"I found this strange as well," Hodge said slowly. Before the attack, Hunter had told them all this intelligence. The allied forces had spent a long time preparing to deal with Count Bazel.
The allied forces had taken nearly every stronghold near Wolf Castle. Wolf Castle had effectively been surrounded; whether it was the destruction of the allied forces or Castel's offensive, Bazel should theoretically have had no way of receiving any intelligence.
Yet they had indeed left Wolf Castle, abandoning the stronghold where they had spent half a year regrouping.
"I'll report this to Lord Alexei first. He should know more than we do. Come with me." After some thought, Hodge pulled Hunter along and entered Alexei's tent.
Alexei had originally been responsible for affairs on Castel Island, but Theus had dragged him over this time to command the frontline battles.
First, he had been in charge of Castel's military affairs and had commanded the Faithguard Army in the Deep Sea War, so he was well versed in such matters.
Second, Alexei had graduated from the Royal Army Academy. No one understood better than him how the Empire's armies fought.
Well, perhaps the prince understood more than he did, but this expedition was led by Castel after all.
As for Alexei's original duties, Theus could only take them on himself.
There was currently no one else capable of replacing a manager who could coordinate the production capacity of all Castel's factories.
After Hunter and Hodge reported the situation to Alexei, Alexei indeed had a different idea.
"Could it have been a Transcendent? There are unexpectedly many [Investigators] in the Northern Territory. The Holy See is trying to interfere in the local situation through Transcendent power, and Count Bazel should be a very good point of entry."
After thinking for