The nobles in the council hall were sharply divided into two factions, furiously debating whether the noble families of the south should surrender or not.
Until Viscount Lien Castel bellowed out,
"Enough! What time is it now, and yet here you are still quarreling?!"
As a member of one of the three most prestigious Viscount families in the Northern Land, the Old Viscount still had considerable influence among the Castel nobles.
And in that angry shout, there was also the added force of the Silver Moon Second Tier's Transcendent Aura.
The authority that surpassed all nobles save for Charlotte herself was released, and the clamor in the council hall suddenly fell into silence. For a moment, almost all the nobles' eyes were on the Old Viscount.
The Old Viscount's gaze swept around the room and he sighed,
"Gentlemen, with a formidable enemy at our doorstep, what's most important now is unity. It's clear to us all that the Third Prince is by no means a good leader..."
