Please Retreat

After that, we stayed in the war meeting room silently, waiting until the 1-hour time limit passed. While waiting, Ember went ahead and served us tea and snacks, lessening the tension in the room slightly.

Finally, after looking at the time, I stood up.

"Alright, that's one hour. Let's go."

Before I could even turn around, Zeshion had already opened a portal leading to the southern end of the country's borders. The exit location was up in the sky, but for some reason, the air felt solid enough to let us walk forward. Did Zeshion do this too?

Anyway, I turned to look down, and as expected, the Empire's army didn't retreat. Not even one of them backed away; they were all standing in attention and ready to fight at any moment.

"..."

I sighed, seeing the empire's idiocy.

Are they really willing to waste hundreds, no, millions of lives just for their "great visions"? That's so... The Empire's prince's head might've been empty.