Facing the imminent threat, Azeryan's original plan to rely solely on a few villagers for patrols was definitely insufficient.
Adjacent to the Nightmare Forest, Selva and Lokhak had to possess armed forces capable of dealing with large-scale Living Corpse attacks.
Mobilizing the subjects to defend their homeland spared the need for military pay, as food and drinks were provided at home with little additional expense.
In an emergency, the sixty or so able-bodied men who had returned to Selva could be assembled to form an infantry phalanx to resist the Living Corpses.
Thanks to the military ordinances of the Orland Kingdom, they were equipped with simple spears and iron helmets, with most wearing ordinary quilted armor and a few wealthier households even owning rudimentary chain armor. They had also undergone basic training at the fortress, and with proper command, they could be considered a reluctantly combat-capable force.
