Too Late to Regret

"Surrendered? The Spirit Heart Race surrendered as an entire clan?"

"Is that true? I thought a huge battle was inevitable. But in the end, they only broke through the First Defense Line of the Spirit Heart Race Old Nest, and the Spirit Heart Race surrendered as an entire Clan?"

"This Spirit Heart Race was way too unable to take a beating. They hadn't even truly fought a battle yet, and they just admitted defeat and surrendered. And this was the surrender of the entire clan, which meant they would easily accept the Great Flame Empire's rule in the future."

The news spread quickly. After a brief moment of shock, the soldiers of the Human Race and the Demon Race soon plunged into wild celebration. ✻

Because this meant the war had ended in a completely muddled way.

To any soldier, this was wonderful news.

They did not need to fight a huge battle. They had only launched a fierce assault and destroyed the enemy's defensive line, yet they had won without fighting.

This was the perfect victory in every soldier's mind.

Because there was no need to pay with casualties, yet the Military Merits would not be lacking in the slightest.

However, the soldiers of the Black Tiger Race looked somewhat unnatural.

From beginning to end, all the soldiers of the Black Tiger Race had been calculating how to obey in public while defying in private and create trouble for the Great Flame Empire.

They did not dare rebel, because the methods the Great Flame Empire had displayed were too forceful and sinister.

They could almost predict that the result of rebellion would inevitably be the Great Flame Empire's forceful suppression.

And before the Great Flame Empire forcefully suppressed them, they would probably even suffer a round of suppression from