***The next dayTobias and his soldiers were still camped in the battle area. Liam has moved towards the Sungate city centre, he needs to organise the city to return to normal.Edgar and Adrian helped each other to gather the prisoner-of-war soldiers. The number was much larger than the prisoners of war when they were in Silkland. It could happen because most Sungate soldiers immediately lay down their weapons after the southern gate was destroyed.Tobias himself was still in the medical tent, under the full care of Karin and Anne. No one was allowed to enter and approach Tobias. They wanted to protect his fully awake condition.The tent's curtains opened, Tobias, who was eating food to fill his skinny body, began to stare at the visitor who came to the tent.It was Laura, the woman who had put him in a coma for five days. Tobias already knew his mind and heart were shackled at that time by Laura's suggestion of magic.Laura came in with her head bowed as if feeling guilty about some

***Two days later.They had already informed Tobias about their willingness to conduct negotiations. Prince Bernhard was in Nashant, along with Valcke's defense minister and the general commander of Valcke's forces.The prince realized Archibald's forces were unstoppable, given Valcke's troop numbers were drastically reduced due to Prince Berthold's faction withdrawing from Atrea.Now, the number of soldiers in Atrea has reached 50,000 soldiers. That number can only protect one major city in this place; the choice is only Stratham or Nashant.Initially, Valcke's troops would continue to hold off Archibald's attack, but their morale dropped after watching the incredible power at the Sungate battle. They were unable to resist the tremendous god-level power that Archibald had.The negotiations were located in the city center, at Sungate's government office. Tobias had prepared it in such a way, as well as the security in the city.The y

***The next day.Tobias and his captains had much work to do. The war was indeed over. The victory fully belonged to Archibald. However, in order to preserve this victory, Tobias needed to organize several things.The most important thing was to keep the government in place. Tobias would run the government from Sungate for the time being while Liam was assigned to the military.He had already given his first order, telling Jiyu's soldiers to set up border posts in Highvalley. It was the first measure to prevent attacks from Equestria.Karin walked in carrying a small piece of paper sent through the postal carrier's raven. The woman told Tobias that the message had come from the West. Tobias guessed it was from the expedition team led by Gunnar.Tobias stretched out his hand, took the letter and read it slowly. It was short but clear and authentic. Gunnar said that he was already in Nashant. Not a single Valcke soldier was there."So,

The meeting ended with an important agreement among the city representatives. They are willing to reveal their food supply and share it with other towns in the surrounding area.Five cities would become the main channel of food distribution, starting from Stratham, Langdale, Nashant, Fairspire, and the new city established by the merger of two villages, Ache.Each of these city representatives stood before Tobias. All four swore to be honest and obedient to Tobias' orders. If they were proven to have committed food corruption, they were willing to be removed from their positions and sentenced to death.Tobias will temporarily lead the city of Stratham since the mayor of Stratham chose to return to Valcke. Stratham's food supplies will soon be evenly distributed to neighbouring towns and villages.This was awaiting an inspection by the captain of the troops in several towns. Tobias wanted transparency in this matter, as it affected many people's lives."This meeting is over. You may re

***The next day.Tobias was already dressed in his room, wearing a white military shirt and a black furry winter coat. Black trousers and brown men's boots completed his look that dawn.He woke up earlier than everyone else in Archibald Palace; one of the reasons was to keep people from knowing of his departure, even though he would be met by the gatekeepers.The young man stepped out of his room, shook his head right, and left; nobody was there. After getting the mandate letter, Liam decided to take one of the rooms in Archibald Palace that used to be occupied by Luke."They won't know I'm leaving," Tobias said.He walked down the stairs with a steady pace, every single one of his steps echoing in the place he walked through due to the quietness of the place.It was three in the morning. No one would wake up and notice Tobias leaving so early; not even the maids in this place were in sight as far as the eye could see.The hou