The battle is over - the Red Horse Clan has lost tens of thousands of troops in front of the Twin Towers, and more war tribes have chosen to flee, and they are no longer able to organize any threat to the Twin Towers, even if they are given a chance, these barbarian warriors who have no goal and leader will definitely not be able to organize the next attack.

As the sun rose in the east, the totem of the Akama clan was hung on the walls of the Twin Towers, and the head of Gracchus was stuck in the tip of a spear that had been erected on the side—the gray-cheeked chieftain of the Akama clan stared at the gray eyes as if he was still looking out at the distant Chima Gorge, but now it was a symbol of the victory of the Battle Banner Legion.

As at the end of every battle, the soldiers of the Banner Regiment collected the bones of their fallen brethren and piled them up in a pre-dug pit covered with the flags of their respective hundreds, totemic banners, and trophies such as spears and shields.

All the warriors lined up around the pit, bowing their heads silently, until they saw Edward throw the first torch into it, and then they all knelt down on one knee with their swords in hand, and prayed for the dead brethren in the raging fire, wishing them to ascend to the starry sky as soon as possible and say goodbye to this cruel and difficult world.

It wasn't much, but it was the only thing they could do for those who had died, bowing their heads and softly chanting passages and quotations from the Glorious Proverbs - for the people of Turine, death was not the end, and the funeral was more like a send-off. Every living person will be judged by the Radiant Cross before he dies, deciding whether he will fall into hell or ascend to the starry sky.

"The chief centurion hasn't woken up yet. I saw the expression on Edward's face change slightly. The standard-bearer of the 1st Banner, who temporarily replaced Lebinus, hastened to explain: "The doctor who came with the army said that he was seriously wounded - several broken iron rings were trapped in the flesh of his shoulder blades. I haven't taken it out yet. ”

Edward nodded silently. But nothing more was said - in fact he could not do anything, and now it seemed that there was no shortage of anything in the whole fortress, but there was always a shortage of qualified doctors in any army.

The real casualties of a war often come after the battle is over - plague, infection, disease, sewage, rotting food...... Anything can bring an army to its knees!

Especially with such a serious injury and the lack of adequate anti-inflammatory means, the chances of surviving are almost slim - even with Marco Tasker and Angela, the little maid, two wizards, the Battleflag Legion may not be able to come up with much better treatment than others.

All Edward could know was boiling wine, flames, and warm salt water—being sick did not mean healing, especially in an age of scarcity. All one can do is silently pray that the Radiant Cross will not take him out of this world so quickly.

"Tell the doctors that they can cure him no matter what, whatever they need. Edward spoke slowly, "He is not only the chief centurion of the Legion, but also the hero of the Legion, and we can't let him die like this." ”

The standard-bearer nodded and turned away silently, and Edward did not assign any more tasks - to collect the wounded, collect the loot, and repair the walls...... These tasks have long been familiar to the soldiers of the Battle Banner Legion, and they have been repeating these tasks for the past half a month, so naturally they don't need to give too many orders.

And even in the fortress there is still peace. Before noon, the guards of the fortress tower came with the news. Outside the city gate, several cavalrymen holding tribal totems appeared, claiming to be emissaries from the tribes around Hantu City, and wanted to pray for peace with the "Chief Flag Bearer".

Hearing this, Edward's face immediately showed a few knowing smiles, and then nodded in agreement, but the silver-haired wizard on the side nodded a little abruptly - he finally knew what Edward was talking about "loot".

Just like the reason for Edward's previous attack on the Eagle's Nest - for three hundred years, what the successive Dukes of Hantu City did was certainly not just to exterminate the war tribes and those barbarian clans of Hantu one by one, but to continuously bring these barbarian tribes under their rule, and recruit soldiers from their territories, collecting food and livestock to support their armies.

The best example of this is Berrion, who when he was the Duke of Hentu, liked to recruit these barbarian warriors to fight for himself, and then to quell the rebellions and revolts, because the cost was small and it also avoided the waste of farmland due to the diversion of too much labor from the territory.

Previously, these war tribes gave up their allegiance to Hantu City through the rebellion of Hantu City - or their original allegiance was only to Berion alone, so when Gragu attacked the Twin Towers Fortress in the name of the Blue Wolf Clan, these tribes chose to take refuge in the Red Horse Clan, many of them because the previous Berion was too ruthlessly exploited, and the new Duke of Hantu City was just a "child", which was inevitably underestimated.

And now that Gragu is dead, and the Chima clan is completely finished, of course these tribes will not go to the funeral for Gragus, and rejoining the Duke of Hantu City has become the "best" choice in their eyes.

In the castle hall of the Twin Towers, Edward, who was seated on the main seat, changed into the full outfit of the chief flag officer—a piping coat, a gilded belt buttoned in front of a crimson smock, and a black horsehair helmet on top of his head that matched his black hair. All the generals of the Battle Banner Legion present also changed into the only good clothes they had, and desperately polished their helmets.

Even Alan specially changed into the only dress she brought - that is, the knight's outfit worn on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, her pale blonde hair was draped over her shoulders, the tight belt set off the elegant curves to the fullest, and her blue eyes were clearer than sapphires, so that the several flag commanders standing in the front row couldn't help but look away and swallowed hard.

Faced with a little wife who insisted on such a young wife, Edward was of course impossible to refuse, but he also understood that Alan wanted to do it for his own good.

Several Hague Fort knights standing outside the gate proudly sounded their horns, and a whole four hundred-man soldiers lined up in two rows outside the hall in full armor, guns and shields. A dozen trembling tribal messengers and leaders walked into the fire-lit hall with murderous eyes, and fell tremblingly to their knees in front of Edward.

"I know what you're here for, so I don't need to say more. Before they could speak, Edward, who was sitting on the main seat, had already waved his hand to interrupt: "Your rebellion has cost thousands of my soldiers their lives in vain, and the entire Hantu City has suffered huge losses, do you think that as long as you put on a show, I can forget it all?"

"But, but that's all what Gragu did, we were all forced to ......be helpless," someone immediately said very aggrievedly, "Of course, we really shouldn't betray Hantu City, but ......"

"You shouldn't have had such thoughts in the first place!" Edward's expression was cold, but he quickly softened slightly: "Of course, His Royal Highness Anson Marcherus, Duke of Hantu City, is merciful and generous, and I am his courtier - for His Highness's sake, I can forgive your betrayal, but I need you to compensate for all the losses of Hantu City!"

"Grain, livestock, timber, minerals...... All of this is up to you, and each tribe must send a corresponding number of warriors to serve the Duke of Hantu City and conquer His Highness's enemies!"

At this point, Edward suddenly stood up, causing several tribal emissaries kneeling in front of him to collapse to the ground, but the black-haired knight only sneered: "Let me remind you one last time, anyone who dares to take in the Red Horse Clan will be treated as a traitor - I will do what I say!" )