Some claimed the Empire was secretly negotiating.Others said the Demons were beginning to retreat.
And some even claimed that a cure for the Demon disease had already been found.
The stories sounded ridiculous.
Yet strangely enough...
The rumors kept spreading wider and wider.
At first, most people ignored them.
But slowly...
Hope began appearing once more.
Tired soldiers whispered about it beside campfires.
Mothers prayed quietly for it.
And many commoners desperately wished the rumors were true because everyone had already grown exhausted from the endless deaths.
Even some generals began secretly discussing the possibility.
Could the war really end?
Could everything finally stop?
Inside the Imperial Capital, Ethan quietly sat upon a wide balcony connected to his residence while calmly drinking afternoon tea.
