Chapter 259: The Blue Hydrangea of Farnese (4)
Well, Paimon’s complexion did become pale, but probably not as much as the enemy soldiers’.
They lost their fleet before they could even carry out their actual attack. The Habsburg Republic probably feels like they suddenly got attacked by ghosts or something. This must have confirmed the monstrous strategist on our side to them.
Sorry, but it’s too late to realize this now.
“They should have faced us in an all-out battle instead of trying to get us with a surprise attack. The result might have been different if they brought out all of their troops and carried out a skirmish while also mobilizing their knights and mages.”
Laura commented.
All of the knights within the vicinity of the fortress had been completely eradicated. They even lost their absolutely precious mages. In other words, their elite troops were all neutralized. On the other hand, our ogres and mages were still healthy.
Despite all this, Heidelberg refused to give up.
They kept creating detached units and aimed for when we lowered our guards. The nearby cities also sent reinforcements to support them. However, the moments they believed our guards were lowered were all mistakes that Laura intentionally made. Once the other cities started to use up their troops sending reinforcements, we went and captured 5 nearby cities.
We overwhelmed them.