Behelit

Obviously, Cheng Tian was the only one who had deep doubts about the current situation. After all, only he knew what troops and BOSSes were supposed to appear in the original fifth, sixth, and seventh stages.

The players found it novel that the enemy's final BOSS had chosen to shrink its lines and concentrate its forces, but they did not truly sense that there was anything wrong with it.

As for the British expeditionary force, they found even less fault with it. The numerous knight retainers even felt that this development benefited them. After all, with fewer encounters along the way, their chances of surviving would be higher.

However, it was worth mentioning that some of the knight retainers accompanying the expedition were secretly dissatisfied with Arthur, and the reason was the Knights of the Round Table Legion's "military discipline," which was far stricter than that of other legions.

Arthur strictly upheld Knightly Virtues and extended those virtues to the Knights of the Round Table Legion as well, making it impossible for the retainers to profit by plundering Roman Empire civilians.

The Romans had come all the way to our homeland, committing every atrocity imaginable—burning, killing, and looting. Why couldn't we treat their civilians the same way!?

That was the part these retainers found hardest to accept.

Arthur offered no explanation for the grievances that reached his ears through various channels. He merely continued taking the lead on the march.

The deeper they went, the more confused Cheng Tian became. He desperately wanted to know what exactly was so dark about the [Dark Age] mentioned in the Dungeon Modifiers, but even when the expeditionary force reached the outskirts of the Golden Fortress region, he had not seen anything dark at all.

Oh, if they had to name the darkest thing