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With the falling of General Zilan, time was not wasted in seeing the message spread. Even if every man on the battlefield already knew it, it did not harm the Stormfront position in the slightest to see the message shouted even louder, so that they might dig their claws into the remaining morale of the enemy.
"GENERAL ZILAN HAS FALLEN, SLAIN BY CAPTAIN OLIVER PATRICK!" Came Verdant's shout.
The remaining men of Oliver's army – which just so happened to be comprised nearly entirely of the original Patrick forces that he had brought – barely numbered over three hundred after dispatching the last of those chariots. But the fact that they were alive at all was a cause for celebration.
