Once the results of this wargame simulation were in, everyone was even more convinced that they couldn't fight during the winter.
But Lynn hadn't lost, either. They really could take the place.
That was because the Empire's elite forces had been split in two, with half in Lothair's hands and half in Louis's.
Some of those elite forces also refused to obey the vampires.
Louis's earlier campaign in Wuzhong Prefecture had destroyed some of them, too.
On top of that, Lynn had plenty of advanced heat weapons, so taking the place was entirely plausible.
After the simulation, Lucia, who had won more often than the others, shook her head at Lynn to indicate she'd done all she could.
Gray and Leirus did the same.
To be honest, a mere hundred thousand casualties meant nothing to Lynn as long as they served a purpose.
The main concerns about Holy Sword Mountain were its unpredictability and the fact that the enemy would evolve.
If five months passed, what would they evolve into because of the arms race?
How many more troops could they train?
But for everyone else, a hundred thousand casualties were a tremendous loss.
Those weren't just numbers. They were a hundred thousand people.
Lynn had a large population.
But he also had to consider whether the sacrifice was necessary.
Lynn knew that if they all opposed him, they must have thought it through and reached a consensus.
After thinking it over, Lynn decided to gather everyone's opinions democratically first.
"So that's what the simulation showed?" Lynn sat in the seat of honor, looking troubled and disappointed. Then, adopting a thoughtful expression, he asked, "By the way, when did you decide to propose that we shouldn't wage war in winter?"
The first to speak was Ria, the Saintess who had