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Chapter 3

Back in the Imperial Capital, Emperor Molt gets the news of the defeat on Alnus hill as the defeated armies are returning home leaderless. He could feel a sense of relief for their neighbors are no longer a threat to his empire, however he could not let this invading army take over so easily. He ordered that every village and town near Alnus to the Capital should be burned, their wells poisoned and their food and livestock taken.

Marquess: An Impulsive strategy, I see. The Defectors and the loss of tax revenue are quite worrisome.

As Molt heard the word defector, he wondered and asked Marquess on who are these "Defectors".

Marquess: There are motions recalled within the Senate, beginning with Marquis Casel.

Molt laughed on these words, this was a good opportunity to get rid of the whole senate and making his power absolute, as that allows the Council to investigate. As the doors of the throne room opened, a woman's voice could be heard

"Your Emperor".

He looked to see his daughter Piña walked up to him. He asked her on what does she need. She wanted to talk about Alnus; she has received news that the allied armies were defeated. She wondered how Alnus had been occupied by an army from the other side. She questioned him on what is he going to do at a time like this. Marquess tries to assure her that they'll be using this opportunity to take back the hill, she could see through those lies easily after losing their army. What can they do against the enemy's invasion? His daughter was right, yet they do not know what kind of enemy they are up against on the hill. He asked from her daughter and her knights to find their position because now is the perfect time to prove to him that the order of knights is not just child's play. With those words, Princess Piña kneeled and set off to fulfill her father's orders.

In Magadan, inside Werbell's office, Werbell was on the edge of blacking out after his 5th  shot of vodka mixed with whiskey until a knock on the door "Sir, here is the intel you asked" said the officer with three folders in hand. Werbell tried to compose himself but was too drunk and so he asked the officer to narrate it. The first folder he opened was that of the US, The US is willing to ship in more military equipment, infrastructure and resources as long as we allow them to send an expeditionary force to the other side. The second folder he read was that of Japan. Japan is only going to have to watch in the sidelines since they are a bit "busy" with internal politics (order 44). The third and final folder is that of the Reich. The Reich is slowly recovering thanks to Speer and his gang of four. The Reich is willing to allow us to trade with them and send us military and industrial equipment. However this can only happen if we are willing to allow to either a.) Open up a market with the resources we find in the other side or b.) Allow an expeditionary force on the other side. "Sir, what is your response to this?" the officer asked as he places the folders on Werbell's desk. Werbell can hardly understand some words just said "Yes." "Excuse me sir but what." The officer asked again. "Just let them do it, dismiss." With that, the officer left the room and Werbell slammed his head onto his desk finally blacking out.

On the other side, inside a jeep Mitchel was sleeping soundly. He just finished his early morning patrol with his friends and finally had enough time to sleep. A slight pull on the leg woke him up from his rest as the person spoke.

"Hey Mitch, the major wants to talk with you."

Mitchel: Why does he want to talk to me?

Person: I don't know he just said "he's the right guy for this" or something.

Mitchel got up and wore his gear as he head towards the command center. It has only been a few months since all of this happened and only a few months since he decided to take up this business. It's better than doing nothing at home, he thought to himself. As he reached the command building he opens the door and gave a salute to present himself to the major.