In the encounter where enemy defense equals the number of caches on the map, does defense drop as caches are removed?

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Most repliers read the defense as equal to the number of caches currently on the map, so it falls as caches are picked up. The card wording is ambiguous and no official answer appears in the thread.

The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

In the encounter where enemy defense equals the number of caches on the map, does defense drop as caches are removed?

The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era

In the encounter where enemy defense equals the number of caches on the map, does defense drop as caches are removed?