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

the retreating troops. Even if you

always supported Carissa, were unsatisfied

many nomadic tribes in the area. They don't belong to the Southern Frontier. Intruding on their territory could easily spark another

tribes, he understood that

visibly frustrated. "So you're just standing by? Aurora wasn't the only

certain she was captured?" Carissa

saw her chasing after a group of enemies. As soon as the battle began,

poor judgment. Do you want us to risk the lives of so many

no answer for the criticism of Aurora's poor judgment. It was indeed a

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why he didn't stop her, he explained, "When I realized what was happening, I called out to her, but she didn't listen. I was leading my

confusion, it was possible for friend and foe to be indistinguishable. If he pursued Aurora amidst the intense battle, his soldiers might mistakenly think it was part

unit, Barrett absolutely couldn't afford such a

Rafael had judged that the enemy would soon retreat from the battlefield, so he had returned to the