0. Your Excellency, I have a report concerning the [cdb]movements of the Alliance army.
1. Go on.
2. Enemy troops throughout the Alliance have marched [cdb]south, and are now gathering on the north side of the Great Bridge of Myrddin.
3. The scale of their force is much larger than what [cdb]would be expected of a defensive operation.
4. So, it's come to this, has it? Who would've imagined [cdb]that the Alliance would dare threaten my territory?
5. What do we do? Should we ask Edelgard to send [cdb]reinforcements?
6. No, this isn't worth troubling Her Majesty over.
7. Are you sure? We lost an awful lot of soldiers when we [cdb]were defeated at the bridge.
8. The main force of Her Majesty's army has been sent [cdb]to the Kingdom front. It would be more trouble than [cdb]it's worth to call them back.
9. Besides, you remember that mercenary company that [cdb]performed so well before? They're back with us.
10. You mean the one run by that Jeralt guy? I gotta [cdb]admit, they do seem to know their stuff.
11. In addition, we can expect reinforcements from that [cdb]meddlesome Ochs woman. That should round out [cdb]our numbers.
12. Well, when you put it like that, maybe we really can [cdb]handle this!
13. So what's next? We gonna crush 'em with a [cdb]head-on attack?
14. We'll meet the Alliance army at Gronder Field. The area once used to stage the Battle of the Eagle [cdb]and Lion will serve well.
15. After all, it has already been trampled beyond use. And I doubt the enemy will go out of their way to [cdb]burn our fields, given that they plan on seizing them.
16. I bet Holst will be part of the invasion force. He's [cdb]the one who fought back all those Almyran armies. I've been dying to take him on!
17. You'll do no such thing. I'm going to face him myself.
18. But why? How do you know I can't take him if you [cdb]won't even let me try?
19. The fact that you don't know only proves you're not [cdb]ready to face an opponent like him. Besides, Holst is [cdb]hardly the only foe we need to focus on.
20. I doubt Count Gloucester was acting alone when he [cdb]devastated the Imperial army.
21. I'm sure the Alliance's leader, Claude, hatched that [cdb]scheme. We need to be wary of him.
22. Claude, huh? Yeah, he did seem like a pretty [cdb]crafty guy.
23. Tactics like that may work for some. But don't expect [cdb]our house to come up with schemes of our own.
24. We'll see through the enemy's tricks, and then quash [cdb]them with our might.
25. All right! We're gonna crush their flimsy ploys with [cdb]some good old-fashioned brawling! Let's do it!
26. General Nader, our troops are completely exhausted. Everyone's starving, and we're running out of water.
27. I'm sorry, but I'm going to need you to bear it [cdb]a little longer. If we don't ration our provisions, [cdb]we won't have enough for the way back.
28. We didn't bring enough supplies for the journey [cdb]back? What is Prince Shahid thinking?
29. I'm sure the only thing he's focused on is that fantasy [cdb]of his, where he earns enough renown to secure his [cdb]succession to the throne.
30. He's so convinced he'll sup on the spoils of victory, [cdb]he hasn't even bothered to prepare for defeat.
31. Well, that explains it then. I sure hope this battle [cdb]ends the way the prince wants it to...
32. You and me both. If we win, great. But if we stumble [cdb]here, we're as good as dead.
33. Why is His Majesty letting Prince Shahid do as he [cdb]pleases?
34. His Majesty hasn't been himself since Prince Khalid disappeared. Khalid was always his favorite, [cdb]you know.
35. Nader, the next batch of reinforcements will be [cdb]arriving shortly. A force of elite troops, courtesy of [cdb]my uncle. Rejoice!
36. Oh... Even more reinforcements?
37. The size of the army is what decides most battles.
38. And with me in command, it should be nigh [cdb]impossible for an army of this size to lose.
39. Well, actually, advantageous terrain may be more [cdb]important...
40. We can continue this later. March out to greet [cdb]the new arrivals and get them into formation. I will go rally them afterwards. Hahaha!
41. If only we could feast on lofty speeches. Then we'd eat like kings.
42. An army this size limits the tactics we can use... Argh, they're going to think we're just a horde of [cdb]barbarians!
43. This is no fun at all. If only you were here, kiddo...