The Liberio Internment Zone—no, it has now been renamed by the Revival Army as the Hope District, symbolizing a district of hope.
In front of the newly established recruitment area of the Revival Army, countless Eldian youths had already formed a long, winding queue.
Ever since the incident with old Josef escalated that day, it was as if all the Eldians in the entire Hope District had awakened. More and more people abandoned their unrealistic hopes toward Marley and the nations of the world. In every trash can, one could find discarded armbands torn off and thrown away.
An unprecedented feeling began to emerge within the hearts of the Eldians, and the self-respect they had lost for a century began to revive.
The slogan of the Revival Army—to restore the Eldian people—also stirred the gradually awakening Eldian youth. Filled with burning passion, when the Revival Army began recruiting new soldiers, waves upon waves of Eldian youths flocked in.
Since the war between Marley and the Middle Easterners had just ended, a considerable portion of the Eldian youths who came to enlist were soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the battlefield.
Nominally, it was recruitment for new soldiers, but when the Revival Army truly completed its expansion, what Yago received was a powerful army composed of countless battle-hardened Eldian soldiers.
Out of the need to defend Marley's capital, the Revival Army expanded by more than twenty thousand troops. Twenty thousand was only what was needed for defense, not the limit of the Eldians. If Yago wished, he could have conscripted all Eldian soldiers who had participated in the Marley–Middle East war.
That way, Yago could have instantly possessed a force exceeding one hundred thousand men. But he did not do so. He did not want the Eldians, who had just been liberated, to once again be shrouded in the shadow of war.
Even so, the prestige of Yago Norman had reached its peak among the Revival Army and the Eldians of the Hope District.
After several consecutive days of observation, the Marleyan civilians in the capital gradually began to step out of their homes, moving from initial fear and anxiety to slowly adapting.
The Marleyan civilians discovered that although the capital had been occupied by Eldians, the impact on their daily lives was not particularly great.
Forced by the need to make a living, no matter how much they feared or despised the Eldians, the Marleyan civilians could only grit their teeth and step outside. Gradually, small markets began to recover.
After some time, the once-empty parks also began to regain vitality. Laughter and joy reappeared. Marleyan civilians continued eating and drinking as usual. Aside from occasionally encountering some wandering Eldians with confused expressions, they did not feel that life had become much worse.
And for many Eldians, it was their first time stepping out of the Hope District. The vast Marleyan capital dazzled their eyes.
Perhaps the only unlucky ones were those domineering Marleyan nobles and the capitalists who had mercilessly exploited and oppressed the Eldians. When dealing with these people, Yago showed no mercy, suppressing them with thunderous force.
(A/N: Everyone, I'm really sorry. I believe you can tell that today's update is quite perfunctory, but there was really no way around it. I've just been incredibly unlucky. While eating dinner tonight, I got attacked by my own cat—my hand was scratched with three fairly deep wounds. So unlucky (╥ω╥`).
I told my family. Although the cat is ours, it's still a rural stray-type cat, so they insisted I go to the hospital for a rabies vaccine. I myself study medicine, so I also had concerns. Back and forth, my thoughts got completely disrupted, and I lost my rhythm while writing. I sincerely hope everyone can forgive me.)
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