Chapter 140, The Approaching Steps of War_1

The turbulent waves of the Lancang River pounded against both banks, as if they were demons intent on devouring all things in the world.

Standing on the Tide-watching Stage, facing the howling river wind, Caesar III let his mind go blank.

A king, too, has pressure. Especially for a hard-luck king like him, who lives next to the Orcs, the pressure he faces every day far exceeds his peers.

The fact that not even one among the past twelve kings of the Alpha Kingdom had a long life tells everything.

Relatively speaking, Caesar III is considered long-lived. Thanks to the old age of the Bimon Emperor, the Orc Empire could not launch a full-scale invasion south during his more than thirty years as king.

Unfortunately, there is a tradition in the Alpha Kingdom that a king's life is incomplete without a full-scale invasion by the Orcs.