Meanwhile, just as John was setting the battlefield on the Western Front of the Cocobia Rainforest against the incoming Bloodhowl Legion and arranging for Mage Soldiers to carry out strategic strikes against the enemy, the Blazing Sun Fleet led by Reginald Solaris, the Crimson Sun Crown, arrived at this battlefield after many days of sailing.
"Hm? The Saga Kingdom actually sent the Bloodhowl Legion this time rather than its other elites? What a surprise."
Inside the captain's command room of the battlecruiser Damonster, Reginald raised his brows slightly as he listened to the latest intelligence report.
Yet he was not shocked by the Bloodhowl Legion's involvement. He was simply surprised that, after being nearly crushed by the Ravaging Marquis of the Empire, the legion had found the courage to face the Empire again as a force of recruits only a few years later.
After all, unlike humans, who could swiftly assemble an entirely new legion through transfer orders even when their soldiers were stationed in different regions—
the Beastfolk troops of the Saga Kingdom all came from their respective tribes. Calling them private armies was more appropriate than calling them military forces.
Ever since the previous Shattered Fang had died suddenly at the hands of the Ravaging Marquis and the Bloodhowl Legion had been reduced to only a division—
with the Bloodwolf Tribe's size, six years of training was absolutely insufficient to restore the Bloodhowl Legion to its former strength.
At most, it would be a medium-sized legion made up largely of recruits mixed with a small number of elites.
So, the Beastfolk King intended to use this battle to give the new legion practical combat training while the Imperial forces were still regrouping?
Not a bad idea. After all, after wiping out the Fifth Legion, the enemy's current strength