Charles spread out the map and studied the situation around them.
He said, "Since there are no reinforcements, we won't wait any longer."
"Otherwise, Ross and the others from the Scarlet Caravan will grow anxious waiting."
Charles pressed his hand onto the map where the Howling Children of the Wasteland were located and said, "Eat them!"
The Book of Causal Paths flipped its pages excitedly within Charles's sea of spiritual power. "Kill, kill, kill!"
"Kill more this time!"
Once the order was given, the war machine under Charles's command began to turn.
All kinds of war supplies began to be prepared.
Charles now commanded a great many troops. It was no longer like before, when he had only a few hundred or a thousand men.
An army of seven or eight thousand required a great many preparations for war.
Supplies for every kind of expenditure, arrows, armor plates, provisions, medicine, and more.
Besides halting training, resting for several days, and regrouping the army,
they also needed to recruit a batch of laborers to transport all manner of supplies.
Fortunately, the two sides were not too far apart, and Charles had decided on a swift battle, so there was no need to recruit too many logistical laborers.
Once this war machine began moving, everyone throughout the territory watched it closely.
Many people discussed what sort of outcome this war would end with.
Compared to before, there were now far fewer voices claiming that Charles would lose.
Many merchants who had lent materials and Magic Stones to Charles began looking forward to seeing him defeat Kurto Shatterskull.
The more territory Charles held, the greater his future profits would be, and the faster he would be able to repay his debts.
In stark contrast to the expectations of most people was Kurto