In the southern part of Britain, close to the plains outside Camelot.
This place was originally desolate, not even near the national road, and on usual days only some Morse and magical creatures roamed, rarely any fairies or humans approached here or were active in this area.
But now, tents have been set up, building a camp large enough to accommodate a legion of thousands.
Campfires burn everywhere in the camp, and numerous human soldiers stand guard and patrol. There are even small groups clearing the approaching Morse and magical creatures nearby, though not frequently, as they need to save energy for tomorrowâs battle.
"Buzz!"
In such circumstances, a semi-circular door of darkness abruptly appeared in the camp, like a patch of blackness dyeing the space, slowly expanding.
The people around, upon seeing this scene, did not feel alarmed but continued doing their tasks.
Reiger stepped out from the [Portal], and amidst the respectful gazes of the surrounding people, walked towards the main tent of the camp.
Inside, the group from Chaldea along with Pasival were surrounding a table, conducting troop placements with the map spread upon the table.
Reiger took a closer look and discovered it was a map of Camelot Cityâs internal layout.
"Reiger."
"Mr. Reiger."
"What brings you here?"
The four discussing immediately paused their conversation upon seeing Reiger come in, and greeted him in unison.
"Youâve even gotten hold of this thing?"
Reiger did not immediately state his intention, instead approached and pointed at the map on the table.
"This was provided by Miss Aurora, the chieftain of the Wind Clan, and itâs very helpful for tomorrowâs siege of Camelot."
Matthew candidly revealed this information.
"Again, backstage providers it seems." Reiger said nonchalantly, "They donât show up themselves, yet do quite a lot behind the scenes."
In this major battle with the Queenâs army, those formally taking action are only the Round Table Army and the alliance army formed after northern fairies united.
As for the Wind Clan, Earth Clan, and Wing Clan, considered as having already betrayed the Queenâs army, they actually wonât enter the battlefield to engage directly with the Queenâs army.
"Canât be helped, clan leaders have to consider their own standings." Pasival explained understandingly, "If they directly went to war with the Queenâs army, should the alliance fail, Queen Morgan would definitely settle scores with them, hence the Wind and Earth Clan leaders have explicitly stated that in this battle they can only assist from behind the scenes and cannot give Queen Morgan any evidence against them."
"And the Wing Clan doesnât even have a reason to aid us. Itâs only because Chief Mourine disapproves of the Queenâs conduct and holds a deep-seated hatred against the Tusk Clan, hence previously allowing us to ring the Pilgrimage Bell, and now actively dispatching troops to intercept the Tusk Clan."
"Chief Mourine has clearly stated this too; she wonât provide any help to the alliance army, but she will help block the Tusk Clan, preventing them from entering the battlefield."
Since the Wing Clan is inherently weak and frail, the Tusk Clan has always looked down on them, even launching a fanatical war against them years ago, nearly annihilating the Wing Clan.
The current Wing Clan is merely a clan formed by Mourine personally, with fairies under her from other clans.
Habettelot is a fairy from the Wing Clan, yet she has no affection for the Wing Clan anymore, with no intent to return, wanting only to explore pan-human history with Chaldea.
Thus, the Wing Clan has never had intentions to assist the Round Table Army, and allowing Altoria to ring the Pilgrimage Bell was merely due to their aversion to Morgan. Now, itâs just past animosities against the Tusk Clan, without the desire to directly engage the Queenâs army.
The Earth Clan is similar, though Reiger and others were akin to saviors of the Earth Clan territory Norwich, Spurgen originally didnât plan to rescue Norwich but intended to profit from the "Calamity", sabotaged by Reiger and others with no reason to have goodwill towards them, not to mention Reiger once ignored him, directly led Altoria into Norwichâs Bell Tower, ringing the Pilgrimage Bell out of self-interest, nearly infuriating him.
If not for Spurgen being a profit-driven unscrupulous merchant by nature, and Aurora mediating, he would hardly assist the alliance army.
Thus, leading an open rebellion and opposing Morgan directly is naturally something he wonât do, at most providing some behind-the-scenes assistance.
As for Aurora...
Recalling the elegant fairy lady like a noble heiress, Reigerâs eyes held little sentiment.
He didnât continue discussing the three backstage-dwelling fairy clans, but shifted to another topic.
"Whatâs Altoriaâs status?"
Reiger asked offhandedly.
"Sheâs off setting up magical barriers nearby with Gareth." Fujimaru Ritsuka answered, with a relaxed smile, "There are too many Morse around, to prevent them from attacking the camp, Altoria took the initiative to set up magical barriers, Gareth went along to assist her."