Augustus City.
Inner City, the castle.
Afraid that his plans would be exposed, Louis had decided to strike first. Under the pressure of fear, he had become emperor, swallowed up Yuffie's forces, and won the support of the East Grand Duke and West Grand Duke.
He could be said to have secured the upper hand.
But he still felt uneasy.
Charles had disappeared, and Freya and Yuffie had vanished along with him!
The two sides were now facing off on the battlefield in the middle of the Golden Wheat Plain, also known as the ancient battlefield of the Central Plains.
They had drawn up their forces.
But Lothair had the Knights Templar stationed at Holy Sword Mountain—300,000 in all. They had originally been a mobile force, sent to reinforce defenses throughout the regions bordering the Demon Race.
Lothair was doing everything he could to deal with the West Grand Duke, but even so—
In their latest battle, Louis had sent 300,000 men to attack Lothair, only for Lothair to rout them with 100,000.
That was because of the rumors that Lothair had been studying the Blood Race!
Both sides had Blood Race troops present, but the rank and file were still ordinary soldiers. How were they supposed to fight?
Lothair's 30,000 Vampire Iron Cavalry charged through the enemy ranks. Horses were already priceless, but what if they were Vampire Horses?
Once the horses were turned into vampires, Lothair's Heavy Cavalry dared to charge any camp!
When they won, they lost few horses.
Cannons and guns served different purposes. Guns had mostly replaced crossbows, while cannons were used at long range to suppress mages.
Louis was now trying to figure out how to balance the number of vampires and ordinary people.
If too many ordinary people died, the vampires would have