Reserve Forces

Let’s turn back the clock for a moment.

While Calix was off clearing the dungeon with a thousand soldiers, did Kron’s territory remain free of any problems?

Of course there were.

As Kron’s territory grew stronger, so did the number of its soldiers and knights.

Therefore, the absence of a thousand soldiers did not leave any gaps in the main castle or cities.

But the surrounding villages were a different story.

A territory was basically made up of a central castle, cities, and villages that had naturally sprung up around them.

Soldiers regularly patrolled the villages to maintain order, but when troops were drawn away like this, those patrols became a problem.

Naturally, the farther a village was from the main castle, the less effectively soldiers could maintain order there, leading to bandit attacks.

Kron was no different...