Dimensional Descent

Chapter 761 - Visitor

The moment Mikael died, the buff his warriors had gained vanished. In an instant, a battle that could have been described in terms of 60-40 had become 90-10.

When Leonel joined, especially with his Quasi Silver spear, the result was devastating. Not a single on the Kingdom's men survived, though this wasn't out of Leonel not wanting to spare them.

It was clear that this Alexandre and an iron grip on his men. Though there had been plenty of those willing to join their cause in the cities they had conquered to this point, they had all been people of common birth. There were very few nobles who chose to take their side.

Obviously, Alexandre the Apex had a very tight hold on these people, likely holding the lives of their families over their heads.

Of course, Leonel fell a small bit of sympathy for this. But, he had always believed that no singular life was worth more than another, even if that was his own.

The lives of these soldier's families in the Capital weren't worth more than the commoners who suffered everyday under their rule. The lives of the soldiers themselves weren't more valuable than the commoners who fought beneath Leonel's banner.

Not to mention the fact that since these warriors had chosen to die on the battlefield, their families would be just fine. Other than a small pity he felt, most of Leonel's rage was aimed toward a singular man.

…

The news of Leonel's army taking out a Titled Knight spread like wildfire, but nothing was more shocking than the sweeping conquest that occurred right afterward.

Leonel doubled back to the cities his four armies had probed in these last two months. Each and every one was manned by an Earl, making them among the largest cities this Kingdom had to offer.

They had only barely begun to recover from Leonel's first assault when they suddenly found themselves under a second siege. But, to make matters worse, Leonel was no longer using his Quasi Bronze Spears.

the use of technique, he reaped dozens of lives. And, maybe the ironic part was that it was better when Leonel didn't use a technique at all. Not only did this preserve his stamina, but the extension of these techniques weren't as potent as

issue was that he paired this with seamless tactics that completely stifled the Kingdom. It felt that in just a year, half of their territory had fallen. Yet, they

that a main water source had been diverted reached the ears of

managed to both block a main river source

to pincer Mikael and ultimately kill him, but he simultaneously

diverted water source resulted in a shortage of clean water for three separate Dukedoms located nearer to the capital. It felt like he was killing ten birds with a

done it, they stood shocked before

kind of genus…

the next year was nothing but the Capital receiving one slap in the

each more powerful than the last. The Kingdom had lost 40% of their territory. And at the moment, they were in the process of being completely starved out, their resources systematically claimed by Leonel one after

brought to its knees and had less than 30% of its land left, most of which was a vast

sometime during a heavy storm of winter that

…

"You little brat."

in a firm headlock, his legs

military tent chugged beer, laughing heartily at

asked

"With my wife!"

out shamelessly. "She's

turned a bright shade of red

at a fruity drink rather than the hard liquor of the others. Elise had actually personally made this batch for him, he had to admit that that little girl was indeed as close to a guardian angel they

'Hm?'