The battle in the starry sky had ended. In theory, Punk had won as well, but unfortunately, Whisper of Destruction had rarely come away with no gains worthy of being called "spoils." Smile had escaped, and the caster's Bright Moon Golem had also suffered moderate damage to one of its arms.
Perhaps forcing the enemy to expend a lifesaving trump card could count as part of the "spoils"? After all, scrolls were second only to magical equipment in the financial resources required to create them. Even for the most ancient gods, crafting a Divine Spell scroll was more than three times as difficult as it was for a caster. Therefore, at least in the short term, no matter how highly the Pantheon valued a gifted God of Slaughter, it could not possibly give her another Great Divine Power Divine Spell scroll. The next time they met, Punk was confident that Smile would never escape again!
However, those were not matters for the Bright Moon Mage to consider right now. For the cautious Punk, the most urgent task after ending a Bright Moon battle was undoubtedly repairing his Bright Moon construct, the maiden Mulanona.
And secondly... immediately issue orders to recall every Silent Alliance Legendary member who had gone out to gather intelligence!
Yes, the moment Punk realized that the maiden goddess had deliberately been stalling him for time, he had more or less seen through her plan. In the end, Smile's carefully crafted strategic goal was simply to force a situation of "king against king, general against general" on the basis of "ambush and assassination." Her strategic thinking was a little more sophisticated than Punk's simple and brutal approach of directly sending people out to gather intelligence, but it was not so brilliant as to be called masterful planning.
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