Boom

The room descended into a heavy silence as Lyanna's cruel words echoed.

Once again, the battalion commanders gulped, this time audibly. When Lyanna raised an eyebrow, the commanders flinched and scrambled out of the control room, leaving her alone, smiling as she stared at the display table.

Soon enough, she stood and walked out of the control room.

As tall as the border walls were, their width was almost as impressive. Numerous hatches suddenly slid open on the Ravenstein border wall, revealing the forms of massive ships ascending into the sky.

The Raven Vanguard fleet wasn't nearly as numerous as that of the Alverians, but as soon as all ten airships emerged from the wall, many of the Alverians watching through monitors or displays felt their hearts instinctively quicken.

"Damn," one of the Alverian operators muttered under his breath, a sentiment echoed by others across the entire Alverian fleet.