Chapitre 560: Chapter 412 I Would Rather Never Have Been Born (4K)_2

The flags flying high on the city walls rustled softly in the breeze, like a low war song, heralding the impending storm.

On the streets, where pedestrians usually bustled, there was no one in sight, replaced instead by the occasional patrol of the "Black Imperial Guard" from the Seven Luminaries Transcendent Army.

They were clad in black iron armor, each step firm and forceful; their long spears flashed coldly in the sunlight as if they could pierce through all darkness.

The soldiers' faces bore no excess of expression, only loyalty to their duty and a craving for victory.

Inside the royal palace, the tension had reached its peak; the golden glazed tiles shone dazzlingly under the sunlight, the palace gates were tightly shut, and the guards were like men facing great foes, their gaze as sharp as eagles. Inside the palace, ministers hurried between rooms, clutching the latest combat reports and intelligence, their faces etched with anxiety and unease.