The Absolute King's defeat and retreat all but declared total victory for the players. Unprecedented cheers erupted aboard the Shelter, especially in the Medical Ward Area. A few wounded players who had lost their mobility even stood up, but this was no medical miracle. They soon paid the price for standing up to cheer, crying out in agony one after another.
"...The casualty rate is 57%. More than half of the wounded have permanent injuries that cannot heal, and excessive, frequent use of recovery potions has given them considerable resistance to many potions. Under current conditions, restoring their full combat strength will take at least forty days.
"However, the injuries of the players who previously became Salt Soldiers improved to varying degrees after they returned. It's just that many of them changed back into humans from other species. To fully regain their former strength, they'll have to spend quite a few points changing species..."
As the Shelter's AI, or main brain, Seerte was reporting on the losses sustained in the battle.
Yang Yi and the other decision-makers had gathered in the Shelter's conference room to discuss the postwar situation, their losses, and their next move.
Honestly, their losses were substantial. It could be called a pyrrhic victory. Had these players not largely become warriors with firm resolve and terrifying efficiency through their trials, they could never have won.
And those were not their only losses. The destruction of the Song of Creation Gramophone meant that the players had lost another Player Island, leaving them with only Steam Island, Burning Island, Corpse Island, and Garbage Island as their remaining cards. Sweet Island was still being occupied, and this did not even include the damage to their infrastructure.
It could be said that the lives and fortunes of the remaining player population,