Several days later, the Empire’s gigantic war machine kicked into full gear. Vast amounts of resources and equipment arrived at the fortress outside of the door. Batch after batch of soldiers who had completed adaptation training—and those who were still in the process—headed toward the fortress. They would undergo the final preparations there before being shipped into the new world.

Almost all of the Empire’s spies in Evernight were mobilized at the same time. Secret missives were sent back to the Empire, containing all kinds of information from troop movements and experts’ activities to the prices of commodities in certain areas.

These reports were sorted and analyzed by dedicated personnel until many things became clear. Some major movements gradually became apparent.

News from the dark races had already spread among the upper echelons of the Empire. Everyone knew that a battle of unprecedented scale was coming. In most previous skirmishes between the Empire and Evernight—even on the void continent—the dark races had always been tripping one another. None of them were doing their utmost in the fight.

The new world was different. The four major races...