People were busy with tension in the air, the eyes of the international community were focused, and the two major camps were intensifying their preparations for war while arguing persistently. The generals of the Gazalin Empire and the Leray Federation were step by step formulating and implementing battle plans. Liebgoet and Russell were commanding armies that originally did not belong to them to counter each other. The Gazalin Nobles were contacting, discussing, observing, and judging each other. Some confident or forced nobles began to take sides; they had to choose a camp. This choice was cruel; after the dust settled, some old nobles would fall, and some new nobles would rise to replace them. The opposition parties of the Federation began their activities. The more democratic the country, the more different voices would emerge. Every voice could not be ignored, especially the voices for peace and neutrality in this country at this moment!