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.

that General Yates is among the retreating troops. Even if you did, you couldn't be sure she was with the main force. Pursuing them through the border mountains would be risking the lives of the

who always supported Carissa, were unsatisfied

They don't belong to the Southern Frontier.

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

you're just standing by? Aurora wasn't the only

be so certain she was captured?"

group of enemies. As soon as the battle

If she was fooled by such an obvious trap, it shows poor judgment. Do you want us to risk the lives of so many soldiers for her mistake?" Carissa replied calmly. She looked at him sternly, and continued, "Also, why didn't you stop her if you

criticism of Aurora's poor judgment. It was indeed a lapse in

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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

intense battle, his soldiers might mistakenly think it was part of a tactic and follow him. That would have endangered the Hell Monarch Army troops, who were

unit, Barrett absolutely

lured away, Rafael had judged that the