Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1367

As the two sides clashed in battle, Everett had already arrived in Nerovia with a group of martial artists. The timing had been carefully calculated. At this moment, Nerovia was without capable leadership. While the officials were loyal to Nicholas, nearly all of the fighting men had been sent out to battle, leaving only a thousand men and a few city guards behind.

With Hayden's emblem in hand, Everett made his way directly to the government office. He first dismissed the governor and took control of the office.

At the same time, Eustace led several of his bodyguards and merchant convoys to Nerovia. The battle for Nerovia was one of the easiest to win. With Hayden's emblem in hand, Nicholas' residence, Riverton Estate, was now sealed off.

Now, Riverton Estate no longer had any of Hayden's people. All the former officials had been driven out to the countryside.

Once Everett had taken control of the government office, he led his men straight to Riverton Estate. They captured every aide and servant, subjecting them to intense interrogation. Under harsh questioning, they revealed all the secret codes they had used. Even the carrier pigeons that were raised by Clifford were seized.

Each pigeon had a specific flight route, and a few were used exclusively to communicate with Nicholas. If Clifford's forces were victorious, a red silk ribbon would be tied to the pigeon's leg. If they suffered a defeat, a white ribbon would replace it. In cases where the battle's outcome was unclear, the pigeons would simply be released with no markings.

For years, the pigeons had carried messages written in a secret code to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. The aides also handed over a coded ledger, where the meanings of the cryptic terms were explained.

Some of the terms included animals like pigs, dogs, cows, tigers, wolves, snakes, and foxes, which referred to specific people.

The pig referred to Yuvan, the dog to Harvey, the snake to Salvador, the wolf to Carissa, the leopard to Rafael, and the griffin referred to Nicholas. The prime ministers and the heads of the six ministries also had their own code names.

of letters was found, exchanged between Nicholas and the other

letters stood out. These were the letters between Nicholas and Eustace, where the threat of a life debt was used to coerce Eustace into forging weapons, supplying

letter was written in duplicate-one kept as a

letters back, stating that the war

government because the capital

the necessary forage for the horses, while

ample supply.

replies. Instead, there were a few letters in a

written that the Spencer family would fully support

handed the letter to Eustace. The latter sighed

ranch. Losing 500 war horses

there were people in the Spencer

royal merchants, they were not to

had so many branches. Many of them coveted Eustace's position but couldn't achieve it through ordinary means. Their only hope was to

he tied a red ribbon to the leg of a pigeon, signaling that Clifford had triumphed and would march

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just yet. Instead, he would wait for Winona to join the battle on the main road. She needed

Wayne still hadn't seen any sign of Clifford's army. He felt an uneasy tightening in his