On the vast plains, two armies faced each other.

One bore the banners of the Northern Army, while the other flew the flags of the Delfine Dukedom.

Count Mathes, commanding the Delfine army’s second division, turned to the figure beside him.

“Are you certain that the Count of Fenris isn’t present?”

“Yes. If he cared for his father and sister, he would have acted by now.”

The one answering was Dentaria, a high-ranking inquisitor of the Salvation Order. A former priest who had incited barbarians to create chaos in the north, Dentaria had since joined the Delfine forces.

Count Mathes …