Although Charlotte was a civil officer, he had fought several battles on the battlefield after all. He had dabbled in both the army and navy, and he knew he could not bring along just any ragtag soldiers. So despite Machu Picchu's swelling population, he selected only a little over two thousand people, leaving the rest behind to continue developing Machu Picchu.
Another reason he brought only two thousand men was that the Purple Finch Knight Order had fewer than three thousand as well. If he brought too many troops, it would make Kreil Brittany look bad.
Besides, the original West Wind Knight Regiment had never had that many men to begin with.
This time, Charlotte left Dorothy and Belisa in Machu Picchu. He had originally wanted to leave Anastasia behind as well, but Anastasia preferred the battlefield, so he brought Anastasia, Dobbin, Yellow Bear, Spotted Deer Gwen, and Gale Wolf Bancroft.
The men Charlotte selected this time were all the strongest and most battle-hardened warriors. They moved with remarkable speed and caught up to Kreil Brittany's main force a day later.
Kreil Brittany's troops carried far too much baggage and supplies, far beyond what was needed for an attack on South Seraph, making their advance extremely slow.
Kreil Brittany had heard that Charlotte had won several impressive battles in the Duchy of Behemoth, but he had not expected this fellow to assemble such an enormous Knight Order of "over two thousand men."
He knew that the West Wind Knight Regiment had originally been the City Patrol of the Lucavaro District. City Patrol forces everywhere were basically filled with ghost soldiers collecting pay; having several hundred men was already considered decent. Where had these two thousand men come from?
No matter how hard Kreil Brittany thought about it, he could not