After reviewing the battle reports and merit lists from the Western Front, Louis III took a breath of the early winter air, his brow furrowed with worry.
Round and round it went, and winter had come again.
Every winter the Beastmen marched south was the Kingdom's most difficult time, plagued by scarce supplies and setbacks on the front lines.
The last time the Beastmen marched south, it had also been winter. The Beastman Empire had struck with a heavy fist, smashing right through the central front, and their cavalry had pushed deep into the Frankish Great Plains.
In the end, if the Human Alliance hadn't reacted so swiftly, assembling tens of thousands of soldiers for an Extraordinary Army in just one month, the Frank Kingdom might have been wiped from the annals of history.
But that wasn't what concerned Louis III.
In fact, the military situation this year was many times better than in previous years; it might even be the best year in the entire history of the Frank Kingdom.
