The battle ended far sooner than anyone had expected.
Charles summoned a messenger bird, scribbled a few words, and released it.
The messenger bird flapped its wings into the sky and flew toward the Verdant Crystal Domain.
When Elendil received this battle report in the castle,
even though he had long been prepared for Charles to win, he still could not help but lose himself in a daze.
"Imril... he actually won so easily!"
"How long has it even been? By my estimate, they should still have been marching."
One of the elven generals under Elendil was equally astonished. He said, "I heard that while Kurto Shatterskull was marching, he slaughtered several settlements to sustain his soldiers' morale and thirst for battle."
"An army made up of veterans like that—even if we sent troops ourselves, it would take us some time to defeat them."
"How did Imril defeat them so quickly? What did he and his cavalry do?"
"Can humans really be this powerful?!"
The speed at which Charles had ended the battle far exceeded many people's understanding of human combat strength.
In the minds of quite a few elves and half-elves, humans were still fit for nothing more than auxiliary troops or cannon-fodder infantry.
Yet Charles's string of battles was like a series of heavy hammers, striking everyone where they had least expected it.
A few more days passed, and the details of Charles's battle with Kurto Shatterskull gradually spread.
The news seemed to grow wings as it swept across the entire Land of Chaos.
Everyone had a different reaction upon seeing it.
Blackstone Bastion Settlement.
Tyler stared at the details of the battle and could not help muttering, "How is this possible? How could this be?"
"How could this Sun Elf have so many first-rank knights under