Chen Si stepped out of the Governor-General's Office and was immediately surrounded by his subordinates, who had stripped off their uniforms. As far as he could see, a sea of people stood in all manner of clothes they had worn underneath.
"Marshal! Please keep leading us!!" someone shouted, taking the lead.
"Marshal! Please keep leading us!!"
"We will follow Marshal Chen Si to the death!!"
"We will follow Marshal Chen Si to the death!!"
Wave after wave of voices rose, carrying across almost all of Galgada and drawing sidelong glances from the Marleyan citizens nearby, as well as the attention of several hidden infiltrators.
Chen Si slowly swept his gaze over his subordinates from left to right. Only now did he truly see every scar on the faces of those who had fought bloody battles on the front lines. Even many grievously wounded soldiers missing arms or legs were shouting.
"Her Majesty is here! Silence!!" Tyler bellowed.
"Damn you, Tyler! Without the Marshal to lead us, you'd still be picking through trash in the Underground District!"
"Only the Marshal can save Eldia!"
"The Marshal is the only one we trust!!"
"Where are the faithful of the Church of Thunder?" A soldier exposed the Church of Thunder tattoo on his body and raised his arm with a shout.
"The Thunder God protects us!! Glory everlasting!!" Hundreds of soldiers who had joined the Church of Thunder shouted in unison, their voices even drowning out the twenty thousand people present.
Tyler's expression soured as the uproar grew even more deafening than before he had shouted. Faced with the ceaseless denunciations directed at him, he was at a loss.
In a building opposite the Governor-General's Office, Historia looked as though she had just been crying. Her eyes red and swollen, she carefully lifted a