Thanks for the chapter, E421T.
Well he’s gonna die now. He had a chance if he just retreated but going for a symbolic victory is just gonna get more people killed. Heck, even if he’s successful, any general worth their salt would execute him for losing soldiers for such a pointless reason
For the most part, I would agree...if he wasn't indeed retreating and only hoping to mow down the decoy Olivia in the process. That said, take a good look at who's saying what to whom, and how: one is (relatively) composed and rational; the other one is barely holding on to rationality, on the verge of being swept away by hot emotion.
Getting Eliese's head is just a bonus for a lucky soldier, retreating is still the primary objective.
I won't be surprised if this is just gonna be shown as a bad decision though.
Because of what I'm hinting at, this will likely be the result. What I'd be surprised by, frankly, is that captain
not surviving.
I'm honestly always rooting for the enemy. There is no way she could have freed herself from the bearhug, pulled out her sword from the guy's chest, and impaled the general when he was already next to her and thrusting at her.
Her plot armour is annoying me greatly.
I can understand your position. I'm not necessarily in support of either side--frankly, neither Olivia and her friends along with her side nor anyone who opposes them appeal to me in any way; the message behind all characters' positioning is repulsive, to me. But every time I see Olivia just rip through seasoned male warriors--in full armor, no less, like you saw--like pulling apart wet tissue paper, and/or otherwise reducing them to fearful sheep waiting for slaughter with a nonchalant smile, she becomes less sympathetic than her opponents and FAR less impressive.
After all, the only reason it's happening is Magic™--or "odic force", as it was rebranded this time around (if I remember its name correctly). At least the author did that much.
