With the Arcane Weapons completing their testing phase successfully, they were immediately installed along the defensive walls of Blank territory. Massive rune-engraved cannons stood at regular intervals, their cores glowing faintly with stored mana. Guards and engineers moved carefully around them, performing constant inspections because everyone understood one thing clearly.
Blank's defensive strength had risen to an entirely different level.
However, while military preparations strengthened one side of the world, the overall atmosphere across the continent grew increasingly heavy.
Political instability spread everywhere.
Envoys from major Empires traveled endlessly between capitals, engaging in fragile peace talks with demon representatives. Every discussion carried enormous weight because a single failed negotiation could ignite a war capable of engulfing the entire world.
Among high nobles, panic was limited. They possessed wealth, armies, and fortified lands.
