Chapter 239:
The gnoll lair discovered by the girl squad was located near the Foul Swamp.
It was already at the southern border of Transia, and not far from the mountain pass where Fort Crimea, currently occupied by the Nordtov Kingdom, was located.
That gigantic fortress, which the Blood Vulture Clan and the Grand Duchy of Kafhoka had spent countless resources and efforts to build after the first Black Disaster, was strategically important. It guarded the only entrance from the Foul Swamp to the fertile plains.
During the subsequent three Black Disasters, this fortress shouldered the responsibility of meeting the first wave of gnoll armies and was never breached. However, even the most fortified fortress couldn’t withstand a collapse from within.
At the end of the Ten-Year War, to be precise, on a certain day last month, the garrison at Fort Crimea surrendered to the Winter Wolf Legion, declaring that this fortress on the border of Transia and the Kafhoka Plains had completely fallen into the hands of the northerners.
The 20,000 elite Blood Servants stationed there and some Blood Vulture elites were also smoothly recruited into the Thorn Clan under the personal invitation of Grand Duchess Shani.
In the subsequent meeting between Shani and Tris, both sides tactfully avoided mentioning this matter.
It was tacitly considered as an approval of this “transfer”.
So compared to Grand Duchess Shani’s shrewd and precise tactics, Count of White Mountain Andrei’s small operation in Bataxin City not only lost in terms of grandeur but also lacked any highlights in execution.