The situation had taken a sudden turn...
Over the next two weeks, Queen Catherine and her generals were astonished and incredulous at what happened:
After Mihan City, Prince and Teriya City were swiftly captured one after another by a certain little witch and the general they had hired, who led a motley army from who knew where. The evil garrisons of Nighon and Eeofol occupying Mihan City and the other territories were all but wiped out!
The enemy even launched a surprise attack on Trelins, a Nighon city beneath the region!
It was said that after the Dungeon had handed over all its money and been stripped of an enormous quantity of resources, the little witch had brazenly burned it to the ground. She had even completely blown up several crucial underground passages, buildings, support structures, and exits as she retreated?
Thus, Nighon, the underground kingdom, had barely established its shaky rule over this land of the Kingdom of Erathia when, before three months had passed and before it could even react, a certain impatient, "reckless," insubordinate little witch general had driven it out completely—and inflicted tremendous losses in the process!
As one unbelievable victory report after another came in, Queen Catherine and the others' plans were finally thrown into disarray.
So they had no choice but to abandon their original strategic objectives, which suddenly seemed laughable by comparison. Instead, they prepared to pack up and return to Cadiya City to assess the changing situation, while urgently sending new orders to a certain little girl who seemed poised to counterattack Steadwick, the former capital of Erathia, which was guarded by Nighon's main army:
"After more than half a month of investigation, we have essentially confirmed our earlier suspicions..."
"Ever since my father was murdered, the Kingdom of Erathia and its