Including the ti spent struggling to escape, Edward has been inside the Kawa Great Forest for at least more than half a year, and he has a relatively good understanding of the thoughts of the beastn living in the vast jungle in the south.
In the forest, there is only one thing that is most important, and that is food. So beastn even value food more than grain.
Before the arrival of the cold winter, due to the rapid population expansion of beastn in the previous nine months, most tribes would find it difficult to survive the desperate white cold winter relying solely on previously stored harvests.
To obtain enough grain and to clean up excess population, a month before the cold winter, many beastn would co out of the forest in groups and attack the Bloody Border.
If successful, the beastn can enter human territories through the breached defense line, plundering and acquiring a large amount of food. Even if unsuccessful, the significant loss in population reduces the pressure on the beastn tribes' food consumption during the cold winter.
As for that month before each cold winter, beastn invasions have almost beco customary.
Except for the month before and after cold winter, it's usually a ti of peace. The many beastn tribes living within the Kawa Great Forest will not waste their power attacking the Bloody Border, for hunting wild beasts and gathering food also requires manpower, and tribes must retain so strength to avoid being swallowed by enemies.
Therefore, although beastn invade the border every year, it is only concentrated in the month before the cold winter, and invasions rarely occur during other tis.
Especially at the beginning of the end of the cold winter, when the ice and snow recede, a significant portion of the beastn have already died in the cold winter, and the remaining beastn are mostly starving. Moreover, after the cold winter, all things are revived, and wild beasts erge from their lairs, making it a good ti for hunting.
In the past years, after the end of the cold winter and at the start of a new year, the border is the safest ti of the year.
But now, has everything changed?
The gigantic walls stand tall on the plains, rising like mountains, stretching endlessly. This is the most famous Bloody Great Wall at the border, an iron wall defense line established by humans over a thousand years, isolating the nurous savage beastn of the Barbaric Land to the south of the Great Wall from the Central Earth World.
However, at this mont, Edward has no ti to marvel at this enormously majestic structure. He quickly entered the Border City inside the walls, following the old man.
"A few years ago, as you said, the savage beastn's harassnt was focused in August and September before the cold winter began... But in these past two years, everything has already changed. Those beastn have gone mad, launching large-scale attacks and harassnt except during the immobile cold winter. Especially recently, those beastn seem crazy, rushing up without regard for casualties..." Find the newest release on Nove1Fire
In the old man's rambling, Edward's brows furrowed even tighter.
Before entering the Kawa Great Forest, Edward had hired the Black Bear rcenary Corps to enter the Kawa Great Forest with him, and although he felt sothing was wrong with the Border City at that ti, he didn't dwell on it.
Upon entering the Kawa Great Forest, he noticed so signs that seed to indicate super large tribes of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people were migrating towards the border. So tribal stations were deserted, which allowed them to cross the "defense line" where beastn were gathering, entering the central part of the Kawa Great Forest with little loss.
When Edward observed the signs of migration of those large beastn tribes, he was sowhat puzzled, but considering it was already close to August and September, with the cold winter approaching, the migration and attack on the Bloody Border by a massive number of beastn seed normal, so he didn't pay much attention.
But now, it seems everything is not that simple.
"...Last year, during the most frenzied beastn attack, it was said that there were millions of beastn gathered outside the entire border Great Wall. Even Grand Duke William of the Eagle Duchy had to personally join the battle, barely holding the beastn outside the Border Great Wall."
The old man recalled last year's event with lingering fear.
"Last year, that must have been after I entered the Kawa Great Forest. What exactly happened!" Countless questions arose in Edward's mind.
After so many years of tug-of-war-like wars, the beastn south of the Border Great Wall should clearly know how difficult the Bloody Great Wall is to breach, yet they still acted without hesitation. There must be no reason for such actions to occur!
"Old man, thank you for your help."
Edward expressed his gratitude and then hurriedly left.
It is certain that so unknown changes have occurred in that savage land in the south of the Kawa Great Forest, leading to this series of events.
Now, restoring his identity is the most important thing in front of Edward. More information may only be truly known by the upper nobility. As for the damned Blue Young Dragon issue, he can only wait until he overcos this current hurdle to address it.
...
anwhile, outside the Border City, dozens of miles away, in the vast and boundless forest, large groups of beastn were moving silently toward the Bloody Border, dragging their families and carrying all their possessions.
The endless, dense mass of figures, possibly numbered in the millions!
This is a beastn coalition army composed of several super-large tribes surviving at the Bloody Border. For so unknown reason, these super-large tribes, which used to act alone and even had nurous conflicts with each other, strangely united and moved slowly toward the Bloody Border.
This ti, the beastman raid is larger than any previous one!
Shortly after, the massive beastman troops began to stop and rest. In the center of the beastman tents, several powerful and distinct beastn leaders gathered in a large tent, while outside, groups of elite beastman guards were mutually wary and patrolled around.
"...The spread of those things is too fast; we have no ti and no retreat. We must breach the human Great Wall within these months, or all our sons will perish!"
"...The Great Wall is not that easy to breach; what if we can't breach it?"
"...We'll see; if we can't, then let's negotiate with the humans. I think they wouldn't want to deal with those things either."
...
"How is the preparation of the rear base point, which concerns the safety of all of us?"
"...Our rear base points are mostly complete. But what about you, Blood Claw? Why is there no news from the southeast side?"
"...Hmph! Just take care of the area you're responsible for. We've already sent people to investigate on our side, and we'll notify you of the results!"
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