Upon arriving at Meichi Castle, Milton first checked its condition. Fortunately, the castle was in good condition.

‘Considering what a mess the country is in right now, the castle’s in pretty good shape.’

Milton had worried a lot because if a castle is not steadily maintained, then it would quickly become weak. But thankfully, Meichi Castle was fine. Its walls were strong and the moat was deep. Since it was such an important base, it seemed like they didn’t neglect it.

‘I can fight with this.’

The very next day.

Although it was a day later than Milton, Siegfried arrived at Meichi Castle.

“As expected, he’s camped here.”

“It is the best location to defend the Capital of the Valence Kingdom, sir.”

Meichi Castle was on the road leading to the Capital of the Valence Kingdom. Of course, they didn’t have to use only this road to get to the capital, there were other roads that led there. However, since those roads were narrow and were too much of a detour, it wasn’t suitable to take while attacking. And there was the fact that even if they took other roads, if they didn’t deal with the soldiers in the Meichi Castle, then there was the possibility that those soldiers would attack them while they were attacking the Capital. In...