According to Einstein's theory of relativity, this wondrous thing called time can pass incredibly quickly in certain situations. Especially when you're focused on something, time always seems to fly by.
From that perspective, even just ten seconds can be pretty impressive!
For example, when surrounded by ten times their number in enemies, soldiers in the trenches might feel as though each day lasted a year. But when powerful reinforcements turned the tide of battle and victory was within reach, the soldiers would get fired up and throw themselves into driving back the enemy and chasing down victory.
What happened at Scarlet Castle tonight had proved this perfectly.
The militia who had been hastily called up to defend the city were especially brave in the second half of the battle.
Although Governor Mirian repeatedly warned them not to pursue the enemy over long distances, lest something go wrong, by sunrise the militiamen who had chased the farthest had already driven the fleeing gnolls to a point not far from Morland Village under Mr. Porter's leadership.
It was a small miracle, to say the least.
Even riding at a gallop, the journey would have taken four or five hours, yet the excited militiamen seemed not to feel tired at all.
The young men carried muskets and spears, their faces flushed as they roared and shouted. They looked like a band of wild hunters from the mountains, and whenever they came across a gnoll who dared to resist, they ran it through with a spear.
Those terrifying foreign bandits from days past were now like sheep for them to hunt and slaughter. Most of the gnolls only cared about escaping, yelping as they scrambled to get away.
Their morale had completely collapsed after repeated charges by the winged cavalry, who had descended like