Chapter 1470: Chapter 257: The Sovereign of Radiant Light and the Autumn Offensive

“I hope to find a glimpse of Fiery Flame Land’s true plan from you…”

He whispered to himself.

Meanwhile.

Terra Year 775, January 2nd.

In Fiery Flame Land, Yuguang Land, the lights of the Primordial Stone Research Institute were burning overnight.

Since the Federation of Fiery Flame Land issued the ‘Scientific Research Priority Decree’, funds have continuously flowed into this land, maintaining an extraordinary level of busyness.

One of the kings of Fiery Flame Land, King Carlo Nemasus, sat in his exclusive seat, frowning slightly as he stared at the map on the screen before him.

The map on the screen depicted the southwestern junction between The Empire and Fiery Flame Land and the surrounding forts of the Farflame Land desert. The fog-covered map was dotted with small, radiant points; each point could slightly illuminate the map shrouded in fog.

And each point represented a spy dispatched by Fiery Flame Land, along with the information delivered by the spy.

As the King of Light-Domination, who harnessed the soul of ‘Luminous Flying Light’, Carlo was very much averse to darkness.

This darkness wasn’t just physical, but also informational… he never fights a battle unprepared.

Therefore, before the war arrives, he will try to illuminate everything.

Yet, on this map, which was mostly illuminated, there remained a section enveloped in the faint glow of fireflies.

A dark area named ‘South Ridge’.

Carlo detested this darkness… especially the people residing in this darkness, for they were born with the ability to see ‘light’, something he yearned for but could never become.

A Prophet.

“Can the Crisis Seer even foresee the actions of spies?” he murmured to himself, “Then why can our Prophets only foresee ‘opportunity’?”

He murmured softly, “If the development of The Empire isn’t hindered, our opportunities will completely vanish… The words of the Prophet have always been so enigmatically peculiar.”

“Although no one knows whether this disappearance will be gradual or catastrophic, evidently the latter seems more likely.”

“The Empire… even after experiencing so many consecutive disasters, still holds the potential to eliminate us.”

Sighing, the King of Light-Domination did not believe that the Prophet’s prophecies were necessarily correct, especially when all major powers on the Terra Continent had Prophets or Prophet relics that could be used, interfering with each other and making the near future manageable, but anything slightly further away became incredibly blurred, even absurdly inaccurate.

Nevertheless, despite everything, The Empire under Axel’s rule rapidly regained vitality and even subtly began to possess the national power it once had—that could contend against Steep Ridge Fortress, Fiery Flame Land, and Azure Sky Royal Court’s Three Kingdoms single-handedly.

Moreover, recently, they have made a significant mark at the Exotic Species Research Institute—Canaan Moore’s Pro-Azure Sky Pavilion Faction failed, the Elves wholly leaned towards The Empire, whereas Gantreignum, despite not sending personnel, received a grant from The Empire, causing Azure Sky Royal Court to be besieged by the Three Kingdoms instead.

And the situation in Fiery Flame Land was even more intense.

To the southwest of Fiery Flame Land is Whale Song Cliff, the main base of the Descendants of the Sea, and home to the remnants of the ‘Sea Demon Worm’ super-swarm that nearly swept through Terra. Though their main nest was destroyed, many nests still exist, attempting to regroup and nurture a supreme Queen again.

All forces on the Whole Terra are funding Whale Song Cliff, as is naturally the case with Fiery Flame Land, yet this also suffocates their outlet to the external sea.

To the northwest of Fiery Flame Land lies Far Shore Island—the furthest power on the Terra Continent, which also obstructs the still Inner Sea’s outlet—a major power that controls the ocean current passage between Terra and the New Continent, composed of a group of reclusive, silent, and unfriendly people.

Directly north is the City of Knowledge, an absolutely neutral organization whose predecessor was the Federal Central Data Repository of the Previous Era civilization. Housing the strongest doomsday response measures and shelters from the Previous Era civilization, it left the most relics of the Previous Era civilization and thus possesses the highest average cultural level on the Terra Continent.

As for the east… it’s The Empire and the Seven Cities Alliance.

Fiery Flame Land is surrounded by five forces, unable to get a share in the New Continent; any expansion seems futile. Internally, two major bloodlines are heavy with contradictions. If it weren’t for The Empire as a great enemy, they probably would’ve already fought themselves to brains.

Honestly, it’d be better to have fought themselves to brains like Canaan Moore. If one side gets wiped out, the other can at least survive a bit longer, while the Federation could unify its voice and make diligent efforts.

The tightly blocked Fiery Flame Land cannot attack Whale Song Cliff, which lacks resources, under the condemnation of various nations, nor the potentially not weaker City of Knowledge. Far Shore Island, despite its poverty and danger, at least has formidable self-defense forces, and their only possible direction for gaining benefits is the Seven Cities Alliance and The Empire.

The Seven Cities Alliance originally evolved from the pioneer families during The Empire’s formation and share the same roots.

Therefore, there’s only one answer.

That is to attack, attack in the direction of The Empire!

Failure doesn’t matter, as long as the attack is initiated, all suffocating problems will vanish, all conflicts exacerbating the internal contradictions within the Federation will dissipate. As long as the war starts, once some die, life will become bearable.

If a chunk of meat could be bitten off The Empire, then all the better.