Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 120

Carissa and her friends were huddled around a small fire, their cracked lips dry and chapped.

"Is there any evidence that she was among the troops withdrawing from Sandoria?" Carissa asked.

"No, but she chased a group of Westhaven soldiers when the battle started, and she hasn't returned since," Barrett said.

Then we should thoroughly inspect the city for her among the corpses," Violet sneered icily.

"She's not dead!" Barrett's eyes flashed with anger. "Don't curse her! As members of the same army. how can you curse a fellow soldier?"

Violet rolled her eyes, and snorted. "The war is over, and I'm done with being a soldier. Don't drag me into being her comrade. She doesn't deserve it!"

Barrett was infuriated by her words. He tumed to Carissa, and said seriously, "I'm the one who disappointed you, not Aurora. If it were another soldier captured, would you save them?"

Carissa countered, "If another soldier was captured, would you risk the lives of twenty thousand troops to chase after the enemy's main force?"

was momentarily speechless.

trust you understand the value of a soldier's life, General Warren. You have no proof that General Yates is among the retreating troops. Even if you did, you couldn't be sure she was with

always supported Carissa, were

the area. They don't belong to the Southern Frontier.

that anyone intruding on their

was visibly frustrated. "So you're just standing by?

be so certain she was captured?"

As soon as the battle began, there was a retreat, which was clearly a trap. She fell for

judgment. Do you want us to risk the lives of so many soldiers for her mistake?" Carissa replied calmly. She looked at him sternly,

answer for the criticism of Aurora's poor judgment. It was indeed a

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leading my troops in combat. If I had pursued her urgently, my soldiers would have

If he pursued Aurora amidst the intense battle, his soldiers might mistakenly think it was part of a tactic and follow him. That would

siege unit, Barrett absolutely

After Aurora was lured away, Rafael had judged that the enemy would soon retreat from the battlefield, so he had returned to the