Fifty hours later, at night, inside the Tramund naval fortress, a council was held in the war room. Ard, Eva, Elmer, Grethia, Eledar, Bhadra, Alexis, Dimitri, and Rosalind—acting as the representative for the Rellios Kingdom—met with Osgrelf representing the barbarians, and King Leonard, Vahn, Cain, Xeria, and Tatiana. The high-ranking officials from the southern continent had arrived via the zeppelins now docked atop the fortress. They all looked tense as they stared at the map on the table.
"There has been no response from the Orthus Empire as of today," Ard muttered.
"I've heard from my men there that the capital is in chaos. They say twenty-five thousand angels descended from the sky, and Emperor Edmund has officially declared war on the Liberta Empire," Dimitri said.
Upon hearing Dimitri's words, the room fell into a heavy silence. No one spoke. Ard and Eva stared at the map, deep in thought.
