The Battle Marshal lost consciousness and slumped beside the bonfire the moment he left the main tent. Cheng Shi and Sun Miao watched the Beast Tamer who had boasted so shamelessly leave, then shook their heads and laughed.
In what could be called the grandest battle of the Civilization Era's middle period, was individual valor useful?
Obviously it was. If you were Hong Lin or Flazhol, the entire situation on the Isle of Hope might truly change because of you.
But if you were not— even if you were the Grand Marshal, or the true Chosen of War hidden among the Fire Keepers—sorry, no matter how high your strength was, you could only kill to your heart's content on a local battlefield. When faced with the torrent of a war waged by an entire nation, apart from lamenting your own insignificance, you probably could do little else.
Don't forget: whether it was the Grand Inquisition, the Tower of Reason, or even the Nation of War that had yet to be founded, they were not merely mortals and warriors. They were also believers watched over by gods!
Once a war rose to the level of faith, the victor would no longer be decided by simple mortal combat, but by how closely those beings watched this battle.
Granted, individual valor was useful when facing a few key NPCs of ordinary strength, but once the meat grinder of war began...
Had you thought about how to withstand an indiscriminate Meteor Fire Rain bombardment, or the elemental tsunamis summoned by the Elemental Judges through the power of an entire nation?
These powers, which did not belong to mortals, were projections of their clashes on a certain level. If your status was not higher than that level, then sorry—you were no different in essence from