The war ended at dusk.
Of course, with nearly a million people invading the Land of Water, there were bound to be some stragglers.
They hid in the heartland of the Land of Water, concealing themselves in remote villages as they waited for the right opportunity to "strike back."
Some immediately tore off their shirts and committed seppuku.
But such fools were few in number.
Most of the mercenaries, daimyo ninja, and Allied Forces samurai were shrewd people. They understood the purpose of this campaign, and they knew the overall situation had already been decided.
Even samurai blindly loyal to their daimyo would change their minds after witnessing Lin Qing sweep through the Allied Forces all by himself—
Rather than throw their lives away for nothing, they might as well preserve themselves.
That way, if their daimyo was cut down by Lin Qing someday, they could still visit the grave and lay flowers, right?
Thus, the samurai, mercenaries, and ninja all threw down their weapons.
But Lin Qing remained in the sky, allowing the water dragons to wreak havoc.
Throwing down your weapons and expecting to live?
Why not ask whether the fallen Extermination Army soldiers and Mist Ninja agreed?
When they saw that discarding their weapons was useless, the Allied Forces fell into complete despair, crying and begging for mercy.
No one knew who was the first to realize it, but someone stripped off his armor and underwear, spread his arms while standing naked, then knelt on the ground without dodging or resisting, like livestock awaiting slaughter as he awaited Lin Qing's judgment.
Where there was one, there was a second. By the time everyone was naked, kneeling on the ground with their butts in the air, even Amber and Mayuri, who had fought this Allied Forces army until