"The Military Judge has counted a total of 1,742 Black Orc heads afterward, your troops had seven dead and thirty-nine wounded, and that regiment of the National Defense Army lost nearly half," the messenger reported. "The vast majority of the dead were lost in the first minute of the ambush."
Malin, of course, understood everything the messenger said, but the fact that his men still suffered forty-some casualties atop the hill left the young man somewhat puzzled, "How did my people suffer these losses?"
"Two platoon-sized units took it upon themselves to join the battle down the hill; they helped the National Defense Army's vanguard units to stop the Orcs' pincer attack. All seven died from arrows and spears."
In other words, the line infantry formed by the two platoons didn't let the Black Orcs get close from start to finish, very good.
