By the time the meeting ended, it was already noon. According to intelligence from the front, the Beastmen were only two days away from Thermopylae.
The enemy had also begun a forced march. They had likely received news of the defeat of their vanguard, the Beastman Wolf Cavalry.
For humanity, this war was a race against time—and the same was true for the Beastmen.
They didn't know when humanity's reserves would arrive, and to their rear was the relentlessly pursuing Earl Wei Man.
After this contingent of Beastmen split off from Prince Kase's main army, Marquis Oscillate had been dispatching reinforcements while simultaneously retreating toward another pass, falling back into the royal family's direct domain.
In this race, it could be said that every second counted for both sides.
"My lord, the carriages have departed. They're expected to reach the Fourth and Fifth Regiments by tonight."
