Land of Fire.
Seat of the Daimyo.
"Damnation!"
The Daimyo flipped the table, causing his servants nearby to kneel in fright, not daring to lift their heads, trembling like quails.
"Over thirty thousand men!"
"And to be defeated by just over two hundred!"
"All the money I spent! Are they pigs?! Even pigs, twenty thousand of them, could destroy a castle! Yet they couldn't defeat two hundred!"
After venting his anger, the Daimyo finally calmed down and ordered someone to summon the ministers.
However, after waiting for the better part of the day, not a single minister came, only the messenger returned, trembling, and reported, "My... My Lord, the ministers all say they are ill and unfit to meet with you."
"What?!" The Daimyo realized something, immediately took his guards, and went to the house of his most trusted minister, only to find it empty, all valuables long gone.
They had fled!
