Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1271

When the news reached Valken, chaos erupted at Horizon Estate.

Yuvan was beside himself with fury, and he hurled a glass cup across the room.

"Useless fools! 5,000 private soldiers-how could they be wiped out without a word of warning? What is Tiberius even doing? So many men went to Lunvale, and he had no precautions in place! Not even a messenger to report this!"

His face was contorted in a fury so terrifying that even Harvey, standing quietly nearby, dared not speak. This was a blow they had not seen coming.

Yuvan's group had been solely focused on the private army in Stonebridge County. None of them ever imagined that problems would arise in Lunvale.

Stone Village had been concealed so carefully. How could it have been discovered?

Lunvale should never have drawn any attention in the first place!

Its terrain was perfect-hidden tunnels and a stronghold backed by mountains on three sides. Yuvan had always thought that should their plans fail, they could retreat there and remain safe for years, gradually plotting their next move through the tunnels. The natural defenses were so formidable that they had been certain no one could reach it.

But that naturally fortified position-so easy to defend and nearly impossible to breach-had been taken down just like that.

air. "Your Highness, anger will not change what has occurred. What matters now is swift action. They will focus on Lunvale, and it's clear

the pretense of eradicating bandits. They suspect, but they have no solid evidence. The only link to me is Tiberius. What if we get rid of him on their journey back to the

from the martial world. How many suicide soldiers do you think would need to die for such a cause? Forget killing General Tiberius-we'd be

jolting through him. He gritted his teeth, barely suppressing a

isn't enough to tie

forget they've already captured

notoriously tight-lipped," Yuvan replied dismissively. "If they

suicide soldiers are in their hands, and they can claim whoever they want as a suicide soldier. Our men won't confess, but theirs will. And just like that, those 'confessions'

You've cleaned your hands of the matter. Why aren't you mentioning 'us'

with embarrassment. "A slip of

stepped forward and bowed deeply. The fire in his eyes spoke of

or difficult circumstances, one remains ambitious and

things. We've planned for years and held back all this

no retreat left. Please make your decision. We shall follow you to

if we do not

vision of the sky griffin throne flashed in Yuvan's mind, symbolizing

endured. He held on to the dream of one day sitting upon that

now, he