The Vastness of Magical Destiny

With a slight nod, Komer was aware that the other party’s words must be quite pertinent; the Beastman Army and Mortal Country had engaged in skirmishes of varying sizes at the Northern Border region for decades. Facing human castle fortresses, penetrating these defenses would cost them dearly, yet it also shaped a massive and fearsomely powerful Army.

When Nicosia’s Northern Front was breached, in fact, Nicosia’s Army had already lost the qualification to contest the Beastman Army. Deprived of the fortress castles they could rely on, and already crushed in spirit and experience from continuous defeats, the beastmen thus dared to forcefully enter the human settlements of the North of Nicosia, knowing full well that Nicosia now lacked the power to drive them out. Moreover, the other countries of the Northern Alliance were evidently unprepared to engage in full-blown conflict with the Beamon Kingdom. And it seemed that the possibility was quite slim; humans’ schadenfreude was far stronger than their concern for shared fates. The beastmen, far from stupid in this regard, were very clear about this.

Seeing Komer silent for a long while, Dragumo cautiously asked, "Lord, do you mean our Caucasus-Leon Self-Defense Force will also clash with the Beastman Army? But we are just the Caucasus-Leon Self-Defense Force; we have no obligation to wage war for the entire Kingdom of Nicosia. Our duty is only to guard your territory, and you are not the king. Our enemies should be the Homer People."

"Dragumo, the affairs of our human society are not as simple as you imagine. Although I am just the Lord of Caucasus-Leon, I am still a subject of the Kingdom of Nicosia. When the kingdom is in crisis, every citizen should take part in this war without hesitation," Komer explained with a bitter smile.

"If that’s the case, Mr. Fran told me, why can the Four Great Lords of the kingdom remain indifferent? Aren’t they subjects of the kingdom too? Their military power and the strength of their Mage Corps and Knights regiments far exceed our Caucasus-Leon Self-Defense Force. Why must it be us who bear this responsibility?" Dragumo clearly couldn’t grasp the intrigue behind this.

To such a question from the other party, Komer was struck dumb. If he were to inform Dragumo that the Four Great Lords were now effectively independent kingdoms, then Dragumo would certainly ask why Caucasus and Leon couldn’t do the same, a question difficult to explain at the moment.

Heaving a deep sigh, Komer could only vaguely tell the other party, "Dragumo, the complete story is too complicated to express in a few words. But you do need to understand one thing: the Self-Defense Forces of Caucasus and Leon can only grow stronger, not weaker. We are surrounded by enemies; no one can help us but ourselves, and only we can save ourselves. The reason why we have traveled all this distance to Livonia is for the better survival of our Caucasus and Leon."

On this point, Dragumo had no doubt whatsoever.

Half-beasts have always been unafraid of death and warfare. For them, laboring in mines without daylight and harsh living conditions had already pushed them to the brink. Now, life in the Self-Defense Force was undoubtedly paradise. Even if they were to die in battle immediately, their families could still enjoy a generous pension stipulated by the Lord’s Mansion. Merely this fact was enough to inspire them to valiantly move forward. Moreover, during the recent training period, Fran had intentionally strengthened their sense of warrior honor, instilling in them pride in dying on the Battlefield. Fran had fully mobilized the half-beasts’ bravery and blood through the cultivation of a sense of military honor.

Now, the living conditions of the half-beasts of Caucasus and Leon had improved countless times compared to when Boninski controlled Leon. The continuous blockades and invasions by the Homer People also made the half-beasts always sense the danger of being forced back to their former plight. Every time Komer expanded the Army and recruited soldiers, it attracted countless half-beasts, because they all feared that once those Northern Homer nobles truly defeated Caucasus and restored their rule, the half-beasts would once again be reduced to a life without light. Instead of surviving like this, they would rather fight a decisive battle on the Battlefield.