Galaxy Eye Butcher 462's Merciful Blade

The battle between Lieutenant Colonel Katon and former President Lioz had ended four and a half standard days ago.

During that time, short on manpower, the Night Butterfly forces had been unable to make up for the lack of genuine technical personnel even with large numbers of clones and Night Association troops. They had no choice but to pull back their lines and relinquish the territories they had occupied.

Yet Crystal Tower had long since been exhausted. After retaking several symbolically significant planets such as Avarovka, Dibilia, and Code 901, it no longer had the strength to advance.

The armies on both sides began consolidating their forces along the front, salvaging wrecked ships, and searching for wounded soldiers to treat. Even when they encountered each other on the battlefield, they remained silent. They would even help each other send signals, warning the other side where their soldiers were.

For the politicians in the upper echelons, those four and a half days had been unbearable. Every minute and every second, domestic public pressure and the radicals urged them to act.

But for the soldiers on both sides, it was an incomparably blissful time.

Saisiluo Duoxi, a former Crystal Tower assault trooper, was one of those enjoying that peace.

Li Aoz's timely arrival had freed him from the encirclement. Since Li Aoz had essentially wiped out the remaining enemy forces, reinforcements quickly entered the Space Station and found Saisiluo staring blankly in a shell crater without much effort.

Later, with a blue scarf wrapped around his hand, he lay on a stretcher and returned to the rear surrounded by his comrades. For his brave performance in battle, for never surrendering and fighting to the very end, General Barkomon awarded him the White Lion Medal in recognition of his efforts.

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