It was the Lester Kingdom’s victory. 

Siegfried had defeated the Empire and Milton defeated Siegfried. By this point, it wasn’t wrong to say that Milton was Siegfried’s mortal enemy. But, even after winning the battle at Meichi Castle, Milton found it difficult to chase after Siegfried. 

There were three reasons for this. First, this war wasn’t the Lester Kingdom’s war. There were zero benefits for either Milton or the Lester Kingdom to completely drive out the Republicans from the Valence Kingdom. Second, whether they were mortal enemies or not, Milton was reluctant to continue fighting against Siegfried. And finally, the third reason, something that neither Milton nor Siegfried, a master of war, could have guessed…

Something happened in the Northeastern border area of the Lester Kingdom. 

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“Retreat! Retreat!”

“Take care of the Duke!” 

The Northern Knights withdrew with pale faces. They were trying to evacuate to the rear of the army with the bloody mess that was Duke Palan. Surprisingly, Duke Palan, known as the Lester Kingdom’s guardian deity, had suffered a loss. 

One of the Northern Knights gritted his teeth as he glared at the man who had made Duke Palan like this.

“That monster…”

They hadn’t fallen...