The First Magic World War-Chapter 267 - : 260. A victory built on sacrifices is not a victory.

Chapter 267: 260. A victory built on sacrifices is not a victory.

If it were Taoles, Belisa, Dobin, Yellow Bear, The Spotted Deer Gwen, and The Wind Wolf Bankcroft, Charles had decided never to use the lives of these Transcendent subordinates to stack up a dead High-Level Transcendent.

Even if he had gone mad, he wouldn’t do such a thing.

That would be exceptionally foolish.

If it were the Transcendent Beastman guards, Charles would consider it for a while, but he ultimately abandoned the idea because he truly felt that a victory built on sacrifice was no victory at all.

Even though these Labyrinth guardians were essentially Evil Spirits, he still couldn’t make that decision.

Charles had always acknowledged that he was neither a qualified military strategist nor a competent commander; he only wanted to get the Westwind Knights through this war with as few casualties as possible, not seeking to make a name for himself.

Every battle fought before had been out of necessity, with compelling reasons to fight.

But Charles didn’t believe that any reason justified sacrificing his subordinates to kill Chloe.

Although Chloe was indeed an impressive knighthood general, to Charles, she wasn’t worth that price.

Charles eventually abandoned the idea of attacking the camp and instead withdrew a portion of the Westwind Knights soldiers and moved all the supplies, leaving only the quick-moving elite forces.

This was a small piece of experience he had gleaned from several pursuits.

With elite forces holding down the battlefield, the enemy would not dare to pursue, which allowed the supplies to retreat safely; once the supplies were secure, the elite could leave at will, and the enemy could do nothing about it.

Charles fought and fled, taking a large detour in the rear of the Black Phoenix Dynasty’s forces, unwittingly causing the entire battlefield to shift.

The main forces of the Black Phoenix Dynasty had to face head-on with Krel Brittany’s Purple Goldfinch Knights and also worry about fires in their rear, truly feeling stretched thin and stuck in a dilemma.

Krel Brittany took advantage of this and fiercely attacked, pushing back the main knight forces of the Black Phoenix Dynasty and reversing the tide of the battlefield.

Ebner Sumei also took the opportunity to strike from the rear, continuously defeating two subordinate knighthood forces of the Black Phoenix Dynasty; the clash intensified increasingly.

Charles didn’t know the situation on the main battlefield; he had already penetrated deep behind enemy lines. He had taken such a large detour with the idea of escaping back to Interlaken, never intending to attack the Black Phoenix Dynasty’s main forces.

Charles had been fighting behind enemy lines for nearly two months. Every time he tried to find a way back, he was “stopped” by Chloe. Charles didn’t realize that every direction he found was a weak point of the Black Phoenix Dynasty’s main forces—if he had cut in from the rear, perhaps the entire line could have collapsed, which is why Chloe fervently blocked him every time.

Charles had never been engaged in such prolonged combat, feeling physically and mentally drained, barely functioning anymore, and finally losing Chloe’s pursuit once more. He desperately wanted to find a place to rest for a few days and resupply.

During this period, he hadn’t ceased raiding; although every time he raided, he would give the common people of the Black Phoenix Dynasty an IOU, explaining that as long as they brought the IOUs to Mostar Fort or Silver Pigeon Fort, they could exchange them for Sheng Ding and Fu Er, yet he still felt a sense of emptiness after each raid.

He always felt that doing so wasn’t quite right, but it was the only way to keep the army going.

Charles didn’t know that with him raiding ahead, Chloe’s forces behind him were having a terribly hard time.

Charles, as a military novice, holds a simple viewpoint, which is to leave no supplies for the enemy. Hence, each time he plundered, he left nothing behind, not even a single needle for the pursuing forces.

He did not bother to burn the supplies he couldn’t take with him.

The ability of the Mind Passage allowed him to transport supplies one-sidedly back to Machu Picchu, Silver Pigeon Fort, and several other locations. Although he couldn’t retrieve them, he ensured nothing was wasted.

With Charles’s ruthless looting, Chloe, who followed behind and hoped to resupply, found it impossible and had to gather supplies from farther away. This was why the Westwind Knights, led by Chloe, increasingly could not catch up with Charles due to their own shortages.

Furthermore, Charles Meklen’s reckless plundering had already caused a great disturbance in the court of the Black Phoenix Dynasty, with many politicians attacking each other and even criticizing the frontline troops.

While Charles was considering the next direction to move, a werewolf ran up to him and reported, “Commander, the town just ahead is Iya.”

Charles was shocked. His geographical knowledge, half from his previous life and useless in this world, and half from his university studies, had led him astray in this haphazard march.

But Charles had never imagined he would end up in Iya Town.

Iya Town wasn’t really a town, just as Shijiazhuang isn’t really a village. Both are large cities, except Iya Town belongs to the Black Phoenix Dynasty, while the latter belongs to Hebei.

The reason Charles was surprised was that Iya Town was an inner city of the Black Phoenix Dynasty, not a border town, and he hadn’t expected to penetrate so deeply.

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“What shall we do now? Have we really ventured this deep into the territory of the Black Phoenix Dynasty?”

“Hmm, I heard that Iya Town is a free commercial city with no garrison!”

“I wonder if what the university textbooks say is correct.”

While Charles was still thinking, his many battles had honed his instincts, which acted faster than his brain. He waved his hand and commanded, “Take down Iya Town!”

His Westwind Knights had swelled again to nearly five thousand, including new followers like Lady Southseraph and a substantial number of Black Phoenix People. Although Charles issued IOUs during his robberies, not everyone believed him, and he generously took these people along as well.

Along the way, for those who were more troublesome, he found isolated places to send them back to Machu Picchu.

This behavior, perceived by the bold Black Phoenix People who followed the Westwind Knights, was seen as “brutal.” As a result, those Black Phoenix People who remained grew increasingly obedient, for the disobedient had all “disappeared.”

Of all his military skills, Charles was most adept at reorganizing forces; he integrated these people into various combat squads as naturally as commanding his own limbs.

With a command from Charles, this expanded knightly force stormed into Iya Town.

The residents of Iya Town, who had been leading peaceful lives, were utterly dumbfounded upon seeing the knights of the Fars Empire and offered little serious resistance before choosing to surrender.

After occupying Iya Town, Charles heard a long-missed message from his diary: “Charles Meklen has become the ruler of Iya Town, fulfilling the condition for mazification. Please impose taxes in Iya Town eighteen times; before completing this, you must not leave.”

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