The snowfall gradually slows down, but the border remains oppressive.
At the gates of seventy-three Border Guard Villages, similar teams appear almost simultaneously.
Members of the Knight Order clad in long cloaks with the Red Tide emblem, followed by officials carrying document boxes.
"Everyone must attend."
The voice is not loud, but no one dares resist.
......
In front of the abandoned totem stone at the village entrance, the interpreter unfurls a sheepskin scroll and reads aloud.
"Administrative Decree No. 765 of Red Tide Territory: 'Barbarian Autonomy Trial Clauses·Initial Revision,' effective immediately."
He reads each clause aloud: "First, military household status confirmation, assimilated under the unified registration number of the Barbarian Race, signing military household pledges, abolishment of hereditary system, replaced with functional system, annual assessment, three-year merit evaluation, promotion, or demotion based on performance.
