***Five days later.Myrcella was still in Leafvile town. She was still living in hiding at Tobias' residence. Not a single person knew that King Constantine's daughter was in the same town as them.Tobias told Myrcella not to leave the house without his permission. He did that for one reason so that people would not realize Myrcella's presence in this place.Winter had truly arrived in Leafvile. The fields that had been empty were now completely covered in white snow. The farmers, who didn't go to the fields, chose to go to the mountains to hunt.Some other townspeople, especially the women, were busy preparing everything to organize the Mountain and Moon Festival. They worked hard, led by Elisa.Tobias' work became more leisurely in the winter. His days were filled with patrolling the town with Andrea, watching his soldiers train, and training alone in his backyard.Myrcella was seen on the second floor, precisely in Tobias' room wi

Tobias chose to walk into the village chief's house, intent on finding Dieter Archibald's and his daughter's whereabouts. He was already at the house's front door, opening it slowly and seeing a heartbreaking situation.The furniture was cluttered out of place, the walls stained with the red color of blood that Tobias suspected came from Dieter and his family."Where is he?" asked Tobias, curious about Dieter's presence.Tobias wiped his bloodstained face with a clean handkerchief as he walked into the house. His eyes kept wandering around, trying to find the whereabouts of Dieter's body.The house had two rooms, one of which seemed open and the other closed. Tobias stopped walking when he reached the room with the open door. He saw an old man's body lying lifeless on the bed with a stab wound in the stomach.From what Tobias remembers, it was definitely Dieter. Valcke's men had apparently killed Dieter first so that the old man wouldn't ignite ang

Tobias kept walking away from the town center on foot. In the distance, he was surprised to see his cavalry waiting at the city entrance.The young man dashed to meet them, though not in the same numbers as before. One of the captains of the cavalry rode up to Tobias, guarding the young man from any possible attack."I thought you were dead," Tobias said."We pulled back as soon as we realized the city was occupied by Valcke's troops. We tried to minimize the clashes," explained the cavalry captain."How many groups haven't returned?" asked Tobias."Of the ten groups formed, two groups have not returned," said the captain.That meant there were 200 cavalrymen still trapped in the city, either surrounded by Valcke's troops or affected by the paralyzing magic of the wizards. However, most importantly, most cavalrymen were safe from death."Send a message to the soldiers in Valestria. Valcke has broken the ceasefire agreement. They've ta

***The next day."I need to check the records at Tobias' residence," Elisa said.She was the busiest person in Tobias' plan for troop mobilization. Given the large number of men he had, she needed to organize the logistics that Tobias' troops would need.To find the right number, Elisa had to calculate it through the record book that Tobias always kept in his residence.She walked up to Tobias' house, opened the door, and to her surprise, discovered that there was a beautiful girl in the house. Earlier, she was sure there was no one in the house."Who are you?" she asked, curious."Is Tobias back yet?" asked Myrcella, worried.Elisa seemed to shake her head slowly, "Tobias won't be back. He's going to lead the great war in the Western lands.""What did you say? The Great War?" asked Myrcella, surprised."Who the hell are you?" asked Elisa.The woman's eyes were fixed firmly on Myrcella. She was really jeal

***"What? Valcke's spy?" asked Laura."That's right. Liam and I were caught by them before. Those spies, they were assigned to kill me," Tobias replied."What a bastard! How dare they betray Equestria," replied Gunnar Muntz, the infantry leader.The bald-headed, muscular man couldn't accept that people were taking advantage of this war. His right hand was clenched into a tight fist, the veins of his strong muscles showing as he pounded on the table in the village hall meeting room.Tobias turned to him, his long black beard and scarred face giving him an authoritative image. The 90,000-man infantry army obeyed, and no one dared resist him."Keep your anger for them. The spies number more than 20," Tobias explained."They're hiding in the hills behind the village. We can't just go there because they've planted many mines," Liam said, pointing to the south where the hill was."Then what's your plan?" asked Edgar Stock, the caval