Victory.
A long-awaited victory sent the Evil Gods into celebration.
"News has arrived from the Alpha Royal Capital."
"The king is furious."
"He has mobilized five thousand Iron Guards and ten thousand Guard Army troops to head for the front lines."
"These fifteen thousand troops are all elites of the Alpha Kingdom."
"They also gathered the defeated noble troops along the way."
"By the time they reached the mountains, their numbers had already reached sixty thousand."
The Harvest Goddess explained the latest news.
After the Crimson Flame God's strong support,
she now obeyed the Crimson Flame God's every command and regarded herself as a Subordinate God.
For now, she was specifically responsible for transmitting and analyzing intelligence.
"Let's stop while we're ahead."
"The area along Azure Wolf Forest isn't suitable for large-scale warfare."
"Even if we win,"
"it'll be difficult to break through the layers of defenses behind it and reach the heartland of the Alpha Kingdom."
"Now that Alpha has deployed heavy forces here,"
"if we don't retreat,"
"our rear can easily be cut off by cavalry inside the Alpha Kingdom."
"Order the troops that entered the Alpha Kingdom to retreat immediately."
"Return to the northern bank of the Guna River and build castles there."
"Leave only ten thousand troops stationed near Azure Wolf Forest."
"Move the remaining troops to the Light Kingdom's border to help with its defenses!"
"Yes, sir!"
When Alpha's reinforcements arrived at the border mountains,
they saw only wreckage and corpses scattered across the ground.
The invading allied armies of the four kingdoms had already disappeared.
But this was merely war.
Such things had long since become commonplace.
The troops that arrived there began building castles on the spot.
The two sides faced each other across the Guna River.
Neither had any plans to attack.