Count Flaud brooded over the information that his scouts had brought. They generally found out what their enemies were aiming for, how many and who would be in the group carrying out this goal, and so on. Their enemy’s target was the Pinne Estate, and the reason for this move was to erase the grounds that the allied forces were in Cronon Kingdom’s territory in the first place. If the Pinne Estate fell, the Cronon Kingdom would immediately declare the Steelwalls as the victor and request for the allied forces to promptly evacuate the kingdom. Furthermore, this request might not end with just a simple suggestion either.

However, even after perfectly deducing his enemy’s plans, Count Flaud looked more displeased.

‘Is that really their only intention?’ The amount that the Steelwalls would gain from this plan was too small compared to the risks they would have to undertake. With this plan, the Steelwalls would have to divide up their already small army, causing the main base’s defenses to weaken accordingly. If that happened, the allied forces might be able to penetrate through their defenses much more easily and capture them. In comparison to this huge risk, the only thing their enemy would gain was clearing the allied forces’ grounds for participating...