Kurto Shatterskull was having a hard time.
To maintain his army, he had even allowed the troops under his command to attack and plunder other small and medium-sized settlements beyond his territory.
There was no helping it. The settlements of the Scorched-Earth Warcry Tribe were like chives that had been harvested several times over.
They were just short of digging up the roots and eating those too.
Now, they could only survive by raiding other territories outside.
Although this central region of the Land of Chaos was divided among six powers, there were still other small settlements wedged between them,
and even quite a few bandits.
The Howling Children of the Wasteland now showed signs of degenerating into an oversized bandit gang.
In stark contrast stood Charles's side.
On Charles's side, not only had the number of armored cavalry been steadily increasing,
the number of regular cavalry had also risen to two thousand.
The original four Orc Blood-Pact Warbands had been reduced in number. Half the orc soldiers had been removed, leaving only elite, obedient orcs.
Two Orc Blood-Pact Warbands remained now, totaling one thousand men.
As for the rest, Charles had expanded the number of human infantry to three thousand.
After several months, these soldiers had also shed the label of recruits.
During this time, Charles's army had also carried out small-scale operations.
The Land of Chaos was called the Land of Chaos for a reason—it truly was chaotic.
It was not as though a territory became calm and peaceful simply because someone ruled it.
It could be said that from Confluence City of the Avenor Elven Court onward,
even the Verdant Crystal Domain of the half-elves and elves had small and medium-sized bandit groups within their territories.
There were countless gangs, some with a dozen or so members,