Serena's POV:
It's been several months since I was assigned to the battlefield against the Gildoria Mercenary Kingdom. I, the hero of the Winterbell family, along with the hero of the Stormheim family, Theresia von Stormheim, have been tasked with repelling Gildoria's invasion of the Braveheart Kingdom.
At first, I didn't expect the war here to be this intense. Before Theresia and I arrived, the Braveheart forces here were led by Captain of the 7th Division, Garron the Iron Wall, and Captain of the 8th Division, Tanya the Storm Witch.
Back then, the Braveheart army numbered only 1,400 soldiers, while Gildoria's forces were double that — about 3,000, composed mostly of mercenaries ranked Silver and above, which are equivalent to B-rank Knights. That was one major reason why our army was being pushed back.
