CH831 The Stronghold Army Arrives II
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Now, approximately five kilometres from the Frontier March's valley entrance, beneath the cover of dense forest vegetation, Baron Benn Stodge surveyed his men as they confidently finished off a group of berserk beasts that had attacked them.
The frequency of berserk beast attacks this far from the Frontier March was noticeably higher than usual.
To the Baron, this only confirmed that the situation within the Frontier March was dire.
After all, if an area this far from the domain already contained an unusually high number of berserk beasts—most likely the result of beasts spilling over from the Beast Tide—then one could only imagine how much worse conditions would be within the domain itself, where the tide was actively raging.
The Baron turned towards Etgar.
"We've encountered far more berserk beasts since taking this detour under your guidance. I trust this secret route is as safe as you promised," he said.
