At the beginning of March, the warm spring breeze swept across the southern plains, painting the growing flora with tender shades of green. It was the season of wildlife reproduction, and life thrived at every turn.
Xiulote led three thousand Imperial Guards, inspected the Apa Plain, and then returned to the Apa military city in the East. With this completion, the southern campaign came to an end. The lands in the south had to be reorganized and the gathered populations settled and assimilated. The hunting falcons had their fill for now, and in preparation for next year's hunt, they quietly conserved their energy.
