Inside the kingdom, nobles and ministers earnestly pleaded with King O'Brien to accept reality and negotiate with the enemy. Even if it meant ceding territory and paying indemnities, they hoped to preserve a strand of vitality for the kingdom.
The Ripos Kingdom also sent an envoy, presenting a ceasefire agreement.
Logically, as the war had progressed to this point, Lotheren Kingdom could end this prolonged ordeal merely by choosing to relent.
However, King O'Brien dismissed all suggestions for negotiations with an unquestionable attitude, and the envoy from Ripos ultimately returned empty-handed.
This iron-blooded king appeared determined to live and die with his kingdom, vowing never to sign any disgraceful or humiliating agreements.
That same year, the blood relatives of the long-slumbering King of Molten Iron—Gordon, Solrog, Samantha, and Alberto, who had slept even earlier—all awoke from their slumber one after another.
Their powers had all made significant advancements.
