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You didn't say what you considered him to be.

We don't even know if war has yet been declared on the Mystics at the time when Cyrus goes to retrieve the Masamune. It's very possible that Cyrus was simply going to get it because it was considered a Holy Blade. A threat to Magus, but he didn't have to declare war on humanity. One can argue that he had no choice because then he couldn't summon Lavos, but there is another side to that coin. Who TOLD the mystics about Lavos? Nobody knew. He could have told them an evil beast slept beneath the earth, ready to destroy it, and that he had to fight it. It's true enough.

Valid point. But then again, The Knights of the Square Table are just lounging around in the castle. Wouldn't you think they'd be at the front, or at the very least armed and ready for action. They're practically wearing casual uniforms.


However, we have to weigh this against another thing. The forces that Cyrus and Glenn fight in the Forest of King Frog are mainly mystics, like those Naga-Ettes. It's possilble that Magus formed an alliance with the Naga-Ette Queen, though, after the war began.

Also, Guardia was getting pounded HARD. I can't imagine them being able to hold out against the mystic hordes for ten years.

Remember the Battle of Zenan Bridge? Not a one of the knights were able to defeat one of Ozzie's Ghouls.

Besides, the financial drain from ten years of warfare would be astronomical. Besides, when you're there the first time, nobody seems particularly worried about the war, even if Guardia is completely dirt-broke because of the war.

Why not? Even a kingdom can go bankrupt. The lack of necessary materials for equipment, like steel for weapons and armor, the lack of any open trade lanes, etc, would break the kingdom down into anarchy, the military would be dispatched to calm the population, and a revolution would erupt, eventually turning Guardia into a Democracy.

The Hundred years war wasn't even close to being similar to Guardia-Mystic War. For one thing, the fighting was probably constant or at least near-constant in the Guardia-Mystic war, but in the Hundred Years War, it was essentially a feud between to kingdoms. The battle was hardly a constant struggle for supremacy.

Add to that the fact that Guardia had no trading partners except MAYBE Choras, and Guardia is hosed.

Besides, I was joking about the Anarchy and a revolution part. And you'd be surprised how many kingdoms went broke. I mean, the Confederacy of the United States was BROKE before the Civil War ended. They printed so much money the Confederate Buck was worth nearly nothing. Look at Germany after the Treaty of Versailles! They were dirt broke! They had more money then you could count, and a German Mark was worth something like 1/5000th of a cent. I'm not sure what the exact amount was, but I know that they were towing whole wagons of Deutschmarkes to buy a loaf of bread.

I'm referring to the end of the first world war, not the second. Bombing was minimal in WW1, due to the fact that there were very few planes. Those were the days of the early spy planes, mostly. Spy planes promoted the use of Fighters, and Bombers were created later on.

The point is still there. Germany got hit the hardest with the Depression.

Point taken. But Germany was still dirt broke.