I asked Dane Walker, "Is there a reason why Glont ahjussi sent someone I’m not acquainted with instead of his subordinates?”

Dane Walker scratched the back of his head and replied, "This is purely my guess, but it seems that His Majesty the Emperor has placed surveillance on General Glont."

"Surveillance?"

"Well, there's been hints of it for a long time now. It makes sense since General Glont is close to His Majesty's political enemy, Duke Asteria."

Dane Walker's guess was plausible enough. What kind of politician would sit around and just watch the army's super rookie side with his political enemy?

"Actually, the war to recapture the holy land was also conducted to clean up the imperial forces siding against him. During this, he sent General Glont, a mere regiment commander at the time, to die,” said Dane Walker. He also half-joked that the magicians who were caught up in that incident didn’t really like the Blood Emperor.

It must have truly dumbfounded the Blood Emperor when it occurred. He had sent Glont to die, but exceeding merely surviving the act, Glont succeeded in recapturing the Holy Land during its prime, something the Blood Emperor...