Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2358

Last, but not least, Nandi had gained full dominion over the world energy and used it to feed his fellow Eldritches.

Between their Mirror Magic and the might of their bodies, not even Divine Beasts could slow them down as they butchered their way through the battlefield.

The moment Thrud had died, the last shred of hope had followed her.

None of her soldiers was a leader, they were followers of her dreams and ambitions. With Valeron the Second allegedly dead and the True Queen slain, they had no will to fight anymore.

By the time Sylpha had offered them a truce, they had already been decimated.

"Now you know." Ophius wiped the tears that were streaking down Leari's cheeks. "There's no such thing as Thrud's army anymore. What you see here is what's left. Of her 32 Divine Beasts, Leegaain only saved those like you and me.

"The eight of us are alive because we are unique existences, not because he felt pity for us."

"Eight?" Leari's echoed, her voice deadpan from the shock.

"Including Protheus and Ufyl, yeah." Ophius nodded. "I guess that a few of our fellow disciples have been captured, but there were just a few hundred of us to begin with. Even if all those who surrendered were spared despite the frenzy of the battle, I doubt they reach the double digits."

"It's over. It's really over." The Thunderborne's knees buckled and her expression was now no different from that of the other new inhabitants of the biome.

The War of the Griffons had plagued the Kingdom for months yet it ended in the Empire. The moment Leari let go of her weapon there were no soldiers of the Mad Queen left, only survivors.

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White Griffon Academy, at the same time.

Right after all the members of Thrud's army had been captured or killed, the White Knight had gone back to its academy form and the Royal Array had been deactivated.

Sylpha was still there to supervise the cleaning of the rubble and the collecting of the equipment of fallen soldiers and Divine Beasts. To make sure that Meron was alright, she had to settle for a call and arrange with him the finishing touches.

No one would ever know about the true form of the White Griffon thanks to Thrud's information blackout and the fact that only mages from the army and members of the Council had taken part in the battle.

"What's the casualty rate for our side?" The Queen asked.

"We were lucky, Your Majesty." General Vorgh replied. "Since the army only fought from the backlines and our main task was buying time for the Awakened, we have lost just a few hundred mages."

"A few hundred mages." Sylpha's bitterly echoed.

They had all been veterans and loyal subjects to the Kingdom. Very few mages had the talent and the will to pursue such a career instead of their own interests. A few hundred would have been a small number for regular people, but for mages, it was a huge blow.

"Better than thousands." Vorgh shrugged. "Better than complete annihilation."

"Point taken." Sylpha nodded. "What about the Council?"

"It was a bloody massacre." Raagu was barely containing her fury as she checked the number of missing runes from her amulet. "We have lost over one hundred elders and a few hundred members.