Blue-Clad Union Company's desire for a quick victory was finally deemed an impractical fantasy by its subordinate witches after their offensive was thwarted for the third time.
Whenever the witches' demon legions pushed into the heart of the Hailantes Plains beyond the river valley, the rebels would drive them back with an even fiercer counterattack.
The saintess named Vera had become quite famous among the witches as well.
A monk warrior who was practically legendary, with smooth skin bearing the traits of the Eternal Ice Eye and a Sea Siren, plus that holy sword...
Although the natives all claimed it was a sword with little power, one that was merely symbolic.
The witches wanted nothing more than to twist off the heads of the natives who said that:
"That's such a huge lump of Losva Silver!"
Losva Silver might not mean much on its own, but if it were described as "the sole officially designated base material for crafting legendary weapons among witches," one could understand the witches' desire for the saintess's holy sword.
Unfortunately, even Solna failed to seize it when she personally took the field, and was instead slashed by the other side.
With the saintess leading the charge, the demon army could do little against the rebels.
The royal capital, Katero Castle.
Part of the royal capital's palace complex, it had long since been occupied by the witches.
In the gardens, they had dug a great number of deep wells and, following the construction sequence, excavated a long passage coated in oil.
The witches used spells to propel corpse carts, continuously dumping bodies into the deep wells. Through spirit-gathering spells, those corpses revived as zombies or skeletons, slid through pipes into the long passage, then from there into the royal capital's underground sewer system. There, they