Time flies, and it is already early spring of Sea Origin Calendar year 220, the world war has been ongoing for three full months.
The Sirius army fighting solitarily at the start of the war, under the Sak Empire's sudden and frantic assault, has helplessly retreated from the first line of defense—the Winterthur Mountain Range.
After merging with the Tulip support troops that finally arrived, they re-established a second line of defense on the "Uerk River," behind which lies the Empire's flat plains.
Ssssss...
The precious rainwater during the previous farming seasons now only causes annoyance, silently soaking through the soldiers' clothing in the trenches, also taking away their scarce remaining warmth.
Moreover, even though the temperature under the light rain remains cool, the air is still filled with the lingering stench... of human remains.
And the subtle sobs of some soldiers.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
