After spending a night in Cumberland, the Elf Kingdom’s troops would set off for the Elf Kingdom’s main city.
Bunduk and Derrick were also in the formation. As the commanders of the main reinforcements, they also needed to report the results of the battle to the Elf King.
Furthermore, they also needed to know how to deal with the lizardmen and jackalans.
Three days later, the elven army arrived at the main city of the Elf Kingdom.
Before Gable could return to the camp, he was summoned by the Elf King. He brought Bunduk and Derrick into the palace.
“It’s been hard on all of you,” the Elf King consoled after receiving the greetings of the three.
“The plan to exterminate the enemy went smoothly. I didn’t feel tired,” Derrick replied peacefully.
Upon hearing this, the Elf King smiled and said, “This great victory is a first-class good thing for the Elf Kingdom and Drondheim. I have already sent a message to Lord Kant regarding the outcome of this battle.”
“The Elf Kingdom and Drondheim are very far apart. I wonder when we will receive a reply from the Lord?” Bunduk asked.
The Elf King thought for a moment, he replied, “We will receive a reply from Drondheim in about three days. I mentioned in my letter about the expedition to the lizardmen and jackalans’ territory. I wonder what Lord Kant will reply. Until then, I can only trouble you two to stay in the Elf Kingdom for the time being.”
Bunduk thought for a moment and replied, “Yes, then we will wait for the Lord’s reply in the main city. I hope that Your Highness can summon us when you receive the reply.”
“Of course.”
Bunduk and the other two stepped out of the royal palace’s door.
“Commander Bunduk and Commander Derrick, what are your plans next?” Gable asked.
Bunduk replied, “We should find an inn nearby to stay. In short, there will be a letter from Drondheim in three days.”
Derrick nodded in agreement with Bunduk’s idea.
Gable said apologetically, “Since the two commanders have your own plans, I don’t need to worry about you. Besides, my manor near the military camp is really shabby. I’m afraid it’s not good enough to entertain the two of you.”
“Thank you for your kindness. Staying near the royal palace will allow us to know the news ahead of time. This is what we hope for the most at the moment,” Derrick said.
“Okay.” Gable fell into deep thought before continuing, “I wonder what kind of orders Lord Kant will send. In that case, I’ll take my leave first. See you in three days.”
“See you in three days.”
Bunduk and Derrick booked a guest room at the inn closest to the palace.
They went out for a walk every day, and in the evening, they would rest early after chatting. It could be said that they were very free.
On the morning of the third day, Derrick sat at the dining table in the guest room and made tea. Today, neither of them planned to go out. They sat in their rooms wholeheartedly, waiting for news from the palace.
Bunduk drank a whole cup of tea and told Derrick, “I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t be able to adapt without the army’s mission.”
“Commander Bunduk, you haven’t had much rest in the past year, have you? You’ve been fighting wars or handling government affairs for the Lord in the main city,” Derrick said with a smile.
“But it looks like you never really thought of going out to play. There’s a lot of pressure of becoming a new commander, right?” Bunduk also joked back.
“I’m different from Commander Bunduk. When I was an officer, I would take a break from my busy schedule.” Derrick gave Bunduk a sly look, then he took a sip of his tea with a sense of ease.
Bunduk chuckled and didn’t say anything else.
Over the past three days, the two of them had chatted quite a bit about their experiences. They gradually became more familiar with each other, no longer as distant and isolated as before.
Not long after the two of them quieted down, the sound of an inquiry came from outside the door. “Excuse me, is this the room of Commander Bunduk and Commander Derrick?”
Bunduk hurriedly stood up and walk to the door, and he saw an elf dressed in a guard’s uniform standing outside the door.
After the elf guard bowed, he said to the two of them, “His Highness the Elf King asked me to summon the two of you into the palace. He said that Drondheim has sent a reply.”
Derrick and Bunduk nodded together and said, “Then, I’ll have to trouble you to lead the way.”
When they reached the main hall of the palace, Bunduk and the others met Gable, who was dressed in military uniform, at the door. It turned out that the Elf King had summoned the three of them to enter the palace together.
After greeting each other, they entered the main hall one after another.
“Your Highness, I heard that you received a reply from the Lord,” Bunduk went forward and asked the Elf King.
“Yes.” The Elf King took out a letter from his pocket and said, “Take a look with Commander Derrick. There are some instructions for you to read.”
After quickly reading it, Bunduk handed the letter to Derrick and turned around to ask, “Then, are we leaving for Cumberland immediately?”
The letter said that Drondheim’s troops would head to the lizardmen and jackalan’s territory together with the Elf Kingdom’s troops.
“Yes, but I want Gable to lead the march with you,” said the Elf King.
“The march has been prepared according to Your Highness’s instructions,” reported Gable.
“Then it means that the preparations have been made. I wonder how the lizardmen and jackalan troops that were left behind to defend the city will react. However, the main purpose of this trip is to search for the results of the battle. I hope that you can return safely,” instructed the Elf King.
The three replied calmly, “Yes!”
After leaving the palace, Bunduk and Derrick boarded the carriage prepared for them and headed to Cumberland with the assembled elven soldiers.
After receiving the message from the main city, the Cumberland soldiers also began to prepare seriously.
Training was necessary.
The citizens of Cumberland provided them with a wide field as a training ground. The leading officer would lead his team to meet the daily training targets.
Kant said in the letter, “the supply this time was provided by Cumberland. To be able to provide 10,000 soldiers with rations on the way to the lizardmen and jackalan’s territory in a short period of time according to the requirements, it could be seen that Cumberland’s development in just half a year was astonishing enough.”
Kant also learned about this fact from the financial account books that were uploaded every month.
By the time Bunduk and the others arrived in Cumberland, all the soldiers were ready.
On the morning of the fourth day, nearly 20,000 soldiers set off from Cumberland, heading for the lizardmen and jackalan’s territory.
The lizardmen and jackalan’s territory was not far from the Elf Kingdom’s boundary.
The three countries were close to a coast and could be reached by walking straight along the coast.
However, the journey will take about four or five days.
The soldiers march during the day and encamp at night.
They marched at full speed towards their destination.
