At the start of the meeting, Elysia thought that the mood couldn't get any worse, but sadly she had been proven wrong.
Their situation had spiraled from bad to worse, then from worse to outright tragic in just a few days.
First came the devastating death toll in the capital. Then the Crimson Sun Empire seized the moment to launch an attack, and soon after, the Graveborn Empire joined the war against them.
It was, quite possibly, the worst outcome imaginable.
A few minutes of heavy silence passed in the room after the soldier delivered the grim report and left.
The reality of the situation was still sinking in. Before, they had been fighting a war that was difficult—but winnable. There had been hope.
Now… it was a losing battle.
