Compared to the Eighth Sanctuary, which is still establishing its municipal system to command the army and Order, the Seventh Sanctuary had long since shifted from a military government to a civilian government.
And the power to deploy the military had also been fully integrated into the municipal system.
No matter what happened in the past, this rule was always a red line—it was strictly upheld by the Sanctuary's Elder Council. Yet no one ever imagined that this time, suddenly, it would be rendered void.
Thus, some disbelieving City Hall members dispatched people to check the city's military camps. What they found shocked them: all the city's camps were already under lockdown.
There were soldiers patrolling the perimeters, while inside the camps, the lights blazed and everyone was on high alert.
Upon seeing this, the City Hall agents thought the army was already prepared to mobilize. They hurried forward, trying to open a line of communication.
