Eloise was delighted to see her son's safe return. However, her happiness was soon replaced with gloominess.

She quickly realized that Austin came back with the same number of people and didn't bring extra military support.

"Did he fail?" Eloise frowned slightly, and her heart was getting heavier by the minute.

Their only hope was to get military support from the Southern Four Sovereigns. Only then could they fight the Northern Four Sovereigns. From the looks of it, things were not looking