Chapter 362: Two Years Later at Praestia Pass

On the fourth month of year 2012 on the Tianhun Calendar in the northernmost part of the empire, Northern Mist Province, Praestia Pass—

The Northern Mist Province was the northernmost province of the empire, and Praestia Pass was the northernmost city in the province.

The ocean of trees that rested beyond the city was territory that belonged not to the Tianhun Empire, but to a completely different faction of power, the Soulbeast Forest.

The territory there belonged to the soulbeasts, and in a way, that place could also be called an ‘empire.’

As the name of the city implied, Praestia Pass was a mountain pass. The city was responsible for the fending off any soulbeast that roamed too close to the empire. The denizens of the city were assigned the tasks of maintaining surveillance and launching a counteroffensive on any soulbeasts that came from the Soulbeast Forest. They were there for the sake of protecting the people of the Tianhun Empire from harm.

The northern walls of Praestia Pass were many times larger than any other city walls. Not only was it a line of defense, it symbolized the line that...