Bronya had been a little worried that the citizens of the Upper District would clash with the new arrivals from the Underworld.
After all, even though this was reclaimed territory, some people believed that they, the Upper District's natives, were the rightful owners of this land, and that the moles from the Underworld should stay obediently underground.
People became extremely sensitive whenever their own interests were at stake.
The prejudices that had accumulated between the Upper and Underworld were not so easily dispelled.
Bronya instructed the Silvermane Guards to maintain order, but their reply surprised her-
There had been no large-scale disputes between the two sides.
All of this was thanks to the Underworld Assault Team's operation.
The Assault Team's occupation of Kliperburg had truly shocked the citizens of the Upper District.
Even more shocking was that Cocolia had died that very day.
People could not help wondering whether the Underworld had killed Cocolia.
In short, the citizens of the Upper District no longer dared look down on the Underworld. Instead, they regarded it with a faint sense of awe.
It was just as Natasha had said back then: this operation was a fight for the Underworld's dignity!
What the Underworld wanted was the right to be treated as equals.
That was what the operation had meant.
It had been a radical operation, and everyone had gone into it prepared never to return, all to win a future for the Underworld.
They had succeeded.
A total of one thousand five hundred and thirty-one people had taken part in the operation.
One thousand five hundred and thirty had returned.
One person had not come back. He had united the Underworld's forces and planned everything, yet he had never seen the future he had dreamed of with his own eyes.
Bronya walked