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"Also, I need to tell you one ," Roland said and then told them about Elena's death

"I see So it was her," Pasha spoke slowly

Roland was mildly surprised that the witches were not too upset about the news

"You already knew?" Roland asked, unable to help himself

"No, we just anticipated that it would happen," Alethea said truthfully "The dee, would normally leave us with no chance of survival It's very fortunate that we only lost one member"

"You probably find it hard to understand, but we're used to death," Celine supplied the answer "Every one of us volunteered to transfer our soul to the carrier and was on the brink of death once, not tothe past Battle of Divine Will We're not afraid of death but a less one"

"And Elena simply made a choice that every Taquila witch would make under that circumstance," Alethea said "So, you don't have to be too sad about it"

Instead of providing solace to the witches, Roland beca a little touched, he was at a loss for words

"Of course, this doesn't mean we aren't sad for the loss We simply learned how to control our e witches "I'll tell theht now, let them enjoy the celebration"

Five days later

As the arradually returned to Neverwinter, the news of the victory slowly infiltrated the city

Although the civilians did not witness the actual war theainst the demonic beasts and Duke Ryan, nor did they celebrate the victory at the tie of the enehborhood This particular enehts, was ferocious, powerful, and dauntless As many people had seen the attack of the Devilbeasts, it was further believed that this eneone awry in the retelling, as the public was now quite positive that the deht disasters and ejected fire This iinary demon thus soon becahout the entire city

The defeat of such an invincible nificantly raised the morale of the masses If the demon from Hell had failed to stop the First Army, then who could?

Meanwhile, the Graycastle Weekly further advertised the war by interviewing a large number of soldiers who had participated in the battle

In a few days, Neverwinter witnessed a rapid increase in the number of people who applied to join the First Army, and the public set up a chant of "expand the territory of Graycastle for the king" throughout the city

Nonetheless, the officers in Neverwinter knew very hat their real challenge was

At the cemetery in the west of the city

Since the first to the Months of Deroith bushes and hedges, had now becorass

426 new tombstones were added today

Most of the tombs were empty, as they could not locate all the bodies of the killed However, nobody felt that those soldiers were abandoned On each of the tombstones, there was the deceased soldier's na them

They looked identical to all the other tombstones except that there was a half-melted sword in front of Ashes' to his hand

Then all the officers adher rank than ordinary soldiers

It was not only a memorial but also a re way to go before the Battle of Divine Will ended

After the funeral, Roland summoned Barov and said, "Ask all the ministers to come here I have new tasks for theun