Chapter 298 - 295 -
The borderlands of the new Romanus Empire were changing.
What had once been little more than shifting terrain marked by patrols and loosely claimed territory was now taking solid form — stone by stone, post by post.
Julius rode at the head of his vanguard along the fresh eastern line, the border wall a gleaming scar of control dividing his empire from the Principality.
The wind cut sharply along the ridgeline where they paused, dust trailing from the hooves of their cavalry.
From this vantage, Julius could see the beginnings of what he had envisioned days ago now realized in stone and iron.
More than a wall.
A statement.
A severing.
He dismounted slowly, surveying the tower before him as a team of legion engineers finished securing the final gatehouse lever.
This marked the final gateway out of the principality was now closed, and all exits would be heavily monitored. Those from the ’contested zone’ would be free to leave if they were proven to be original carthaginian citizens, they would be allowed through but should they be anything else their leave would not be permitted.
Julius turned to his map and waved a hand across it, opening the System overlay before his eyes.
Running his eyes over the entire border and looking at the new world marvel he had just finished creating, the second great wall of the this world.