The next day
Game Time AM07:03
Violet Empire, Marshal Territory, Mithril City
A heavy atmosphere pervaded the air, and the occasional clanging, footsteps, and orders on the streets shrouded the entire city in a tension-filled prelude to a storm. Commoners, adventurers, and businessmen, who would normally have left for work early, were lazily staying indoors; some chose to snuggle back into their blankets for more sleep, some watched with great interest the elite warriors belonging to the various families that were rarely seen, some were pondering the profits this war could bring, while others speculated about the implications behind the current state of affairs...
But there was one thing that anyone with half a brain knew—today was the day that would decide the survival of the Marshall Family and the future of the Marshal Territory.
