The next day, early morning.

I was woken up by the sound of Murong Mingyue knocking on the door and calling out to me, "Wake up, Lu Chen! There’s a new event today!"

"What event? Isn’t there just the follow-up quest for Land of Soul Suppression…"

"No, it’s not. Now get out of your bed, or I’m kicking the door down!"

"Fuck!"

……

After I washed myself, I asked Beiming Xue, "What’s happening? Sis is acting like she’s hiding a ten-year-old pregnancy."

Beiming Xue replied, "It’s nothing big, really. It’s just that the Nation War situation has changed in an expected fashion yet again."

"Oh? What is it?"

Beiming Xue explained while holding her tea cup, "Yesterday, Candlelight Shadow and his men ambushed Eternal Love City again. He didn’t manage to occupy the city, but he did draw the Northern Alliance to station much of their troops at White Horse Plains. There’s a tier 2 city under Hero City at White Horse Plains called White Horse City. It looks like the Northern Alliance is planning to march to Wind City from there!"

I pondered for a moment before asking, "Beiming, if I remember correctly, isn’t there a natural barrier standing between...