To be honest, Lord Wood did indeed find the overall strategy of Alfheim tricky, but that was all there was to it.
Alfheim's tactics, no matter how cunning and hidden, still fundamentally followed the old logic of imperialist expansion. Which was to occupy neighboring countries to protect one's homeland, and then to occupy countries near the occupied territories to protect the conquests. And so on... Essentially, it was the logic of a bandit.
