People from all across the country joined forces to fight against the blackguards, successfully liberating most of the cities that had been under their control within the country.
However, that wasn't true elsewhere. All the other nations were still heavily influenced by the blackguards.
Two of them, in particular, Hin and Etrium, launched their own attacks on Frant, creating a two-front war Erik and the others had to fight.
Though that wasn't easy, even for the well-armed troops of the two countries. That was because of what the blackguards did in the past.
Unbeknownst to most, the blackguards' caused many powerful thaids to migrate away from the Eldraith mountain range, which bordered Etrium and Frant, meaning that both countries were swarming with Thaids coming from the mountain range.