Cartapa Hills.
A group of unwelcome guests arrived here.
The Imperial Vanguard led by Earl Jesse Swann, a Great Goblin general under Marshal Dolores who had made significant contributions in the Anzeta Unification War, marched south.
They passed through the narrow Anzeta Corridor, trekked across the vast Ancytica Mountains, and arrived at the Cartapa Hills.
The Thrace Kingdom kept their promise by withdrawing all their troops from Cartapa, but they also demolished the only outpost there, Glen Southern Castle.
The Imperial Vanguard now faced a desolate, monster- and beast-ridden hill.
They needed to establish a forward base in this wasteland in preparation for the future southward invasion of the Ashen Empire.
This task sounded extraordinarily difficult.
However, the Empire was already fully prepared for this, having even planned the city's construction site long beforehand.
