“… A meaningless sacrifice is not loyalty. The Wolf God will forgive us this momentary humiliation,” he ground out through clenched teeth.0

Hearing that, the guards finally let out a breath of relief. They dropped their weapons, helped their commander out of cover, and limped toward the forest ahead.0

Everyone silently rejoiced that their commander had agreed. Otherwise, they would have had to tie him up and drag him over themselves.0

Seeing their commander surrender, the last few soldiers still resisting also gave up, discarding their weapons and stepping out of cover.0

The prisoners were quickly gathered and, under the guns of three players, escorted to the edge of the battlefield.0

More than 100 men squatted in a row in the forest, hands on their heads. Officers and soldiers alike were filthy and dejected.4

A battalion unit that had once been at...0