In the opulent ballroom, scantily clad women were everywhere, while men enjoyed themselves among these women, filling the air with laughter.
It seemed as though they were completely unaware of the battle of Brunas that had just ended a week ago, nor did they know that the war, due to the emergence of automatic weapons, had easily slaughtered thousands of soldiers within a matter of hours.
What they were even more ignorant of was that howitzers had come to dominate warfare and the world was now in turmoil.
People here were still indulged in luxury and lived their lives in a drunken stupor. Everything outside the window seemed to have nothing to do with them; they only cared about their purses and how to undress women tonight.
