The refugees traveling with Brand escaped into the Silver Sparrow Mountain before sunrise, just as Brand had anticipated. After they defeated the Undead reconnaissance cavalry, the Undead Army did not pursue them. Since the combat effectiveness of low-level Undead and Vampires drastically decreases during the daytime, Brand guessed that they would not let the Sea of Skulls advance under the Sun until they completely annihilated the White-maned Knight Order.
However, after occupying several cemeteries in Ridenburg, the Undead force would presumably continue to swell in numbers. It was said that when Tagus reached Dragos to the north, the force had already increased to over a hundred thousand, five times the total military strength of the Golan-Elsen Region.
