759 Third Party (1/2)

Some things would require time to prove and spread.

Holy Light had dispelled the clouds. The undead retreated as suddenly as they had arrived.

Since the clouds and rain disappeared, the warriors finally noticed that a bright and sunny sky was now above them.

Even though the battle had been quite fierce, the short duration of the battle meant that it was only an appetizer in this war.

Yet, this battle had left countless scars behind.

”The total number of dead, injured, and missing is more than 4,500. The royal dragon knights lost 129 of their members, while the White Wolves lost approximately 400. Of the dragon knights, Leishe was killed in action, while the young green dragon Soteshe was injured.”

Morale was quite low as everyone had suffered such a heavy blow without even a major direct confrontation.

Obviously, it was natural for there to be losses in any battle. However, it was difficult to accept only one side having such massive losses. The undead had lost nothing more than some low-level cannon fodder, while a significant number of human elites and even a dragon knight had died.

By the way, it should be mentioned that the heroic dragon knight had forcibly fought in the sky despite the torrential downpour. He had killed one gargoyle before mysteriously falling down from the sky. Thinking back on it, it was highly likely that Undead Emperor Shupnus had ambushed him while still being disguised as the clouds.

It would be impossible to conceal the combat situation as everyone here was a veteran who could easily see for themselves.

While ordinary soldiers would be confused when facing a situation like this, the high-ranking leaders would feel so bad that they would want to spit blood. They wouldn't be able to accept such a blow to their morale, as the elites had been given such a blow before the proper battle even started.

Everyone had come here to defeat the undead, full of fighting spirit, but suffered a serious impact before even reaching the frontlines.

However, this was a good thing for me.

It wasn't that I was really happy to see the human allied army suffering losses, but rather that I was analyzing things from my own standpoint. The current situation was actually better than I had expected, with the losses being within acceptable limits.

It would be quite simple when thinking about it from the enemy's point of view.

If I was Shupnus, I definitely wouldn't have used an ace like his cloud body so quickly.

I would first use cannon fodder to attract the humans' attention and intentionally lose several times in order to make the humans overconfident while secretly gathering an undead army to set a trap for the humans. Only then would I use such an ace for the final battle.

Rather than a few hundred thousand low-level cannon fodder skeletons, if it was all the elites of the Death Planes that came instead during such a dark day with a torrential downpour… then the losses would have been uncalculatable.

A surprise ace would be wasted if it didn't obtain enough results on the first time that it was used.

I doubted that any Undead Emperor, even Shupnus, would be so limited in tactical acumen. Still, his ambush here really did feel ill-planned…

”It's as if he was watching and felt like there was a small advantage to take, so he immediately gathered bandits to steal things. As an Undead Emperor, he's far too lacking in foresight.”

Harloys' opinion was the same as mine. We exchanged glances and instantly realized that we had come to the same conclusion.

”There's only one possible explanation. There must be internal conflicts amongst the undead. Shupnus must be unable to control the situation, so there was a problem with the forces at his command.”

The undead enemy was in internal conflict, even though they had just obtained a nice big victory?

This seemed inconceivable, but was actually highly possible.