In the end, the enemy army suffered another crushing defeat. After being ambushed by the cavalry, they killed three thousand soldiers while they only killed around one thousand. They still had the backing and the almost full power of Neles state left. Still, they had already lost five thousand of their original fifteen, and three were injured and won't be able to fight for at least a week. As for things on the defenders' side, they had lost three thousand, and the other three were wounded. So, they had the upper hand. Thanks to that, Jean invited the Captains and the leaders of all units to have a talk. It seed like serious business between the important people, so Billy didn't have anything to do with it, or so he thought... Marie had other plans.
"Co with , kiddo," Marie said.
"Why?" Billy asked.
"You look like soone who has a good mory, so you will explain to the others the contents of the eting," Marie replied. "That would be too much of a pain to ."
In the end, Billy sighed. It wasn't like it was big news for Marie to be too egocentric. Still, she should learn to have so restraint… the life of a guild master where many obeyed her didn't do well with soone with such personality. Nevertheless, Billy went with her. He wanted to hear what Jean was thinking. However, he didn't have any brilliant plan.
"We have been winning so important battles, so I was planning to send a ssage and negotiate the terms of a truce," Jean said. "While it looks like we have the upper hand, we can't just attack the enemy and capitalize all those victories. It is a bit soon, but the enemies' faith in their victory must be pretty shaken."
So of the soldiers of the Toles state might be, but the others from Neles state wouldn't. Besides, given how much they trained monsters, they must have so experience dealing with monsters to ta them…
In any case, so of the Captains and leaders of so units didn't like that idea. Since so of these best friends and allies were killed by the enemy. They wanted to eliminate all the enemies since they started two wars as well. It was comprehensible, but Jean didn't change his mind about his idea. Nor did he get a better idea from them.
When he returned, he explained what happened to the others, and Alexander also seed pretty angry… It was understandable. While that move would save many lives if it worked, the people that Alexander really wanted to save were no longer alive.
"Alex, what would you do in his place?" Nikola asked while patting his son's back.
Alexander couldn't reply… he knew the answer, but saying it out loud would make him feel like he was betraying his fallen friends. For the rest of the night, he stayed silent, but he returned to be the usual Alexander when morning ca. He is either was good to change gears, or he was good at hiding his feelings now. Nevertheless, even after breakfast, they didn't notice any changes in the enemy army, so Jean hesitated in sending a ssenger.
"Let's wait and see for a while longer…" Jean said to his Captains.
Billy reunited with the other guild masters to check what they were thinking about the situation. However, they had no idea what was happening. Given Ignace's behavior in the last few years, even if he had so leeway with supplies and ti, he wouldn't waste a single day giving Jean's army ti to rest and recover, even if his army would benefit most from it.
Around noon, so crazy movents began to happen in the enemy's camp. Still, it wasn't the movents of an army being mobilized. It was confusion a d discord among their own ranks. It seed that so soldiers began doubting Ignace's leadership and actions after losing his right-hand man.
"I don't like this…" Marie said. "Sothing stinks.
Billy wanted to say that he just farted, but it wasn't ti for jokes. In any case, the commotion died down after a few hours, and the enemy's army sent the signal that they were going to send a ssenger. Now Billy could understand why Marie said that sothing was stinking… was that so sort of trick to kill Jean? That was low, even for the enemies' standards. That being said, the best soldiers and adventurers reunited around Jean while a single ssenger was approaching their camp. It was one of the beastmasters… he didn't have his crossbow and whip with him, but he had three bags on his back, and they were kind of wet while dripping so liquid… Billy didn't like that. So, he glared at the enemy the whole ti.
"Lord Jean, my na is Pablo, and I am the ssenger of our leader," Pablo said and bowed slightly. "First of all, our leader says that he regretted his past actions in taking sides in this conflict. As a sign of his sincerity, he sent so gifts…"
After that, the man dropped the bags on the floor, and three heads began to roll, making everyone show disgusted expressions. They belonged to Ignace, his son, and the forr Count Fabrice.
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After hearing about Manuel's death, Ignace broke everything inside his tent. He had spent so much money to raise him into a good commander, and he couldn't take down a single brat… the invasion was over. After two defeats like that in a row and losing his right-hand man, his ally, the Neles state wouldn't back them anymore, and now they were at their weakest… all because of so wildlings… his son and Fabrice were in the room, but they had yet to believe that had happened. As if things weren't troubleso enough, one of the commanders of the Neles army was coming to talk with them.. In the end, there wasn't much talk… he just cut their necks.
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