After leaving their fallen comrades behind in the Underworld, the allied forces immediately set about tallying their results and losses upon their return. The golems had been left behind, as there were many potential uses for them. However, the Titans required designated operators and maintenance, so they had to be returned to the factories.0

Glancing around at the knights whose faces were bright despite their exhaustion, Demian muttered quietly to himself, “That bastard who spoiled things at the end left a bad taste, but there’s no doubt this is a victory.”0

And he wasn’t wrong. Though the intervention of Crom Dubh meant they failed to completely seal off the Outer Gods’ invasion, their army had secured a decisive win. Eleven royalty-class Demoniacs had been slain; four of them were Named Demoniacs with legendary reputations. This meant both the scale and the quality of the enemy forces they would face in the final battle had been drastically reduced. Including Belial, who fell to Leonard, and those exterminated in the base sieges, the tally exceeded twenty.0

Now that Hades had regained almost all of his divinity, he likely reclaimed much of his authority over the Underworld. That support alone was something to look forward to.0

“Una, any casualties among...0