THE ART OF WAR
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Ten thousand years of suffering: Arcadia has fallen. The glory of the "First Ones" has become legend, the magic no longer works, and the sky has been turned into a weapon in the hands of the "Uninvited Demons" from Erax. The centuries-long "Holy War" has never ended, leaving behind only pain and blood.
In this utter chaos, where the people have lost all faith in miracles, the last chance emerges-the Princess, the sole bearer of the royal bloodline. She possesses a unique, perilous power: the ability to unite the divided world.
The Princess faces a difficult choice: should she follow her heart-protecting the remaining safe havens from the horrifying price they pay for security-or choose the path of the mind-becoming a cold-blooded leader who fights for the salvation of the entire planet?
Before the Princess's final memoir is written a month before her disappearance, one question haunts her: Who is she, in truth-the hope, or the death that awaits Arcadia?
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