The Snow Demon army's intelligence could not account for the unknown.
Yet humans were living beings who embodied the greatest uncertainty of all.
Stag Attendants possessed an ability that countered the Snow Demons' calculations perfectly.
That was their endlessly vigorous vitality and their ability to remain at peak fighting strength. That was their baseline.
And after receiving the stag's legacy, Stag Attendants could indirectly unleash their vitality to improve their basic attributes. Such bursts were undoubtedly the greatest counter to the Snow Demons' calculating ability.
Anything beyond their predictions would create an opening.
By the time the Giant Eagles landed and took off again, the knights had begun mounting up one after another. Neither they nor the Northern Warhorses beneath them actually needed to rest.
"Our food will only last three days, accounting for combat consumption. But we won't get new supplies for at least ten days."
"We'll have a week without food."
Mikaela turned, his face drenched in blood. "Mage Brenna, can we eat those monsters' corpses?"
Brenna fell silent. After a long while, she said, "I don't know why, but no."
"That makes things a little troublesome."
"Grant! Take your troops and break out! Find us food!"
"Yes, General."
At the centurion Grant's command, over a hundred Stag Attendants accelerated into the lead, becoming the army's vanguard. Mikaela and the other nine centurions all possessed the fighting strength of high-ranking transcendent knights. Leading this hundred-man force, they drove like an arrow into the Snow Demon army blocking their way.
"Kill!"
There were only a hundred of them, and without the protection of the Undead army, this force finally suffered casualties for the first time since leaving the Frozen Earth Territory.
"Don't worry."
Gray magic spread over the knights, transferring all their injuries elsewhere. But even Brenna could do