"The defenders in Winterwolf Fortress's castle district have surrendered?!"
The moment Philip heard the news, he sprang from his chair, his eyes widening.
"Yes, General," said a ground troops commander in the Holographic Projection above the Magic Net Terminal nearby. His face was stained with smoke and dust, and behind him lay vast ruins still belching smoke and fire, with soldiers bustling about. Under the distant temporary lights, disarmed Typhonian soldiers could also be seen being escorted away. "Their supreme commander has given up resistance. The castle district's shield has now been shut down from within, and we are taking over every area of the fortress."
Philip frowned. Just as he had been unable to understand why the Typhonians had suddenly started the war a few days ago, he could not understand why they had chosen to surrender now—this completely contradicted the intelligence assessment of Winterwolf Fortress's current supreme commander, as well as the God of War's tendency, after losing control, to seek wars with as much bloodshed and ever-expanding scale as possible.
"Relying on the castle's strong fortifications, they could have held out for a while longer—perhaps even lasted until reinforcements arrived and escaped their predicament," a staff officer said beside him in confusion. "They only lost the outer city, while the inner castle remains almost completely intact... and the Typhonians surrendered just like that? General, what do you make of this...?"
"Typhon's Wolf Generals have never had a precedent of surrendering, let alone this generation's Wolf General, who seems to be a hardliner deeply hostile toward us. To be honest, I don't believe she would surrender so easily either," Philip said, shaking his head. "But they have shut down the castle's shield, and our ground troops are steadily taking over all of Winterwolf Fortress. I truly can't think