"Our losses in this battle were considerable. Apart from the Fire Phoenix Corps, all of the Four Great Beast Soul Engineer Corps lost nearly a fifth of their personnel. Even the elite Royal Soul Engineer Corps and Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Corps lost nearly a tenth. Weapon losses also far exceeded our expectations, including some low-grade Fixed-Installation Soul Cannons, even high-grade Soul Cannons, as well as some Soul Guidance Rays above Level 7, Invincible Shields, and..."
Ju Zi reported on the battle, her pretty face solemn.
The little secretary certainly lived up to her reputation for efficiency. By the second day after the battle, she had gathered the reports from every division and compiled them into a single summary, saving Xu Cheng a great deal of trouble.
"Heh, war is always the best excuse for balancing the books." Xu Cheng sat in a soft chair, a smile on his face.
"You're not angry?" Ju Zi asked curiously.
"Angry? There's no need, heh. There are far too many rotten accounts in there. The Four Great Armories have existed for thousands of years. Weapons come and go, and the ledgers have been revised again and again. No one can explain everything clearly. Still, they supplied the weapons for this war and produced stockpiles even richer than I'd imagined. I'm already quite satisfied."
Xu Cheng smiled.
There was no need to get hung up on it.
As a ruler, demanding perfection down to the tiniest detail was precisely how trouble arose. In other words, if he seized this opportunity to investigate, it would probably implicate far too many people. That vast web could cover more than half of Mingdu.
Most of those people had earned merit in this battle, and rewards would be handed out the day after tomorrow. Investigating this now would