"Mona…"

I did some quick thinking while standing at the entrance of the camp. "I was just bringing my friends over to Sky City. I wasn’t expecting to see you here. You were going to report your success to Princess Karinshan, right? How did you come to be in the Purple Grape City domain?"

Mona replied with a giggle, "Let me explain. After I filed a report, Princess Karinshan put me in General Stark’s army, and General Stark gave me command over the Black Cavalry’s 5000-strong scout battalion. So, I brought them to this desert. Princess Karinshan had ordered me to rebuild this place and set up a small fortress just in case we need to defend against certain crises."

"Certain crises?"

I immediately thought of Sophie’s army. Sophie was ultimately an undead, so even if they were on the same side, Karinshan could never put her full trust in her. That was why Karinshan had dispatched 5000 troops to build a temporary camp to use as a forward base.

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The camp behind Mona was… pretty shabby, to be honest. I saw a lot of swordsmen polishing their swords without...