After Charles gathered all this information, he could not help but rejoice. "So our opportunity has come!"
Charles had originally planned to strike the half-elves first, then seize more territory, along with subjects and resources.
But the half-elves and elves had not yet given Charles an opening.
The orcs, however, had.
Charles spread out the map and studied the full landscape of the Land of Chaos.
On the map, the Land of Chaos was divided into three parts.
The territory occupied by the orcs and giants, the disputed region where Charles was located, and the area controlled by the elves and half-elves.
The smallest of the three regions was the disputed area where Charles and his people were.
The orc-occupied territory was the largest, while the half-elf and elf-controlled area was also the size of two provinces.
The orcs' territory was now a complete mess as well, which meant Charles's opportunity had arrived.
Within this long, narrow disputed region, there was still one orc tribe and one gnoll tribe.
One was the Sons of the Broken Blade, and the other was the Crimson Caravan Alliance.
The Sons of the Broken Blade could not possibly fight Charles now, while the Crimson Caravan Alliance had virtually no fighting strength.
They did not even have much money left. Many merchants had lent considerable funds to Charles, leaving them with little spare cash.
The targets Charles could currently move against were the orcs' Splitfang Tribe and the gnoll clan Zorge.
The fighting strength of these two nonhuman factions was truly not worth mentioning to the current Charles.
He summoned a messenger and had the core members of his territory called over.
Erika, Molly, Tyler, Elias, two third-rank Blood Ring Knights skilled at command, and Theresa.
Charles spread out the map and said, "A battle