Frederica saw Charlotte's expression and roughly guessed what he was thinking. In a low voice, she said, "There must be Transcendents in the enemy camp. The castle cannot be relied upon."
Transcendents can decide victory or defeat, but they can't determine the fruits of victory!
Because of the existence of Transcendents, warfare on the Old Continent differed from every era of Earth's wars that Charlotte knew.
Though Charlotte did not even qualify as an armchair strategist, he knew that the essence of war was profit. High-Order Transcendents could determine victory or defeat, but without enough soldiers, there was no way to reap the rewards of victory. Without sufficient spoils of war, a nation would only grow weaker the longer it fought.
Transcendents could not decide everything.
The ancient Orc Kingdom and the Sherlock Dynasty had both once flourished, with countless High-Order Transcendents, yet they had still declined. By their final years, conditions within both nations had become terrible, but their upper-class nobles had not considered it a problem at all.
Charlot Mecklenburg had read history books in university and felt nothing at the time. After Huang Haisheng transmigrated here, however, he had clearly sensed that every nation on the Old Continent harbored enormous hidden dangers. The entire society showed signs of sickness.
He took a deep breath and said, "Put every soldier of the West Wind Knight Regiment on the castle walls. Recruit young people within Silver Doveburg as well. Tell them Madame Nansera intends to slaughter all of Silver Doveburg, wipe out every family, and avenge the destruction of her nation years ago. Make everyone fight for their loved ones, their families, and Silver Doveburg."
Dorothy said, "That would be meaningless."
Charlotte took another deep breath and said, "I am the commander. Everything follows my orders."
Dorothy did not