Chapter 19

Chapter 18 – The Crisis of Crow Fortress (2)

“How unfortunate that things didn’t work out all the way through.”

Hearing Frederic’s words, Marez queried anxiously at his side.

“What shall we do? At this rate, aren’t things going to deviate from our original plan?”

Having been semi-forced into this affair, his restlessness was exacerbated now that a spanner had been thrown into the works.

“No need to fret. We predicted something like this would happen from the beginning.”

“Do you have an alternative strategy in mind?”

“Strategy? Why would we need one?”

Frederic formed a smile brimming with confidence and spoke.

“If we were to count every last man remaining in the fort right at this moment, it would amount to around 300. They can barely function as a defense with a force that small – that’s just how the rules of the game go. We have enough to seize this fort.”