Liu Qian searched the camp again before finally finding the suit of armor.
Then he took Chai Yi, who was still teasing the Hatchling in the woods, and left for the front.
The border region between Tyrosh, Lys, and Myr lay in the valley between the Lonely Hill Mountains and the Grey Mountains.
Dense woods grew here, known as the Three Daughters Forest.
The Three Daughters Forest was also the only place through which the other two cities could invade Tyrosh's territory by land.
The three cities had each established strongholds around the Three Daughters Forest to monitor one another's military movements.
Jelena was currently at Tyrosh's military stronghold, Watch Camp.
She had already brought the entire army here from Crown Town.
The Lys men had been making frequent moves lately.
According to Mezzo's intelligence, mercenary companies had appeared in the parts of the Disputed Lands controlled by Lys.
Liu Qian guessed that Lys had hired these mercenary companies specifically to deal with him.
Two days later, Liu Qian and Chai Yi led their troops to Watch Camp and joined forces with Jelena.
With Chai Yi's five hundred soldiers and five hundred Dragon Spirit Guardians, as well as the three hundred Dragon Spirit Guardians Janice had given Liu Qian.
They now had a total of seven thousand five hundred soldiers and twelve hundred Dragon Spirit Guardians under their command.
Liu Qian sat in a tent in the camp, studying a detailed terrain map of the Disputed Lands.
East of the Three Daughters Forest lay the Central Heights, where the highland fortress built by the people of Myr stood.
Myr had highly developed handicraft industries and more money at its disposal than Tyrosh.
The vast majority of its estates were spread along the Myr River northeast of the Central Heights, the