Chapter 670: The fairies join the war
The weather was bitterly cold this season, and the river water was colder still. Aside from being bloated, the floating corpses had barely decomposed, but many had been nibbled at by fish and remained a horrifying sight.
At first, the refugees and soldiers were indeed too frightened to make a sound. After a while, however, a man who had lost relatives to the Savage Beastmen let out the first cheers and curses. After that, there was no stopping it. More and more people joined in, until the cheers and cries became deafening.
Even generals like Basba and Dansen could not help feeling excited. Whatever that group had done, weakening the Savage Beastmen was a tremendous boon.
Several days passed, and corpses continued drifting downstream. There were not as many as on the first day, but their numbers still rose and fell.
Everyone could also clearly feel the boost to the army's morale. Through rumors circulating in the ranks, many learned that the tens of thousands of Savage Beastmen had actually been killed by a squad of only a few dozen people led by the Black Ranger.
Inside the army's command tent, the supreme commander was drinking hot tea.
"Your Highness, Basba and the others only inform you of their military orders after issuing them. They have no regard for you at all! How can you remain so calm?"
The slightly plump commander glanced at the so-called Military Inspector beside him.
This fellow had already tattled on the generals many times.
"Heh, are you suggesting that I, someone who knows little about military strategy, should interfere with the deployments of experienced field generals?"
"Do you think I don't know what you're after? Put those little schemes away. I took the position of commander to