Entering the Capital (2)

March 25, 1033, 4:00 p.m.

When I arrived at the camp of the Southern Army's 1st Armored Division, just as the sky began to take on an orange hue, every soldier around me saluted smartly.

I returned the salute casually and received a summary from the field commander of everything that had happened over the past few days.

"First, we failed to secure the Crown Prince. It seems the strengthening blockade in the North made him reluctant to head that way."

"Is it possible he reached the North while evading our attention?"

"According to the Intelligence Agency's report, that possibility is extremely low."

The Intelligence Agency was pouring all its efforts into monitoring the situation in the North. More than half of its intelligence-warfare capabilities were tied down around the Arbel Mountains.

It couldn't be helped.

There were still several things in the North that could erupt.

The first was the communist revolution. On the surface, the communist revolution itself had been suppressed, but the situation remained volatile enough that it could erupt again at any time...