greetings, friends of the Survey Corps. I am the head of the Rothschild Family. You may call me Winston." Winston bowed courteously.
"May I ask who you are?" Armin asked, momentarily taken aback.
"And may I ask who you are, sir?" Seeing how young Armin was, Winston sounded puzzled.
"I am Armin Arnold, chief of staff for the Survey Corps at the front," Armin said in an extremely serious tone.
"Then may I ask where your country's Marshal is?" Winston believed that a mere chief of staff would hardly be enough to accomplish his purpose.
"That would be me." Chen Si slowly emerged from the ruins.
Winston froze again when he saw that Chen Si was just as young.
After surveying the Marley Capital, now reduced to ruins, the foreign airships sent the news back to their respective countries. An uproar swept across the world.
The Mid-East Allied Forces, led by the bloc of seven countries on the Mid-East continent, declared war on Marley one after another. Five million troops stationed along the border launched a massive invasion of northern Marley. At the same time, Marley's 2.8 million defenders began fighting back desperately, and a new war erupted in the north.
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