"They have been expecting us!" Captain Salem exclaimed. "They said it was because we trespassed. It was just an excuse to attack us."
"It is most likely so. Most probably someone from our nations tipped them about our movements."
Prince Alonzo smiled wryly, "I can give you two possible suspects for such action."
"We will deal with such treachery later," the duke said. "The problem at hand is how to deal with this orc army. Our army quality should be roughly the same as the opponent, but as you can see, they numbered us twice. It will be difficult to come out on top in this situation."
"And we also cannot retreat, since they cut our rear path," the NPC with the large shield, Nicholas, said.
"Even if we can, we won't," the duke said with a determined voice. "We are not to be deterred from our objective by a bunch of savage orcs!"
