As the intelligence officers' panicked voices fell, a deadly silence enveloped the vast King's Hall, and an atmosphere of despair began to spread.
Including Caroline and Qiana, the visages of every civil official and military commander were unbelievably ashen, as they began to exchange worried glances.
To the north was the Pars Empire's 1.2 million army, to the west the Grimm Kingdom's 1 million army, to the east the 1.5 million of the Orchid Federation and Saint Night Kingdom allied forces, and to the south the Prairie Kingdom's 900,000 army... This was a total of 4.6 million fierce and aggressive troops.
Yet, our total military forces added together barely surpassed 1 million, dispersed across four border fortresses.
How could a mere 200,000 or 300,000 troops stationed at a single fortress possibly withstand the million-strong forces of an entire kingdom?