He would become her shield, her sword, until his last drop of blood was shed.
The following decade was a time of blood and fire.
Constant unrest plagued the Empire's borders, with the resurrected Northern Barbarian Tribe rising again, restlessly stirring. The Governor of the Southern Provinces, armed with heavy troops, utterly disregarded the young Empress and only feigned obedience to her sacred edicts. Moreover, various Churches began to infiltrate and attempt to meddle in the Empire's internal affairs.
Lynn rarely found a single day of restful sleep, leading the Imperial Army into battles both north and south. In "Black Forest Canyon," his thirty thousand troops defeated a force of a hundred thousand Barbarians and eradicated the Barbarian Tribe, resolving a worry that had plagued the Scott Empire for centuries. Yet, this earned him the cursed title of "Butcher."
