For the unstable elements within these territories, there was no longer any need for appeasement or half-hearted probing. Everything had to be swept away with unstoppable force, like thunderbolts crashing down!
Only by fully subjugating these regions could resources be integrated, armies raised in abundance, and preparations made for the all-encompassing storm that was about to descend.
As for the safety of the imperial palace, Aurek had already arranged three hundred Mountain Shieldbearers. With fresh reinforcements cycling in every day, the defenses were more than sufficient.
Keeping the Golden Armor by his side was indeed the safer option, yet the Aurek of today no longer required such a safeguard. He himself had become the strongest bastion of the empire.
