Meanwhile, in Blue Lake City within the Cocobia Rainforest.
John, still unaware that Galil had become Galir, led the 1st Magic Battalion in a diving assault on the sparsely defended city, which lacked the protection of an Anti-Magic Device. The defenders, averaging only Low Mage strength and numbering fewer than twelve hundred, predictably collapsed in short order.
Blue Lake City thus changed hands under John's fierce assault. As the rest of the slower-moving troops arrived one after another, all forces under John's command, aside from Samuel and the Ground Support Unit, regrouped in Blue Lake City and began to garrison it.
Thanks to the traps and specialized forces they had deployed in advance within the Gloom Corridor, as well as the fact that this war had lasted only three short days.
The Imperial Army had suffered only a little over twelve hundred casualties this time. Apart from several dozen casualties suffered by the Assault Amphibious Force during its clash with the City-Burner Corps, all other losses had come from the former Independent 3rd Division.
At present, excluding Samuel's fifteen-hundred-man force carrying out the port sabotage mission, the Imperial Army garrisoned in Blue Lake City numbered seven thousand one hundred.
Logically, after taking Blue Lake City, John should have immediately led his troops onward in a lightning campaign, lest the other cities receive news of Blue Lake City's fall and raise their guard, making the following sieges more difficult.
However, after three consecutive days with less than four hours of rest on average each day, and despite the 1st Magic Battalion temporarily remaining in peak condition due to excitement, John gave the order to rest and reorganize after careful consideration.
After all, compared to letting Mage Soldiers get injured or even become casualties due to poor mental states.
Restoring the troops