The humans were frantically making preparations, but the Beastmen were at a standstill.
After Prince Odoruo ordered Castro to the south of Ehrlichland, there had been no further news.
Watching the Thunderhawk soaring in the sky, Prince Odoruo knew without even looking that it was another letter from the Beast Emperor, urging him to attack at once.
It wasn't that Prince Odoruo didn't want to attack. The problem was that the enemy was entirely within the pass. How was he supposed to fight them?
At this point, Prince Odoruo was starting to suspect the Beast Emperor had gone mad with impatience, sending orders every single day.
After their victory on the eastern front, the Beast Emperor had withdrawn many of the forces from that same front.
Even at full strength, Prince Odoruo couldn't possibly have breached Feiying Pass, let alone in his current, half-crippled state.
What he had been contemplating all this time wasn't how to achieve victory, but how to make a graceful exit.
