Hoffman frowned. The explanation only made him want to leave this place much sooner. He wanted to get to the defense line and gauge the situation for himself. But he also knew that the army was indeed exhausted. "Relay my order to the others. We'll encamp here today and rest for the night."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Hoffman was confident in this mission. He believed that attacking the Moon Country wouldn't be a difficult task. After all, it was a small country with a small population. He believed that the reason why they had attacked the Bright Dynasty's cities was because they wanted to force the Bright Dynasty to give in. They didn't want to pay tribute to the Bright Dynasty anymore.

"Your Highness, I divided the guards into two groups, one for the first half of the night and one for the second half of the night." The deputy general came to report the arrangement.

Hoffman nodded his

eved that Matthew had been exaggerating by saying that the Moon Country's soldiers were extremely strong. If that were true, they wouldn't have fallen into his hand and been defeated so easily.

"Deputy general."

"Your Highness."

"I'll hand them over to you. Interrogate them and make sure to get useful information." Then, Hoffman stretched his hand to help the woman kneeling on the ground up. "You are from the Hillside City?"

"General, I am the daughter of the Hillside City lord. My name is Leena Hu. On the day the city fell into the enemy's hand, my father refused to surrender and swore to kill our enemies until he died. He was killed by Huey Huyan, a general from the Moon Country. In order to cover me and help me escape, my mother was captured. General, my father was loyal to the Bright Dynasty. Please rescue my mother and avenge my father and the soldiers who died in battle."