The sparks of violence throughout Kandria had not gone unnoticed inside or outside the empire. The Underworld was accustomed to hiding in disguised fronts, allowing them to hide in plain sight. Thus, conflicts often broke out in the population centers, shocking the citizens of Kandria.
Yet, the Kandrian Royal Army was absurdly prepared. They came with the surgical amount of reinforcements that allowed them to completely suppress all resistance with such dominance that not a single civilian got hurt.
Normally, this was absolutely impossible.
It didn't matter how much intelligence the Underworld Sage had divulged. Conducting extremely perfect operations without a single civilian casualty was impossible.
The reason that Rael was able to succeed was because he had the Silas Clan on his side.
It was impossible to overstate how powerful prophecy was as an asset.