Blood Moon Defense Line.
Upon receiving news that Creston County had fallen, Hudson's first reaction was that it was impossible!
The enemy had launched their attack only last night, yet the city had already fallen. What the hell had the fifty thousand defenders been doing?
Still unwilling to believe it, Hudson personally flew over Creston County for a look. The dense masses of Centipede Soldiers below shattered his last illusion.
The Centipede Race ate people, so the odds of the defenders surrendering were low. The city falling so quickly could only prove one thing: Creston County's defenders were truly incompetent!
A noble's stronghold was generally a heavily developed place. As long as it was not breached from within, its defenses were usually quite solid.
Under normal circumstances, no matter how badly a battle went, the defenders should have been able to hold out for ten days to half a month.
Even if the enemy broke the rules and sent Holy Domain experts into action, the defenders could still have held out for a day or two through street fighting after the outer city fell.
Perhaps they had been restrained by the Black Forest Kingdom's experts, or perhaps Hudson's earlier sneak attack had frightened them.
According to the intelligence gathered, the Centipede Race's Holy Domain experts had not acted during last night's siege.
If a purely conventional clash could be lost so miserably, Hudson suddenly felt that he needed to reevaluate the Black Forest Kingdom's true caliber.
If the noble lords farther back were just as bad, an ordinary campaign to wipe out the Underworld Races might end up becoming a battle to defend the Royal Capital.
With teammates like these, Hudson realized that his previous strategy to destroy the Beastfolk had been far too hasty.
Entrusting the kingdom's rear security