I think it might partly be a personnel loss issue on top of everything. Given indication, the dark elves were the bulk of their patrol and armed forces. They're the ones who were most prominent fighting the orcs during the war 110 years ago, and the elves in chapter 16 complained that serving as...
I thought of why the ships might be missing... they were demilitarizing because of the lack of military action over the several years, and they started with their biggest ships to get chopped. There is no surprise hit from the white elves, just incompetence.
It's the same issue why the DBZ stuff still continue writing power levels. Despite being more of a detriment in the long term, people LIKE reading numbers.
This was actually an internal discussion he had in chapter 19 about whether he was a virgin or not.
He has been with Amagi, but because Amagi is not a living woman, does it classify as having lost his virginity in this life?
She's still stuck in the hospital fighting for her life. We would have guaranteed gotten a chapter if she died or was genuinely dying and couldn't fight anymore.
The real oof is knowing that Itsuki has kinda always been like that.
In this instance, the cursed weapon is breaking his mind, even more so than the other heroes... yes, this even includes Spear boi and the lust series, it's that bad.
Honestly, it's kinda wacky just how fast they went through knight commanders. Rei's most recent position as knight commander was the 13th, while Lienna was the 17th. In the time she met Rei the elf as a kid and trainee (she was still commander while she was in knight academy), they managed to...