Chapter 534: Afterword [V6C64 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]

Qianye was greeted with the intense smell of gunpowder as he entered the Zhao clan camp. Everywhere, there were soldiers performing drills or changing guard duty. The various military vehicles parked in the open had traces of recent fighting, and countless technicians were working on and around them.

Qianye had noticed a certain detail—at least half of the camp in front of him was made up of light-armored mobile barracks. Additionally, the military engineers were in the process of converting the rest of the field army tents into mobile barracks. Qianye turned toward the other private army encampments nearby and found the situation to be more or less the same.

War was inherently akin to burning money, and these semi-permanent defensive structures cost significantly more than temporary ones. It seemed not only did they expect the war to last fairly long, but they would also continue to garrison here some time afterward. This meant that the empire might’ve changed its policy of not garrisoning the regular army on Evernight Continent.

Qianye’s heart was full of doubt as he followed the soldier leading him into the core area of the Zhao clan camp....