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Sun, grassland, shimmering lake water. On this picturesque piece of land, the two armies finally converged victoriously.
Greeted by a group of familiar faces approaching him, Earl Hudson burst out in a heartwarming enthusiasm.
It wasn't that he delighted in others' misfortune, but he couldn't help but react when he saw his rivals in such a sorry state.
"Countrymen meet, and tears fill their eyes."
From the moist eyes of the crowd, Hudson sensed their homesickness—the apprehension about what happens after they return home.
When they set off from the Southeastern Province, they mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers, but by the time the convergence was complete, there were barely over a thousand left—it was beyond tragic.
To be precise, there were a bit over three thousand left. Along the way, Hudson had successively gathered numerous fleeing troops from the Southeastern Province Noble Alliance Army.
