Bab 132: Chapter 54: Storm is Coming_1

The scale of this operation was certainly not small, with almost all the members of the Marshal Autonomous Army affiliated with Stacked Rock City mobilized, totaling over two hundred people. The number might not seem large, but the mobilization of hundreds of regular troops just for internal friction was relatively rare for the Violet Empire. After all, in the present relatively stable political climate, the holders of power rarely openly battled each other outside the negotiation table.

Underhanded fights were commonplace... who could you blame if you were accidentally bundled into a sack by a few big men and pushed into an alley...

Most of the forces had assembled near the border, with a tenth of them forming small-scale units responsible for cross-border reconnaissance. Their specific task was to search the Fire Claw territory's border for possible places where captives were held, and to release signals while causing as much chaos as possible.