Chapter 202
Chapter 202
A week had passed since Yan had spread the rumors as instructed by Bella. Not long after, the revolutionary forces began their surge from the south.
Emerging as if from the very earth, thousands upon thousands of revolutionaries converged at the southernmost tip, then began their slow march northward.
It was the onset of war.
The nobles, upon hearing the news, were not particularly worried.
Two fortresses stood guarding the empire.
The Northern Wall and the Southern Drylands.
Among these, the revolutionaries had chosen to advance through the south, which had remained unflinching even against pirate fleets.
Moreover, the leader of the Southern Drylands was none other than the Sun Duke, the most powerful among the dukes, known as Juda Caballan.
The imperial nobility thought that no matter how formidable the revolutionary army might be, they could not possibly breach the Sun Duke’s army and navy.
But such hopeful speculation turned to despair after the Sun Duke’s forces clashed with the revolutionaries.
The headline that shook the empire that day: