How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 416 : The Crisis Hidden Beneath Victory

As the dawn sunlight spilled across the battlefield through the horizon, Victor, knowing that today's attack should about end, unwillingly gritted his teeth.

Not only had they failed to make Northern Fire collapse in one battle today, they had even been suppressed by Northern Fire for an entire night...

"Prepare to give the order. We'll first withdraw the main force to the northern mountains, leaving over a thousand soldiers to resist Northern Fire's pursuit."

"Mm... the sa old thod then?"

The staff officer asked in a low voice:

"Order part of the supervisory troops and soldiers to stay behind, then have their remnants retreat after the troop transfer is complete?"

Victor nodded heavily.

"Yes, that's right."

With the initial battle going unfavorably, he'd have to go back and convene a military eting to properly discuss thods for dealing with that pink fairy floating in the air...

...

"Oh my... although our equipnt is much worse compared to ten years ago, when we actually fight we surprisingly have even more advantage than ten years ago..."

After receiving the battle report, Caroline appeared extrely excited.

"Just from yesterday's single battle, we eliminated over three thousand Blood Clan soldiers! And we only lost less than five hundred!"

"In such a great battle where equipnt and personnel training levels differed so greatly... our exchange ratio with the Blood Clan far exceeded theirs!"

"You know, our troop strength is almost twice that of the Blood Clan! If we continue fighting this way... we might even be able to win on our own without powerful external aid!"

"Mm..."

Having achieved such rich results, Adeline unusually didn't refute Caroline.

"Her Majesty Elashia's support effects are really too powerful... she alone raised Northern Fire's combat effectiveness by several levels..."

"She even saved us massive dical expenses..."

And Elashia, who had just finished the intense battle, was now leaning against Ileina, her small face flushed with so shyness as she listened to everyone's praise.

It had to be said, she herself hadn't expected her skills to produce such amazing effects in this kind of battle.

Previous battles had basically been against creatures without much intelligence, so this skill set's impact on enemy morale was beyond what Elashia could have imagined.

"Little Shia... are you alright?"

Looking at Elashia pressed against her side, Ileina was more concerned about Elashia's physical and ntal state after experiencing such a battle.

"Mm... I'm alright. Although staying up all night did make a bit sleepy, the impact isn't too significant..."

Elashia smiled to show Ileina she was fine, while Ileina still said with concern:

"You had the greatest consumption in yesterday's battle. Why don't you hurry and rest for a while..."

Elashia smiled and shook her head.

"No rush... the Blood Clan won't attack during the day, so there's plenty of ti to rest later..."

The atmosphere in the military tent was extrely relaxed, making it feel like Northern Fire's victory was almost a foregone conclusion...

However, in this peaceful atmosphere, Mollier, who had the most experience among them, and Dorothy, who had the strongest combat power, couldn't smile.

They knew—Northern Fire's victory was completely built on Elashia alone.

Undeniably, the Blood Clan had absolutely no ans to harm Elashia.

But... this kind of victory built solely on one person's abilities was ultimately full of uncertainty.

Although they didn't know how this uncertainty would manifest, they knew—beneath this seemingly excellent situation, there might be problems beyond ordinary imagination...

Looking at everyone so full of confidence, Dorothy couldn't help but think of that Elasian emperor who valued military strength above all else.

That emperor had once invested much more budget than several previous Elasian emperors into Radiant Emperor City's orphanage, which continuously supplied talent to the army, but the old director never liked him and even often used his example to warn everyone at the orphanage after his death.

Because of his powerful military strength, he habitually liked to solve all problems with military ans.

When cities experienced famine, he directly violently requisitioned all grain from rchants to solve the problem, without considering whether there were economic problems in the city.

When peasant uprisings occurred locally, he ordered the Imperial Guard to conduct complete massacre-style suppression, without considering whether civil welfare work had been done poorly, or whether pacification and suppression could be used together...

Facing disputes between Iron Empire and Elasia in the west, instead of thinking about how to resolve international resource disputes for lasting peace, he chose to rob southern elf nations' resources to manufacture more military weapons and compete militarily with Iron Empire...

Admittedly, directly using governnt power for wealth redistribution did solve Radiant Emperor City's famine, the army's massacre-style suppression did restore national order, and under the powerful firepower of Magic Crossbows, even Iron Empire was suppressed by Elasia... but the problems that should have been addressed were thus covered up.

If Elasia's military strength could always remain so strong, perhaps the problems could continue being covered up.

But... heaven ultimately brings unexpected storms.

Solving all problems with military ans made the nation like a disabled person with only one leg, leaning on a crutch called "military."

Perhaps this disabled person could walk normally with the crutch, but once the crutch was gone...

Then everything would be finished...

So... after his army suffered great defeat at Alexandra's hands, all problems erupted...

And he himself lost his life at the hands of [Justice Knight] Seraya...

The current Northern Fire... reminded Dorothy inexplicably of that emperor.

Current Northern Fire might be able to win wars relying on Elashia's multiple support skills, but what would happen afterward without Elashia's support?

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The morning sunlight shone on the snow-capped mountains, and the Blood Clan army had finally successfully withdrawn here.

Looking down from the mountains, the Blood Clan army that had seed so arrogant upon arrival now appeared dejected.

Who could have imagined that Northern Fire, originally thought defeatable in one night, would be so difficult...

And in a command post within a mountain valley, all Blood Clan officers of Grand Lord rank and above had assembled.

Sitting in a circle, everyone's expressions were extrely ugly, and the eting's atmosphere felt incredibly heavy.

"The situation is bad... Your Holiness, we need to do sothing."

A Blood Clan Grand Lord finally broke the silence, saying to Victor with worry:

"If this continues... forget about quick victory, even victory itself might be difficult to achieve..."

"Under the influence of that bitch flying around in the sky... our soldiers simply can't systematically eliminate Northern Fire's combat power..."

"..."

Silence, still silence.

How to deal with that girl flying around in the sky, keeping Northern Fire soldiers in perfect combat condition...

No one could think of a solution...

The silence lasted a long ti. Not wanting to be looked down upon by these Grand Lords, Victor finally broke the silence.

"I must admit, not preparing, having the army engage in battle right upon reaching the battlefield, wanting to make Northern Fire's army collapse in one battle... all of this was my misjudgnt..."

"And now, we're sitting here to discuss a solution—what should we do next..."