Milton’s expression became serious. He had assumed that was what would’ve happened, but it had weight when he heard it directly from Viscount Sabian.

The fall of Strabus Kingdom.

This didn’t just mean that a foreign country would lower their flag. It held more implications than that, heavy implications. The Strabus Kingdom was a shield that blocked the Northern Republics and because of that shield, the other kingdoms had lived in relative peace. How would the other countries react if a country like the Strabus Kingdom was devoured by the Republic? They would most likely strengthen their military power in order to prepare for the Republic and once their military was strengthened, they would eventually head out to the battlefield.

‘Is this the start of the era of chaos?’

Milton was fighting in this war to prevent that very situation. He was here to try and annihilate the Republic and stop the era of ideological war from happening. But seeing the lukewarm reaction from the other countries and the defeat of the Strabus Kingdom, annihilating the Republic seemed impossible. In all honesty, this expedition was a failure in Milton’s point of view.

“Those XX bast...