“What did you say?”

Shaiven couldn’t believe her ears as she was being briefed.

The messenger then said, “General Juenler has died, and around 400 Vampires were killed in war.”

The fact that 400 out of 1,000 Vampires had died meant that they had fought hard until the end, so Shaiven couldn’t get too angry at them. The enemy had simply been too strong.

“The enemy was Black Scale?”

“Yes.”

“How many soldiers did they bring…”

“There were 300 of them.”

“300!”

“They were all Cockatoo warriors. General Juenler’s troops were ambushed where they were stationed, and the village wasn’t the best foothold for defense…”

“Shut up!”

Shaiven slammed her fist onto the desk.

Cockatoos were as big as horses, but they had the ability to freely swivel to both sides. It was easy for them to fight even in the narrow streets of the village. Additionally, 300 soldiers could easily be divided and quickly invade the village.

It was Juenler’s fault that he had failed to defend against the ambush, but he could no longer bear the brunt of the blame since he was dead. That meant that Shaiven would have to take the blame. She should have kept the possibility of an ambush in mind.

‘In order to quickly attack Juenler’s troops with cavalry, the Lizardmen would have had to reduce their provisions. So they would have procured supplies locally. Black Scale and Danyum… No, did all the other countries form an alliance?’

Shavien had of course been thinking of attacking Black Scale and Joint, the Gnolls’ country. But only she and a few generals knew about it, so she didn’t think her plan had been leaked. Black Scale and the other five...