"Do you still remember the Youyang economic crisis caused by the [Proxy War]?" Xia Xiu asked slowly, staring at the grim-faced Hughes Robin.
Of course Hughes Robin still remembered the great economic crisis three years earlier. It had been the fuse that set him on the path of depravity and darkness.
"Three years ago, the conflict between the Oletin Empire and the Youyang Alliance had already become irreconcilable. The eastern empire's westward expansion kept aggravating the Youyang Alliance's sensitive nerves. As the conflict intensified, the situation finally descended into the barbarity of war."
Xia Xiu recounted the story to Hughes, who was staring fixedly at the photograph.
The [Proxy War] was a high-intensity war that had yet to end. The sixteen small nations of Vahak, situated between the Oletin Empire and the Youyang Alliance, had been forced into the struggle between the two superpowers.
To counter Aolieting's westward expansion, the sixteen nations formed the Vahak Alliance, with Youyang providing military support from behind the scenes. Meanwhile, the Oletin Empire issued a [Land Reclamation Decree], giving the lords of its [Mobile Cities] free rein to reclaim land-and the land in question was the Vahak region.
Neither side fought openly, so this war was merely a war between [proxies]. Of course, ordinary people knew little of what went on behind the scenes.
They knew nothing of Aolieting's terrifying [Mobile Cities], nor did they know that the technological conflict between Diva and Aedisi stemmed from supernatural technology. They knew only one thing-their neighbors were at war, and it made for an interesting topic of conversation.
Awkwardly, however, as Youyang continued allocating funds to the Vahak Alliance, its own finances slid into deficit. The trade war between the Diva Empire in the Northern Frontier and the Aedisi Federation in the far west further aggravated