Edward and his companions naturally did not expect that the orc patrol team they casually killed on the road would become their greatest vulnerability.
Indeed, even among human nations, a noble doesn't know how many peasants are beneath him, let alone these lowly and ugly beastman tribes. In some large tribes, members often go hunting and are bitten by poisonous snakes, or are killed by prey, or encounter unknown dangers and never return.
For those great tribes, maintaining core strength is enough, since new beastmen join every day and others die as well. Who would care if some beastmen have encountered enemies and been killed?
Wan Lun and others led their team across the Kawa Great Forest, entering the central territory without any trouble, precisely because of this.
But how could they have known that the Dragon Nest Tribe's system was completely different from other beastman tribes? This became their greatest mistake.
