Duke Nasasus stared daggers at Count Joshua, whose expression was just as grim.
If looks could kill, he would gladly have killed Count Joshua ten times over.
If the logistics department under this man's command had met the frontline troops' needs during this war, how could he have been driven back on the battlefield, ultimately forcing the kingdom to sign a humiliating peace agreement with the Ensfran Kingdom?
Count Joshua could naturally feel the hatred in Duke Nasasus's gaze, but he could only answer with silence, his expression full of bitterness.
As the chief of logistics for the Mana Magical Kingdom's Military Department, he bore undeniable responsibility for failing to ensure the frontline army's supplies. He had no defense.
But this time... he truly had been powerless.
No one had expected the Xinfei Merchant Guild's complete withdrawal from the Mana Magical Kingdom to have such an enormous impact, far beyond his expectations or anyone else's estimates.
The main reason for the kingdom's defeat in its war against the Ensfran Kingdom had been disrupted logistics, but those disruptions had stemmed from all sorts of causes.
There was one simple, easily understood example.
After the war began, many of the roads within the Mana Magical Kingdom had remained overloaded as vast quantities of supplies were transported to the front.
That overloading had naturally led to all kinds of problems.
One road, for instance, had been damaged so badly that it seriously hampered transport speeds.
A bridge had even collapsed in the middle, sending two Large Cargo Magic Locomotives plunging straight into the river and blocking several Transport Fleets.
Many Cargo Magic Locomotives belonging to the logistics department's Transport Fleets had also developed faults under the strain of intensive transport operations. With the Xinfei Merchant Guild's maintenance technicians gone, however, those faults could