Although the Old Empire Administrative Region was the most powerful warlord faction in the Ash Soil Star Zone, even its civilians on the fringe worlds could sense the undercurrents swirling beneath the prosperity.
Frequent military operations.
The garrisons were replaced every year.
Not to mention last month's epic rout, which had the entire Imperial Administrative Region buzzing with talk of their ruler's incompetence.
That High Table Noble from the Radiant Holy City, Grand Governor Sedon—his image as a greedy and foolish man, stoked by those with ulterior motives, was now known by everyone in the Imperial Administrative Region, from top to bottom.
And it was because of this rout.
Aside from the Radiant Angels, whose fearsome reputation remained intact, the Battle Groups of the Imperial Loyalist Faction—the Shield of the Empire and the Death Battle Group, along with the various Lords and Governors who bore the sigil of the Old Empire—were all now seen as utter incompetents.
