Count Cabaldi doubted his ears for a moment.

He had just decided to negotiate a food deal with that very man, and yet—now he was being attacked by him?

Unable to believe it, he asked again.

"Baron Fenris? Why would he do that?"

"...I'm not sure, my lord."

"Why! How dare he! That wretched nobody dared bring an army to my lands?"

Surprise quickly gave way to uncontrollable rage.

He was one of the northern region's rising powers, soon to take his place as a great lord. He operated a formidable armed force, thanks to a steady supply of iron …