Chapter 521: Twilight (12)
It always takes far longer to clean up after a war than to fight it. Especially in times of chaos.
The lost military strength, the shattered fortress and weapons, the supply lines all but severed during the battle... It was a situation where all the immense losses had to be replenished somehow.
And Ipwang Fortress was the largest martial faction in the world.
If supply during a famine wasn’t properly secured, the damage from the Martial Faction War couldn’t be fully recovered. That was the very weakness of Ipwang Fortress. Precisely because it was a group that possessed so much.
While everyone was distracted in the chaos—
No one seemed to take the faint shimmering sunlight too seriously.
It was because, during the great battle of Ipwang, countless inner power masters had unleashed dense energy across the land.
It was common for the light or surrounding terrain to remain disturbed long after such clashes.
But in Commander Im Jin-myeong’s ears, a faint vibration stirred.
—Prior transmission. There’s a secret technique that must be urgently passed to the Acting Leader. Just be aware that the Violet has reappeared in the fortress. I’ve forgotten something crucial. It’s something that can’t be fully conveyed in just a couple of hours.
It was a woman’s voice, so dignified it bordered on arrogant. Her voice echoed, trapped within a technique wrought from extremely delicate internal energy control.
Inside the inner walls of Ipwang Fortress—