“The fog is thick,” I[1] commented.

“How about we take a break, Miss Katia? This area gets foggy at dawn, so enemies could be hiding in ambush here, and it’ll be dangerous for us to continue because we can’t really see. The troops are exhausted as well…” a soldier suggested.

“No, we’ll continue marching, but we’ll move a bit slower. We’re already late. Have you confirmed which side the Everia soldiers are moving toward?” I asked.

“The scout unit is checking, but we haven’t heard back from them. They’re a large army, so we received a report that they passed Laios, but after the fog appeared…” a soldier replied.

“So they are heading toward the Republic,” I commented.

“That’s right.”

“What about Castle Rock?” I asked.

“I haven’t received any message,” they replied.

“We just have to wait for the good news. What about the other units?” I asked.

“It’s the same. We haven’t figured out the enemy's army and their exact location, so we’ve cut off their retreat and supply route for now. We also received information that they saw a dragon,” they ...