After the end of the battle, the group proceeded to take the elves back to the mountain. Once that was done, they counted their losses. Putting the skeletons aside, they had lost 73 elves. Quite the small number, maybe Cresta went easy on them from the beginning… However, she said something else when they asked about it.
"Your tactic to attack when my army was exhausted was what saved most of your soldiers," Cresta said. "I only decided to wait and see while pulling my punches when I noticed that someone was fighting the other overlord."
Richter didn't like to hear that, even though Cresta didn't say with any malice in her voice. Nevertheless, they talked with the elves about the overlords that protected them. However, Luke still was cautious since they could have been brainwashed. However, if that had been the case, some signs were supposed to be noticeable after a while.
