Even the patchy traces on the city walls seemed a bit less solemn and a bit more tender under the halo of the setting sun.
Outside the city gates.
On the official road leading northeast from the Imperial City, rows of gigantic carriages pulled by Spirit Cows were lining up, bathed in the sunset as they moved farther and farther into the distance.
These carriages were loaded with black "body coffins" engraved with inscriptions, inside which were refined Corpse Puppets, ready to be unsealed in batches as soon as the war began.
Meanwhile, on the official road towards the northwest from the Imperial City, besides a few pedestrians here and there, a large group of ragged slaves were slowly making their way along the roadside.