Volume 15: Thunder Overturning the Earth Chapter 2: Canal

Mathew was plunged into deep contemplation; though the beastmen's movements might not seem particularly alarming—both to the north and west, the kingdom's military power appeared to be sufficiently deployed—he always had a foreboding feeling. Winter was fast approaching, and conventional wisdom suggests that the beastmen were not fond of waging war in winter. These anomalies could only indicate that the beastmen harbored another plot, but where would this plot stem from?