Chapter 15, Augustusburg_3

Regaining his composure, Chris the Ninth slowly asked:

"How dire is the situation on the frontline?

What happened unexpectedly to Augustusburg?

When can our reinforcements arrive?"

As if they were undergoing psychic interrogation, the ministers' faces were all gravely uneasy.

Before this, they had predicted the Orcs might breakthrough from their side, nevertheless, they still held a shred of hope.

At a time when the Alpha Kingdom was under heavy attack, they cherished their fortune for having avoided calamity.

Now that the war has suddenly flared up in their homeland, they realized that the Moxi Duchy's preparatory state was not as thorough as imagined.

They initially thought that with the constant patrolling of the Gryphon Cavalry, an Orc ambush would be impossible. But reality was a hard slap, the well-prepared Orcs ambushed the patrolling Gryphon Cavalry at the very first opportunity.