Doyle sat in the central control room of the floating castle, Laputa, reviewing the incoming reports from various floors of the Tower.

『We’ve completed the takeover of the eleventh floor.』

『The three clans that ruled over the twenty-fourth floor have sworn an oath to serve us. There are two casualties on our side and 241 casualties on theirs…』

『We have secured the forty-eighth floor.』

『We have successfully found all the spies from the other clans outside the Tower. The clan leader’s suggestion to use Night Watch to root out these spies were very helpful.』

“Thank you, everyone,” Doyle replied. Demon Beauty Castle, Illusion Knightage, Iron Throne, and Children of the Forest were known to have the greatest strength among Arthia’s affiliated organizations. They were also acknowledged for their loyalty to the Shadow King and their willingness to serve on the front lines during battle. They had grown famous as the Four Black Wings.

Before Yeon-woo disappeared for his personal reasons, these four forces had already begin faithfully carrying out the order to clear all remnants of the Blood Land, the Elohim, and the Devil Army and seize control of the other clans below the fiftieth floor.”

Thanks to this, the lower floors and the areas outside the Tower were now firmly established as Arthia’s territory. Insurgents who refused to recognize and succumb to Arthia’s authority fled to the upper floors. The rest accepted life within the new order.

Due to this development, the fifty-second floor had become the new battleground between Arthia’s forces and those who opposed them. Arthia was currently in the process of rearranging their forces to crush through this barrier,...