Little Tyrant Doesn't Want to Meet with a Bad End Chapter 439: The Decisive Battle

How long had it been since the Saint Mesit Theocracy last faced an internal war?

That was a question that Roel was surprisingly qualified to answer, considering he had been through the last one in person. He just thought that it was rather weird how history seemed to be repeating itself after two hundred years.

The parties at war with each other were still the same: the Elrics, the Ascarts, and the Xeclydes. Though, in a slight difference, the one waging the war this time around was his side.

Indeed, the Ascarts and the Xeclydes had decided to go on the offensive.

What was shocking about this was that Holy Eminence John seemed to have made this decision as soon as the mishap befell Tark Stronghold.

Bryan, the patriarch of the Elric House, was still alive and kicking then.

It probably never crossed Bryan’s mind that the Xeclydes and the Ascarts would wage war on him even though he hadn’t done anything at all, or he wouldn’t have dared personally journey eastward to deal with Roel and Nora.

It was so abrupt that both Roel and Nora were dumbfounded when they heard the news. It didn’t sound like a rational decision at first glance, since the Theocracy should have dispatched its military forces to reinforce the eastern border instead of waging an internal war at this critical moment.

But after careful contemplation, the two of them soon realized that it was the best decision they could have made given the current circumstances.

Looking at it from Holy Eminence John’s perspective, the downfall of Tark Stronghold meant that both the plights of Prince Kane and Nora had become uncertain. If he were to send troops to reinforce Tark Stronghold at a time like this, he would be falling into Bryan’s trap.

Stationing military troops at the eastern border would severely weaken the Royal Faction, which, in turn, reinforced the Elrics’ position in the Theocracy.

However, if they were to go against all odds and launch a surprise ambush on the Elrics at a time like this, there was a good chance that they could catch the Elrics off gua

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