‘How fascinating.’

Gal Cheon-rip narrowed his eyes as he pondered.

To the untrained, battle might seem like a fight to the death until one side is completely annihilated. However, actual combat rarely plays out that way. If even 30% of an army is wiped out, the formation collapses, and what follows is an unrelenting slaughter and pursuit.

Thus, according to the art of war, a crushing defeat is defined as losing 30% of one’s forces. Once a force suffers such losses, morale cannot be maintained.

And yet…