Charles chose not to engage with the powerful tribes but specifically targeted the weaker, smaller orc tribes with fewer numbers. As a result, he achieved victory after victory, capturing dozens or even hundreds of orc prisoners every day.
After seven or eight days of such peripheral combat, the number of guards in Charles's Orc Labyrinth had increased by more than two thousand, and he had entered into the rhythm he was most familiar with "rapid troop expansion."
Charles had planned to continue this combat for a while but soon realized something was amiss.
The orc army began to collapse in large numbers. After Charles defeated several orc tribes in succession, he felt increasingly uneasy. He commanded the Westwind Knights to press forward and march toward Strasbourg once again.
This time, there were no storms on the way.
