The elite soldiers, bearing heavy losses, breathed a sigh of relief when Tres sounded the horn for retreat.
Glancing at the injured soldiers, Tres couldn't help but sigh. Disregarding the risk of being attacked from afar by Matthew's Fireball Technique, he shouted hoarsely:
"We have lost this battle," he declared.
"Please treat these soldiers kindly, our Carlisle Family will pay the corresponding price to ransom them all!"
Though he said this, Tres truly had no confidence, and he led the able-bodied soldiers to retreat as quickly as possible with a bowed head.
The elite soldiers of the Carlisle Family, who had made a great name for themselves in Blood Moon City and the Eastern Province, felt an overwhelming sense of shame and self-blame.
They looked sympathetically at their comrades who were wailing in pain after being injured.
Unable to bear the sight of those pleading eyes, they fled with their heads down.
