Chapter 71: Directory Government - Guardians of the Revolution (3)
"Countess, Outpost 3 has been seized!"
Christine Aquitaine, upon receiving the report, drew an X over Outpost 3 on the map, which was already marked with Xs, her eyes cold and sunken.
She had certainly not been complacent.
Nevertheless, the movements of Raphael Valliant and the Northern Army, prepared for a clash, were like lightning.
The Northern Army, which had been quietly stationed, seemingly idle, moved quickly throughout the city and simultaneously launched surprise attacks on the Southern Army's strongholds, subduing and disarming them.
In the short time after the report reached Christine, everyone had been defeated except the troops at the Southern Army headquarters, where Gaston was stationed.
Christine quietly bit her lip.
Should she have declared the Northern Army as enemies and prepared a defensive stance?
No, that would have risked Valliant framing the Southern Army as the aggressors and escalating into a civil war.