The upper echelons of every country in the world keenly sensed the scent of war.
Many of the rebel forces in the Black Continent were equipped with standard-issue weapons from the Starry Sky Country. Furthermore, it was an open secret among many nations that the Desolation Organization maintained close, clandestine ties with the Starry Sky Country.
This major development forced every nation to wonder what exactly the Starry Sky Country was planning.
As for the general public, the widespread turmoil in the Black Continent sparked widespread panic.
It had been decades since the end of the last world war, a veritable global meat grinder, and peace had long become the world's norm. For people living comfortable lives to suddenly be told that a world-spanning war might be on the horizon, the resulting panic was almost unimaginable.
