A few days had passed since the first wave. Inside the heavily fortified war room of Winterguard, a formal Knights' meeting was underway, attended by Commander Arthur, Commander Viktor, and Princess Rumina.
Despite the freezing wind howling outside, the atmosphere inside the room was surprisingly heated.
"'Outside' monsters or not, they're nothing special!" a knight laughed, slamming his tankard onto the wooden table.
"Before, we were just bleeding out trying to hold them back at the gate. But today? We actually pushed their vanguard back into the tree line!"
"Hahahaha! I honestly thought we were going to advance into the Wilderness for a second!"
Naturally, the knights were feeling an overwhelming surge of adrenaline and misplaced optimism.
"Lucien was incredible. His cover fire took care of all those annoying flying bastards before they even reached the parapets!"
"I'll admit, I thought it was a joke when that greenhorn showed up with a firearm instead of a sword."
