Catherine was happy when Paul wrote, but immediately calmed down.
Arda is a long way from here, and launching an expedition from there will take a long time to prepare.
I can’t count on Paul’s help in the short term.
Catherine must make full use of every power at her disposal.
"Your Highness, Sir Montreat asks to see you!"
The guard outside the door came in to report.
"Montreat?"
Catherine searched in her mind.
"I'm not familiar with this name..."
She shook her head in distress and turned her gaze to Aofina, but all she got was a helpless shrug from the other party.
It was Duke Alanburu who reminded him.
"Your Highness, he is the heir of the Tavares family."
"The Tavares family? I know this family, please let him in."
The guard went out, and a young man came in after a while.
He is tall, handsome, and has long dark golden curly hair.
"Your Highness!"
Montreat knelt down on one knee to salute the princess, and then saluted the Duke next to him.
The Duke of Alanbrough asked: "Montreat, how many troops did you bring?"
The young man raised his head.
“I have brought a hundred knights, all of whom are skilled in martial arts and extraordinary skills, and a thousand strong soldiers. The Tavares family will use all his strength to defend the kingdom to the death. Glory.”
The expression on his face was gritty and fearless, and it didn't seem fake.
Catherine was moved by this statement and nodded to him approvingly.
This made the other party raise his eyebrows unconsciously.
Aofina said:
“According to previous speculation, including the Bradley family’s army, the total number of enemies entering Blackstone Plains should be between 25,000 and 30,000. , if we can gather 20,000 troops before they arrive, we will be able to fight.”
"Report! Lord Lester is back!"
A shout of surprise came from outside.
Everyone in the tent was refreshed.
Lester was quickly called in.
"Your Highness, the orc army has been fooled. They are "chasing" us along a long road. If nothing happens, they are still six or seven days away from here. ”
"Is this really true?"
Hearing Lester's words, everyone including Catherine felt relieved a little.
Because they were at a relatively safe distance from the orc army, the kingdom's army was stationed here, waiting for reinforcements from various places to join.
In the following days, local lords continued to receive and obey the royal family's call. They gathered knights in their territories, recruited soldiers, and led their teams to the Sunset Valley to join the royal capital's army.
By the fourth day, Catherine's army had reached nearly 40,000 people.
The size of the army brought from the royal capital is around five thousand. Now the arrival of these reinforcements has doubled the army's combat effectiveness.
The princess organized these troops belonging to different territories to avoid confusion in command.
On the evening of the fourth day, the scouts brought back news of the approaching orc army.
“So fast?”
Catherine asked the scout who came to report in disbelief.
"Each person in the orc army has three to four horses. They take turns riding their own mounts when marching, so they move very fast."
The scout reported what he saw with a horrified look on his face.
“The villages and towns along the way suffered disaster. After the orcs entered the undefended towns and villages, they plundered supplies from the locals as much as possible, and forcibly recruited strong men into the servant army to serve as the orcs. The coolies or cannon fodder of the army! "How dare these orcs be so cruel?"
The scout's description made Montreat Tavares very angry and slammed the table. .
Although the human army in this era is only a hundred steps away.
Montreat looked at Catherine, his eyes full of desire, "Your Highness, since they are here, let's fight them to the death!"
Everyone can see his desire for expression.
“Second the motion!”
“I second the motion too!”
"Yes, Your Highness, we are no longer afraid of the orcs in terms of numbers!"
The people present here are all lords from all over the Blackstone Plains. As soon as Montreat started, the others couldn't hold back. How could they just give in? This guy is showing off in front of the princess?
Seeing that the vassals were eager to fight, a certain string in Catherine's heart was plucked.
In that case, let’s fight!
What is surprising is that early the next morning, the orcs sent a messenger - a guy with a slicked back hair and a "slender" figure compared to his fellow tribesmen.
After being invited into the tent, he bowed to Catherine in accordance with Aldo's court etiquette.
"The human princess, the beautiful Her Royal Highness Catherine, the prairie warrior Callum has appointed me to come and discuss some matters with you."
Catherine sat on the throne and asked in a cold tone : "Mr. Messenger, how should I call you?"
The orc replied with a smile: "Your Highness, my name is Dieter Evans, and people call me Honest Evans."< br>
Catherine was curious, "It sounds like a human name."
"Yes, Your Highness." Evans replied: "I used to be a businessman, and my business was pretty good. I often traveled between Aldo and the grasslands, so I spoke fluent Aldo and took this title. Name."
"So, Mr. Messenger, what do you want to discuss with me?"
"The second son of the Bradley family-Sir Lemoster, Kaler? Master Mu hopes that I can take him back."
"Bring him back?" Catherine snorted, "Wishful thinking, I don't want to let any traitor go."
"We can take him back. Redeem it! You can make an offer!”
"Never!"
...
After some pulling and pulling, Evans seemed to accept the reality and no longer persuaded Catherine to release Lemoste.
"Okay, this task has been completed. Thank you for listening, Your Highness Catherine!"
"Completed?"
Catherine was confused. What had this guy accomplished? He didn't release that Lemoste.
"In fact, what I just said was just to give the Bradley family an explanation."
Evans said it very frankly.
But everyone understood - the orc commander named Callum was just showing off.
“Let’s move on to the next topic, Your Highness.”
Evans put away his playful expression and became a little serious.
"We hope that your highness...will surrender!"
"Surrender?"
Katherine seemed to have heard something funny.
“Go back and tell your master that in the history of the Kingdom of Aldo there has never been a princess who surrendered to the enemy.”
"Oh, don't you just think about it carefully?"
Catherine was very angry, "It seems that you are sure that you can defeat us?"
"Yes!"
< br>The orc messenger's answer almost exploded the tent.
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