On October 2, at Xing 8 Castle, 150 kilometers west of Iowa—the former site of Vianis's camp—the castle basement served as the Hunter Cavalry headquarters. Jenny Gallop stood before a huge map on the wall.
The foundation of this map had been drawn by Landen after he and Blaze flew over every part of the Hindukush Basin time and again. Yet beyond the most basic terrain, cities, and mines, the map was now marked with animal symbols of different kinds. Numbers above those symbols represented the populations of Carnivore Tribe beastmen, Herbivore Tribe beastmen, and Human Race slaves in each location.
"Jenny, I suggest that our next move should be to attack the Graytail and Whitemane tribes near Dog Forest City. Both tribes are trusted allies of the Scorch Wolf Clan, and their attitude toward the Human Race is the worst. They should be dealt with first!"
The speaker was Hainelton Gallop. He stood beside Jenny, still dressed in that old suit of armor.
Hainelton had originally led his clansmen along with the convoy to Xing 6 Camp. But when he saw his Territory Residents bowing and scraping before the beastmen along the road, while the Human Race members of the Gallop Knight Order and Hunter Corps were not exactly throwing their weight around but were at least calling those beastmen brothers, at that moment, Hainelton understood. Night-Kirin City truly had a Gallop Family army capable of standing against the beastmen. He truly had been saved.
Having drifted through life in a muddle for decades, Hainelton hoped to wash away the humiliation of the first half of his life with beastman blood. So he requested to return to the front lines and fight.
Landen approved his request, allowing him to return to Xing 8 Castle with two Junior Knight subordinates