"Mm. You did very well. However, I heard that you had already detected the Wave Legion's night raid beforehand. Is that true?"
What surprised the Grayrock commander, however, was that the high priest showed neither much astonishment at this battle result nor much joy.
Instead, his face remained expressionless as he continued asking the next question.
This left the Grayrock commander slightly disappointed, and at the same time, a trace of helpless confusion rose in his heart.
"Yes, High Priest. Before the Wave Legion launched their attack, I did indeed receive news that they were about to launch a surprise raid."
"And this news was told to me by a man who called himself Nalant!"
The Grayrock commander did not conceal anything, directly informing the high priest of the truth.
The high priest was surprisingly not very shocked by this. "That Nalant—why did he inform you in advance of the Wave Legion's surprise-attack movements?"
"This... High Priest, your subordinate does not know either. At the time, your subordinate was resting inside the tower, but he appeared directly behind your subordinate."
"Your subordinate was also startled, and only then did he state his identity and inform me of the Wave Legion's surprise raid."
"Afterward, this Nalant left directly."
"At that time, your subordinate still did not dare fully believe him. However, Grayrock City's safety concerns the safety of the Holy City, so your subordinate still acted on the principle of rather believing it existed than believing it did not, and arranged for the soldiers to defend inside the city and heighten their vigilance."
"In the end, when dawn came, those enemies actually arrived!"
The Grayrock commander heard the note of doubt in the high priest's words, and immediately explained the whole process in even greater detail.
At the same time, the