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"The undercurrents are surging!" Tang Mo stretched lazily in his office at Dragon's Den, expressing his feelings to Yulin as he tossed aside the intelligence report in his hand.
Yulin shrugged his attractive shoulders and replied, "Everyone has their own ideas, especially when there are so many countries involved."
Influenced heavily by the Great Tang Group, the eight countries formed what appeared to be a united and potent interest group, known to outsiders as the Trade Alliance.
This alliance, based on trade transactions, had jointly declared war on opposing nations several times, thus it was also a military coalition.
Such a vast and formidable coalition was naturally worrisome, yet during the somewhat absurd first year event of the empire's establishment, everyone could see the cracks within the Trade Alliance.
