Chapter 65 (2/2)

“Dismissal! His majesty, please give me your orders. I’m going to go to the Rakan and take their necks down.”

With a confident expression, Count Monarch nodded his head.

“I permit you.”

“Hahaha! Thank you so much!”

Cain who had been very restless jumped out of his seat and left the office.

The army was assembled outside the city of Lamer.

Upon receiving the report that the war had been permitted, Luke immediately entered the office room which had all the retainers in there.

“Monarch is expected to have mobilized around 42 Gigants, 80 Knights, and 5,000 soldiers.”

There was no way the Count would mobilize the entire power before the security of his territory.

It was because a minimum number of troops were needed to be around the noble lords for security.

Count Monarch had five more cities in addition to Lamer, and more than seven fortresses that guarded the borders of the estates with nobles.

“They are still high.”

Despite the defense force, it was still going to be hard for the Rakan to fight.

Luke’s words countered Rogers.

“But we are better at morale and training.”

“Uhm, it is.”

In the duration, when they knew they would have to go for a war, Luke appreciated how hard the knights were preparing.

Clearly. In terms of the objective power, Rakan’s force was low.

“What is our operation? You aren’t just thinking of being stuck here in the manor, right?”

“Of course not. Rather, we are going to surprise the enemy from the canyon beyond the boundaries.”

The Yottern Canyon, which Rogers pointed to, was a straight path from Count Monarch to Rakan.

Two carriages could barely pass, with hills on the left and right sides, which was why it was perfect for ambush.

“What if they don’t use that?”

There wasn’t a route that the Count could use to come to Rakan.

If that was ambushed, and they come from the other route, then Rakan wouldn’t be able to properly organize their forces.

“Of course that could be, but this time their commander is Cain. From our reports, he is a rough and impatient figure who is very shallow in his thoughts. So maybe they will plan to get here in the shortest time possible.”

The Yottern Canyon, was in Monarch region.

And even if taken by surprise, they would have to take them down with 3 Gigants.

“However, not 3 but 10 Gigants we have.”

They originally had 3 units and 5 including the ones in the warehouse, 1 from Brandon, and 1 from the princess.

Even if the direct battle was difficult, if the surprise was done properly, then victory could be theirs.

“Not bad.”

Luke nodded his head.

However, Luke could see a lot of loopholes due to the wars he had done in the past.

‘If they see the ambush?’

If some of them were discreet and discovered the ambush, it would turn very troublesome for Rakan.

And if it wasn’t just large numbers of Gigants, but high-quality performance too?

Many riders had hands-on experience in the Gigant Arena for the Gigant fights. In addition, the knight commander was the best of the best.

‘Whatever the situation, I might have to go?’

If he had to be in the war, his power shouldn’t be revealed.

Unlike the Volga refugees he saved the last time, there were many different eyes which would witness him.

Not just the soldiers of the two territories, but the spies sent from the other estates would watch the war too.

So, he had to fly away after doing anything.

No, it would be hard to be suspected as a dark wizard.

Anyhow, for him to participate in the camp had to be left entirely to the retainers, so he thought he shouldn’t be involved.

‘I got a load of work done which was completely invisible to these eyes, kkk!’

With a meaningful smile, he soon ordered the troops to participate.