With the arrival of June 12th, nobles and knights great and small from across the Marquis' Domain gathered for the Wushan Territory's noble assembly.
Compared to the lively atmosphere of the banquet at the start of the year, the nobles arriving this time wore expressions tinged with melancholy.
They weren't worried that the Polante Thief Gang or the Black Gold Brotherhood would manage to push into the Wushan Territory and encroach upon their own domains.
However, these two conflicts still showed that Wushan Castle's influence and authority were in steady decline, and its position was becoming more and more precarious.
They were all vassals of Wushan Castle; if their Lord were to fall, they too would suffer enormous consequences.
Even if they were to switch their allegiance to a new lord, they would inevitably face a long period of turmoil.
