Chapter 242: The Siege of Strauss (4)
Chapter 242: The Siege of Strauss (4)
The next day, the siege began once again. But this time, it unfolded in a slightly different way.To start, Karnak openly revealed himself outside the fortress walls. In response, Emil Strauss likewise revealed himself atop the ramparts. Karnak paced back and forth outside the walls. Emil mirrored him and paced along the ramparts.
The two of them spent quite a while locked in a staring contest. They were so far apart that neither could see the other’s face, nor even their outline clearly. A real staring contest was impossible. And yet, their intentions were perfectly clear to one another.
Come to me.
As if I would. You come to me.
From future Leven’s perspective, he could no longer recklessly send troops out of the fortress as he had the day before. The opponent was far too familiar with necromancy.
It wasn’t just that they understood necromancy itself. They were adept at reading the entire flow of a battlefield shaped by necromancy. Otherwise, there was no way they could have made such a swift decision to retreat in the chaos of yesterday.
If I deploy my forces carelessly, they could punch through the fortress in one stroke.
Karnak, too, couldn’t afford to move his army lightly. He had to treat the lives of the subjugation army’s soldiers as precious. This wasn’t about ethics or morality. Such were principles that, though natural for any human to uphold, most commanders neglected in practice.
Unlike the undead, once a human soldier died, that was the end. Even as mere numbers, they were an undeniably valuable resource. He couldn’t squander them the way he had in his previous life.
With each soldier having only one life, he had to conserve them, and spend them only at the right moment.
Man, how did the enemies I used to fight so easily throw away soldiers, knowing they’d never return once dead? Did they not care about the aftermath?