Rick and Tommy soon occupied the fortress after defeating the defenseless Northern garrison. They quickly established their presence and began to descend south; they were aiming for the Capital of the Hildes Republic. 

This news shocked the Hildes Republic and was, naturally, passed on to Fuhrer Bahasten on the battlefield. He insisted that they should immediately send reinforcements at once to save the Republic. The enemy appeared in the North; that was the same thing as the enemy appearing right by the Capital.

 However, the other two Fuhrers didn’t agree to sending the reinforcements. They believed it was the perfect opportunity to occupy a territory of the Strabus Kingdom now that the Northern Front had been destroyed. How could they agree to splitting the forces when they had been struggling and just barely managed to eke out a victory?

 Fuhrer Schheimer of the Kobrook Republic in particular was vehemently against it. When the Eastern Front had been broken through and nearly destroyed, Fuhrer Schheimer had also insisted that reinforcements should be sent; however, that pleading hadn’t worked then. Although Siegfried managed to persuade the other two Fuhrers and led the reinforcements to deal with the situation, by then, it was too late and the Kobrook Republic’s defense line had almost all collapsed....