Chapter 238: The Emperors Choice (1) (1/2)

Chapter 238: The Emperor’s Choice (1)

“Duke Sebastian, an Imperial edict to return has been issued from the capital”

“In a situation like this?”

“It said to withdraw the troops as quickly as possible, sir”

“Ugh…”

Duke Sebastian tightly closed his eyes before spitting on the ground

‘How could this happen…’

It wasn’t that he didn’t understand When he had heard about the rebellion in the Empire, his heart had also sunk But even so, that didn’t ht now

The Republican Ar onto the I troops on the border and openly looking for opportunities Did the Eo just because they ithdrawing the troops?

During a war, the greatest da a retreat The situation on the frontline was so bad that Duke Sebastian had to worry about so like that That hy Duke Sebastian had hoped that the Empire would solve the problems within the country on their own, but in the end, the E hih the Emperor had tried to deal with the problem internally, the situation had only beco he could put his faith in noas the expeditionary ar The Emperor knew very well that it would result in relinquishi+ng all the Republican territories gained in this war, but that was the only thing he could do…

“It can’t be helped We return to the Iiven out the order, Duke Sebastian let out a deep sigh

‘Would we be able to safely retreat…’

“Your Excellency, the E, sir”

Siegfried ser’s report

“So far, everything is going as planned”

Then, he i he said was…

“We will be carrying a full-scale attack”

At that, the officers attending thespoke up with confident looks on their faces

“We’re finally counterattacking, sir”

“As you said, the time has finally come, Your Excellency”

“Since the Imperial Army dared to invade the Republic, I’ll make sure they pay with their blood, sir”

The Republican officers had been very patient and endured a lot In the early days of this war, they had retreated and given up y, and in the recent battle, General Barron, a symbol of the Republic, had been killed Every tifried had reassured his officers - Just trust me and follow me… If you do that, then someday, we’ll have the chance to win

Now, his pro kept

“How far should we pursue them, sir?”

“Your Excellency, now’s the chance to take back all the land we had before the war”

At his officers’ cofried stood up and spoke

“We have lost a lot in this war”

“”

“For the sake of victory, we destroyed and burnt down our country Many of our Republican citizens have gone hungry You have also seen it You’ve seen the dedication of the le potato, and yet, they still offered up their last handful of provisions to the soldiers of the Republic… You’ve seen the children who took out their potatoes from their pockets and offered it up to the soldiers, h…”

“Those sons of bitches…”

Tears of bitterness flowed frofried was saying right now had truly happened No To be fried had hout the Republic They were all examples of dramatic made-up stories that were deliberately created to e dissension Of course, it was a sca as it wasn’t discovered, its effect was outstanding

Siegfried himself spoke with tears in his eyes as if he were furious

“The Empire will have to pay with their blood We chase after them to the Imperial capital We will finally cut off the E loudly, the officers of the Republic sprang out of their seats And so, that was how the Republic’s full-scale attack and the carnage that would go down in history started

“That bastard Siegfried pulled a stunt behind our backs”

Milton had previously been observing the situation frorasped the situation after the Republic’s full-scale offensive began

Starting with the question of why the Empire hadn’t come forith a peace treaty to all the other questions were noered

Now Milton was back at the crossroads of choice

“What should I do…”

Milton had just one concern: should he join or should he stop here? He had to choose between the two choices

Currently, the Republic was unilaterally defeating the Empire that was in full retreat They had already taken back all the territories they had lost at the beginning of the war, but seeing how they weren’t stopping, it was clear what the Republicans intended