"How could something like this happen?" Xiwat was still standing there in a daze, unwilling to believe the news Zeta had just brought back.
Indeed, within their Mansha Kingdom, the main split was between the Radical Pro-War Faction led by him, and the pro-peace Conservatives headed by several other Generals. The two camps did have some open and covert struggles, but in his view, everyone's starting point was that they wanted the Mansha Kingdom to develop better.
And now Zeta was telling him that while their Generals were away leading campaigns, the Conservatives had seized the chance to launch a military coup and snatch power—this was something he simply could not accept.
