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Chapter 191: Frigid Winter

Translator: iest and darkest of nights would end, and no matter how cold the winter was, there would always be the spring, where life would be restored

Yet so not hope but despair A snow-covered world wasn’t always as beautiful as it sounded—it insteadto behold

When the first rays of dawn burst through the skies, the people who had been fighting through the entire, difficult night noticed that it had finally reached a conclusion The few that who had survived to witness the daere definitely lucky enough to be called "favored by fate&8221;

With the beast more reinforcements, the inner city district had already been lost, and all of the defending human armies had retreated to the final third defense line, which consisted of tes and earthen walls It was also the last lifeline of this city

The catapults outside the city had already stopped firing In front of such a long distance, the catapults wouldn’t be able to ht and the halting of the snow caused the beastmen’s air cavalry to fly into the blue sky once more

It see, but the current Beaste of victory His face, instead, was incredibly fatigued

"…We’ve lost over seventy percent of our warriors, and countless are seriously injured Only two of the ravely injured as well A the others, Hae, and now, Fox King Wen, Wolf King Sostilo, and Bear King Londe have all died in battle Kagra has disappeared, most likely also…&8221;

Each wave of bad news increased the burden on Amon, but nobody could blame hiht at the shoulder, was still bleeding A lost an arm

As the leader of all the other tribe leaders, he didn’t avoid the battlefield The reason that he was able to survive, apart fro personal combat capabilities, was eneration it was, cruel guerilla warfare battles in cities were the end-rank warriors could die at any le sudden surprise arrow or flying rock could kill off a Saint-rankedsnow all over added to the chaos and increased the likelihood of such events occurring

"We finally h caused all the survivors to nod in agreeht, the unlucky had died before even knohat happened while the slightly luckier had at least seen their opponents before dying under their swords

The sly and clever Fox Tribe Leader Wen was the classic example of an unlucky person He had been killed by a stray catapult shot frouards had died along with hi a scene that was simply unbearable to look at

Yet actually, without the it, the beastmen, who had lost themselves in the fervor of battle, had broken one of the es—to never force your opponent to the brink of no retreat

Surrounding the ene one side open as a path of escape was a tactic in this world as well Giving the opponent a chance to escape would also hting against people who had given up was undesirable, as they would furiously fight to their deaths or at least take you doith the beast the humans nowhere to retreat And when they had no chance of escaping with their lives, even a cornered mouse could defeat a cat—so how could those trained military soldiers possibly allow the back?

"If we can’t escape death in the end, then we have to at least die like warriors; we must take an enemy with us as we die!&8221;

The allied hue, exploded with incredible co of the castle walls transformed into hatred for their ether with their enee of the city finally started changing the rate of losses on both sides, nificant casualties

Aarden of death naain and again, and the sudden ambushes froLonde wasn’t the first example, nor was it the last

But the beastht turned pitch-black and the coe weapons turned intomachines that wouldn’t separate friend fro via friendly fire was one of the e-scale hexes and co these in a situation where they couldn’t even see ten meters in front of them, then there was a fifty percent chance that they would kill their own ar winter chill which imperceptibly crept up on them In this damned weather where any drop of water would freeze instantly, any cut in their anti-cold weather clothing was fatal, and this wasn’t evencold nuh those easily unnoticed s cold, losing blood and energy because of those tiny injuries would end up being the most fatal of all There were far too many beastmen who didn’t notice their own injuries and ended up collapsing and dying due to them

When the beastmen forced the northern human allied armies to the brink, the beast lists of the deceased were shocking to look at— every family had lost some members with the serious amounts of injuries and deaths, and probably over seventy percent of the tribes would need to undergo restructuring after the war

Even their current losses were enough for the beast to their original hoenerations to rest and recover

But if Aht now, even if they knew about the unacceptable number of losses beforehand, they would probably still make the same decision

"Victory is before us! Defeat them, and we shall be the new masters of the Northlands!&8221;

With what they viewed as victory right before theive up?

But their current goal of becohed at as lacking willpower and courage three o After all, back then, the beast to conquer all the way back to their homeland and take the war to San Antonio

Without the it, the cruel reality had woken the beastoal was only to conquer the entire Northlands

The current beaster had the willpower to say that they could conquer all the hu northern countries and San Antonio’s reinforceree—this caused thea-e here After this battle, perhaps each country would have to re-evaluate the Northlands’ co performance of the East Mist Communal Country in this war Perhaps even er dare to call the East Mist Coht Reyne, the new generation of e self-destructing Roland Titanairship Borealis, and the cleaner of the battlefield known as Train King—all these new concepts and technologies would definitely help the Mist Kingdoht also represented diplomatic power After their solid performance in this war, Roland’s Alliance of the Mist was also pushed one step to actualization

And on another level, when the news about the veteran Earth Ele killed off in his own ho, this fa attention after re unnoticed for several hundred years

Of course, they had to first get past this obstacle before theain, aren’t they…&8221;

I could seemy Sacred Sword around to flick off the blood drops from it This indestructible sword could basically clean itself

For the northern allied ar and the snow stopping were both bad news This would ain, and those dae weapons would be usable While the huht be able to have a teain with a destructive force for a final battle

The movable medium-sized catapults were slowly pushed into the city, as the bloodied elite beastmen soldiers that had survived over a hundred battles treated their own injuries and watched their surroundings with a high degree of vigilance Even the wind blowing some old tattered curtains would cause these veteran soldiers that had survived the bloody knight to chuck their spears

And right now, the allied arht behind round not far behind me

Beastmen knew more than just to rush in head-on, but the Cat Tribe’s assassins had found the general coh he received assistance in tieneral had becoht side of his stomach, he was seriously injured to the extent that he was no longer even able to stand

But luckily for hiive any particular cole ith all his ht

"Defend!&8221;

"Defend! We have no path of retreat! If you want to live, the only way is to kill all these barbaric beasts!&8221;

"Defend! There’s only injured soldiers, the elderly, the s, and the young behind us!&8221;

"Defend! If we lose this battle, our country isn’t even prepared for war—they’ll lose their territory! Our faet involved in this endless warfare&8221;

Yep, defend With the battle proceeding to this point, no tactics or arrangeer; resolute willpoas all that was needed

"Defend!&8221;

If a street block was lost? The next street block was already prepared with a new defense line

A temporary defense as knocked over? The next wall had already been constructed

A squad was slaughtered, and there was an opening in their defense line? The elderly and woo picked up the weapons laying on the ground and filled the gap without saying a word

"Perhaps it’s the end of humanity and ill be defeated, but you barbaric beasts! You want to conquer this city and have a path to every northern country? You’ll have to wring every last drop of blood out of each warrior in this city first&8221;