Commander Laris looked at the reports in front of him and clenched his fist. He struck his desk so hard that the wood splintered under the blow.
"That damned…"
Written on the documents were the tallied losses for their own and the enemy's forces in the battle they used as a distraction for their special units. At first, the battle was going well, then it turned ever so slightly south.
They lost too many men and too quickly to draw out the reinforcements in the numbers they needed for the operation to be a success. It was a purposefully destructive mission, but it would help buy time until the main army arrived.
However, it was not supposed to be like this. According to the observation teams, a few hours into the battle, the ground turned into a muddy mess from the water spells and mark abilities being used. Taking advantage of that, someone cast a large-scale Thunder spell.
