“Good.”

After confirming that all the orcs had crossed the river, Raven nodded his head with satisfaction. There was a reason why he had chosen to avoid the bridges and only brought orcs and griffons instead of human soldiers.

Two bridges connected the Pendragon Duchy and the Seyrod County.

One was upstream, and the other was about seven miles downriver, at the beginning of the midstream.

When Luna Seyrod came to the duchy, she utilized Ronan Bridge, the one that was located upstream. The mines he had received from them were quite close to the bridge. Thus, everyone would assume that he would cross the Ronan Bridge.

But that was exactly why Raven decided not to cross Ronan Bridge.

‘If I were Count Seyrod, I would have something planned on the other side of the bridge…’

With even free knights gathering, it was natural that the events of Pendragon Duchy had already spread far and wide.

No matter how vital the Pendragon Duchy was to the empire in terms of bloodline and the power it once possessed, no one would find it favorable to see their neighboring family’s power soar.

This held especially true for Seyrod County as they had grown considerably over the past ten years with the decline of Pendragon Duchy.

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