The enemy arrives

Lita did her best to slow down the advancing army of the blood merchants , however the army avoided major cities and were travelling in relatively remote routes that only had minor towns or villages in the vicinity hence she could only mount a weak defense at best against the enemy , but she still managed to cause major casualties to the tier 0 troops of the enemy thinning the initial 33 million troops to nearly 30 million. 

Although it did not affect the main forces of the blood merchants much , it was a huge releif for Rudra as the useless cannon fodders were dealt with without much issues. 

For Rudra his initial battle plan was one that started with a bang , hence for him if the bang was reserved for the better tier 1 or 2 forces , it would be a much better outcome , than wasting the big surprises on the tier 0 forces.