Ryan looked at the fifteen hundred soldiers before him and found himself somewhat speechless.
The soldiers in this army had not all come from Viscount Logan's family, because Viscount Logan alone simply could not have produced them.
"An entire stretch of land could only gather this many men. The nobles in the southern region really have been pressed so hard by the nobles up north that they can barely breathe." Ryan did not think about the reinforcements that had previously appeared in the royal capital. He led the fifteen hundred soldiers and began heading north.
The first army he encountered came from the Empire.
"Your Excellency Ryan, by His Majesty the Emperor's command, I am leading the army to the Twilight Plains on the border of the Iron Eagle Kingdom."
Behind the knight who spoke stood a magnificent army. Ryan looked past the knight toward those behind him. The Great-Horned Rhino Legion, the Extraordinary Legion of Count Teifel of the Empire. On that land known as Flying Cloud Province, there were vast expanses of open plains, and the great-horned rhinos were the overlords there. The sight of them moving in herds was enough to make any Magical Beast avoid their edge.
And this Extraordinary Legion was, without question, a heavily armored legion. The armor covering them was far thicker and heavier than that of the Armored Bears. "The Twilight Plains. Has the Church of Dawn's army retreated over there?"
Ryan thought it over and did not exchange many words. Behind him, the fifteen hundred soldiers looked enviously at the Extraordinary Legion's magnificent gear. Compared to them, their own group looked like refugees.
A day later, the soldiers took back their judgment that they looked like refugees. They saw real refugees.
"What a coincidence."
Ryan looked at the banner among the