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.

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

who always

Besides, there are many nomadic tribes in the area. They don't belong to

Travis wasn't well-versed in nomadic tribes, he understood that anyone intruding on their

frustrated. "So you're just standing by? Aurora wasn't the only one captured-her

so certain she was

chasing after a group of enemies. As soon as the battle began, there was a

obvious trap, it shows poor judgment. Do you want us to risk the lives of so many soldiers

the criticism of Aurora's poor judgment. It

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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 troops in combat. If I had pursued her urgently, my soldiers would have followed me without knowing the situation. I couldn't jeopardize the larger operation because of

the intense battle, his soldiers might mistakenly think it was part of a tactic and follow him. That would have endangered

second siege unit, Barrett

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