Losa's territory in Hebron is not like the desolate Gobi Desert in Transjordan, where no one is in sight.
The army marched past small farms cultivated by tenants, vineyards established on south-facing slopes, abandoned chalk pits, and woodlands legally owned by Losa but never organized for hunting.
The farmer soldiers even passed through their own villages, with some joyfully introducing to others their allotted fields, farms, and orchards.
In some places, villagers crowded by the roadside to watch the Knights in their splendid attire and spirited warhorses, offering snacks like dates to their fellow farmer soldiers.
Even though this was their first battle, the farmer soldiers' morale was quite high, occasionally shouting in excitement with the leading Imperial Knight.
Hans followed alongside Losa, and this was his first time observing Losa's Imperial Knights.
