Was Charles impulsive?
He did not think so himself.
On the contrary, he even felt he had been cautious enough.
No one else knew just how powerful the forces in Charles's hands had become.
They knew—or had guessed—that Charles had borrowed vast resources from the Crimson Caravan Alliance.
Yet among the many powers on the plane of Osela, their efficiency in utilizing resources was far inferior to Charles's.
There was no need to even mention the elves. Even if over a million Magic Stones' worth of resources were poured onto them, they still would not be able to produce many soldiers.
What was more, no one had ever been willing to pour so many resources into human soldiers.
Naturally, they assumed that the resources from Charles's loan had not been used elsewhere, but on himself.
Or perhaps to build a multifunctional sorcery laboratory within his domain.
After all, almost everyone knew that Imril, the Sun Elf, was an elven wizard.
And how much combat power could human soldiers gain just by wearing somewhat better armor?
That was everyone's understanding.
In terms of infantry combat, human infantry in fine armor could only compare with orcs wearing shabby equipment.
In archery, half-elves and elves could leave humans eight streets behind.
No one thought highly of human soldiers, nor was anyone willing to train them.
But Charles was different. He knew humanity's potential, and he had brought powerful troop types with him.
He currently had more than thirty Blood Ring Knights, and Charles had divided them into two groups.
One group consisted of twenty knights. Charles used them as a concentrated force, and their equipment was the best as well, all personally forged by Charles and inscribed with permanent sorcery runes. They could bring out the Blood Ring Knights' combat power to the