"I am ready, Your Majesty!"
"For the Ashen Empire!"
"Sacrifice my heart for the Empire!"
The three players immediately placed their right fists over their hearts, performing a standard Empire "Loyalty Salute," seizing the opportunity to pledge their allegiance to the Emperor before them.
After all, this had always been the Empire's "politically correct" stance. There was even a well-known Empire joke on the forum:
When you don't know what to do, just be "loyal."
Cassius smiled without speaking, while the players' hearts were pounding in the wake of the grand scene they had just witnessed.
Summer Night Autumn Rain had a thousand thoughts running through her mind.
"This is... the main storyline!"
"The advancement of the Dragon Pact Warlock might be closely related to the main storyline!"
"According to the forum analysis, the main storyline of the first version, 'Northern Wind and Cloud,' is about the rise of the Empire."
