‘Who knew I’d face such a loss towards the end of my life.’

Antras shook his head and let out a sigh.

A plan to retreat using the river at their backs while at the same time, feigning an attack and luring and annihilating the detached army.

Now that things were all over, the only thing Antras could say was that he had completely lost.

‘Even during the turbulent times of the Southern continent, there’s never been a strategist who ran circles around me like this. Did I get too old or…’

“Is there someone that talented under Grand Duke Forrest’s command?”

Antras let out a sigh. 

“Either way, luck seems to be on Grand Duke Forrest’s side.”

Antras faced reality objectively.

He looked at just how big of an advantage the Lester Kingdom had in this battle now. 

At the beginning of the war, the Empire had nearly destroyed the Republic and had even put diplomatic shackles on the Lester Kingdom; the Empire undoubtedly held supremacy in the continent. However, the Republic’s large-scale scorched earth tactic had dragged things out, and using that time, the Republic pulled in the Lester Kingdom. As a result, the Empire suffered tremendous damage, but up to then, things had still been fine.

‘The fact that...