Holy Knight Empire's northern border region, Equinox City's outskirts
Outside the city walls, countless pitched tents covered the land and formed a long line, reaching the western sands and the eastern grasslands. In the past several days, the original moderate-sized camp had grown exponentially to accommodate the empire's one million and five hundred thousand-strong army.
For the inevitable war with the Kingdom of Black Rose, the Holy Knight Empire had mustered every soldier they could gather without affecting their economic stability and compromising their border security with other countries.
If not for those reasons, they may not have stopped at one million and five hundred thousand, even if the additional soldiers may be of poorer quality.
But despite the grand majesty of the camp and army, a gloomy and solemn aura surrounded the camp's command center, where Emperor Renardier held his strategic meetings.
