Rebels...
Annan vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such an incident.
A curse object that could replace the necessity of the Winter Clan... This was indeed fatal.
Even after this curse object had been destroyed, the concept that "The Winter Clan is not entirely necessary" had taken root in people's hearts.
Grand Duke Ivan spoke slowly:
"By the time we realized that Vladimir might betray the Winter, he had already tampered with the memory cores of a third of the military Frost Beasts, changing the highest authority from me to 'him'.
"Fortunately, we discovered it in time, and with Bella's confession, claiming she wanted to atone for her crimes... We used her intelligence to purge the Winter's Hand from within.
"A total of thirty-one traitors were found, seventeen of whom had already fled. Although the number is not large, they managed to quietly steal a lot of supplies with the authority of the Winter's Hand."
In other words, they had been plotting for a long time.
