"Vice President Sun, have you ever considered that on a battlefield with such a vast disparity in military strength, even if you excluded the Tower of Reason's combat power, the Grand Inquisition could still have flattened the War Legion through sheer numbers, trading lives for victory... Yet they still lost. So if you were them, how exactly would you lose a battle you should have won? I'm not asking about any deeper cause, but about the war itself."
Sun Miao had naturally considered it. Winning against superior forces was not impossible, but the problem was that the difference could not be too great.
Although he did not know the specifics of the battle, judging from its outcome, if the Nation of War had established itself on the blood of countless knights from the Grand Inquisition and countless scholars from the Tower of Reason, then it must have fought its way through the entire front line.
But judging from their current military strength, that was simply an absurd fantasy.
So the answer was obvious. Either internal strife had broken out between the two nations encircling them, causing them to attack each other until they were completely depleted, or the attacks of the united front had rebounded onto themselves, giving the War Legion a chance to exploit.
Then, considering Kainlaur's idea of "destroying before rebuilding," the Chief Judge probably wanted to use a heavy blow to cut out the festering old illness afflicting the Grand Inquisition. That also meant the latter possibility was more likely than the former...
"You mean..." Sun Miao's tone turned subtle. "Kainlaur not only allowed the Grand Inquisition to fail, but even gave it a push?"
"Exactly. Do you think such a history would be fascinating?"
"If it were true, it would certainly be fascinating enough. Unfortunately, all