At the same time, near the western fortress of Valharat.

"Over there, enemy soldiers spotted!"

A soldier's cry reached me as I performed a hasty ritual at a temporary shrine built in an area that could serve for such a purpose. I had just been pretending to conduct the rites, not truly involved in the process.

‘Is this the vanguard meant to serve as bait?’

While I had arranged for siege weapons to be brought here in a dramatic fashion, as I had predicted, only a few of the main force should have made it this far.

There were just under 10,000 soldiers left at the fortress.@@novelbin@@

"General Epinnel, don’t worry, proceed with the interception."

At Jinor’s words, Epinnel nodded.

"If the enemy force seems too large, we’ll retreat immediately... Swen, I hope you’ll be ready by then."

"Understood."

With that, Epinnel set out with several thousand soldiers to intercept the enemy.

It didn’t take long before it became evident that the enemy force wasn’t as large as initially feared.

As I had anticipated, the enemy's main force had launched a surprise attack, but they hadn’t sent many soldiers to this location.

‘Phew.’

I let out a sigh of relief inwardly.

Every time, even when I’m making what seems like a ‘guaranteed accurate prediction,’ I can’t feel at ease until I see the results with my own eyes.

Sure, it might be called a ‘prediction based on guaranteed accuracy,’ but all it really is, is the process of trying to fit together knowledge I already have.

Whether it’s correct or not, I can only know by opening the lid and checking.

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