Before the orders they were waiting for arrived from the Allied Army, the Gryphon Riders scouting ahead sent back another report. Around four hundred human light cavalry were being pursued by six or seven hundred Orc Wolf Riders, heading straight toward the Elven Expeditionary Burning Legion. They were still quite far away, though-over a hundred kilometers, right at the Gryphon Riders' optimal scouting range.
Although Gryphon Riders could cruise at over a hundred and fifty kilometers an hour, after several hours of flight they had to land and rest for half an hour to an hour before continuing. The riders generally took great care of their mounts, so they kept their scouting range to roughly a hundred kilometers around the legion. When it was about time, they would fly back to rest, and another group would take over.
On such a vast battlefield, the elves' hundred and fifty or so Gryphon Riders were clearly too few. Alleria also feared something might happen to them, so she refused to let them land and rest outside the legion's protection. She considered a hundred-kilometer scouting range quite far enough to give them ample time to react.
Should she send troops to rescue those four hundred human light cavalry now, or keep waiting for further orders? After relaying the report to the Allied Army's main force, Alleria kept turning that question over in her mind. In the end, she decided to wait another day and first send ten Gryphon Riders carrying bombs to slow the Orc Wolf Riders' pursuit. Ideally, that alone would allow the human cavalry to escape their predicament. After all, even cavalry would struggle to cover over a hundred kilometers in time to help-unless they were Sky Cavalry.
But she could not send too many Gryphon Riders to rescue a mere