The surviving knights led their retainer knights in cleaning up the battlefield, taking in prisoners who had failed to flee in time, gathering abandoned armor, longswords, lances, and horses from the ground, and sorting the bodies of the fallen.
The enemy knights' corpses would be returned to the Raging Wave Marquis.
The corpses of their own knights would be cremated on the spot, their ashes taken home.
Most of those on the battlefield, however, were wounded knights—knights with powerful physiques did not die easily. Even after being pierced through by a knight's lance, many survived. So long as their wounds were not crippling, they could recuperate and soon be full of life and vigor once more.
These knights could also bring in enormous ransoms, or be incorporated into their own forces.
After Grand Duke Sapphire loosened the restrictions on incorporating captive knights, so long as such brutal battles were won, the losses were no longer all that great—the prisoners and supplies gained were enough to make up for the losses in battle.
Liszt returned to Little Riverheart Castle with the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword in hand, originally intending to find Count Leewilliam directly and discuss the Raging Wave Marquis's formidable attack power.
But the Count had barely landed before a crowd of knights surrounded him and carried him back.
While Liszt had been utterly crushed by the Raging Wave Marquis, the Count had fought four Sky Knights alone. If Liszt had not adjusted his tactics at the critical moment and used Dragon Dou Qi to guide his archery in support, the Count would probably have gone to see Liszt's mother, Melissa Long-Yam, long ago and complained about how her son had led his father into a pit.
The Count needed quiet rest, so Liszt did not disturb him.
In truth,