We Need the Warships of Cape City!

Werner Count's Territory Castle.

"Your Excellency."

"News has just arrived from the scouts at the front."

"The fifty-thousand-man vanguard that advanced ahead has been completely wiped out."

"Furthermore!"

"The scouts also reported seeing large numbers of retreating legions on the road to Mondo Castle."

At these words,

the Sea God Church heroes in the Count's Castle's main hall

immediately let out startled cries.

"Gasp, they really did set an ambush."

"How treacherous."

"I heard the commander this time is Christian, the military commander of the Holy Light Church of the Old Continent Civilization."

"I've heard of that woman. Without her, the Holy Light Church would lose at least half its external wars."

"A renowned general from the Glory Era!"

"Fortunately, Lord Raimon saw through their scheme. Otherwise, if we'd gone to reinforce them"

"and been ambushed halfway there, we'd have suffered heavy losses!"

"No, our entire army might even have been wiped out."

"Since they dared to set an ambush at this time,"

"they must have been fully prepared. I'm afraid they're planning to swallow us whole."

"This is a classic encirclement-and-reinforcement ambush."

"But there's something I can't figure out. They launched a surprise attack on our Mondo Castle,"

"then deployed heavy forces to ambush us,"

"while also surrounding our fifty-thousand-man vanguard legion."

"How many troops do they have?"

"That must be at least six hundred thousand."

"Impossible. How could one lord possibly have so many legions?"

"They have population limits!"

"They do, but Fang Yuan has many Military Territories. The soldiers produced by Military Territories don't consume the lord's population."

"Still, six hundred thousand troops should be his limit."

"According to intelligence from the Blue Star Sea God Church, Fang Yuan doesn't seem to have mobilized all his forces this time."

"There can't be six hundred thousand on the